Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-20

| we '"'t t"VSo tulngS ont: no pol
| SOD, no instrument appeared. no state
ment made under oath by hor that YOU
Know ANYTHING about. | don't care what
| You have read. My intention is not to dis
| tort facts, hut to find ont Just how we
anu; things that are not IN dispute | will
not touch, and trust will not by single
letter step over the line OF proof or deal
uhJustiy with the Commonwealth so dear
/ TO us all.
| Governor Robinson then began a chroni-
| Gle OF the events connected with the crime
and Its discovery as they appear III the evil
dcuce.
The prisoner sat in the dock with her
face covered with fan while he onalyZed
the evidence.
ANALYZING THE EVIDENCE.
After cautioning the Jury 10 disregard
! certain parts of the District Attorneys =
| opening ne not proved by the evidence.
the Ex-Governor proceeded TO dispose of
certain points of the prosecutions owl
| dence IN detail. The only connection be-
| tween defendant and the crimes was tho
| blOod-spot on the skirt, which was ex-
| plMDable as menstrual blood. The pro-
| position that Lizzie must have seen
Mrs. Borden's body when upstairs was
unsound. because the body could be seen
from only one stair, and here she would
not stop ana look If she did not suspect
wrong. Lzzie's statement that her
| mother had received "a DOto and gone out
was PLAN If Mrs Borden told both LlzZIc
| and Bridget about II. and that they could
not believe LzZIe lied about IT. LlzZIe's
| varying statements that she was IN the
| yard and the barn were recOncilablo.
| The testimony of three men proved
that Rubluski saw the defendant coming
| 10 the house from the barn. and therefore
| her statement Of her whereabouts at the
! time of the murders was true. When Liz
zle spoke about gong upstairs for Mrs.
| Borden she meant the front stars, because
| all knew she could not be up the back
stairs. as "a sheet had been obtained from
| there. LlZZie's laughter on the stars was
! lmmaterIal unless guilt was assumed.
The ring buried with Mr.. Borden shows
| hcr affection for hlm. The custom of
| locking doors was not TO lock daughters
| from the parent. but for protection.
Had the defendant committed the crime
| sho would not have gwen an alarm so
soon. The defendants emotion at the
| discovery of the crime was not assumed.
| Fomilg sickness. defendants conduct be-
| fore the murders, and her visit 10 The cell
| lar atterward were no evidence Of guilty
| mind.
| Tire burning Of the old things was n Gus
| tom IN many houses and the burning OF the
| Bedford-cOrd dress was thus explained.
| The dress worn on the morning of the
| murder was not changed till noon. The
| Bedford. cord dress hung till Sunday morn
| ing III the closet winch the officers searched.
| Defendant could not have committed both
! murders without changing her dress be-
| tween them. Matron Reagan's story was
| false. Experts differed as to which hatchet
| could have been used and he argued that
none OF those produced was used. kXciu-
| slyc opinion was improved. He detailed
| the maunC- IN which an outside assassin
might have committed the crime.
| Recess was then taken.
| DIsdEACEECL SCENES.
| The scenes about tho court house this
! afternoon were dIsgracefui. There was no
| system about the method of seating peo-
! pie and ladies were tossed about the
| walks, In the corridors. and on the stars
In the most reckless and careless manner:
| When Miss Borden came IN she was pushed
and crowded about lust as everybody else
| was, and there was Just touch OF asperlty
| in her manner a. she entered the court
room and faced the Duzzing crowd.
| GovEENoR ROBINSON RESUMES.
| Governor Robinson resumed his argu-
mept bV SAVING that the Jury was to ,tSe
| its Judgment IN the premises. lie called
attention 10 various phases OF tue case IN
| review III bTlef. and sad: 1t Is very dan:
gerous 10 take the ground that II she DID
| not do II YOU cant see wnO dld 1t. lhe
extraordinary danger of jumping 10 con-
| clusious should be well Understood 10y
| Won. The fact that II was daylight Is no.
! thing. Miss Lizzie. there can be no ques-
ton. was ironing down stars, and YOU re-
member lronod handkerchlets were put
! ovav Nou will see that this Is genuine
and not fiction. ard these httlo things 90
| 10 establish the facts of greater things.
If the government faIls to prove the
| cbarge. then II "a your duty to saT she IL
not guilty. There Is not showing by the
| government by winch II would be safe 70
| convict her. You Will find her not guilty
| for two reasOus-One because 1t las not
| been proved that she Is guilty, another
| because Il YOU are convinced she IS not
| guilty, then you Will report she - n0t.
! " nat is there TO prove TO you absolutely
| that she is guilty"
| THE GOVERNOR CLOsEs.
1t was 3 o'clock when Governor Robin
| son closed his plea and a recess OF hve
| minutes was allowed before Distnct-At-
| torney KnOwlton took up hls work.
ARGUMENT FOR THE STATE.
The District Attorney had not con-
| clnded his argument when the court adj
! iourned for the day. He devoted himself
! 10 weaving "a web OF clrcumstantlal evil
dence against Llzzle Borden. 1ouching
upon her good character, ne cdIlcu
| the iury's attention 10 the case III
Hall River, where a few wears ago
some prominent .church-member went
wrong. saving that they were rotten 10 tue
core. and II was demonstrated that those
! vino stand close to the sanctuary are not
| tree from the faint of sin. tie argued that
II was malice against Mrs. Borden that IN
spired the murder. 1t was the aot ol a
person who spent the forenoon IN that
LOuse. and this fact bears on tnls case
from beginning to end
He smoke of the skeleton III the Borden
household. and Lizzie's refusal to call her
stepmother mother"
TnY TRAGEDY REVIEWED.
Here the speaker reviewed tue move
ments of the FAMILY on the morning OF the
tragedy from the time OF their arising IN
the morning through the time when MT.
snd Mrs. Borden and Morse took
Ireskfast together, the time of Morse's
coinr away. and Mr.. Borden's lock
INC the screen-door after HIM. Then
Nr Borden goes down town. Ihen
Erldpet goes out washing windows. Mrs,
| BORDEN goes into the guest-chamber, ana
Lizzie and she are above stars; Lizzie
| then goes out of doors 10 see II BrlGget Is
| fairly al work and then goes BACK,
and the murderer was gone. Up 10
tbe time the murder was done there
was mo room for the assassin 10 come
~ When that woman fell under the
| hiows-a 2O0-pound woman-the ran
must have been heard by whoever ~'1s ~
the house at the time. IL Ll2zle was uowh-
stoirs she was in the way of the assassin.
If She was upstairs she was on the same
ioor, quite near. and she , could hnn, not
have helped hearing. Nc matter now
rpaitily murder is planned there, is
always some point wnere the plans
fall ard they failed here at the critical
time. She was alone IN the mouse WIN
that murdered woman; she must nave
Known it, and she knew that so.s by and a a,opg by
Wy 1nSio w.. "s' voo, Who would have noticed
ab the absence @ Of his beloved wife. and who
would have skcd for her and that that thequesdi aed
tlon must be answered. lie cnuie ~, 1mn ha,
sue went 10 him and SAID: Mother mas
had a note and gone out.
THERE WAS NO NOTE"
When Bridget got through her Tork Tors
Lizzie told her that she Was soiIS SoS ~ t,ooc
the screen.door, as Mrs. Borden had gone
ont aud she might go out, too. Counse.
or the other side said this statement was
not lie. But there was no note, tne.o
atpk And IDb uOic