We are trying to figure out on another thread whether Bowen was at the Emery's or if he phoned there. We don't know that he did either- but if he phoned there rather than going there he had time for that. So if there's any proof- please send it our way. I have a call out for a response on-going
I believe Andrew had 10 wounds. I agree that cutting his face to pieces seems excessive.
[Here is what Bowen said according to Harrington.
Harrington, page 6, Witness Statements about that piece of paper:
"He [Bowen] said 'it is nothing, it is something about, I think, my daughter going through somewhere.' If I recollect correctly, it was addressed to Emma; but about that I am not sure. The Doctor then said 'it does not amount to anything', and taking the lid off the kitchen stove, he dropped the pieces in. There was very little fire in the stove, and the ashes which were on top looked as though paper had been burned there."]
--Notice how none of the females ask for a cop?
Not Lizzie, not Bridget, not Mrs. Churchill.
This is what Bowen said he first heard:
Inquest
A. I drove up to my house, and my wife came to the door, and made a motion, and says “they want you quick over to Mr. Borden’s.” The same time I think Thomas Bowles, a man that works across the street told me, at the same time, I dont know which was first.
I thought probably they were worse, so I went right over quick.
Q. When you got there who did you find?
A. I found Miss Lizzie.
Q. Anybodyelse?
A. Bridget.
Q. You were the first outsider then to get there?
A. So far as I know.
Q. Mrs. Churchill had not then got there?
A. No Sir.
Q. Did Miss Lizzie speak to you?
A. Yes Sir.
Q. Tell exactly what happened now.
A. I went to the door, and I met them in the hall, I went in the side door, I thought I would get in there quicker, I was so much in a hurry I happened to go that way. I met Miss Lizzie in the hall, and Bridget. I says “Lizzie what is the matter?” I spoke pretty quick. I says “what is the matter Lizzie?”
She said she was afraid her father had been stabbed or hurt. I think the word stabbed was used.
--Certain Witness Statement characters claim there was someone hurt, or a stabbing, or "something happened." Pages 43+ (also shows the times aren't all synced).
"L. L. Hall, 83 Second street, says that Mrs. Churchill came to his stable after a man that works for her to go after a doctor for Mr. Borden, who had been
badly hurt. Mr. Hall says it was then 10.30. He is positive of this, for he looked at his watch.
John J. Cunningham, who carries papers, was going by Mr. Hall’s stable, and says Mrs. Churchill and several men were talking very serious. He asked them what the matter was, and a boy by the name of Albert Pierce told him that some one had
stabbed A. J. Borden at his house. Cunningham says be went right into Mr. Gorman’s store, corner of Second and Borden streets, and telephoned what he had heard, first to the City Marshal, then to the Daily Globe office. By the clock in Mr. Gorman’s store, it was then ten minutes to eleven; but it may not have been right.
James Leonard, who drives for Dr. Bowen, says be had drove up to the house with the doctor, when his wife came out and told the doctor to go right over to Borden’s, as
something terrible had happened. It was then five minutes past eleven.
Alice M. Russell says that Bridget Sullivan came to her house, 33 Borden street, at 11.15 and told her Mr. Borden had
been badly hurt, and Lizzie wanted her to come up there right away."
However, Fleet, pg. 2 who always marches to a different drummer states that Lizzie told him:
"Bridget had gone up stairs, and when I came back I found father dead on the lounge, and went to the back stairs and called Bridget (servant) down stairs. Told her that some one had killed father, and told her to get Dr. Bowen.”
--Also, Dr. Chagnon was out of town and so was Dr. Kelly. I don't know if Lizzie knew this or not. So it's either odd, a coincidence, was relied upon for a plan to work that day, or was a case of prejudice, or doesn't enter into the equation at all.
I never thought of it like that either. Maybe Andrew was still alive when bridget left? Thats a different sceniro. 
Geez, you got me all excited about that post and my manners flew out the window. Welcome, Jessie!
