New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-12


department here Nor is there any. The three
handsome elderly gentlemen who preside as
Judges, with their grave and reverend faces their
fine qray hair their intellectual foreheads, their
serious kindly eyes, aIc all that is ideal IN d
court. The lawyers, quick, appieheDslIe' eager
Intelligent, watchful Of everything tha' Sai"
and done, strong in presenting each his own casc'
but guarded and discreet IN opposition. are P'c
cisely what to the rational lay mind, lawyers
ought to be when engaged IN so ieaflui con-
troversy The jury is as characteristic OF DoMn
East" as j. the old cow-and-cali iarmhouS'' "i'n
its white-panted boards and It's sieeh-paih'ea
window shutters. They have the Down Ias,
conference.-the, gentle eyes that move SLOWLY
from point TO point, following the slow opera
,ions NJ their mind and the slow movements
NJ ,Heir bodes They have the Down East
hoard scrubby and determined, past all repression
IN yrow Gercest on the neck. 1hey nave t'e
"Down East" gait with its slow, long. lumber
ing step, and they have the rugged Down East
honesty of appearance which says that IN all
,binos they intend to do Just about what's right
az nearly as they know it or can find 1t out.
LIZZIE BoKDEN's APPEARANCE.
There Is no question of department with the
missioner She has no mind for anything except
th. dreadful business that brought and hoiuS
her here While her face is not agreeaoic IL
furnishes by no means the only clew 10 her
character Habits of mind impress themselves
upon the human body everywhere Attl'uoe -
eNpressive movement is expressive lhe way
one sits and walks and holds ones hands tells a
.torv Of character and disposition, almost as eo'
aucnt and clear as the expression ofAenf eyes OF
the lines about ones mouth lazzls1 bordehs
face !, not soft face. 1t is not gentlSs it does
not indicate quick or tender emoti9ns I'LL Is all
right til the mouth, lips and jaws saret reached
Tho mouth is strong and firm, and the lips move
but .liohtlv when she speaks The cheeNs az
fu,l and the Jaw square and heavy. Inc 0','''
il. prominent, and the thick lips shsh'iy p'o't" =.
These arr conspicuous features, ana wic' e"o
looked AZ from the front they eaton anu
one's observation But when she Is o"ee' ~
trom hobind il at once impresses the spec,"'o'
that the girl is singulary graceful tna' M |
arms and slender hands move III all On 49,.
refined and gentle way, that her a'"'uI .his
vnomanly, digni6ed, quiet, unoo'rusNe ;.s co
way she sits and looks and listens anu sa.h ~
patiently. so fearfully, for the words OF oe'o" -
49,. ,hat will be soon pronounced upon
her. ,.;tb the
Guidance I, is the audience of a New-Ehsian"
country town. an audience of factory hahoS' "''
.rmen. eea-going lads, lawyers, business n."
all the kinds of women, good ana oau' "'
and beautiful vulgar and gentle, ina. "o
N ola.lden and trouble the earth. iheS ny
.',;a, They ait very still. They feel them
solves not only under the subdulng speNi Vi wa
tragic cause, but under the eagle, afchiiis s'sA'
of one with whom, among all theSe, WV" ,m
ou.s,;on of deportment This is the High ohe'i"
~ Bristol County, the highest sheriff S"' ~.
was: so high that he has to bob when hc "''n
under the moon Except when oc2upNu
stately procession precedent 10 the movements
Their Honors the Court, and wheh ehs's'" "
rancing around the courtroom 10 see wa,
nn,,nnv wretch is daring to breathe without
HAVING prviously consulted him. the High Sheri''
of Bristol County is engaged in introsiec'loh' "
a nanny when with stately tread. with MS nis"
s;,k hat fixed firmly on his head. and his swallow
tail coat OF Wcbstcrian blue Tapping ITS tais IKE
a strearner from u fagpolc, he precedes the HON
orable the Justices Of the superior court VI III,
State Of Massachusetts, as they enter the foo. anu
take their places behind the bench lie l. HAPPY
who, with darkcning frOwn he ganccs arouha
and indicates 70 some unhappy deputy HI, august
d;sn,easure But the golden moments Of his lie
come when he is interpretive: when' seated oe-
hind his desk in the full gaze OF the muitituue ne
thinks real thoughts, all about himself. Then Is
the High Sheriff of Bristol County In conui-
ton OF positive, supreme peace and satisia''ioh'
Tho doctrine of reasonable doubt" prevails in
Massachusetts as in other civilized places. WIN
ont assuming 10 take the place of jury which
has impressed me honest and competent
should think that this doctrine of reasonable
doubt. would avail TO save Lizzie Borden from
the callows, unless the State makes its case much
stronger than il has yet done. An opinion on
the case can properly be expressed because the
Jury is confined. all the time, and is not allowed
10 see newspapers or to speak with any one
circuinstantia case 10 he convincing must DE
very orcrmstantial. The details that. accuse
Lizzie Borden lack consistency, lack probability,
and might lie true and still leave her innocent
She was the last person that saw her father and
her step!nother alive Nothing whatever IN the cir
cumstances OF the Case even suggest anybody else
as their murderer The State has proved that
on Wednesday night, the night before the murder,
Lizzie told friend, Miss Russell. as the
reason why she lid not intend TO JON her sister
Emma, who was then visiting at Marion, that
she had a feeling that something going TO
happen that she very much depressed and
did not like to leave her father; that she was
afraid he had an enemy; that she had heard him
quarreling with a man the other day about the
lease Of q piece OF property, and her father had
said that he would not let the man have ii for
such a purpose, and that angry words passed
between them. She said also that the night be-
fore, that is, Tuesday night. everybody in the
house had been taken sick except Bridget, the
cook that she Lizzie thought something must
have been the matter with the bakers bread or
with the milk, but that wherever the trouble
was or whether there really any trouble or
not, she felt very bad, and was something
was going 10 happen The State has promised
TO prove, though it has not done SO yet, that
that night Lizzie tried to buy some
prussc acid, giving her reason for desiring
IL, the cleansing Of some household utensils.
The State has proved that that Wednesday
night found no occupying .in the Borden
house except Mr.. and Mrs. Borden, Mrs More,
IAzze's uncle, the brother of MIR Rordens first
wife LizziaA. herself. and Bridget the cork