New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-14
GREENSBORO RELICS EXHIBITED.
EVIDENCE OF DRs. DRAPER AND CHEEYER-M1s :
roppES LEANES TIE COrRTHOoM.

ihe witness In the face. Til" judges Gnd counsel Oh
both sides convinced not only that she had
suJcrcd as much az any human being ought TO be
asked TO suffer in one day. but that she could hot
endure what coming. in the care OF deputy
sheriff she was sent into another part OF tho build
Ing. ,
Dr Dropcr gave clear descriptions OF the wounds
rec.iv,d by each OF the victims. lie agreed With
Ir Wood TO the time that had elapsed pet"cen
the death Of Mrs. Borden and that OF her husband
In their bearing on tho question OF who struck the
blows it is not particularly important to know how
many OF them there were, nor how deep nor through
what particular arteries they were driven. That
p,rt Of the Doctors testimony long. particular
and not very nice to repeat. The pertinent part
was as follows:
o-what caused the blows the hcaGi A-somc
heavy cutting instrument.
Gould the results be produced by a hatchet in the
hands Of woman OF ordinary strength Ain ny
opinion they could b.
o-Arc YOU able TO form any opinion as 10 whether
any Of the wounds the top Of tho head were gwen IN
any particular position. In regard 10 Mrs Borden or the
sssaianti Al have all opinion. but II Is an open
question.
o.-You nav give 1t. Any opinion Is that the
wound, wcr. indicted whlc the body PROSTATE and
the a,sailant astrile the body.
C-You do not feel at oil conhdent1 A.-No. sir
oFrom what you have heard Of the testimony OF now
Nh Poricn's BODY found and from looking at inc
pho,osraph are you able what his position was
when ,.sauitcdi Al hove an opinion sir.
o-What is hiatt Al think the assalant stood AZ
the hca. 81 the sia
ON your opinion. the position OF the body
,d after my 81 the blows were struckl Al do not
know. -lr.
or. II consis,en, with your observation t. express
theory uut all those given In that p"stoni A.
Yes. sir. , -,
porten when he received these blows Al think he
Wa living Oh sofa with his face TURNED toward ue
rsht. ,o.. ,.
,h,ncelr Al think the blows were received win
the body lying It WI.
o.-Can You TIL. doctor, what the probaO'e ehec'
would be 40 TO the diffusion scattering OF blood from
,,c wound. upon Mr.. Borieni At would sIatter'
n vb., ,-De.au.e Of the nature of the wounds
o-r, ,hcre any way o, determining the dircrtion OF
the .pat,eflnr scsttrne Of The booo' Al ~ Nus
think there l.. -
mart = the circumference q given radius around the
lody would ar world not receive bloci sTatteFngt A.
not ny mid. s.r -
o-ls there any way Of determining whether. for cS
annie the I.r-on inncsng tn wounds would receive
sfai,or, II 80 how uanyi Al do not Know
O l. tlcr, guy rulc direction az 10 where The spit
,crlnc ,orc.' A.-No ar.
o.. there anv rule Of university OF the SCATTERING
A-Not tina, know o.
When cross Examined. DIR. Draper was rather more
disposed than he had been TO admit the proha'n,y
., The a,.ailant bling splashcd with blood ii" ala
not seem 10 want TO admit H. II was plainly 10 nc
,l,-.rv,d that there was IN Or. Diapers disposition
sort 81 unvllingncss Ia allow himself I" say any
,l. ,nconsl,ien, with the possibility Of Lizzie lor-
dom guilt. II he found himself moving In that
dlrec ION he would OF. II by a necessary
,ro,,s. 81 logic. having given this answer 10 that
ou.s,ion and that answer 10 the other. and being
logically compelled by what he had already "''l'r'"
or admitted 20 90 step further and 10 "dm' some
thing Il real avail to the prisoner instead of directly
an ,ver.ng the question OF which that answer womb u
necessity. he would insist answering Indirectly
and would say that his indirect "Il'"'r WIS '"o 49,
hc could make.
There was craft IN Dr. Diapers manner. IL s"S
gc.cd the professional expert Witness WHO hh'"
what he had To do and was smart enough - u" l"
Dr. Draper t. 81 cour>e not open to the 'hArs" o'
b,ine a proirs ,iDnal witness. What made MIN S"s
ce-i one was the assertion over hl' purely s'''i'
nature II the police instinct. The facts a. II" saw
,ncr admitted Of an Application I, Lizzie Boreu a.
IN. murderer There were some facts which 'ccin"d
+, shield her some that rendered her guilt dh'ui'
io believe: but the whole state OF The inctS II"
one else WAS even open 70 SUSPICION WHILE III" wa
,la,niy nrcn,cd. DR.. Draper found no diihculV ih
telling the facts 50 that the accusing points seemed
nu,n.ror, and strong. hut his tongue did not work
we'll when asked to sprah OF the relieving and eX-
culpatns facts.
ANOTHER HARVARD Professor TTSriFlES
rhI, was not at I'll true of DR.. Chccycr. lie Is
,rfs.cr Of surgery nj Harvard, and bnS had long
and close exp rcnce with wosk on the human h'a..
nj, evidence was not nearly firm In lis rrInuoh -
The prisoner at the bar had been that Of Dr.
l,r,pcr and set to far-mindtd people wns probably
NOR. telling. Dr. Chccver had no theories. lie was
pa, there ia vim ucac ms body elsrS police
instinct lie WAS there to say what be saw. his
statement as 10 the priority OF death WAS As icioNs
o-wer there any OF the fact, you have listened to
,uIortant IN showing the po.ity Of death Ave. sir.
% Til, time Of priority Ayes. sir.
OWN YOU stat the facts aud what You have derived
,r IN thcmg A-The fact tina: Mrs Bordcns body was
cooler than Tod,ns that the boodoi Ms Borden was
coarl,,ed and that Mr. Borden liquid and the fact
that with Mrs Borden digestion was st going on. while
In Mr. Borden almost completed. woui lead me to
infer tina, Mr, Borden died nrst probably died con-
siderable interval FIRST
o-what interval docto the minimum and MAY mum
A.-Thc minimum. | should say one hour; the MAXIMUM
hours.
o-You understood that both ate at the same time
Al 20 understood 1t In my MIND
DIR. Chcevcr agreed that the Ratchet without n
handle might n 1t then had handle, have done the
killing hut ho wa, not satisfied that the weapon
pccd,d TO be on It's cutting edge 80 long. lie was
asLed what In III, opinion caused The wounds AMI how
they were inflicted
As far a, my observation cohiirmet mo a. to the
injury Zones thry mic'ci that M "''o
made by . heavy metallic weapon Win cutting cl2e
,c,cIod with a siaip ANGLE. the cutting edge not cA'
ood,,, ,,r.e and onc.half inches and attached I, a
handle like that Of "a hatchct
Q-IIayc you also examined this ha'coethca1 passing
70 thc ritncs, the handlclcss hat'hcf' Ayes sir.
n ,su,rl,r that IA have been provided with handlr
Of ordinary length what your opinion a. - whether
tina, ,, mani rould have caused the wounds you found
Al think IL could
o-you have stated that til" cutting edge not
80. ,.., ,,,,o and nm. half inches Could Tho cutting
edge be any lea than that A.-Ye', IL might b."
Dr. Cbceycr WIS quite certain that neither Mr..
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