T THE BORDEN CASE. HISTOnV OK AX KXTRAOKftl fsAUY DOUllLU TKAUKDY. "Tli Mnrdernf Mr. anil Mrs. norrien t 1 Mil Hiver, Man. Whr ftna plilon Attnchos to the Ar rested tilzzle llnrtlen. The double murder of Andrew J. Borden nod his wife at Fall River, Mala., on the 4th of August, culminntiuii M it did in the artest of his youngest Jnnjfh -sler, Lizzie Borden, has been one of the amost extraordinary and mysterious crim inal episodes of the centtry. The circumstances surrounding the as-.-sassination of Borden snd his wife, who itM Lizzie's stepmother, were such as to :atoiind these who would pounce, off hand, upon a motive. Borden was rich and pious, aged seventy-six years, a man whose probity was equal to his thrift, lie bad not led a public life, he had no known enemy who it could be conjee turcd would go to the extent ot killing 4iira, much less his wife, and when the mutilated bodies of the couple were dis--covertd, In their own house, shortly be fore noon on August 4, the police and the public ere utterly at a loss for a iruotive, and in the intense excitemeut hat overwhelmed the community they turned to are another in helpless aston ishment and horror. The body of Borden was found on a velvet sofa in tho parlor of the house. II is head had been literally hacked to ifiicces. There were seven long gashes on his face and skull, some of them an inch and half deep through the flesh .and bone. In tho ')jMre" bed chamber on the second floor was discovered the liody of Mrs. Borden, who was sixty seven years old. There was at first no .-sight of blood and the momentary sup position was that heart failure had oc cuired. Mrs. Borden was lying prone ou the floor on her face with her arras out stretched and the toes of her shoes ret ng on the carpet. On raising the body rfhere was seen a pool of blood, and an tXir. BORDEN HOMESTEAD WHERE lamination disclosed tho fact that death bad been caused, as in the case of the husband, by reptated blows of some licavy sharp instrument on the face, neck and head. Id the case of both there was found a deep cut into the braio. A circumstance, which was not at once observed, but which whs afterward noticed and put down as a clue, was the remarkable absence of blood from the numerous woundi on both bodies. It -was as it the life current had been re garded and partly congealed from other causes before the murderous blows were truck. sens. ABBre d. sorbin, towx victim. A slight survey served to make it equally plain that the murders were both committed unexpectedly so far as the victims were concerned. Borden's body nvas reclining on the lounge, the legs were resting easily on the floor, the left arm lay on the hip, the right was folded across the breast, the eyes were closed nd the features were unmarked by any expression of surprise or apprehension. The attitude was one of repose. The 'features of Mrs. Borden were Dot drawn and there was absolutely no evidence: of a struggle. There were, so far as yet known, but two persons other than Borden and his wife on the premises when the murders were committed. These were Bridget .Sullivan, a domestic, and Lizzie Borden, he youngest of the two daughters. The older daughter was visiting in another town. The first alarm was given by Lizzie Borden, who ran out into the yard and called for help. A neighbor responded nd the police were telephoned for. When they arrived they were told the following story ; The elder daughter bad been visiting for some time in Fair Haven. ' At 8 o'clock that morning Mrs. Borden re ceived a note asking her to call on a friend who was ill. She left the bouse end shortly after her husband followed sad went to the bank, of which Le was director. Be returned about 10:30 t'glock tad reclined on the to fa la the parlor tor a Hint. Bridget Sutltvau, who had been working in the kitchen, pastel through the parlor shortly after his return and asked him how tie felt. The reason for this question was ex plained to the police. The who'.e family had been slightly ill for a day or two, and Dr. Bowcn, the attending physician, ANOMtW .T. nOUORIf, SHCOND VICTIM. had given it as his suggestion that thoy had been poisoned. Mr. Borden told Bridget that he was feeling all right, and she went up to the third floor aud washed the windows. According to Lizzie Borden she slept late that morning, and did not get up until Mrs. Borden had gono out, as she thought, in response to the note from the neighbor. On going down stairs Lizzie passed through the parlor and saw and spoke to her father. Supposing her mother was out, she went Into the yard and entered the barn In search of a piece of lead, from which to cut "sinkers" for a fishing excursion she expected soon to make to Marion to join some Sunday school friends who were already sojourn ing there. While in the barn she heard a cry of distress coming apparently from the house. Hushing in, she found her father dead on the sofa. She called a THE MURDERS WERE COMMITTED. Bridget and they gave an alarm. Then they searched upstairs for Mrs ' Borden and found hor as described. The door of the spare room, the police were told, was closed. Such was the story as related to the police by Lizzie Borden and the servant, and it furnished uo clues on which to work. A search ot the house revealed a hat chet which born traces of blood, a bun dle of bloody rags under a bucket in the cellar and two spots of blood on a white skirt hanging in a closet in Lizzie's room. This skirt would hardly stand as evidence, however, unless it could be proven that Lizzie wore it when she killed the stepmother, but removed it before she made the assault on the old man. She did not have time to change any of ber clothing between the time Mr. Borden was killed and the time when she call Bridget Sull'.van. There was absolutely no stain ot blood on Liz zie's bands or clothing when the officers took possession of the house. The first theory ot the police was that a murderer familiar with the place had concealed himself in the house and bad taken desperate chauces for the plunder that might be at hand. This view was relinquished when it was tound that nothing bad been taken. The police next turner1 their attention to the theory that the murders were a family matter and had grown out of the efforts ot one ot the girls to secure a half interest in the estate, valued at $500,000. At the outset there were several false clues on which the police worked, sev eral parties being arrested on suspicion, but each one established an alibi. A careful examination ot the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Borden the day after the killing served to eonvinoe the phy sicians that Mrs. Borden had been dis patched some time probably an bour and bait before her husband. It was after this discovery, coupled with their failure to locate sat suspicious character K THB ACCnSED WOMAW, MZZf A. BOHDEW. no nr utur tne premises before or after the tragedy, and with the seeming im probability that , a stranger could have lurked In the Borden house without de tection by L'M'e Borden or the servant, tint the police fell back on the theory that the as'sin was some member of tho houehold who knew the premises thoroughly. Ho much having been settled to their satisfaction the police proceeded to look for their victim. Their attention was first drawn to John V. Morse, a cousin of Borden, living In a neighboring town. Morse was a sort ,of horse trader, had reeently come from the Wet and was known to have been at the Borden home several time, and especially on the morning of the murders. He was shadowed and questioned by the police, and several of the Borden relatives came out and aired their suspicions In relation to him, but he convinced the police of his Inuoeenee. Morse was undoubtedly in and about the Borden house shortly before the tiatiedy, but there was no evidence of anv sort discovered against him, and he was not arretted, although he was under surveillance for several days. Lizzie Borden was suspected chiefly by reason of certain discrepencies between her statements to the police as to the cir cumstances under which the bodies of Mr. ami Mr. Borden were found. Uridijet Su.livua was involved lu several of the earlier of these disorepenci8S, but the police decided that she was a victim of a bad memory and abandoned all sus picion of ber. S TIIK FAI'AI, HATCIIKV. The suspicion against Lizzie Borden was rendered stronger bv a statement made to the police by Eli Bence, a clerk at I). H. Smith's drugstore, to the effect that Miss Borden had been in his store two days before the murders Inquiring for prussic acid or hydrocyanic acid. She faiHd to secure either. The drug clerk made a partial identification of Miss Borden, but later the accuracy of his identification was denied. Miss Bor den denied that she bad bought or tried to buy either poison. Hydrocyanio acid leaves no outward trace on the body, and it was the conjecture of the physicians for the prosecution that this was the drui; that had been used. Miss Borden was put under polio sur veillance two days after the murders, but was not arrested until some dava later. In addition to the police there was a Pinkcrton detective early on tne scene. The detective worked in the in terest of the Borden family and lidiculed the police tlieorj. His idea was that the murders were the work of a lunatic. The movements of Mr. Borden on the day of his death were investigated, with the result that the police were able to trace him u,i to within a half hour of his death. Thirty minutes after he was seen to enter the house his body was found on the sofa. It was between 10:3(1 and 10:52 a. m. when Borden entered the house. At 11:13 the news of the mur der was on the street. In the case of Mrs. Borden the police were utterly unable to locate her outside the house on that fearful morning, not withstanding the statement of Lizzie Borden that Mrs. Borden had been sum moned to a sick neighbor. According to Miss Borden the note was delivered to M.-s. Borden by a messenger boy, but she could not describe the boy. She did not know the neighbor and diligent search failed to reveal the slightest trace of either. The note which Mri. Borden is said to have received could uot be fouud. It was regarded as singular by the police that neither Miss Borden nor Bridgot Sullivan bad heard the noise ot tho tall of Mrs. Borden's body. Mrs. Borden weighed 200 pounds, and it was clear that she bad tumbled headlong and at full length to the floor. Dr. Bowen, the family physician, who was called to the Borden house a few minutes after the discovery of the bodies, told the police that Mr. Borden was, in his judgment, asleep when attacked. Ue thought that an ax was used, as there were several cuts on the head four and a bait inches toug. Miss Borden told the police that she was in the barn when the murders oc curred. A policeman visited the barn on the day after the tragedy and exam ined the floor, which was covered with a thick layer of dust. There were no toot prints in this dust except those made by the officer in bis investigation. Hiram Harrington, a brother-in-law of Borden, had an interview with Miss Borden the evening of the day ot the murders. She told him that she was in the kitchen when tho fathet came homo at 10:30 o'clock. Mr. Borden sat down on tbe lounge in the next room, and she went in tliere and helped him to remove his coat, inquired solicitously as to bis condition, put on his dressing gowu, as sisted bim to a reclining position, and withdrew on floding bim comfortable. She left tbe house and went to tbe barn about 10 :45 o'clock, and staled there twenty to thirty minutes. On returning she found Mr. Borden's body. Miss Borden told Harrington that she thought the murders bad been committed by strangers. The police were clear on the question of motive. They alleged that it was the purpose of Lizzie Borden, by killing Borden and bis wife, to iuherit one-halt of bis estate. Befrre tbe tragedy Lizzie Borden lived the humdrum life of a small place. She once taught a Suuday school class and was bright but sedate. She made an extended tour of Europe a year or two ago, slnoe which she has devoted ber self largely to novels and has resumed ber Sunday school teaching. . Through out ber surveillance and arrest she acted with wonderful calmassi. Washington Star. i CORBETT WHIPS SULLIVAN. A KNOCK OUT ttt TWENTY ONH HOUNDS. The Pride of 'he Paciflo Coast Lowers the Boston Boy's Colore and le the Worlda'e Champion. The Pittsburg b'siwifen gives the following account of the notable encounter : James J. Corbctt defeated John I.. Sulli van In the fight for the heavyweight cham pionship of the world at New l)i leans on Wednesday night. The knock out blow rainein the 21st round, Corbett had the best of It throughout, apparently doing bis mini as easily as Dixon did Skelly. Both the men were stripped all the way up nnd down, except that they wore trunks and shoes and stockings. Then all hiti'l" collected in the middle of the ring and shook hands, handlers and all. It was an nounced that Sullivan weighed 212 and (.'or bed 1H7. l'rof. Duffy, the referee, ran from corner to corner looking out for bundujc ami bod Ices and waists and, finding none, ordered JAM'S J. IOKUKTT. things to go on. When the five-ounce ' gloves were distributed Sullivan had trouble ill getting bis bunds Into bis. Corbett was ready in an Instaiit. Then the fun begun. ! l'nim the start Hullivun got the worst of it. J Corhett drew first blood in the fifth round. He did nearly all the hitting throughout, : and nil the running. Sullivan could neitb- tr get nt him or keep away from him. Finally, in the 2 1st round, Corbett smashed John h. In the jut and laid him out. After Corbett gave Sullivun the knockout blow the Californiun retired to his corner, on the order of the referee, while the man who has so long been known us tbe chum- ! plon of chain pious was counted out and :arried to his chair. When the ten seconds were at last at an end l'rof. Mike Donovan, )f the New York Athletic Club, and W. A. Ilraily, t'orbett 's manager, sprung to the Huge and flung their arms around the young man, who was now tbe champion pugilist of the world and t he winner ut fllo.OOO In stuke and purse, as well as a I ep ilation tbut will turn perhaps 10 times that mount into his exchequer. sri.l.iv vN's i.irri.t: spkfcii. Corbett returned tho conliul siilutution with a hearty emhruce. while the tears iwelled into his eyes. Others jumped up to the c.ever Culil'orniHn and hugged bim. While this hugging wus going on Sullivan's handlers were pouring water over him anil placing ammonia to hia nose.and with much iroublu brought him around. When he did rtime to he looked up at .lack McAuliftu.who was funning him with the towel, and, after opening his eyes hull' wuy, or us fur ns he could, nalii in hja moie thunordinury ''boot leg" voice: "Say, am I licked? Did that young fellow do it.''' McAuliffe sorrowlully admitted that that was the case. John did not say uuy more until Corbett i ume over und shook hands ! with him, John gut up, took Corbett's hand and then spoke lo the crowd. "Oentlenien," said the ex champion, "I am only glad tbut the championship has been won by an American." This speech brought dow n the house as it had not been a Heeled during till the week. There was u great, wild and wooly West, hot Southern, mud enthusiastic yell when Corbett knocked John I.. Sulluau out, but thut noise wus not a murker to the wild. mud house demoiisnulion that the gang made when John 1.. said thore manly words. When Sullivun reached his room be wept like a child over his defeat and ruin. He is thoroughly heartbroken, and bis friends fear thai he will tuke the mutter seriously. He refused to drink, and whenever he saw whisky about be denounced it us tbe cause of ail bis woes. On catching sight of Mc Auliffe, who was taking a drink from a bottle, he excluiuiad: "That's what did it. Hooze knocked me out. It 1 hud let it alone I would have done better, but it .knocked nieout. 1 whs getting too old, anyhow, I ought to have left the ring years ago. 1 stayed i' too long.aud now I urn gone com pletely done for. jam ks j.'coiiurrr's caiiker in tuf. kino. James J. Corbett, the heavy-weight champion of the world, was born in Sun Francisco September 1, lMtiU. He r. ceived a good education in the schools of thut city, and wus a clerk ill an Insurance otlice and afterward in tiie Nevada think, wnen he was iudu ted into the mysteries of the manly artof self-defence by D.iuny Dillon, who wus n his corner lusi night as one of Jlr rroni lea. A candle way bo lighted! with a piece of ice. A small piece of metal lic potassium U luld on the wick and touched with the Ice, when tho water Immediately produces a flame. This Is due to the property of this metal to oxldlxo with exceeding rapidity on contact wltb water. This curious experiment le be made with great caution, as, If too much ot tbe potas sium Is used, an explosion w.U take place. 1 k bis bottle holders. Jim ranidlv Improved so much In his knowledge of the art that lis could thump his tutor with impunity. Ills first light ot consequence was with Jack Burke. They (ought an elghl-rotind draw. Jim became the Ht of the O yniple, the crack athletic club of Han Francisco, and ne became its hoxmg teacher. lie fought Joe Choylnski four times and ' defeated hint eacli time. Mike llrennan, the Port f nsto giant, who had fought big Joe McAuliffe VI rounds, was defeated by Corbett in three. Captrin .lames Daly, of Chicago, who had met Sullivan, was settled In two rounds. I 'orlieti's first victory, which brought him before the country as a man of possible championship form, was the slx-round"go" with Jake Kllruin In New Orleans, for a purse of 2..'ino. ,11m outfought and out pointed Kilraiu completely, ami was award ed the victory. After this be paid his first visit to New York, and III an exhibition be bested Dominick McCaffrey with ease in four rounds. ( 'orhett's greatest fight up to last night was with the renownedj colored champion, I'eter Jackson. Thv fought for a purse of Sio.issi before the California Athletic Club, and several of Its directors hail money bet on Jackson. Neil her contestant was In the best of condi tion Jnekson weighed over SHI rounds and t'orbett ITU, They fought over four hours and then the bout was declared "Nc I otitest." Tlir VAMJtlSIHtDllMHPION. John !,. Sullivan, was bom In Boston. October l'l. He began his tlstic career JOHN L. SflLIVAX. ut the aire of IH, and gained notoriety by nearly finishing Joe Urns in a sparring ex hibition. His first professional bout wu with l'rof. Donaldson, of Cincinnati, whom he knocked out. gaining thereby a national reputation. Febrnarv 7. 12. be took thu championship from f'uddy Kyuti, and lull held it since. " In the interval be defended tbe title against Charlev Mitchell, of Kng bind, at Chuntilly. France, in 1. the tight reiultin- in n draw. Again he defeated Kilrnin for the honor at Kichhurg. Mis., in .lulv. ISS'i, winning in 7H rounds. Ir his tours of the country Sullivan bus teited a bust of lesser lights. ' COKBKTT'S WIFE. Sll R IS rilKTTV, ONI.V TWKNTV-TliaRF TRAM (II. I) AM) IDOI.I.KS IIKR II A MISOM K 111 SIUMI. No one living took as much Interest in tbe big light us tbe l-yeur-old wife of tho big and brawny Jim Corbett. SIRS. JAMES J. COIIIIKTT. She was frenzied with feur lest he hand some husband and lover might Hose the buttle, s rs. Corbett is an intelligent wom an and full of ambition. They have been married four years. She was a Miss Dili Lake, of San Francisco, nnd was regarded as one of the belles of the "(lolden tiute" city. She did not go to New Or euns, but remained in Now York to heur ths news of the tight. CORBETT'S MASCOT. THU BSI.T WORX IN THB BATTLES HK At. r.w WON. The accompanying cut represents the belt that encircled Corbett's waist during hh' battle with Sullivan. It is made of knitted green silk, and every thread in it was drawn by his wife. He has worn it in every battle und as he has never met defeat while wear ing It, he regards it as a inuscot. Ttma Ha B(a to rraotlM. Ex-Chief Justice William Lindsay, it Is said, was raised to the highest ;udlclal office In the Blue Grass State without ever having bad a real law case. While yet a novice be was elected Sheriff, and then State Sena tor. Then almost before he knew It he was a Supreme Court Judge, and Anally Chief Justice. Then he de clined re-election, saying: "I want to begin to practices that's what I started out to do, and I want to see how it goes. . Mite GX-r THE LATEST FROM HOMESTEAD CHE1B.INO RKPOBT FOBSTRIZEBS A Judc Lars down the Law. Bore Attack Kon-tTnlon Hen la Sih of Soldiers and Deputise. t.AW SI.ONS Mt'ST MtAB. The September term of Criminal Court opened at Flttshurg with Judge Kennedy presiding ami Judge McClung assisting. Judge Kennedy called the nttentlon of the tlrsnd Jurors to their oath, and charged them as follows concerning the cases result ing from the I f ontcstead riots: "As Is known to you a riot occurred with in the limits of this county on the nth day of July last, in which property was destroy ed and lives lost at the bunds of a mob. The law was openly defied and tbe safety of human life was not on y menaced, bill actually destroyed. The indictments will doubtless be presented to you. charging per sons with participation in that riot, and otherollenses growing out of or resulting from It, together with evidence supporting the same, which it will be your duty to con sider and properlv pass on and dispose of. He is n party to the riot who Is active either in doing anil countenancing or supporting or ready if necessary to support the unlaw ful acts. Anyone who Joins the rioters, after they have actually commenced. Is eoually guilty as if he had jollied with them while assembling for the purpose, and all persona who promote, encourage and taks part in (he riot, whether by words, signs ot gestures, or in any other manner, are to be considered as rioters. There are no alders or abettors In this offense. All concerned in any way, as stated, are principals. ' Hawkins, an eminent authority on criminal law says: "When rioters resolve generally to resist nil onposers in the com mission of a breach of the peace and to exe cute it in such a nisnner as naturally tends to raise tumults and frays, and in so doing bapiien to kill a man, they nre guilty of murder, for thev meet at their peril, and abide the event of their actions who unlaw fully engage in such bold disturbances of the 'peace.'' "Ibis Is undoubtedly the law In Pennsyl vania. We so instruct you. and you will make application of the doctrine in the cases Growing out of the recent riotous proceed ties nnd disturbances which may be brought before you. In disposing of these, as of all other cases, you will consider only the testi mony presented to you, without regard to what your personal views may be in relation to the subject, and under no circumstances will it be proper for the Grand Jury to ig nore a bill because they do not approve the law upon which It is founded. It is yout duty to enforce the law and suppress law lessness, and your findings ami determina tions must depend on the legal evidence, un Intluenced by fear, favor, affection, hopsof ersonal advantage, personal Inclinations, wishes or sympathies, all of which must be laid aside. Hit true bills were found against Alexan der Herkman, who tried to assassinate H.C. I' rick. Three of these are for entering a building with felonious intent. For shoot ing Mr. Frlck, he is indicted for felonious assault and battery, and at the same tims for felonious assuult on John O. A. Irish man; also for carrying concealed weapons, u revolver, knife and a dagger. The time for a triul has not been fixed. Berkman Is said to have announced his In tention to (hfend himself. HOMESTEAD STRIKERS Cf.AIM TO HAVF: A f'HEKRINO RKl'OltT. A RI'Mon THAT TIIK FIRM WII.I, MOOTIATS WITH TIIK 2.,'iOO MRN NOW IN TIIK MILL. The Homesteud strikers nre elated over e report, that to a friend of the strikers, ait olliciul of the Carnegie Company bad stated that the company wus marling with such poor success In running Its plant witli non union men that in three weeks tho llrm would be ready to come to an understand ing with its old employees. It was stated that a great amount of material was being ruined every day. It was reported in Homestead that the Carnegie Company hud placed a large block of its Homestead real estate on the market. The proierly in question includes that upon which the troops are now encamped and upon which the company has in roursi of erection a number of nouses for the use . their new men. Work ou these houses and nlso the work of grading and laying out streets on this tract was stopped last week and created much discussion us to tbe proba ble cause. Secretary l.ovejoy denied tht report, but admitted that they expected to sell some of the real estate in lots Is tor on. The non-union men in the Homestead works are d.iily growing bolder. Wednesday evening fully 300 of them came out of the works and ute supper at the various res taurants in the town. They were divided in S'piadsof ubout men each, and were ac companied by coal and iron police. Further than being called scabs and blacksheep by a number of small boys, they were not molest ed. Superintendent Potter staled that about IS) old employes returned to work Tuesday. According to the bulletins furnished Super intendent Potter daily by the heads of ths different departments in the mill, onlv bit additional men ure now required In order to fully mun the works. There are 2,M0 men at work in the mill at present. Annie Hailey.oneol'the Homestead school te.ichers. whose services are objected to by s number of strikers, was accompanied to ths Third ward school house yesterday by sev eral deputies. A number of women wert ou hand, and indulged in cries of scab and blacksheep. They were dispersed by tht olticers. The majority of Miss Bailey's fiupils attended. There was uo further rouble. i The proprietor of one of ths largest grocery stores in Homestead, in answer to the ques tion as to whether hia business had falln oil' in consequence of the strike, stated tbal at present he is doing a larger cash business than ever before. YOUTH8 A3 ASSAILANTS. NON-l'MOMHTS ASSAILED IX SIOHT Of rn- TIES AND SOI. DIKES. The intense feeling of the Homestead per pis aguinst the nun-unionists in the Car negie w,"rks cannot be concealed. Friday' evening while large squads of non-uniooV men were passing Eighth avenue, on their j wuy to and from Ihelr evening meal, IS or Hoys, rmiKuiK 111 k iwnu 4. iu lujrraro, amused themselves by jabbing the men with long sticks and trying to throw pepper in their eyes. They also tried to trip ths men by placing loose boards in the side walks. All this took place In front ot Amalgamated Association headquarters, and in full tight of the provost guard. Fact side of the avenue was lined with strikers, who said nothing to the boys. Quite a num ber of deputy sheriffs stood quietly aside and calmly witnessed tbe production in miniature of tbe gauiilet run oy the Pinker tons on July U. Superintendent Potter de nounced iu the roundest terms the failure ot the deputies to give the men protection. Colonel 11 ray said that he instructed his deputies yesterday morning to arrest any man, woinun or child found interfering in any way with non-union men. On of the deputies stated that they had orders not to interfere uu- I . 1 1 . 1 .. L. 1 1. I 1 : jrcia cauvu uhjii uj wi ami irmi pit lice, who escort the men to their meals. The affair has stirred up considerable feelings on all sides. Chairman 1 homas Crawford, of the Advisory Hoard, greatly deplores the attack on the non-unionists, lis said he would rather be shot dead than have pepper thrown In his eyes, and will do all lu his f ower lo avert a reuetition of tuedaiUrdly rick. Lono suffering always makes Cod's children gentle. Vttnit might serve bod. but only His children can please Him. .