The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-29
MISS BOROENS NEW HOME.
The Noted Sisters Come Into Their
100000 Fortune.

House of Tragedy Deserted-Life Be-
gun Anew in a More Fashionable
Quarter-Lizzie in Robust Health,
but Emma is Broken Down.
From the Philadelphia Record
Fall River, Mass, Sept. 24-Lizzie and
Emma Borden have come into their
money, and glib-tongued scandalmongers
of this busy city take almost as much in
terest in the fact as in any incident of the
forever famous murder and trial. Two
weeks ago the two sisters moved into "a
new home on French street, where they
are settled in a good neighborhood and
near the most fashionable avenue. The
house and little plot of ground are said to
have cost Sll 900. II is yellow and
brown frame structure, with a little
pointed tower on one corner of the roof,
and a porch in front and partly on one
side. The house might have cost s., 900 or
81, 600 to build. It is not as fine as several
neigh boring cottages.
Into this the sisters have moved bodily
almost all the furnishings from their OLD
house of horrors. There have been many
untrue statements about these The par
lor of the old house was newly and
stylishly furnished for the use Of the
young women, and the rest of the house
was set with substantial but not new fur
niture. All through, the carpets were of
the best.
MRS. BoRDEN's THINGS GIVEN AWAY.
There will be little to call the murdered
stepmother to mind in the new house, as
Miss Emma gave all Mrs. Borden's things
to that lady's elder sister, Mrs. Fish of
Hartford. The absence of these and the
addition of modern lighting and plumb
ing arrangements win make existence in
the new home much different from that
in the old. 1t is said that the sisters
employ only one servent, as they did in
the old house. She is not Bridget Sulli-
van. That center of gossip and threat
ened sensations called on Lizzie the day
she reached home. 1t was a short call
and has never been repeated.
The former neighoors of the Bordens
do not blame the sisters for moving away.
1t turns out that the elder Bordens
wanted to move away, and would have
done so ere this had they lived They
waited for Mr.. Borden to find what he
wanted in better part of the town.
Workmen have been put at work on the
old house to make it fit for rental 1t
would scarcely be thought that any one
would want to live in that house, but tho
women have already had applicants for
it, and can easily keep it rented 1t is
still great object of curiosity to stran-
gers.
When Lizzie came back here to live she
seemed to bear no grudge against those
who had been obliged to testify. With
the exception of Miss RUSSELL her old
companion, all the old friends were taken
up again. Miss Russell is the girl who
told about the burning of the Bedford
cord dress, and she has been fairly
dropped from Lizzie 5 list of acquaint-
anceS.
HEIBEssEs TO $500, 200.
Much nonsense has been .writted about
the fortunes that the sisters have come
into The fortune" of the stepmother
consisted of about 81, 200 in cash and half
of a tenement, worth perhaps &, coo
This property the Borden girls gave 10
the sisters of their stepmother, Mrs. Fish
and Mrs. Whitehead. They have taken
their fathers estate, which is commonly
| spoken of as of the value of 100000. 1t
is probably less than that, but it is of a
nature to increase greatly as time goes on.
| On Aug. 5Emma borden qualified, with
| bond of $4,000, to act as Administrative
| of her fathers estate. She is now in full
control and must file within a few weeks
! schedule of the properties which com
| pose her trust, and must thereafter re-
| port her operations once year.
| 1t will be long while before either
sister will be allowed to resume the
| privacy that others enjoy Whenever
| they go shopping or to market they arc
stared at, watched and followed. Lizzie
| got her first welcome respite from this
constant, though unintentional, persecu-
ton when she went to Newport recently.
| She walked about the old town, and even
went to church, feeling such a sense of
freedom as she had begun to believe must
only be known to the birds She has de-
| clined firmly to be interviewed by any
one.
LIZZIE ROBUST, EMMA BROKEN DOWN
Physically, this central figure of most
mysterious tragedy bears up extremely
well after her experience; indeed, she ap-
pears as well as ever, and stouter and
better looking. The case is different wi h
the older sister. The family affection,
the horrors of the murders, and the long
strain during Lizzie'S trial, were more
than her nerves could endure, and she is
nothing like the woman she was Her
health is far from robust, and she fire.
frequently has to give up. Lizzie saws
that she made up her mind not to allow
her troubles to get the better of hcr, and
she has had will enough to remain proof
against all that has happened At the
trial the lawyers on both sides declared
her 10 be most remarkable woman. and
people generally are coming to the same
conclusion.