Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-15
EXPERTS ON TIE STAND.
what Medical science Says of the Bor-
Gcn ButChery.

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what Medical Sc .once says of the Bor-
Gcn Butchery.
New BEDFogD, Mass, june AN
other big crowd were present this morning
and ali the seats in the court room were
occupied come time before court opened.
Miss Borden made her appearance 10 min
utes before the justices took their SEATS
DR.. Dolan was called and resumed his tea
timony in cross.examination, MIR. Adams
conducting. DR.. Dolan described the posi-
tion of and wounds on the bodies and blood
spots in the rooms. The prisoner sat
with closed eyes and held a
ian over her face. Witness said: OF the
10 wounds or Mrs. Bordcn's head four
penetrated the skull. One blow, beginning
at the nose on the left, was 4 inches long;
it was u cean cut, Indicating a sharp edged
instrument. In the opinion of witnoas, the
claw headed hatchet could have made the
cut and the cut was made from left to ri ut:
another cut, over the eye, was also made
from left 10 right; there were no Others
having a left to right tepdcncy that witness
discovered Nitne5s had seen the hand.e3-
less Ratchet before the first hearing; never
referred to it in his testimony; saw it again
when tho grand jury r,t; he coz ii1 cred it
the same now in appearance Us whom
he first saw it; it has clean
cutting edge: when he first saw it there
were white particles of ashes on it. Wit
ness thought one banded blow would have
done tho work; had the artery below the
jaw been cut there would have been IA
heavy flow Of b,cod but the assailanr would
not necessarily
Eavo Been Covered with Blood
from the sDurtS; the swinging OF the
hatchet would have been likely to cause
spsttering of blood on ;he assaiant and
victim. Witness described the wounds on
Mrs. Borden'S head. "Wben | first saw
her, lie said, "the wounds were open,
gaping and distinct; the cuts were cloon
and sharp and wero all left to right
blows; l don't think l ever said the
cut was as cleon as though made
with razor. (Hcre the testimony of
witness at the first hearing to the
effect was read to him and he acknowledged
then that he did say soD think now
the olow on top of the skull was from right
TO left, and don't think very heavy blow
was necessary; | thiak thar mod?rats force
only was used in all the blows. Taking the
spots and the position of the body into con-
sideratiop, in my opinion The essailant Was
astrile the body"
Witness on Saturday after the murder
while at the Borden house, was given a
dress by MIR. Jennng'. DRESS which has
| been in the case was shown aud Identified
| by DR.. Dolan) Here Juror Hodges of
Taunton was slightly overcome. \ recess
Of five minutes was taken and the jury took
their seats ut 1880 Mr.. HoIg yes appearing
refreshed, but Miss Borden had retired in
tho meantime and it was necessary TO await
| lo -
and DR.. Dosn resumed. He said he found
Pin Head Spot of Blood
on the white skirt; none cn the dress or
stockings; thought there was blood on the
sole OF one VI the shoes. Witness did not
know what he said at the time about the
difference as to the time of death oi Mrs.
Borden as compared with Mr. Borden.
Minutes of the first shearing were shown
lie had said that she died an hour 10 an
hour and half before he saw her. 81
hnye not the impression that | said that,
| but | say now that the difference betwcon
the time of the deaths would be from one to
one and half hours. My opinion
Is based upon the temperature o.,
the body, condition of tho blood and what
found in the intestinas. 1t is rot safe to
form an opinion as to bool after II minutes
after death; finding something in the nte.-
tines of one Of tho bodies and nothing In the
other. | think the opinion might safely be
formed, had one been more i'll than the
other during the previous night, a difference
would be made in tue digestive organs
would not dare express opinion here on
that basis, within half an hour; SO that re
ally ] have nothing left for my opinion as
20 the difference in the time Of death except
the temperature of the body and that was
by touch only"
DR.. Doan said the exterior length Of the
wounds would not indicate correctly the
size Of the instrument used in respect to its
length. There ia nothing in the length OF
the wounds to show that they could not
have been nede by 81 inch hatchet; n
cut j or inches long may be made by an
instrument of that leagth and a much
smaller cut may be made by the same sized
| instrument.
Dr. y. wood of Harvard College
then took the stand and described the ex-
| nothing to indicate disease or irritation in
either stomach and their contents showed a
difference OF an hour and Il half in the time
Of death: there was no evidence OF poison in
the stomach or ia tho milk used by che
| family August 3 and 4. Examination
,howed no blood on the claw hoa1od hatchst
or axe, or on the blue dress. The hair
found on this betchet was not human. The
white skirt showed n diminu'iye blood spot
it probably came from the outside and was