Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-24

New Bedford, Mass, July 20-Ip tba
Lizzie Borden murder case this 3frar
noon the last arguments were u,38s
and then the judge gave a charge quir-
favorable to the defense. At the con.
ciuSiOn of the charge the attorney.
consulted afew moments and then Tia
jury was allowed to retire. 1t wis
just 4:30 O'Clock when the spectatnr
who had kept their seats patiently dur.
ing the retirement of the Jury. no
ticed movement Indicating its return
A moment later the twelve men tiled
into their seats and We're polled.
Miss Borden was asked to stand up
and the foreman was asked to return
his verdict.
Not guilty" was his reply.
Then all the dignity aud decorum Of
the court room vanished A cheer
went up which might have been heard
half a mile away and there was no at.
tempt to check it,
Miss Borden's head went down upon
the rail in front Of her and the tears
came. Mr. Jennings almost cried,
while Mr. Adams seemed incapable Of
speech
As soon as possible the room was
cleared and when the spectators had
finally gone Miss Borden was taken to
the room of the justices and allowed
to recover her composure with only
the eyes of friends upon her and the
caress of devoted admirers At the
expiration of an hour she was placed in
a carriage and driven to the station.
where she took a train for Fan River
her home no longer probably, but still
the only objective point for the present.
THE ARGUMENTS.
New BEDFORD, Mass, June 20.-The
great Borden trial is ended and as this
news 5 being carried over the wires
the jury are considering what they
will re giSter in court late tonight or
tomorrow morning. There We're as
many people in the court room 10 hear
the argument of the Borden trial as at
any time during the session Among
the peculiarities of the morning was
the receipt of box 10y Gov, Robinson,
sent from Pennsylvania, in which was
a small handleless Ratchet The true
inwarGness of the gift vas not ap.
parent and the box was not removed
from the janitOr's room
Miss Borden entered the room at
S.55, and Governor Robinson took
seat beside her and the two engaged
in conversation until court opened.
Court came in at 9 o'clock promptly
and District Attorney knowlton
picked up the thread of his argument
where he dropped it last night. DE
spoke at length of the motive of the
crime, saying the malice was all be-
fore the fact. The wickedness Of in
gratitude had gone on under
that roof for many months
Mr.. Knowlton discussed the muir
der of Mr.. Borden, which he
argued might have been induced by
the fact that he was the only one who
would know Lizzie killed Mrs Bor-
den. Mr.. Borden S movements on the
morning of the tragedy We're detailed
up to the time he was left alone with
the prisoner. 7 pri, oner's ironing
was left unfinished when the crime
was committed. Her varying explana-
tiOns of her conduct at the time OF the
crime were incredible. Medleys
story of the visit to the barn refuted
the defendants alibi. Reverting to
the motive for killing Mr.. Borden, ne
said that Mr.. Borden knew too muca
OF the family relations, ard Lizzie dd
not dare TO let him live. There was
no escape from the crime butto com,
plete the bloody work. The seeonu
murder was not planned, but was ions
as wicked and fearful NE essity
Mr.. Kuowlton reviewed at length
the eviden e as to the handleless
Ratchet. dwelling on the significance
of ito fitting the wounds and being
broken short as if by design. Heagalu
returned to the evidence about the
note, and then, powerfully SUMMARY.
ing his entire argument, closed at i2'Vo
with an elegant appeal to the jury 70
decide as their consciences should d.
rect.
EULALTE SOON GOES.