Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-06-20
The Arguments.

NEW BEDFORD. Mass, June 20-"You
have declared yourself to be an innocent
person. The law says you are presumably
an innocent person. As such individual
10 professed to be void Of guilt, you find
yourself seated In the dock of the highest
criminal court, the synosure for the con-
centrated gaze Of hundreds of pairs OF
eyes OF your own sex, looiei upon as the
most astonishing creature Of the genus
homo this age has yet produced. Loveliest
roses, rarest pansies. most exquisite pinks
are showered upon you in profusion by
both friend and total stranger. At once
you find yourself an object OF repulsion, of
piety, of kindliest regard
but there you sit, facing a man who,
with all the genius and eloquence with
which he Is gifted, Is endeavoring to con-
vince the u men 81 tting before him
that you have killed your father and
mother In cold blood. IL is you-you that
he is accusing and around whom he weaves
his web Of bideous circumstan
IL ones imagination might carry him
thus far, he might possibly form some
poor conception Of the
Inner CONSEQUENCES of the Prisoner
at the bar in this great Borden trial, ~
she sat absorbed In the startling presenta-
tion OF such an array OF evidence as u
things that seemed so small and now are
made to mean 80 much.
Miss Borden sat with eyes riveted upon
her accuser as he went In with his build
ing Of circumstance and incident In fate
ful environment about her.
II was the most intensely interesting
day of the trial From early morning till
late afternoon the people hung about the
court house waiting I'm vain hope for n
chance to get In. The ladies were In force
everywhere aud crowded, squeezed and
pushed with far more persistency than the
men. The reporters were compelled to
perform acrobatic feats of remarkable
agility to regain their seats after the
dinner recess, In most instances swinging
hand over hand over the banisters.
The crush on the rear steps were some
thing tremendous In the grand scramble
70 get In. and Lizzie Borden's attendants
had to fairly force passage through for
her 20 obtain entrance to the corridor.
For the frst time In many years expert
ence In court attendance the stern tones OF
the chief Justice himself were heard In
demand from the bench that the crowds In
the aisles and benches he seated, that
proper decorum be observed.
The First Grand Plea Of the Day
was Governor Robinson's argument for
the defense. In It's general trend H. pur-
sued very closely the line OF evidence pre-
sentsd by the prosecution.
Assuming an easy posture, squarely fac
ing the panel. Mr.. Robinson placed both
hands on the bar rail, squared his
shoulders and continued his address In q
free, honest, straightforward and colo
quail way. IndulgnV IN no outbursts Of
oratory-with the exception OF now aud
then on occasional impressive ending for a
point msde-ne procee dcd in n matter Of
ct, convincing way straight through the
testimony, scanning carefully every ma
terial thing presented.
"a Was Ast,rishi-g,
the great numb-r Of fhcts he piled up
about this unfort NJ ate Qirl. Governor
Robinson inhulged in no fights, hut In n
mHtter Of TACT way talked To the hard
headed, cool old farmers ON the jury. And
they gave evidence that they epiovsd "a