The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-08
HEARING OF WITNESSES.
BRIDGETSULLIVA THE BORDES'S
sERVAET, TESTIFIEs.
She SAYS Lizzie and Her Step-Mother
Lived ConEenially and Peacefully.
Mr. Morse's Testimony,

NEW BEDFORD MASS, June L-At
the opening Of the third day Of the Bor-
den murder trial this morning the NOR
bid curiosity OF the female portion Of
the community was catered to. and
| nearly one-half Of the spectators We're
women. Their necks were eraned one
way as Miss Borden entered the room,
looking as unconcerned and fresh as
any one possibly could under such trying
circumstances.
After she took her seat Jennings had
five minutes conversation with her and
she appeared very much Interested and
animated, smile breaking out occasion
ally as the talk proceeded.
Kiennan, the civil engineer, who was
on yesterday, was recalled for first wit
ness.
When the witness was making the
measurements Of the lower floor of the
Borden house his attention was called
TO a closet I'm the front hall. lie was
asked If his attention was called 10 the
fact that one could go In there and be
hidden with the door completely shut.
lie described IL 10y saying a man went
I'm and he shut the door on him.
There was no difficulty In clos
ing the door While the man was
In there the door was left ajar and the
man in the closet could not have been
seen by witness. Witness was eight or ten
feet from the closet door at the time and
about the same distance from the front
Of the house When the witness was
near the parlor door his attcn-
ton was called 20 the man, but
before ne had time to verify whether
ne could see him or not. he
moved To the door Of the closet and
then he did see him. Witness had
made experiments as % what could be
seen Of objects on the floor OF guests
room from the stairs His assistant had
lain down on the floor between the
bureau and bed; then ne (witnesD went
down stairs and came up in the ordi-
nary way. Said witness: "I saw a man
stretched on the floor from the stairs.
and the point from which / first saw
him was the centre Of one of the stairs,
which brought my eye just on "a level
with the floor. a short distance above 1
could not see him"
The surveyors and photographers
evidence being concluded John y.
Morse took the stand. At first the pris-
oner watched him carefully with apparent
anxiety, then she looked on with the
same indifference as heretofore.
At 1890, on motion Of the defense,
ell the witnesses. except Reporters Man
ming. Stevens and Caldwell. Messrs.
Buck. Jubb and Holmes and those sum-
moned for expert evidence were ordered
to be excluded from the room.
Morse testified that ne was a brother
Of Mrs Borden. the first. He was cross
examined by Ex-Governor Robinson As
bearing on the possibility Of an outsider
being I'm the house. the fact was brought
ont that during the evening before the
murder there was no light I'm the sitting
room and that. unless the front door
was shut hard. the spring-locl would not
catch and turning the knob outside would
open the door. Morse swore that on
reaching the Borden house after the
murder he saw no officers I'm the yari
that the barn door was closed and he
heard no one inside. This contradicts
the Governments claims that officers.
by immediate examination Of the barn,
ascertained that the prisoner could not |
have been there at the time Of the muir |
der.
The witnesses called after Mr.. Morse's |
examination fixed the time when Mr. |
Borden was last seen. Cross examination |
developed nothing but slight confusion |
and uncertainty as TO the exact time |
Miss Borden yawned and looked on list |
lessly.
A buzz OF excitement went around the |
room at 1880. when Mr.. Moody callel |
Bridget" Sullivan.
She was a servant I'm the Borden family |
at the time Of the murder She leaned
TO the left side against the rail. looked
straight at Mr.. Moody and spoke so low
that he had 10 tell her TO speak louder.
The prisoner remained leaning back I'm
the seat, but changed posture so as 10
see the witness plainly, and watch Bridget
steadily with large eyes wide open. AN
the judges watched Bridget carefully !
while she testified 10 boiling the cellar
on the inside two days before the muir
der, 10 hooking the screen door TO the
sickness Of the BOrdens Wednesday. and
10 her own conduct, and the locked con-
diuon Of the doors on Wednesday night
and Thursday morning before The murder
She detailed at length the movements
n the various members of the Borden
during the morning Of the day
N the crime, and described again the
scenes when the murders We're discovered |
As bearing upon the alleged ill-feeling cx-
sting between Lizzie Borden and her
'tepmother Bridget testified upon cross
! never had any trouble I'm the family.
ma liked the place; / never saw or
ieard anything out of the way I'm the
amily relations, and during my nearly
hree years Of service everything was
peasant Lizzie and her mother always |
poke 10 each other; / heard them an |
alking I'm the sitting-roOm that morning.
nd Mrs. Borden asked Lizzie some ques-
IONS and she answered them civlly and !
roperly. So far ms ] could see they lived
ongenially and pleasantly.