The state chronicle., 1893-06-16
@. Don't you know where it is :?

O. Was it piece of that same
handle? A. It was piece that COR
responded with that
@. The rest Of the handle? A.
It was piece with fresh break IN
it.
@. The other piece A. Yes. sir.
Q. Well, where is it ? A. don't
know.
@. Did you see it after that? A.
I did not.
Q, Was it handle to hatchet
A. It was what call hatchet han.
die.
@. I want to know how long it
was? A. Well, I couldn't tell you
how long it was. I didn't measure
it.
@. No, understand, but [ mean
about. Give your best judgment.
A. I don't think it was as long as
tie handle to them hatchets there.
@ Shorter than that? A. It was
shorter than them, if remember
right.
@. Well, did you take it out OF
the box? A. I did not.
@. Did you see it taken out? A.
I did.
@. Who took it out? A. Mr..
Fleet took it out.
@. You were there? A. was
there.
| @ Anybody else? A. Not as I
know of.
| @ Did Mr.. Fleet put that back,
too A. He did.
| Mr.. Robinson (to opposing coun-
seD-Have you that handle here,
gentlemen?
MIR. Knowlton-No.
| Mr.. Robinson-Y ou haven't it in
your possession, may I ask?
| Mr.. Knowlton The government
don't know where it is. This is the
first time I ever heard of it.
i Mr. Robinson-That is all. 1
would like to have Mr.. Fleet come
in. I would like to have him sent
for.
Mr.. Knowlton-We are proposin g
to do it.
Il Fleet came back to the stand and
: stuck to his former testimony that
no handle was to be seen, thus caus-
ing flat contradiction between him
and Mullaly. It must be observed
). however, that all the other police
. officers who testified on Saturday
supported Fleet rather than Mullaly
on this point. William H. Medley
:, who took the hatchet from the house
4 testified as follows:
ii "On the Monday following tht
y murder, I went to the house an6
. took part in the search; Mr.. Des
8 mond was with me. When I wen
to the house I went into the cellar
. examined all could in the wasl
,. cellar; then 7 examined some boxe
~ and barrels in little place near by
. Then I went into another room ant
L found on block, think a choppini
block, box, in which, besides tn
y. y. handle and hatchet, was lot of oil,
~ rubbish. Desmond was near by a
. this time and I showed it to him; il
~ consequence of what he told me
10 took it to the marshal and I haven
ID ID had possession of it since that time
% " have never had possession of an
- s other part of the handle except tha
~ which was in the hatchet." Her
- witness identified the small hatche
- and said that when he found it tn
~ piece was in the iron.
= George W. Seaver, a State detec
81 tive, testified on the same point 9
~ follows:
%as as On Saturday I was there durin
w the search by Capt. Desmond an
10 his men. That was the day I fri
q. saw the hatchet with the broke
~ handle, the hatchet was in box
q the cellar. The box was lying ,
40 that time at or near the floor, pei
- haps foot from the floor, on sou
- - wood. A shelf, five or six 1neh'
aS I from the floor, was pointed out ,
10 the one where he found the box.
1o handled the hatchet and To- ID
'o the box to see if there was any ha
W, die to it, but I saw none; the sid
D. of the hatchet was covered wi
no coarse ashes; there was q piece
:, wood in the eye of the hatchet;
I'LL had the appearance of being fresh
ma broken of.
ne The case of the handleless hate
49, ct, which, according to the Stat.
ns theory, was used to commit Inc mu
o,e ders now stands as follows
re- All the witnesses agree as to t
,en appearance of the hatchet itself, b
ey. Mullaly swears that Fleet pick
Ile- up the handle the first day. File
,ot swears he didn't, and the other W
&C. nesses say they never saw any ha
aer die such as Mullaly describes. We
the it not for Mullaly's testimony t
,es, State would claim that Lizzie h
:ee, burned the handle right after
the murders; but now their point is
ne. logged. There is no evidence IL
In Lizzie could have burned the hs
yer die after the first day.
Returning briefly to the burn
A. dress question, it should be obse.
De- ed that no witness who search
the Borden household has testif
hat to finding any dress Or wearing
hat parel which was bloody, and so
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