Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-06-15
COURT WILL ADMIT EVIDENCE
Showing That She Attempted to
Buy Prussic Acid the Day Be-
fore the Murder-This is Held
to Show That Her Mind Was
Made Up to Kill Her Father
and Step-Mother - Evidence
Brought Out Yesterday.

more lnslStenU ana peEslSSeEb VAoh VHo
men.
City Marshal Hiliard, Fall River, was
| the first witness this morning, and de-
scribed his visits to the Borden house,
his conversation with the prisoner in
which she was told that she was sus-
pected, and when she said she was In
the barn when the murders were COM
mitted. The Marshal was cross exam
ined by Governor Robinson, who at
tempted to show that the witness was
not obstructed In his search or She
premises.
A feature OF the Marshal's testimony
was the first knowledge Lizzie Borden
had that she was suspected Of the mur-
ders. Mayor Coughlin was present at
the same time. The MarshaPs story
of the scene is as follows: Il
went there in company with DR..
| Coughlin; there was d large crowd OF
people present, perhaps two Or three
| hundred | sent for officers and had
the crowd removed to the street. Then
| | went into the house, where l saw the
! prisoner, her sister and DR.. Morse.
| There was conversation, but Dr.
! Coughlin and the others did the talk
! ing; after we entered the parlor, Dr.
! Coughlin asked that the family remain
! in the house for a few days, that there
was much excitement, and he thought
it better that they should remain there
and not go on the street. l think he
! told them that II they were annoyed by
the people to send word to the City Mar
shal or himself and they should be pro-
| III
mail and was told they had better send
for it,. Then Miss LiZZied asked:
What! is there anybody in this house
suspected?' The Mayor said: Perhaps
! Mr. Morse could answer that from
what you did last night"
Lizzie then said: 81 want to know the
truth" and the Mayor (Coughlin) said
he was sorry to say It, but that she
was suspected Then Emma spoke up
and said: 1--WE have tried TO keep II
from you as long as we could" Then
the Mayor asked Lizzie where she was
when the affair happened, and she said
she was in the barn for twenty minutes
looking for lead sinkers. Lizzie said
after Emma spoke: well, l am ready
to go any time"
|
| ined, swore that the search Of the Bor-
den house was thorough and that the
defendant gave him all the articles he
asked for and spoke earnestly and
frankly in conversation about suspicion
OF her.
Mayor John w. Coughlin, of Fall
River, was next called. He described
his visit to the Borden house with Mar
shal Hilliard and corroborated the mar
shal's testimony as to the conversation
with the defendant. The court ex-
cluded the evidence as to demonstration
against Mr.. Morse offered by the govern
ment to show that the police later sur
rounded the house in good faith for
protection not for survei llance.
Mrs. Hannah II. Clifford, the dress
maker who has made wearing apparel
! for the Bordens for the six years past,
in describing her occupation, said she
made "outside ladies garments" miss
| Borden came TO see me about suit one
| day." she said. "While she was there l
told her l was making a dress for Mrs.
Barden and when spoke Of Mrs. Bor-
| den, called her mother. Don't say
that because she is a mean, good for
nothing thing, Lizzie said to me.
"I don't have much to do with her,
Lizzie said. AT home, she said, 4
stay in my room 1 asked her II she
did not eat with them. She said they
ate at the same table, but they never
took their meals together If they could
help it,"
Next came six witnesses who were in
! the Borden peirhborhood the morning
of the murder, neither OF whom saw
any one enter or 90 away. Their cross
examination, however, tended 10 show
a man might have gone out Of the Bor-
| den house without being seen.
Hannah Reagan, matron st the police
station, Fall River, testified. Defining
her duties, the witness said the prisoner
was in her charge at one time. She
was in my room," she said, ION the oath
of August. Emma came in to see her
about o'clock in the morning. / was
in the room cleaning up. She spoke
with her sister, aud | went into toilet
room and hearing loud talk, looked out
| and saw Lizzie lying on her side and
Emma bending down over her. Lizzie
said. You have given me away, Em,
but don't care. won't give In one
inch. Measing on her finger.
Emma said: 'Oh Lizzie l did not at
the same time, sitting down.
They sat there until nearly II
o'clock, when Mr.. jennings came, but
Lizzie had no talk at all with her sis
ter after that;never opened her mouth to
her. When / first heard the noise OF
the loud talking | was about four feet
away in closet When Emma left
that morning there was nothing said by
either, aud Ho good bye" exchanged.
| decided sensation.
| During the time Mrs. Reagan was
telling the story that was so significant,
Lizzie Borden leaned far forward her
head over the shoulder OF Mr. Robin
son. Her face did not change in ex-
preston, except that 1t became flushed.
At this point recess was taken.
! Mr.. Jennings cross-e1smined Mrs.
| Reagan when the court re-asSembled az
ter recess.
Mr.. Jennings wanted to know II Mrs.
| Reagan could remember what had hap
pened in the afternoon. The witness
related, after a number OF questions, an
Incident which happened while Miss
4.iEzie was under has charge.
She said she was not sure II II was on
the same day OF the quarrel. or another
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