Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1893 — LIZZIE BORDEN ACQUITTED. [ARTICLE]

LIZZIE BORDEN ACQUITTED.

Lizzieißordcn, on trial for the last two weeks at )NeW Bedford, Mass., for the murder of her father and stepmother at (Fall River, in August last, was acquitted, Tuesday. Tho jury deliberated but a few moments when it returned a verdict of “Not Guilty,” which was received by the crowded court room with loud and prolonged cheers. Great excitement prevailed, and no attempt was made by the .Tudge to restore order. The case has been one of uncommon interest, because of the high standing of all the parties, the peculiar atrocity of the double murders, and the inexplicable mystery which has from the beginning surrounded it, there being no real clue to the person who committed the deed. Lizzie Borden was arrested and held oii the most vague and untenable suspicions, and her prompt acquittal proves them to have no substantial foundation. Following her acquittal Miss Borden returned to Fall River, where she was given an ovation. A crowd of 2,000 people gathered at the old Borden homestead where the murders were committed, a band was In attendance and a general rejoicing was indulged In over the verdict.