Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-15
FAMOUS TRIALS
LIZZIE BORDEN.


 that has ever occurred in the New England States was the double murder of Andrew J. Borden and his wife at Fall River, Mass. on August f, 1892. They were killed in their home in Sec ond street and both bodies had been frightfully mutilated. MT. Borden's body was found on the first floor. while Mrs. BordeR's was found in her own chamber on the upper floor.
 MT. Borden was wealthy real estate owner, a banker and mill man. He had been seen on the street only half an hour before the tragedy occurred, An in- yestigatien was at once started and on the day following an advertisement was inserted in the local newspapers by the two daughters of the murdered couple, Emma L. and Lizzie D. Borden, offering reward of $5,000 for the arrest and conviction of the murderers The two daughters made their home with their parents at the time of the murder, but Emma was away on visit, Lizzie was at home, but claimed she was in the garden when the murder occurred, and the only other person in the house was a servant girl, Bridget Sullivan. The l murdered Bordens were buried on Aug. s. Twenty-four hours each day the po- lice and detectives were working on the case.
 For some time many persons advanced l the double suicide theory, as the daugh- ter in the garden would have heard the murderer if it was a case of murder. | This was dispelled by the fact that no weapons were found near the bodies, but later two axes and two hatchets were dis l covered in the cellar with stains of blood upon them, which confirmed the murder theory
 1 Suspicion was first created against Lizzie Borden. the youngest daughter. when in a search of the premises two ! days later she refused to allow the au- 1 thorities to make an examination of her room. The first indication that there would be an arrest in the case was on August 10, when Lizzie was closely aues- toned, the answers she gave being un- ] satisfactory. She was taken into cus- tody the following day and on August l t2 she was arraigned at the Second Dis l trict courtroom, She was accompanied to the proceedings by Rev. E. A. Buck, the Congregational minister, whose church the Bordens attended. She plead 1 ed not guilty in a voice that rang cut clear and audible all over the still room. After the court proceedings Lizzie was taken into an ante-room where she had passed the previous night. and from there was transferred to the Taunton jail.
 Miss Borden was given a preliminary
 hearing on August 25. The case was carried on for several days. On the sec
 end day Bridget Sullivan gave some
 damaging evidence against the accused
 daughter. She stated that there was nc
 stranger in the house and the only ee-
 eupants at the time of the murder were MT. and Mrs. Borden, Lizzie and her : self. It was brought out that the
 daughter had told conflicting stories as
 to her absence from the house to ths ' barn at the time of the crime. mi.
 preliminary trial was closed on Sept
 1, when the venerable Judge Blaisdell di
 reeted that Miss Borden be returned tt
 Taunton jail to stand trial the flrs Monday in November for the murder O her parents
 The final trial was postponed iron
 time to time and did not begin unti t May 8, 1893, in the superior court Q I the state, at the time in session in NeV
 dictments against her, two of which wer ? for the murder of her parents separately | and the third charging her with the mur der of them both.
 The trial was conducted without in q terruption through the rest of May an A through June up to the 3Ath.. FeFme !, Gov. Robinson of Massachusetts va chief counsel for the defendant, and i
 was probably through his instrumental ty that the prisoner was 80 easily ae ' quilted by the jury.
 It required the 12 "geed men and true y to find the prisoner innocent only on
 hour and q minutes delberatiop. Vine
 the verdict was rendered for fully 6 It seconds there was not sound, then tn '- crowd of 1000 men and women brek IT into cry of joy and approval that ran
 far outside and teld the waiting thous
 ands that Lizzie Borden was a free we ,e man.
 ,- Lizzie had steed while the forema ,d spoke. When he had finished she star
 ed, stepped forward, put out her arm
 as if she would throw them about th
 neck of MT. Robinson, and then san
 to the floor an inanimate mass of ovej ae strung. everexhausted humanity. d She left the courtroom and shcrtl 1t afterward took a train for Fall Rive ,h accompanied by his sister. her pastor an
 many relatives and friends, The recel
 tioR at home, under the circumstance ,e was also cordial. The prisoner spent u "A first night at the home of friend, bl ts z. the second day she and her sister toe up again their residence in their o 4s home in Second street in the house pre- nant with dreadful memories.