Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-15
UNHAPPY LIZZIE.
Little Comfort for Her at Home
Said Witnesses.
Damaging Evidence BY Police Matron
Hannah Reagan.
Iutses Exelste Mees Eviasace nd Poial
10 Gained b osisaes.

trial Was resumed promptly this morning
and at O'Clock every seat in the court
room was filed.
City Marshal Hilliard of Fall River was
the first witness. He described his visits to
the Borden house ON the day Of the murder
and the following Saturday. He identified
the dress shown in the case ~ that worn by
Lizzie Borden on the day Of the murder.
He then told of his visit to the barn.
Saturday nigh: at the Borden house Mayor
Coughlin, in conversation with the family,
said it would be best for them to remain in
the house for few days. After further
conversation on this subject, Lizzie asked:
What, is there nybody in this house sus-
pected?"
Mayor Coughlin replied that she was sus-
pected. Then Emma spoke up and said,
I'VE have tried to keep it from you IS long
~ we could
The mayor asked Lizzie where she Was
when the murder was committed, and she
replied, .In the barn for 90 minutes look
ing for lead sinkers." Lizzie said. after
Emma spoke, We'll. an, ready to go at
any time
The witness said he took from the barn
box and basket containing lead. The
basket WAS found in the loft of the barn on
a bench.
The witness told of getting the hatchets,
clothing of victims, shoes and stockings and
other articles from the Borden house. lie
said he had made efforts, through his Off
GERS only, TO find out about u note which
was said to have been sent to the Borden
house on the day of the murder.
1t appearing that the witness had done
nothing personally about the matter, he was
not allowed to state the results.
In the cross-examination by Robinson
llillard said the search Of the Borden house
by the police officers was thorough and that
the members of the Borden family assisted
the officers willingly during the search.
Lizzies conversation about her being sus-
peeted was open, earnest and frank.
Mayor John w. Coughlin of Fall River
was the next witness. He described his
visit to the Borden house with Marshal
Hilliard and corroborated his testimony as
to the conversation with the defendant.
Miss Emma then said she wanted us to do
everything we could for them, after had
told them to call on me for any protection
needed.
Cross examined: When Lizzie was asked
If anybody in the house was suspected, she
spoke excitedly. When she said she was
| ready to go if she was suspected, she spoke
up without hesitating and earnestly.
Recess for five minutes was taken at
1855.
Mrs Hannah II. Clifford of Fall River,
dressmaker, testified that she had made gar
ments for the Bordeps and had talk with
Lizzie about her stepmother in March,
1892.
Lizzie here held her hand over her
face.
The defense objected to the witness tell
ing the conversation because it was too re-
mote; but the question was put and excep-
tons noted.
The witness said she referred to Mrs.
Borden as mother. Lizzie replied Don't
call her mother she is only my stepmother;
and she is mean, hateful thing" | said
"Oh, Lizzie, don't say that" and then the
defendant said she always kept apart from
her, and ate her meals alone.
Cross examination developed nothing of
interest.
Miss Anna II. Borden testified that she is
not relative of the prisoner, but had
known her for five years. She went
abroad with her in 1890 and occupied the
same cabin on the outward and hOmeward
voyage.
The witness was asked to state whether
she had had any conversation with Lizzie
about family matters on the voyage and the
defense objected.
The court after delibefation, ordered the
witness aside and the jury to retire. Then
| Moody stated the evidence about to be Of
fered was in substance that the prisoner re-
GREETED returning home after passing such
| happy, pleasant summer, because the home
to which she was returning was such an un-
happy one.
He held that this expressed better than
anything else the permanent condition of
things in that household, even though they
occurred two years before the homicide.
1t is an expression of feeling in the family
by members of that family, and it is to be
taken into account so also by what we
know of people about to return home after
an absence.
| Ex-Governor Robinson said the state
ment was altogether too remote. The wit
ness had been abroad and as they were
coming across this conversation occurred !;
there is only one thing to object to, and
that is the statement about the happy home.
| There isn't a party who ever starts to re-
turn home from pleasant trip but what is
likely to say, 81 wish wasn't going home,
| We Htii plchHhHt t'uc- IL SUE
made that statement the fact that she went
home and lived there showed that every
thing as all right.
Mr.. Moody said it had been shown by
the previous witness that the defendant,
most of the time or large part Of the time,
didn't sit at the same table with her par
ents, tending to show that the alienation
had been continued after she arrived home.
The court was of the opinion that the
language used is so susceptible of other
Influences that it would be better to ex-
clude it, the idea evidently being that it
might refer to some other member of the
family beside her stepmothef.
Lucy Collet of Fall River testified that
she sat on DR.. Chagnon's piazza in view of
the Borden house from l0.45 to As on
the morning of the murder and saw no man
about the premises.
Thomas Bolies of Fall River, hostler.
said he washed carriages in Mrs. Churchills
yard on the morning of the murder and saw
no one in the Borden yard. He could
see only a very little of the yard he sdmit.
ted that in fact. he could not see any of it,
Patrick MeGowan testified that he was in
Mr.. Groves yard from about 10 to 1870
the morning Of the murder. He was en-
ployed By Mr.. Grove. He saw nobody in
the Borden yard. Joseph Des Roster and
: John Denoey, Who were at work in Grove,
yard on the morning Of the murder, test
i fed that they saw no one go through thu
Borden yard that morning.
Hannsh Reagan, matron Of the polics
station at Fall River was the next witness
She testified that she had charge Of th'
, prisoner at one time. She was in her room
/ on August "a. Emma came in to see tn
{ prisoner about $40. The witness was il
the room cleaning up. They spoke to eacl
other and the witness went into n toile
room.