Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-06-12

conscious of what uad been testified to.
and sa!d that he did il up in IA whole news.
paper, and let che officer take il away.
Mr' hobfnson, who stumbled on this by
his usual hard work thai leaves nothing
undone, actually made the two policemen
hhow the Jdry now each one wrapped 1t
up. The two officers went through the
performance, each one swearing positively
TO his details. One made brown bundle
the size OF flve-cent cut Of pie; and the
other made sreat newspaper bundle big
enohgh to conceal pair of longshore-
mans shoes.
But there were other strong bits of evil
dence, and one that showed there were no
signs that Lizzie Borden had been in the
barn, as she said she was, on the morning
of the murder, was very
Damaging to the Prisoner.
She had told half a dozen men that she
went up into the loft Of the barn and
stayed there half an hour. Today an
officer described that loft ss having a
thick blanket Of fine dust on Its floors.
When he looked among the dust he saw
not mark upon IL, ct, when he drew his
fingers on it, he saw the finger marks,
and when he got up and walked there he
saw what the cowboys would call "plenty
of sign" that is to say, he saw his foot
prints clearly.
Yester erday's Feeling at Fall River.
All day long yesterday talk was plenti-
full on the subject of the Borden murders
and there is no denial that there Is a gen.
eral opinion about the town that the prose-
cution thus far has very weak case.
This opinion Is being strengthened by
nIirr IN off hat
Lizzie Borien's counsel will shortly throw
n bombshell into the camp of the authori-
ties. 1t is limited that the defense will
show conclusiyely that Lizzie Borden pur-
chased some paint few days before the
murder and that il was not an uncommon
thing to burn dresses in the Borden house
hold
The fact that the girl burned the dress
In the daylight when the officers sur
rounded the house will also be related to
show there was not the slightest attempt
to concealment.
The defendants lawyers do not attempt
at disguise their Joyful feelings because of
the present status of the clse, and the
girls friends here are juoilant.
The hatchet incident, with it's accom-
panying denials, are the source of much
comfort, but while the prisoners friends
are buoyant, the spirits of the police au-
thorities are by no means downcast.
Officer Mullaly's strange, unexpected
statement about finding the handle is,
they say, in keeping with the general tone
of testimony given 10y him before In court.
He has been known several times To take a
position in less important cases, in def
ance of the fact that five or six other
officers and witnesses testified positively
that he was wrong. One of the police
authorities thinks so little of the circum-
stances that he says that he will not ad
wise the district attorney to contradict
Mullaly's alleged erroneous statement.
The matter Of wrapping up the hatchet,
testified in the two ways, by Medley and
Desmond, can easily be explained. They
say both men did wrap up the hatchet,
Desmond wrapping it up first and passing
it to Medley who afterward opened 1t in
the cellar TO show another officer. II IL a
frequently expressed opinion here that
the defence has built mine under Med
ley's testimony and will set it off before
the case is finally submitted