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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1893
Page
2
The report details day of testimony with Professor Edward S. Wood among others, noting blood test results showing no blood on Lizzie Borden’s clothing except a white skirt, discussion of hatchet handles and hair, cross examinations, and crowd reactions as the trial progresses toward verdict.
Dr Dolan resumes cross examination in New Bedford detailing plaster casts, blood spatter patterns, and weapon edge. He describes hatchet and injuries, minutes of blood spots, and the positions of Mrs Borden and the body, noting digestion and death timing.
Mrs. J R Purcell of Piqua Ohio reports a fall caused severe eye inflammation in her son. After two bottles Hood's Sarsaparilla reduced inflammation and restored sight. She endorses the remedy for diseases from impure blood.
Harvard professor Edward S. Wood testified as a medical witness in the Borden case. He described examining two preserved stomachs, Mrs. Borden's weighing about eleven ounces with death two to three hours after last food, and Mr. Borden's stomach at sixteen ounces with death three and a half to four and a half hours after last food depending on digestion.
The Viking, a 78 foot Norwegian ship with 138 crew led by Magnius Anderson, arrived in New London at 4 pm after leaving Bergen April 30. Cape Cod Light was sighted June 11, and the vessel plans to sail to New York, while following a Hudson Erie Canal route to the Great Lakes for the World’s Fair spectacle.
Not how much but how good Williams Root Beer proclaims itself the greatest temperance drink on earth with rich flavor and strong body. One bottle extract makes 5 gallons of the kind that suits and one sold trial supports the claim. Everywhere Williams and Carleton Bartlord Ct.
The testimony describes blood on carpets and a baseboard, stains on a hatchet head, and ashes on the blade. Expert witnesses discuss how cleansing could hide traces, but conclude the hatchet could have caused the wounds, with blood spatter patterns depending on the attacker’s stance. The trial adjourned to continue tomorrow.
New Bedford dispatch reports Dr Frank W Draper of Boston assisted at the autopsy on Mr Borden. He described head wounds, examined plaster casts, and testified on death timing and instrument length. The testimony highlighted the skull cuts and the hatchet used.
Dr Cheever a Harvard Medical School surgery professor testified in New Bedford on June 13 and agreed with other experts. He said Mrs Borden died within one to two hours, injuries were caused by a heavy sharp edged instrument like a hatchet, and most wounds occurred with the body lying facedown. He noted a face to face scalp wound and that a right to left blow destroyed Mr Borden's skull.
Made to order hair mattresses two parts forty pounds best tick full size forgid at A. W. Wheeler and Co Manufacturers 63 and 65 Hanover street Boston opposite American House.
A man from Canso, George Berrigan, found a bottle containing a penciled note dated June 12, 1893. It states the steamer Hugga struck off Canso and is going to the bottom with 217 passengers aboard, signed P. O. Hoff of New York. No wreckage was visible.
Governor Russell of Massachusetts returns from a coaching ride to join forty to fifty state officers and notables at the Auditorium Hotel. Ex-Governors Rice and Long with Adjutant-General Dalton lead a party that will attend the Bunker Hill celebration at the exposition on Saturday and a banquet Saturday night. The group plans to tour the exposition tomorrow.
The Massachusetts delegation’s special train to the World's Fair reached Buffalo at 12:40 am after delays. At Rotterdam Junction the dining car roof caught fire, prompting a hasty improvised fire response and damage before a new dining car replaced it. The group then continued, pausing in Syracuse to dine in the waiting room.
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