Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-20
GONE TO THE JURY.


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"The counsel who opened the case for the
defense said the motive was part of the govern
ments case, but this Is not SO, although the con-
alteration OF motive has weight in calculating
the facts in the case. Motives. however. are
neither adequate nor even tolerabe when con-
sldered In connection with crime. The motives
OF mankind are as inscrutable as are the WAYS
Of Divine Providence 1t does afford satisfac-
ton to our reasoning to have discovered that
there were unfortunate conditions in that fam
iy from which We can suspect even the malice
existing. l have called your attention to the
way in which they lived under the same roof.
II impresses me deeply, as 1 am sure it did you.
The malice was all before the fact; the wicked
ness, the ingratitude had gone ON under that
roof for many, many months.
because the lips of those who do know are
sealed in death. we don't know but that some
new phase had come up in the family life adding
to the feeling of malice and jealousy existing in
this woman. No suggestion could be made by
that poor man as in favor of his wife but We
would fan the flame into unquenshable fire.
There may be that in this case which shows
that Lizzie Andrew Borden did not plan to kill
her father, and l hope so. But it was not
Lizzie Andrew Borden who came down those
stairs to meet her father, but a murderess,
transformed from the tithes of affection to the
most consummate cruelty ever known. She
came down to meet that stern old man who
loved his daughter but who also loved his wife,
and the one man above all who would know who
had killed his wife. and when she came down
stairs she came to meet Nemesis. He knew too
much OF the family relations and she did not
dare to let him live. When she came down
stairs 1t was her father she met, but 1t was also
the husband OF the stepmother whom she hated
There was no escape from the crime but to COM
plete the bloody work. The second murder
was not planned. but was done as q wicked and
fearfnI nd a. l,ax-
mind Of the dreadful feeling that there is q
deiiber ate parricide in the world
THAT FATAL MORNING.
"Bridget was doing her work at the house
and the old man was taking the last walk Of his
life. We found him moving slowly about the
city, stopping in various places of business, aud
finally he turned into the yard Of the house
where his wife Law dead. He went around to
the side door and found it locked. went to the
front door and tried to use his key, but could
not, and was let in by Bridget. He came into
the house, sat down. and then came Lizzie
from the very place where his wife lay dead
and told him falsehood about where that wife
was
"Where was that stepmother? She knew
that would keep the old man silent for a time,
but not for long Then Bridget came into
the dining room to wash the windows there, and
the old man, after paying visit to his room,
came into the sitting room again, and Lizzie
with the spirit OF Judas kissing his master sug-
gests that he lay down to get a rest. She tells
Bridget that IL she goes down to lock the door, as
she might go ont herself. Then Bridget goes
upstairs to get her rest and Lizzie goes on
ironing, alone with her victim.
THE FATHERS MURDER.
"In less than 20 minutes she calls her servant
down and tells her that her father is killed. She
had good fire to iron her clothes with and
have the evidence to prove it, for Officer Har-
rington tells us that at IL 80 there were living
embers in the stove and we know il there was
IRE there then there was better one earlier in
the day.
And when she was ironing. why did she
stop! There were only few handkerchiefs to
iron. but for all the timo she was at work there
we're but few of them ready to lay away for
use. And there was nobody who came to that
house after the tragedy but asked this woman
where she was when it happened; it began with
Bridget and ran through all her friends. Her
story was not consistent with the facts. Dr.
Bowen asked, Where have you been?'
"Oh. pregnant question:! Mrs. Churchill
asked and received similar answer as to being
away from the house. Miss Russell, her friend.
asked the same thing. and again came the old
story. And when John Fleet went to her room
ne went there to get her story in the interest OF
justice, in order to make up his mind as to
what course to pursue. He had no more idea of
her being implicated than that his chief was And
in that room was the Rev. Mr.. Buck, and he
heard every word Of the conversation between
Mr.. Fleet and Miss Borden and don't YOU sup |
pose that il there was anything wrong in the
story we should have heard Of it? But they
come here with the cowardly suggestion that |
this woman could not tell the truth because she |
had been drugged. Here counsel read the
evidence of the talk between Fleet and Lizzie |
upon the first meeting In the house, |
LIzzIE's VISIT TO THE BARN
ave must judge all facts and circumstances
as they appear to our common sense, and tried |
by that standard, assert that that story is
simply absurd and not within the bounds of |
possibilities.
at was one of the very hottest DAYS in the |
hottest summer We have ever known and YOU |
are asked to believe that she left her work a:
the ironing board and went up into that hot |
barn. You were there in that barn and you |
know what 1t is even on cool June day when |
some kind friend had opened the doors and |
windows so you should not be suffocated.
''But that is not all. On Saturday night the |
mayor of that city and City Marshal billiard !
heard the story again, but with a variation. To |
the one she said she went for lead, to the other |
that she went for iron. 1t may be that she |
went for both, but why couldn't |
they have brought US the screen that
needed fixing; or show us the fish lines on |
thing which would help out the abb? She told |
Officer Harrington that she could not hear any,
thing. any noise because she was up in the loft |
This was the only place. the hottest about, |
where she could get and not hear anything
Sin all your observance have you ever heard |
of an attempt to create an alibi which was |
more strange than the circumstances of this /
one? That barn alibi will not stand, and we
leave her nearer her victim, and como back and |
find her father dead and story on her lips
which has no vestige OF truth in it.
THAT barn was old and dusty; it's use had |
ceased; it had become a depository OF rubbish |
and dust had settled upon 1t. Among the keen
eyed mon who first went there was Medley, |
and he seemed to keep his wits about him. |
He and the woman in the dock were the |
only ones who appeared to do it. Medley, with |
a desire to clnch or verify every fact after |
hearing her story. went to the barn and looked
about it to see if anything had been disturbed |
There is not man on this jury who will believe |
a man can go on that stand and deliberately |
perjure himself against that woman. That |
story OF Medley was correct"
The prisoner watched Mr.. Knowlton fxedly |
during his argument.
Mr.. Knowlton declared that the silk d1ess
produced by the defendant was not the dress
worn at the time Of the murder, |
as shown by Mrs. Churchill, Doherty and |
DR.. Bowen. The search the dav Of the |
murder insufficient, but put defendant on |
her guard and Saturdays thorough search
failed to disclose the dress: therefore he claimed
that it was concealed. Paper would have pro- |
tected the defendants person and burnt paper
was found in the stove.
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