Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-05-09
News By TELEGRAPH.
From ALI Quarters.
lizzie BORDEN -lS->COOL
She Pleads Not Guilty to
the indictments.
HARRIS ASSERTS us INNOCENCE.
The Warden Refuses to Give
Out His Statement.
GREAT CONFUSION IN TIE House.
Exciting Squabbles Over
the Home Rule Bill.
GREAT CONFUSION IN TIE House.
LIZZIE BORDEN ARRAIGNED.

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In a-Calm and steady Voice, without
Any Trace OF Stubbornness, She
Pleaded Not Guilty to the Indict-
ments Charging Her With the Muir
der Of Her Father and Mother.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, May s-Lizzie
Andrew Borden, who has been an inmate
of Taunton jail ever since August last I'M
der Indictment for the murder, on August
4, in Fall River. of her father, Andrew
Jackson Borden, and her step-mother, Alb
bic Durfee Borden, this afternoon was ar
raigned in the superior court, now in ses-
sion in this city. The authorities sought
to keep the arraignment quiet, and pre-
served the utmost secrecy. Sheriff Wright
went up to Taunton by the midnight train
and Miss Borden was prepared, and, in
company with the sheriff and his wife,
took the train which left Taunton at 1897
p. m. The reporters had got wind of the
coming arraignnent, and several of them
were at the station and came to this city
on the same train. At the Pearl street
station Miss Borden and Sheriff Wright
ard wife quickly entered a carriage, the
blinds were drawn to prevent the too Gu
rious from staring in at the Windows, and
the passage was made at a good speed to
the county court.
News of the coming OF Miss Borden had
reached this city before the arrival, and
quite number of people had gathered,
who looked curiously and in many cases
not unsympsthizingly at the woman who
stands charged with one of the feulest
crimes in the calendar. On arriving at the
court house Miss Borden was conveyed at
once through the rear door to the district
attorneys room and remained there till
5.15 o'clock, the court being occupied with
the trial of q civil case.
The door of the district attorneys room
was locked while Miss Borden remained in
1t to keep out any chance intruders. So
well had the secret of the authorities been
kept that not over half dozen people be-
yond the court officers and reporters in the
building knew that the arraignment was to
come off.
Miss Borden was escorted up stairs to
the court room at 5:15 O'Clock. Sheriff
Wright entered first, his wife followed and
then framed in the doorway, appeared Mics
Borden. For the space of perhaps a sec-
ond she falsered and leaned against the
casing, but she Immediately recovered her
self-possession and walked with firm
step along the aisle and took her place In
the dock. Her face was flushed and her
eyes rested on no one, but were turned now
to the right, then to the left and again to
the ceiling or floor. However great may
have been her mental sufferiag during her
imprisonment, she carries no outward sign
of it. She is plump and had good color
and her eyes are bright and there are sp-
parent no more lines than were visible at
the time of her arrest. She was quietly
dressed in dark, plainly made dress, and
h1oaH 1onh1a hra sfoI oonb II
black hat, black half veil and black gloves.
When the ripple of excitement which
marked her entrance had subsidized the dis.
trict attorney moved that Miss Borden be
arraigned and tie clerk of the court,
Simeon Borden, esq said:
''Lizzie Andrew Borden, stand up"
Miss Borden looked steadily at the clerk
while he read slowly three indictments.
There were two counts in each indictment.
Two charged the murder of father and
mother separately and the third charged
of each indictment the clerk ssked:
"Lizzie Andrew Borden what say you to
this Indictment, are you guilty or not
guiltya"
To each she replied clearly, calmly and
steadily:
II am not guilty"
She did not seem to be stolid or stub.
born, but acted as If che was fully alive to
the gravity of the situation.
Andrew Jennings of Fail River, who
has been her faithful counsel all through,
was present, having come over on an
early train. After the arraignment was
over and Miss Borden had taken her seat,
Mr.. Jennings stepped forward and asked
Judge Hammond il he would assign coun-
sci for Miss Borden. This judge asked
who had been acting and Jennings said he
had together with GeQSge D. Robinson and
n. o. Adams. Judge Hammond asked if
this counsel was acceptable to Miss Bor-
den, and Mr.. Jennings answered in the
affirmative.
Judge Hammond said there appeared to
be no necessity for counsel and told Mr..
Jennings he could enter the appearance of
himself and Messrs. Robinson and Adams.
The court was then adjourned and, after
waiting q moment or two for the spectators
to disperse Sheriff Wright, his wife and
Miss Borden left the room and in company
with Mr.. Jennings proceeded to the room
of District Attorney Knowlton, where they
stopped till 1t was time to go to the train.
Mr.. Jennings accompanied the party to the
station where the three took the train for
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