The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-14
A TRYING DAY FOR LIZZIE.
She Sits Hiding Her Face With Her
Fan During Much Of the Time

DR.. Dolan Testifes That Some OF the
Blows Received by Mrs. Borden
We're Dealt While the Assailant Was
Standing Astride Her Body-Mrs.
Borden Killed at Least an Hour
Before Her Husband Was Attacked.
New Bedford, Mass, June 13.--Another
big crowd was present at the Borden trial
this morning and the seats In the court
room We're all occupied some time before
the court opened. Miss Borden made
her appearance ten minutes before
the Justices took their seats
The counsel held a short consul
tation with the justices in their room
prior to taking their seats, Mr., Adams
continued the cross-examination OF DR..
Dolan, who described the position of the
bodies and the blood spots and said the
blows came from left to right and were
of moderate force. The prisoner sat with
closed eyes and a fan over her face.
Continuing, DIR, Dolan said that the
blows were made by sharp instrument
and some on Mrs Borden by an assailant
aStride the body. A iurymGn was taken
sick and recess of fivo minutes was
taken. The prisoner was affected and
was led from the room.
On resuming, DIR. Dolan admitted testi-
flying in the preliminary hearing that
Mrs. Borden's s death was from an hour to
an hour and q half before his examina-
tion of her, but now he thought it was an
hour to an hour and half before Mr.,
Borden's death. DR.. Dolan said tha
length of the wound would not determine
the length Of the edge of the instrument.
DR. WOODS EXAMINATION.
DR.. f. S. Wood of the Harvard Medical
College was called and described his ex-
animation of the stomachs. He found
nothing to indicate disease or irritation in
either stomach, and their contents
showed difference of an hour and a half
in the time of death. There was no evil
dence of poison In the stomachs or in the
milk used by the family on Aug. and A.
The examination showed no blood
on the claw-hammered hatchet
or ! axDEor on the blue dress.
The hair found on this hatchet was not
human. The white skirt showed a small
blood spot which probably came from
outside and was human blood. The shoes
and stockings and dining room door cas-
ing had no blood spots. The handleless
hatchet ha2 no blood. The break in Its
handle contained no dust. The handleless
hatchet had dust like ashes on tho blade
tightly adhering.
THE PRISONER LEAVES THE ROOM.
The prisoner left the court room shortly
after the beginning of tho afternoon ses-
sion, not wishing to hear the medical
testimony or to see the skulls which were
produced by the government. DIR.
Draper described the wounds and con-
ditiOn of the stomachs and blood, to de-
termine the priority of death, and from
his examination of the skulls swore
that the instrument producing
them was 315 inches lcng, the exact
length of the handleless hatchet
blade. DIR. Draper held to the opinion
that the assailant of both MIR. and Mrs.
Borden must have been moro or less spat-
tered with blood
DR.. Sheever, a Boston physician, testi-
fed to similar effect as DR. Draper. The
court room with the exhibits of the ex-
perts was perfect chamber of horrors.
In the collection are the blood stained
handkerchief, two bloody bits of carpet,
two pillow shams, white bed coverlet, o
piece of ''mop-board,n another piece OF
wood, casts of Andrew Borden's head
with editorial blue pencil marks upon it,
signifying elbows from the weapon a
smaller cast of Mrs. Borden's head, and
finally the prisoners now famous dark
blue dress and white undersl1irt. The
spectators among the women were the
ones who craned their neclrs at the papier
mache stomachs and plaster of paris
skulls. The men either went to sleep or
watched the prisoner.