St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-19
1t Will Be Fiereely Fought
Today by the Legal Fra
ternity.
Gov. Robinson Amply Pre-
pared to Make the Effort
OF His Life.
A Disagreement or Acquittal
Generally Expected by
the Public.
A Long Yarn From Baltimore
That Will Hardly Hold
Water.

Water.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, June 1S.-The
night before the legal battle is, as is
usual IN most conflicts, particularly
quiet and uneventful time. The work
Of preparation among the counsel in
the Borden case has been going on all
day, despite the fact that it was Sun
day. The work was considered one of
the essentials of good work to come.
Consultations and deliberations and
active efforts in the line of blocking out
the arguments on an effective basis
have been keeping all parties directly
interested exceedingly busy, while the
newspaper men have been interested
on-lookers from afar, simply because a
nearer approach and an insight into the
actual work of the day and evening was
an absolute impossibility. Gov. Robin
son realizes to the fullest extent of his
ripe, keen, analytical mind that tomor-
rows effort must and surely will be the
greatest of his legal life. He fully be-
lieveS in the
Justice and Truth
OF the cause he has undertaken, and
will devote his best energies to making
an impression upon the twelve good
men and true. such as cannot be readily
overcome and entirely obliterated by
the fierce, invective and fetching elo-
quence of Hosea NJ. Knowlton, his OPP
ponent in this legal tilt. The govern
ment has the best end of the argument,
because it has the ears Of the jury last,
and it is barely possible that, provided
the jury have not the most retentive
minds in the world, the words last
spoken and heard may fall upon most
fertile ground. The consensus of opin-
ion here is that Miss Borden will be
acquitted in short order, or that the
jury will disagree. In the former
event, it is understood that there will
be no jubilation, but she
1ectsTC
from the scene Of so much unpleasant
ness as quickly as possible. In the lat.
ter event there may come new trial or
case Of nolle proSequi later on-SheI
being allowed to go on her own recog7
nizance provided her counsel stands in
the breach. 1t may not be fair to as
sumo that the jury has sampled public
opinion sufficient to diagnose its pres
eat condition, and yet there is strong
feeling that this assumption will be en-
tirely correct. If all the people who de-
sire to hear the arguments tomorrow
are accommodated the court will
need to adjourn to some big park,
where deputies and the local po-.
lice can be relegated to the near
est woods. About the time the
court house doors are opened, County
street will look as though circus was
coming, and very large portion of the
eager ones will be disappointed. The
story about the disagreement among the
jurymen ls all bosh, and originated in
the fertile minds of super-lmaginative
person. While the surroundings are
not particularly conducive to harmony,
still it is fact that exceedingly
Pleasant Relations
have been maintained, and it will not
be surprising thing if every June
hereafter there should be festive re-
union of the Borden jury to commem-
orate this delightfully."- bright spot in
their career. 1t has just come to the
of the Associated Press that
the true inwardness of the double
warrant business is this: When
Marshal billiard came to the con.
,lusion that it was necessary to
closely watch Lizzie Borden, he swore
out a warrant for her arrest, trying,
however, to consult Mr.. Knowlton about
the matter. The latter was at his sum-
mer home in Marion, and could not be
reached by telephone. When he came
up on the day of the inquest, Marshal
billiard had the warrant duly made out
aud in his pocket. After the inquest the
district attorney said: ''Have warrant
made out and arrest her." or words to
that effect, and the marshal replied that
he had one already. But Mr.. KnowltOn
said that this would not do; there must
be warrant made out to fit the case. he
understanding and approaching, even
at that time, the very point which Gov.
Robinson used so effectively in barring
out the testimony of Miss Borden
at the inquest. 1t is fair to state
that the first warrant was issued
wholly without Mr.. Knowlton's knoWl-
edge or sanction, according to Mr.. Hill
cfotatnnnt althnIOh tho latter
tried to consult the lawyer before he
obtained it. The arguments will prob
ably take all day Monday, and the
charge will be given on Tuesday morn
ing. 1t being impossible for the jury to
leave The court room after receiving the
charge, it is considered as not quite fair
to start them In on the last stage of the
proceedings at nightfall.
Sensation Promised.
The gossip of the court attendants is
that the district attorney will argue that
the girl was naked when she killed her
and that when she butch
cred her father she had on the Bedford
cord dress WHICH she burned up after
ward. 1t is said that he will argue that
after she did the deed she kept the Bed
ford cord dress on all the time that the
police searched the house and wore
other garments over it-now
pink wrapper, and at other times
other dresses. If there is any
for this, and lie does pict-
ure well-broIght-up New England
girl bare naked while she commits the
most fearful murderous crimes, he will
succeed in making the case even more
unique than it is as present. He will
dwell long and impress
sively on the utter failure of the police