Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-06-21

of the defendant with the officers she had sought to oppose them in any way. and that this matter should be carefully ex- amined.
 He asked the jury to think over carefully whether a person contemplating crime would be likely to tell @ friend of it or predict 1t in any way the very day before hand. The court asked the jury to say whether it was evil fear or evil premedita- tiou. In the matter of the dress the court asked the jury to say whether they could extract from all the descriptions of the press enough by which to identify it.
 The quarrel story the Court disposed of in short order and, of course, left it with the jury to say whether it was reasonable to say that such persons who were inter ested in getting Mrs. Reagan's story be- came SO without having first ascertained the truth in the matter. The court Said the jury will lift the case above the level of passion into the clear lines of truth and reason.
 At the conclusion of the charge the attorneys consulted a few moments. The jury was allowed to retire and counsel agreed upon what exhibits were to be put into the case, after which they were brought in again, the oath administered by the clerk of courts and the jury took the case.
 Among the exhibits put in were the three hatchets, the bloody handkerchief, photographs of the house exterior and in terior, the blue silk dress, the various pieces of wood, pillow shams, the coun- terpane, etc.
 After having been out a little over an hour, the jury returned to the court room.
 The jury was polled Miss Borden was asked to stand up and the foreman was l asked to return the verdict, upon which he announced Not guilty" After the verdict had been received thu district attorney moved that the other cases against Miss Borden be nolle pressed
 and the order of the court was to that effect.
 Chief Justice Mason then gracefully thanked the jurors in appreciation of their ! work and faithful service, and then dis missed them.
 When the verdict of ''not guilty" was returned, a cheer went up which might | have been heard half mile away through | the open windows, and there was no at l tempt to check it. The stately justices | looked straight ahead at the bare walls. Sheriff Wright was powerless to wield the | gavel for silence. He did not make the | slightest sign of having heard the great noise. He never saw the people rising in | their seats and waving their handkerchiefs | in unison with their voices, because his l eyes were filled with tears | Miss Borden's head went down upon the | rail ill front of her, and tears came where | they had refused to come for many a long day, as she heard the sweetest words ever | toured into her willing ears, the words
 mot guilty" MT. Jennings was almos. | crying and his voice broke as he put hi
 hand out t. Mir. Adams, who sat next tC ! him. and said ''thank God" while MT.
 Adams returned the pressure of the hand
 and seemed incapable of speech. Cover | nor Robinson turned to the rapidly dis
 solving jury, they filed out of then
 seats, and gleamed on them with !
 fatiieriy interest in his kindly eyes, ana
 stood up ils Mir. Knowlton and MT. Moody
 came over to shake hands with counsel for | the defence.
 As soon as possible the room was cleared, l although it was hard task since every
 body wanted to shake hands with Mis-
 Borden. When spectators had finally | gone she was taken to the room ot th'
 justices and allowed to recover her com
 posture with only the eyes of friends upol | ner and the caresses of devoted admirers
 At the expiration of an hour she Wa
 placed in carriage and driven to the sta
 lion, where she took the train for Fal
 River her nome no longer, probably, bu
 still the only objective point for the i'm
 mediate present.