LIZZIE BORDEN'S TRIAL
It Will Begin at New Bedford Early This WeekNew Bedford, Mass., June 4 - Court will open here to-morrow, and the trial of Lizzie BORDEN, charged with the murder of her father and mother, is expected to begin soon. It is believed that the trial will proceed on every day of each week except Saturdays. The criminal docket is crowded. There are forty prisoners awaiting trial in Taunton jail and thirty in the New Bedford jail. The trial should open to-morrow, but three judges have to set in murder trials in this state, and so three courts are given up to the BORDEN case.
The panel of jurors contains 150 men. The chief justice thinks a jury will be obtained in a day or two, but others say it will take a week or ten days, to get twelve unprejudiced and satisfactory men. The chief justice will cling to the state custom of examining the talesmen himself, and the counsel will be asked to hand up to him, in writing, such questions as either or both sides want to have put to any man under examination.
It is not certain that Miss BORDEN will be obliged to stand up while giving her testimony, if she is called to the stand. Such is the custom in Massachusetts, but witnesses are allowed to sit if the favor is requested. In her case the request will be made. Women seldom stand while giving testimony. Counsel for Miss BORDEN do not say whether she will be called or not. The district attorney, on the other hand, will not say whether he has discovered new evidence, but it has been frequently asserted in the New England newspapers that he has such, and that he believes he has a strong case, though it is purely circumstantial. It is understood that the judges think the trial will consume two weeks. Others predict that it will not be closed by the 4th of July.
The oldest victim of the crime was Andrew J. BORDEN, a capitalist of Fall River, who was 70 years old. The other victim was his second wife, step-mother to the prisoner. She was considerably younger than her husband, who married her when Lizzie was about 4 years old. She was a large, fleshy woman. There were two daughters, Lizzie and Emma. Emma was out of town on the day of the murder, which took place ten months ago to-day, on August 6, 1892. Emma called her step-mother "Abbie," but Lizzie did not call her anything to her face or speak to her at all. She quarreled with her five years ago because her step-mother induced her father to clear a piece of property of debt and give it to his wife's sister. Lizzie was born in 1860. She and her sister had $5,000 in cash or in mill shares. This their father had given to them at the time of the murder. All the members of the family were ill and this led to the theory that they had been poisoned. A drug clerk was said to have sold prussic acid to Miss Lizzie, but it was a case of mistaken identity. No poison was found in the bodies of the victims.
On the morning of the day of the murder Mr. BORDEN had been on his business rounds and came back. Mrs. BORDEN was dressing to go out. Bridget SULLIVAN was upstairs washing windows. The old man went to sleep on a lounge in the sitting room. The wife continued dressing, if she was not already dead, and Lizzie BORDEN, according to her own story, went out to the barn in the yard and staid there thirty minutes. She passed her father in going out and stopped to stroke his head.
All this was between 10:30 o'clock, and 11:02 o'clock in the morning, in a disagreeable side street, a semi- tenement neighborhood with small shops ‘n it. It was in the heart of the city; in its business part. The wife had sent the servant to watch the downstairs dining room windows. At four or five minutes before 11 o'clock the servant went up to her room to lie down. She had been lying there ten or fifteen minutes when Miss Lizzie called to her from down stairs in a voice suggesting alarm or terror.
She is reported to have seen Lizzie in the kitchen, who said either "Father's dead, go for a doctor." or "Father's hurt, go for the doctor." The servant will clear up this confusion as to what was said. The servant went and came back, and was sent out to get a Mrs. RUSSELL. When she returned again Dr. BOWEN was there, and had been preceded by Mrs. CHURCHILL, a neighbor, whose windows looked close upon the BORDEN house. These visitors saw the father's body. Mrs. CHURCHILL said some one should notify Mrs. BORDEN, and Lizzie remarked that she thought she heard her mother come in. The neighbor and servant went up and discovered the dead woman.
Both victims had been brutally chopped about the head and face. Their murder required strength and a paroxysm of ferocity. No one says that Miss Lizzie was hysterical or showed signs of nervous or hysterical exhaustion. As for the strength required for the murders, she had it. She is a strong woman. Blood was spattered over everything around the bodies in both rooms, but on Miss Lizzie's clothing no blood was seen, though she wore the same clothes before and after the murders. A minute microscopical examination failed to reveal any stain of blood, except a drop on the front of her pettycoat not far below the waist=band. This drop was discovered by Professor WOOD, the Harvard college chemist, to be of the width of a pin head, and the length of an inch. It was human blood. This almost perfect freedom from blood stains has suggested a theory pecu'larly French and made use of by a living French novelist, to the effect that the girl was naked when she killed her victims. There was a story not yet killed or revoked that Miss Lizzie was seen on that morning at a window in a hooded waterproof. Thus the case is full of mystery.
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THE HOWLAND MYSTERY
Developments Which May Lead to the Discovery of the Grave Robbers.
Batavia, June 4 - To-day at Alabama Center, newspaper men and strangers passed one another on the road, each wondering what the other knew what he wanted to know about the great mystery of the body snatching of Ira T. HOWLAND. A week ago to-day the sun shone on the mound which marked the last resting place of Mr. HOWLAND. To-day, where is that body? A great many reports have been circulated, some of which contain truth, more of which contain chaff. Every stranger who drives along the roadway is suspected of trying to discover something about the HOWLAND matter.
Last Monday morning a pair of dark brown harvest mittens was found by the side of the grave. The ownership of them has been identified. The sexton, William CODDINGTON, had a small ladder which he always kept hidden in the grass on the opposite side of the cemetery. That ladder was found at the grave on Monday. Mrs. MOORE, of Alabama, who lives on the road beyond the cemetery a short distance away, was awakened at 2:30 o'clock last Monday morning by hearing a vehicle drive by. It did not seem to be heavy enough for a lumber wagon, but was heavier than a buggy. It was driven by with great rapidity towards Batavia from the direction of the cemetery. Her husband thought it was some one going for a doctor. Five minutes later the noises of wheels was again heard and another vehicle drove by in the same direction with lightning-like rapidity. The singularity of it all was that the wheels were not heard till just opposite the house, which seemed to show that they had been muffled while leaving the cemetery. It is alleged that some Alabama people saw a light wagon containing a long box three men on the front seat very late Sunday night driving rapidly along the cemetery road towards Batavia.
Young Seward TUMELTY and a friend watched at the grave Wednesday night for some reason best known to themselves, and while sitting each behind a tree saw a curious sight. A small lane flanks the cemetery and leads from the road directly to a woods. The young men were startled to see a carriage drive, slowly along this lane towards the woods. It was then scarcely 3 o'clock in the morning. The carriage was gone about thirty minutes when it again appeared like a phantom, slowly crossed their vision and disappeared. The young men stated that there was nothing up the lane for anyone to visit.
It is probable some important clue will soon be found which will lend to the discovery of the party or parties implicated in the grave robbery. Many of the people of the vicinity think that the remains of Mr. HOWARD, with perhaps the stomach missing, will be found near the cemetery in some newly ploughed field.
The people of Alabama directly interested in the affair are very close about all features and developments, but the above facts have been learned by a correspondent of the Democrat and Chronicle after careful investigation. The interest in the case is entirely unabated.
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EDWIN BOOTH'S CONDITION
New York, June 5 - 1:30 A. M. - Edwin BOOTH is lying at the Players' Club in a very critical condition, and from what can be learned his death is likely to happen at any moment. Yesterday he took a turn for the worse, and when Dr. St. Clair SMITH called on his patient at 5 o'clock last evening, the tragedian had suffered so sharp a relapse that a bulletin was posted saying that Mr. BOOTH had gradually grown weaker during the past twenty-four hours and that there is now very little hopes of even a partial recovery.
Dr. SMITH left the club at 6 o'clock and returned soon after 11 o'clock.
At 11:30 o'clock a bulletin was posted to the effect that there was no change
in Mr. BOOTH'S condition. No other information was vouch safed at the club,
when inquiries were made late last night, other than that Dr. SMITH was still
with Mr. BOOTH and would remain all night.
New York, June 5 - 3 A. M. - Edwin BOOTH is sinking rapidly and can scarcely
survive until morning.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
-Samuel D. ELY died last Saturday at his home, No. 35 Third street.-Stephen M. ALLEN, aged 82 years, died last Saturday at his home in the town of Greece. Notice of the funeral will be found in the proper column.
-John H. SHAUGHNESSY died yesterday of pneumonia at the family residence, No. 136 Bronson avenue. Notice of the funeral will be found in the proper column.
-Marrieta C. CAMPBELL, widow of the late Henry CAMPBELL, died last Saturday at Gates, aged 77 years. Notice of the funeral will be found in the proper column.
-Anna T. Mabel BARRY, aged 24 years, died last Saturday evening at the family residence, No. 32 Averill avenue, after a few months illness. Notice of the funeral will be found in the proper column.
-Selma Constance, oldest daughter of Charles H. SCHULTZ, died early last Saturday morning at the home of her parents at the corner of Conkey avenue and Clifford street. Notice of the funeral will be found in the proper column.
-George F., oldest son of F. W. EIKART, died last evening, aged 22 years. He was born in this city and had a wide acquaintance, being greatly esteemed by all for his high character and straightforward disposition. Nothing of the funeral will be published hereafter.
-Joseph A. HOEY died last Friday morning in St. Paul, Minn., aged 28 years. He left this city several weeks ago to make his home in the west. He leaves his wife, and three children, also three brothers and three sisters, Robert F., William J., John G., and Anna, Mary and Julia HOEY.
-Etta J. BURLEY, formerly of Rochester, died in Tacoma, Wash., June 2d, aged 18 years. She leaves besides her father and mother one sister, Mrs. Frank J. BAKER, of this city. Miss BURLEY had a large circle of acquaintances in Rochester and the news of her death will be received with profound regret. She went to Tacoma, accompanied by her mother, a little more than a year ago. The burial took place at Tacoma yesterday.
-Goodhand CLARK, a resident of this city since 1847, died last Saturday, aged 71 years, at the family residence, No. 141 Tremont street. He left a widow and three children, Mrs. McLEAN, Alfred G. CLARK and Edwin F. CLARK, all of this city. Three brothers and one sister survive him. They are Thomas CLARK, of Clarkson, Robert CLARK, of Albion, John CLARK and Mrs. BEVIN, of this city. Notice of funeral hereafter.
-Martin F. RILEY, aged 49 years, died last evening at the family residence, No. 394 Plymouth avenue. He left a widow and six children, three girls and three boys. He was foreman for the Western Union Telegraph Company for twenty-eight years. He has been sick for two years and confined to the house for the last five weeks. He was born in Bergen, N. Y. He was a devout member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Notice of funeral hereafter.
-Horatio PETERS, a well-known citizen of Rochester, died last Saturday evening at his home, No. 23 Clinton park, after a long illness. He was in his 49th year. His widow survives him. Mr. PETERS was born in Canada but came to this country when a small child. He was educated at the Brockport Academy. He lived for many years on the site of the present New Osburn house. Of late years he has not been engaged in any business and has led a retired life. He was one of the principal stockholders of the New York Clipper.
-Mrs. Minnie B. SMITH, widow of the late E. P. SMITH, formerly of this city, died last Saturday at her home in Chicago, from being suffocated in a folding bed. Her remains will be brought to Spencerport, N. Y., for interment. She left two sons, Theodore W., of Chicago, and Sidney, of San Francisco, one brother, Sidney E. BROWN, of Larned, Kan., and three sisters, Mrs. Winfield SCOTT, of Camp Huachuca, Arizona, Mrs. T. t. WHITE and Mrs. C. A. WIDENER of this city.
-After suffering several years from paresis, Pascal P. SMITH, of this city, died last Saturday morning at 7:30 o'clock. He was born in Windsor, Vt., on the 17th of September, 1819, his father being Dr. Horace SMITH. After living in South Granville, Lansingburg, Troy and Ithaca, int his state, he removed to this city ten years ago. The surviving members of his family are his wife, Mrs. Ann P. SMITH, and his sons, Franklin SMITH, and Frederick W. SMITH, of this city. The funeral which will be private, takes place this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the house of Frederick W. SMITH, No. 10 Augustine street.
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A QUEER CASE
Bessie HAMILTON, an inmate of Nina Merton's house of ill-fame on Hill street, was recently viciously assaulted by the MERTON woman. She was knocked down by a blow between the eyes. She fell against the railing of the staircase, getting a bad wound in her forehead. Last Monday she was taken away from the hotel to which the MERTON woman had sent her, at the suggestion of the owner of the house occupied by the MERTON woman, and it was understood that she had been taken to Bellevue Hospital, New York. Last night the physicians at Bellevue told a Democrat and Chronicle reporter that there was no such patient in the hospital. The MERTON woman is not under arrest and the police apparently, know nothing about the case.
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BOUGHT ‘EM TO TIME
Our cut prices for books has woke up the Rip Van winkles both in dry goods and books. Reveries of a Bachelor, Dream Life, Scarlet Letter, House of the Seven Gables, Drummond's Letters, etc., etc., 11 cents to-day and Monday. Other places charged 18c for these when we only asked 15c. Finding themselves left they put them to 14c, 13c, and then to 12 1-2c. We "see them one better" every time. We will sell them for a cent apiece rather than have them catch up to us. The same way on the Rand & McNally atlas our price to-day is the lowest. Also on dictionaries and paper bound books.
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DIED
WARING - In this city, Thursday, June 1, 1893, at her residence, 21 1-2 Park
avenue, Mary J. WARING.
-Funeral from the house at 2 o'clock Saturday.
ALLEN - In the town of Greece, Saturday, June 3, 1893, Stephen M. ALLEN,
aged 82 years.
-Funeral Tuesday, June 6th, at 2 P. M., at the residence of Peter FALLESON,
in Greece. Friends invited.
SHAUGHNESSY - In this city, Sunday, June 4, 1893, at the family residence,
136 Bronson avenue, John H. SHAUGHNESSY.
-Funeral Tuesday morning at 8:30 o'clock from the house and at 9 o'clock
at Immaculate Conception Church.
SMITH - In Chicago, Ill., Saturday, June 3, 1893, suddenly, at her residence,
Minnie B., widow of the late E. P. SMITH.
-Burial at Spencerport, N. Y. Notice of funeral hereafter.
SCHULZ - In this city, Saturday morning, at the residence of her parents,
corner Conkey avenue and Clifford street, Selma Constance, oldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. SCHULZ.
-Funeral from family residence this (Monday) afternoon at 2 o'clock.
BURLEY - In Tacoma, Wash., June 2, 1893, Etta J., daughter of H. C., and
Julia E. BURLEY, aged 18 years and 6 months.
-Funeral Sunday afternoon, June 4th.
CAMPBELL - At Gates, June 3, 1893, in the 77th year of her age, Marietta
C. CAMPBELL, widow of the late Henry CAMPBELL.
-Funeral this (Monday) afternoon at 2:30 from the residence of her son, E.
C. CAMPBELL, Lyell avenue.
PETERS - In this city on the 3d instant, after a protracted illness, Horatio
PETERS, in the 49th year of his age.
-Funeral will take place from his late residence, No. 23 Clinton park. To-morrow
(Tuesday) at 8:45 o'clock a.m. and from St. Mary's Church at 9 o'clock. Friends
of the family are invited to attend.
BARRY - In this city, Saturday, June 3, 1893, at the family residence, No.
32 Averill avenue, Anna T. Mabel BARRY, aged 24 years.
-Funeral Tuesday morning, June 6th, at 9 o'clock from the house, and at 9:45
o'clock from St. Mary's Church.
RILEY - In this city, Sunday, June 4, 1893, at the family residence, No.
394 Plymouth avenue, Martin F. RILEY, aged 49 years.
-Notice of funeral hereafter.
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