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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1893
Page
2
In court Lizzie Borden's neighbors and Dr Bowen testify amid morphine debate. Bridget Sullivan and Miss Russell deliver dramatic testimony about Lizzie's dress and the murder morning, while spectators and reporters fill the courtroom.
Miss Alice G. Russell described Lizzie Borden’s behavior the week of the murders at New Bedford. She testified Lizzie spoke of plans to go to Marion and related fear of an enemy, noting a dress burned near the stove and a note connected to the family.
Dr. Bowen, resident near the Borden house, testified about Aug 4 1892 observations. He recalled seeing Lizzie Borden and Mrs. Churchill in the side hall near the kitchen, Lizzie saying Father had been killed or stabbed and noting family troubles.
Bridget Sullivan recalls joining officers to inspect axes found in a closet near a steam heater. She says she did not touch the axes and cannot explain their disposition. She describes her dress and notes the robbery the family faced a year earlier, with the court clarifying timing.
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John Cunningham testifies about the locked cellar door at the Borden house and his walk through the yard with reporters to inspect footprints. The morning session featured discussion of Lizzie Borden and the missing dress, with a crowded courtroom and plans of the surroundings shown to the jury.
New Bedford June 8. George W. Allen a 14 year veteran officer recounts his visit Aug. 4 to the Borden house. He saw Miss Lizzie Borden Mrs Churchill and Miss Russell in the dwelling and observed a handkerchief in a pool of blood near Mrs Borden. The government seeks to connect the handkerchief to Miss Borden.
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