Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-15
LIZZIE BORDEN sIcKENs.
Her Trial is Proving a Terrible and
Trying Ordeal.

L tue LALLic DOEucu lhuLuCI lAAdl 10 bC-
ing conducted under the eager case
of curious public, proved more the
usually interesting and dramatic.
The details of the case, as they are
developed from day to day, grow de-
cidedly more sensational and take on
atragical and gruesome aspect which
lends peculiar interest to the trial in
the eyes of the more morbldly curl
Gus portion of the audience.
The court was called to order
promptly at $50 o'clock a. NJ, and
upon the prisoners entrance into the
court room, Justice Mason ordered
that the trial should be proceeded
with. The trial was resumed with
DR.. DOlan on the stand. 1t will be
remembered that his examination
consumed much of the previous days
session.
Resuming his testimony, he said
that the blows that killed Mr.. Borden
must have been delivered by a left
handed person, as they were deliver
ed from left to right. The blows
were of moderate force. The blows
were, in his opinion, one-handed ones,
the hatchet not being held in both
hands at any time. The person who
struck the blows stood at the head of
the sofa, and in front of the sitting
room door. The blows were of such
character that the blood spurted all
over, particularly upward. The hair
was cut clean and sharp as though by
, very sharp instrument.
During the recital of these ghastly
details, Miss Borden hid her face in
her handkerchief, and seemed much
agitated. When she removed her
handkerchief, it was seen she had
been weeping. Mr.. Adams gathered
together all the bloody pillow shams
and sheets and spread them over the
laps of the jurors in the front row.
Juror Hodge tainted at the sight,
but was soon revived.
A new feature brought out in the
testimony of the Doctor was that the
murderer struck some of the blows on
Mrs. Borden astride the body. Either
of the two hatchets directly in evil
dence could have been used.
The q inch cuts might have been
made by 81 inch hatchet. The wit
ness admitted it was matter of specu-
lation about the time that passed be-
tween the murders. He believed Mrs.
Borden was killed fully an hour and a
half before Mr. Borden.
The bloody tale was too much for
Miss Borden, and during a brief re-
cess she was led from the room.
Prof. Wood, of Harvard College,
testified to the analysis Of the stomachs
of the Bordens. He found no traces
ofprussic acid in them. He tested
the milk with the same result. Tests
of the spots on the claw-headed hatch
ct failed to develop the presence of
| blood on the axes. The hair on the
hatchet was probably cows hair.
The spot of blood on Lizzie's skirt
came from the outside. Witness said
the crime was probably committed
with the headless hatchet. The per-
son who killed the Bordens would
certainly have been spattered with
blood.
AT the conclusion of Prof. Woods
examination DR.. Cheever, surgical ex-
pert was called. He testified that the
handleless hatchet could make all the
wounds, that one blow on Mrs. Borden
was made by person facing her, and
on cross-examination said that the
blood would naturally fall on the
assailant.
Then came striking and dramatic
Illustration when Mr.. Adams asked
him to illustrate just how the blow
would have to be struck in order to
produce the cut found in the skull of
Mr.. Borden. Mr.. Adams stood be-
fore the witness, who is tall, spare and
very deliberate in all his movements.
A new hatchet was held aloft for a
second, inclined to the left, and then
flashed through the air, straight, as it
seemed, with the skull of Mr.. Adams.
When il seemed as if the crash of
bone must be heard, the Ratchet stop
ped and remained steady. The spec
tators gasped. A few minutes later
the court adjourned for the day.
Confederate Veterans Re-Union.
The following circular has been Is
sued by w. L. Cabell, Lieut.-Gen.
Commanding, United Confederate
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