The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-06-21


him it was l0:3O o'closk when he saw the
woman in the yard.
Counsel drew attention to the fact that
the stable keeper where Rubenski kept
his horse corrobOrated him ss to the time.
and 30 had Newhsll, the man from Provi-
dence.
A recess of five minutes was taken at
this point.
Robinson n Disappointment.
The summing up of Ex-Governor Rob
inson, so far as it had gone. was discussed
freely. Much disappointment was ex-
pressed about il. The governors effort
had not been so great as had been ex-
pected of him. The lawyers said the facts
in the case had not been handled as they
bad been led to believe they would.
Bridget. the ex-governor said. after recess.
when she heard Sir. Borden was dead, said she
would 90 10 Mrs. Whitsheads aud tell Mrs.
Borden If she was there That was e0rrObO-
rated on the story of the note. If you presume
that the defendant is guilty, the suggestion OF
the prosecution would be that Miss Borden
told Mrs. Churchill and Bridget TO 60 mp stairs
by the front way and find Mira. Borden. She
thought Mrs. Borden had come in. Perhaps 1t
was the slamming of the door perhaps the
moving about OF some one in the house that
she heard. Now, they say, she showed
no feeling. That when her step
mother lay dead in the spare room she stood
at the head OF the stairs and laughed. Well, II
you are down stairs 10 your own house and
some one cracks Joke you laugh at IL. Bat
suppose your son drops dead 10 a room up-
stairs. then you, who do not know he is dead
are q hard hearted wretch because you laughed
Rt the joke.
The way the Bordsns lived. how the house
- A.
had nothing to DO with the case, the speaker
said.
The old fashioned dinner, he said. is Just a.
good as the fancy things we get at the hotel.
lie then took up the question OF motive.
Now what sort of combination are you trying
to make OF this woman. She kills her step
mother because she did not like her, and kills
her father whO she did like because she wanted
his money?
Miss Lizzie said Mrs. Borden was her step
mother and not her mother. The emphatic
policeman, Fleet, told that. She had said to
Mrs. Clifford the dressmaker, that her step
mother was 3 mean old thing and that they did
not have much to do with each other. But
Bridget Sullivan, who for two years had been
closer to the family than anyone else, had
never heard quarrel between them. l agree
with you that Lizzie Borden is not q saint.
lie yentured the assertion that the
members of the Jury were not saints. tie
told the jury that there we're other men
as handsome as thew The girls don't
come down to breakfast with the others
In the family. They remained up late.
Here is one OF the men, be continued, with
no ornament of any kind except one, that was
a ring on one OF his fingers. When he was bur
ried u was put into the grave with him. A
simple old man, wearing that evidence OF ateo-
ton for his little girl.
NEfss Ror,au NIovad
As the speaker was running thus, Miss
Lizzie furnished evidence of emotion.
She did not take the fan from her face,
but moved little so she could place her
handkerchief 10 her eyes. She did that
and held it there for several minutes.
She told Miss Russell of fears she bad that
something would happen 20 the family. They
say Miss Lizzie burned her dress. The COM
mon way 20 get rid of old things is TO burn
them. The government says you gave us this
dress and 10 is not the dress. We want the
"Bedford cord" We say" we burned it." There
is differences between those who saw Miss
Lizzie that morning. Some of them ara mis-
taken but are honest. No. continued the de-
fendants lawyer, they took this dress,
but when they found through Prof.
Wood that there was no blood il
they say it is not the dress. ard ask for the
the clothes press until Miss Emma, looking for
some place to hang a dress. came across the
paint stained dress, and asked Miss Lizzie why
she did not burn it up. The truth is DR.. Dolan
found this, which he thought was blood
stained. and when they searched the house it
was only a farce.
They did not really care 10 search any more,
thinking they had found the bloodstained gar
ment which would convict her of the crime.
II Lizzie Borden killed her stepmother at 9:45
did she come down and greet her father in that
bloodstained dress? She must have stood
Ratchet into her head. She must have walked
into the sea OF blood, scattered il all over her
sell, changed her clothing and changed il after
the second slaughter.
would not be surprised il they said she did
the saughtering while nude. Ny heart aches
to think what may be the theory of the pros
ecution. She did not try TO get Bridget out of
the house. Don't you think she would have
sent her out on some errand?
During the latter portion of the sum-
mary in her favor Miss Borden removed
her fan from her face leaned forward and
looked steadily at the jury. She held her
head somewhat to the right and waved
her fan gently. She never smiled when
the ex-governor told what the late Bena a.
min L. Butler had said OF the case. 1t was
"Why does not DIR. Dolan hold an autopsy
on Lizzie Borden and find the hatchet?"
The exclusive opportunity theory, the law
yer said, was simply an anticipation that was
not realized. The side door was
unfsstened from o'clock that morning until
11:15. The back screen door was open. A
person could get into the house by simply
avoiding Bridget on the outside and Lizzie on
the inside. man might have gone to the
house for the purpose Of killing Mr.. Borden,
and happening to meet Mrs. Borden, probably
some one she knew, struck her down. Then he
waited for Mr.. Borden TO come home and
killed him. 1t would have been the most
natural thing in the world for the assassin TO
have left the door of the spare room open.
Then as to the young man who was seen out.
side, what was he but the outside spy Of the
one committing the deed. The job was not
done by one man alone.
Crush by the Women.
At this point recess was taken. Mr..
Robinson had talked half an hour longer
than the time which had been allotted to
to him and had not yet finished. What
he said, and the way no said it, disap.
pointed his friends very much. During
the recess for dinner there were many pc
culiar manifestations on the part of some
of the women. A great many of them
remained in the court room and
would not leave. Others .massed them.
selves az the entrances. When they
could not get in themselves they man.
iiested an inclination TO permit
no one else 10 do 80. The result was there
was the most magnificent crush of hu.
manity that this town has ever seen.
Handsome gowns were torn and trampied