The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-09
LIZZIE BURNED A DRESS.
The Prosecution TO Use the Fact as
Highly Suspicious.

The Prisoner Spoke OF Il aa Covered
With Paint Before She Thrust 1t
Into the Flames-The Broken Han
die of an AK to Be Held Up as Part
OF the Implement With Which the
Bloody Work Was Dono.
New Bedford Mass, June S.-The court
house opened before the regular timo this
morning, and at the main entrance inquis-
1.-Two fen.ales who had swallowed their
breakfasts hurriedly or dispensed with
them entirely made one of the prettiest
rushes ever seen outside Of college cam
pas. Two blue-coated representatives of
the local police were carried off thoir feet
and whirled along with the rosistlcss pot
tic0ated surge from below until several
deputy sherifs jumped down to their
rescue and turned the tide. The result
was that the pushers were kept out en-
tirely, while those who acted in a fairly
decent manner were allowed the coveted
privilege of fighting for the seats inside.
Miss Borden was In her seat fifteen
minutes before the court camo In and
eagerly looked over the contents of big,
oilicial-looking envelope, which she after
ward passed to Gov Robinson An her
counsel were early on hand and the Jurors
were in their seats before the counsel for
the prosecution showed up at all. Just
as the court came in and the crier was
making his proclamation Miss Borden
was passing from a seat in the dock to n
seat within the bar inclosure beside her
counsel. She was obliged to stand al
I11H NH
crier was talking.
DR. Bowen was put on the stand. He
stated nothing new in his direct eXamina-
tton except to deny that he had ever said
Mrs. Borden died Of fright or in a faint
The cross-eXamiuation by Mr.. Adams
brought out the fact that the witness
had prescribed morphine for the prisoner
to allaY her nervous excitement, first In
ordinary doses, afterward in double doses
continued to the time of her arrest, and
afterward when in the station house and
before her examination at the inquest,
and that the morphine 50 prescribed had
a tendency to affect her memory and pro-
duce hallucinations. Tho examination
lasted little over an hour
Bridget Sullivan was recalled at 1910
O'Clock and put under a rigid re-cross-
examination by ex-Gov Robinson. She
denied that she saw Lizzie in tears when
she called her downstairs Just after the
murder, and denied that she had ever
stated so as shown by her testimony in
the preliminary hearing
Officer Fleet, who testified to finding
the hatchet head, also testified to search
ing Lizzie Borden's room on the day
the murder was discovered. in his
cross-examipation he said that he thought
he could have seen blood on the clothes
he examined if any had been there. If
there had been any paint there he be-
lieved he could not have seen it unless he
looked closely.
Mrs. Churchill was tho next witness,
but her testimony was not striking.
LIZZIE BURNED A DRESS.
Alice Russell was called. In the direct
examination Miss Russell described Liz
zie's burning a dress on the Sunday after
the murder. She first saw Lizzie in the
kitchen with the dress, and Lizzie said
II am going to burn up this old thing
covered with paint" The witness went
out and came in again and saw Lizzie
standing near the cupboard, tearing and
ripping a small portion of the dress The
skirt was lying on the shelf The witness
said: 81 would not let anybody see you do
that" to which Lizzie said nothing but
moved back one step toward the cupboard
door Afterward the witness said 81 am
afraid the worst thing you could have
done was to burn that dress, i" to which
Lizzie replied 20, why did you let me
do it; why did not you tell me2" The
dress was cheap light bluo cotton,
which the witness had once noticed Liz
zio wearing in the spring when new
Gov. Robinson began the cross-examina-
tion but failed to shake her testimony
The testimony of this morning is con
sidered very important, and Assistant
Marshal Fleet, In conversation with u
reporter, said he wac at loss TO under
stand where that dress which Lizzie is
alleged to have burned was when they
went through the house. Certainly they
saw nothing of it.
A hatchet was produced by tho prose-
cution and identified by the officer who
found it in the cellar without handle
and covered by dust and ashes. The
theory Of the prosecution is that Lizzie
committed the murders with this hatchet.
A fragment of the handle showed fresh
break The outside cellar door was
locked and part of the prosecution s
theory is that the hatchet must have been
placed in the cellar By some one inside
the house.
SLAYER OF THE TWEITMANs.