The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-16
front Of tho Borden house Just before II

l.
testified: II know where the Borden
house Is. ! went by there on the mora
ing OF the murder at 9and at l0:30 o'clock.
/ saw a medium sized young man, very
pale IN complexion, with his eyes fixed on
the sidewalk, passing slowly toward the
south: he was acting strangely; in con
sequence of his appearance l turned tn
my carriage to watch him as he went by.
l have faint idea that had seen him
before. This man was we'll dressed in
light suit of clothes. | have tried to find
him since, but have been unable TO do so.
l have never seen him sincen When
cross-eXamined DIR. Hardy said; '"The
man was acting different from any person
ever saw on a street in my life, He was
agitated and seemed TO be weak
MAN AT THE GATE.
Mrs Dealia Mainly, who lives on Sec
Ond street in Fall River, said she was
passing the Borden house with Mrs. Hart
when she saw a young man dressed in a
suit of white standing by the Borden
gate That was about 9:45 O'Clock. She
had not noticed the young man when she
first came along.
George l.. Borden, a relative of the de-
fendant, was the next witness. He Is n
plumber. "At 2 O'Clock on the day fol-
lowing the murder he said, 81 went to
the Borden house. went up TO the front
door and found 1t unlocked. When l
went into the house those who were in
side expressed surprise that had got in
without ringing the bell"
STEPS IN THE HAYLoFT.
Walter p. Stevens, who at the time Of
the tragedy was a reporter for one of the
Fall River dailies, was called to the stand
by Mr.. Jennings. His testimony was the
most important for the defense that had
~ u. es.N ,a
Borden house on the morning Of the trag-
edy in the regular course OF his business.
He went through the grounds and out to
the barn "While / was in there" he
said, II heard three persons walking
about in the upper part OF the barn y
Policeman Medley, il win be remembered,
had sworn that there were no traces Of
footsteps in the dust on the floor of the
barn loft when he went up there to make
an examination to see If there were any
traces Of footprints The witness said
that he did not see Officer Medley about
and remained In the barn only moment
or SO.
Alfred Clarkson of Fall River described
himself as n steam engineer when he was
called as a witness He said he had been
about the Borden place seven or eight
minutes before he went to tho barn, where
he saw Deputy Sheriff Wicksou. Clark
son said he reached the house about IL 80
o'clock He thought IL was less than ten
minutes after he had reached there before
he went into the barn.
A WOMAN CAME OUT OF TIRE BARN.
Hyman T. Robinslti, an ice cream ped
dler, said he went by the Borden house in
his wagon on the morning the murders
were committed what did you seer"
II saw lady come out of the barn and
go to the stairs at the north side Of the
house, RobinslSi said II was not serv-
ant he saw. He could not tell how she
was dressed RohinslSi caused something
Of a sensation when he answered these
questions.
did you say anything to oanybody about
thisl"
"Yes."
"Whoml"
policeman Mullay,"
"What did you tell him7"
81 told him all about it.'
"Did you tell him what time it was
when you saw the women2"
eyes"
"What time was it2''
ut was after II o'clock"
"How much afterl"
He was not sure about that, but he
knew 1t was after II o'clock Robinsld
said he had sold things TO Bridget Sui
livan and knew her face. The witness
testimony as to the time was corrobOrated
by other witnesses.
Everett Brown and Thomas @. Barlow
went to the Borden house as soon as they
heard Of the murder. They were not adj
mitted to the house, so they hung about
the yard all the afternoon. They knew
Policeman Medley very well, but did not
see him about the premises.
AMAN COVERED WITH BooD.
Joseph Lebay was put upon the stand
but dispute arose as to the advisability
of his evidence. He is farmer living in
the north part Of Fall River. The testi-
mony to be introduced by that witness
was that he had seen q man passing
along the road near his farm with
his clothes covered with blood
and presenting decidedly repulsive APP
pearance. Mr.. Jennings said that the man
seen by the witness had hntchet in his
hand which might have been the one used
in doing the murders. He claimed that
though the evidence be much or little it
should be submitted to the jury. The
decision was reserved until tomorrow
morning.
The court then adjourned for the day.