The Portland daily press., 1893-06-09
IT KILLED THE BORDENS.
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to use; in fact, / was trying to do what l
could to relieve her.sufferings; we all felt
badly over the affair. did not see any
blood on iher dress that morning, al
though ! was right over her, tanning and
bathing her; think i might have seen it
if there was any there.'' II it&
did she have on more than one
dressp' 5vgL .4itt IA NV
II don't KNOW $3.50. Il ss aN8d
Anything to Indicate that there was
more than one dressa,' 8 FL
sNot a thing. i'1iaiss
''She was afterwafd lying on the
lounge, wasn't she,s as any person
should ,, @.ia t3e
"Yes.t 4. II ,Ik ..sn III sSsllis,
bridget said to me, after 4 get there.
NMrs. Borden had note; she hurried
off; she was busting the sitting room;
she did not tell me where she was going;
she generally does.,,'
Now you've got that rightg'g s2f
Eyes, I and witness repeated the state
ment.
''While I was there some policemen
came and asked about a Portuguese who
worked for har father and Lizzie correct
ed tharn by saying he wasn't Portu-
guese, he was a Swede, and that he
wasn't ever in Fall River, and further
that she would not suspect him. She
spoke out promptly and with perfect sin
certify; the first officer saw at the house
was Allen, and Mr.. Sawyer came at the
same time; at that time I don't know
not'i 49, ~ ,.j9f5lg'
Redirect: what Bridget told nae
about Mrs, Borden was after Lizzie had
told me about her mother having receiy-
ed the note"
Miss Alice RussslI.
The dress-burning episode, about
which SO much has been said, was
brought out in the testimony of the next
witness, Miss Alice M. RUSSELL She
told Of the murder and of staying at the
Borden house for several days after.
| Continuing, she said: ION Sunday got
the breakfast; after breakfast left the
lower part of the house and returned
| before noon; when / came back | went
| in the kitchen and saw Lizzie standing
| by the stove and Emma by the sink; Liz
zie had dress skirt, and asked her
| what she was going to do with it, and
Lizzie said she was going to burn it; it
was all covered with paint, / said moth
| ing and went out. When came il the
room again Lizzie was tearing the dress.
| said, u wouldn't let anybody see me
| doing that and she stepped one step
back; 1T was the waist she was tearing;
don't remember about the skirt.
There were no officers in the house at
that time, though there were some about
the premises, Bridget had left before
that saw Mr.. Hanscom, and saw him
at the Borden house on Monday and
conversed with him in the parlor; in
consequence of that talk saw Miss liz
gle and Emma in the dining room, and
said: I'm afraid the worst thing
you could have done was to burn that
dress; have been asked about your
dresses and she said, why did you let
me do it?' .
On cross examination Miss Russell
aaid: 1.-THE skirt of the dress, this Bed
yord cord, which Lizzie was tearing up
was on the cupboard; saw no blood on
it, but could see that the edge of it was
soiled; did not see the dress put in the
stove.
This was on Sunday morning?'
| eyes"
"And on Saturday the officers went all
over that house?'
Yes, think go; they searched it, but
don't know how far or thorough their
| taIS.I H1s'
plq nol the oMeers come IN when the
funeral was gong on and search every
pars oI tnat house2s
..Mfo sir,
"Ih,ey searched Lizzie's room, didn't
thsyE
Yes sir"
You were in the room weren't yeus"
Yes; one OF the officers opened few
drawers ana locked about some, took
the PEG 70 pieces, etc.
/ "IheF had tuil sWayg
). Yes sir. Other searches were made
inst DAY; think they went all over the
house."
On re.direct axan,,na+;on nonoa;
the dress ths w;fnass sasd mag
aIt was The Bottom which SAW u.s
soiled /: I saw No other snnt srt7s S% "+ -
see whether it was soiled or not Wit
iitehan s s+axs sa. as On me pan where the
persons were standing when the dress :,
episode occurred, Witness said that as
near Iasa ia as e sae eould remember tho place
recartabIe for e so' b MA p aad was 2
;rnns WA ~" anu iof nss-
| go . ~.