The sun., 1893-06-08
LIZZIE BORDEN WAS CHEEKY.
THE STATES WITNESSES HELPFD OUT
HER SIDE or THE CASE.


K-cu 'roSp-rxnm,untton ny Gov. Robin-
son-H ~ .sn't so Easy to see Mrs. Bors
den. rsody from the Stairs ne the Prose-
cu:ion tSnId, nnJ n Murderer Mi1bt Have
Go. Out OF the Yard withoat Detection
whiic The Police Were Searching the
House - Th- Front Boor. ton. Could
Hardly Bc Kept shut Interesting Ssepep
NEw BEDroRD. Juno This was q red letter
day frr Lizzie Borden and hOr lawyers. Every
thing went their way. The witnesses waro
called by the Government. but they testified
for Miss Borden. Bridget Sullivan. who In ono
OF the Governments trump cards. lost trick
for her friends Miss Borden was in capital
spirits this morning before any one knew how
things were going to turn ou:. She waa 70
different from herself On the other days that
she seemed almost another woman. Yes
terday her face was blue. and her skin
moist with nn unwho!e"one. shining
dampness To-day she showed n trihs Of
healthy color. She had been used to sitting
with her chin on her breast. all but notion
less. nil day. To-day she held her head
up, looked at everything out of bright eyes.
moved her chair about. and shifted herself in
It, quite like any one else. Her black gloves.
which she never takes of. are said to 10 quito
maddeningt TO some Of tha women, who want
Since her fninting yesterday she IL regarded
ms full OF startling possibilities. On the basis
Of the swoonng, many persons. and even one
OF the newspapers. went so Tar as to predics
that she would. sooner or later. confess some
thing or othrr. Others said she would frli IN.
and others that sho would soon be taken to
an asylum.
Tho fact is, Lizzie Borden had not been re-
Garded as quite human until her poor nerves
nm hny md ND HarJv ~
startling after ten months OF her
morotonous stoiidty that people went wild
With coniecturrs. hey also became wild to
get in the court room and when tho doors
wers opened the room filed up like II teacnp
under II running spout. In front OF their three
]ionors who preside over tho court o
third vase Of miyed carnations decorated
the bench. This increase Of beautiful
ornaments accompanied the increase Of those
other beauties. tho women. in the court room.
There were srventy-nve members OF the fnir
sex. and thoy all sat along on the Shcrif's sise
OF the room. with that important parsonage in
the middle Of the column to beam Rt them
when they were quiet and to gare at them
whenever they whispered. About half OF tho
women were OF commanding rank. and tho
other half were in cnlico. A little sprinkling
OF very swarthy Portuguese girls added novel;
ty to the genil. crowd.
Inc SHorlli on MS throne SenmS queer NPs
urs to n New Yorker He has very important
bearing. and. like that other Sheriff in Robin
Hood Fancies he has eagle eye and
mighty brain. When he scours the room with his
glance. ono scoms to see the offenders shrink.
ard when he raps un his desk a!l who arc out Of
order get back Into order as quickly as n lot of
fiddler crabs run In their holes Rt the sound OF a
footstef He is a rursy. short man with q
bottle bluc coat and many brass buttons. and
when not frowning Mt the peop!e he Ia apt to
drop into self plative mood that Ia
always accompanioh by n smile aud n twinkle
OF his eye He then apnesrs pleased with him
self, anh incidentally with everything around
him. he is SO impressive thGt whoever secs
him wonders II there was ever such another
Sheriff and what would become OF the New
Bedford court If he should resign.
The first witness to-daY WAS Mr. Kisran. the
civil engineer who testified yesterday. and
whose business it Is TO verify tha charts and
diagrams that are exhibits In the case. Mr..
Jennings. tho chief Of Miss Borden's counsel.
took him in hand. and was closely studied by
those who had nevor seen him at his business.
He is tho smallest OF the lawyers in size. and
the biggest in nervous en- nergy. With his hands
in his ock cts and his head In the air he gave
himself n very busy tim" OF it, It appeared
I've W" fy Of 'nS1f5 aa6us sa PEN in m ordaa
house 4 man had Gone in the closet NJ the
f"ot OF the !r9nt stairs where murderer
see whorher he couih see the engineer with tho
outer door alnr. lie did. but 1t was only TO;
Ther again the engineer had an asslstantiie
where Mrs. Borden was feed with annxe. Then
Moran went down stairs ana turned and went
man. lie saw W the man. H hut. "a as hahn he innocsntiS @ I
remnrksd. he was looking for him. He saw
him Ju>t when his eyes E't ahove the level of
"A "a
For Lizzie Borden's side sx- Gov. Robinson
could not. That scored ront Tor, Hiss ,Bor-
sullivan was letting In her father and Miss
at her This, witness testified to nnding blood
hem IN whsse ss 1s M Soin %iH feet and
went to the Borden house close iipon the nur-
der and ph2tEciaphcd the bodies and the
The arc hz riM,ur,rT ara ,hey agsrayats AL
There Was no dclicnry about tIem, They sim.
ply showed. what the oye Of day saw Ave
man ras,ing on his shnulders aS hs all but
Slipped rom tho sofa when he was hit. II OK.
l,i6iied his head. all battered and cut SO shock-
,.Tncr" were aiso, pictures Of the head and Of
Mr ?%n s n 81 r aoG On tSs hss gUS"sst sSS sss
OF the District Attorneys. had such wsyof
waving these pictures about in plain sight
tnat IhA Prisoner held her head down and
closed her eyes. Onre the odious photos were
Iut nsine, size threw her head back opened
her eyes. and again looked about and toyed
with Ter smelling hottie.
John Ninnicum Morse was next called. and
put the court room audience on the qui viye.
lie is II Typical farmrr-like man. There were
I w.nty others Just Ike him In The court room.
and hnndreds liko him are in tho town-men
very like Uncle sam in tho comic papers. He
snid he was lZ2is's unrlc and among other
things. aid that she is ''i ,yeprs old and her
n visit on tn. day Ie'ore the murder. and
stayed there Till after the frarfnl occurrence.
The in portant parts o. his Testimony were
these: He went out In the evening and came
back at half rast = and chattcd with the old
people. Mrs. Borden went to bed first by way
Of tho rear door and hack stairs. komshody
came in tho front door and went up stairs to
IizIio's room lit was the prisoperL A little
ater 10 o'clock no and Mr.. Borden went to
bed lie up the front stGirs and Mr. Borden up