Bridget telling Mrs. Churchill about the note

[Yooper]

The following exchange has raised questions in the past about whether Bridget had been told by Abby about Abby receiving a note.

Preliminary, Mrs. Churchill, p. 278:
Q. Do you remember anything more being said about that note, than what you have testified to?
A. Yes sir, Bridget told me that Mrs. Borden had a note to go to see someone that was sick, and that she was dusting the sitting room and hurried off. She said “she did not tell me where she was going; she generally does.”
p. 288:
Q. Now tell us again, as near as you can recollect, just what Bridget said?
A. She said Mrs. Borden had a note to go and see someone that was sick. She was dusting the sitting room, and she hurried off. She said she did not tell me where she was going; she usually does.
p. 289:
(Mrs. Churchill recalled)
(Mr. Jennings) The question we wanted to ask you Mrs. Churchill was with reference to this statement of Bridget’s to you with regard to the note which Mrs. Borden received. Whether or not she gave that as something that Miss Lizzie told her, or something that Mrs. Borden told her?
(Mr. Knowlton) I object to that; I do not object to that she said.
Q. Whether she said that as told to her by Miss Lizzie or by Mrs. Borden?
(Mr. Knowlton) The way to get at that would be to say just what she did say.
(Court) You may ask the question.
Q. Now as to that statement which you say Bridget made to you with regard to the note, whether she did or did not state whether Miss Lizzie, or Mrs. Borden told her that?
A. She did not say who told her. She said to me Mrs. Borden had a note to go see someone that was sick.
She was dusting the sitting room, and she hurried off. She did not tell me where she was going; she usually does.

Mrs. Churchill's testimony begs the question of where Bridget got the information about the note, whether from Abby or from Lizzie. If she heard it from Abby, it supports the idea that the note was not a fabrication. However, before Mrs. Churchill testified, we have the following from Bridget herself:

Bridget, Preliminary, p. 31:
Q. Had Mrs. Borden said anything to you about going out that day?
A. No Sir.
Q. Was it her habit to tell you when she was going out?
(Objected to.) (Court) Your objection is sustained as a matter of course.(Mr. Knowlton) As to whether it was Mrs. Borden’s habit to notify her when she was going out. I suppose I could show it was her universal habit to notify this girl when she went out for any errand whatever. I am going to show she did not this morning.
Q. Had she told you anything about going out that morning?
A. No Sir.
Q. Whether it was her habit?
(Objected to.)
(Court) Excluded.
Q. The only person you have heard anything about going out from, was from Lizzie?
A. Yes Sir.
(Objected to as leading.)

Regardless of the objections, Bridget indicated that she heard the note story from Lizzie exclusively. This is also supported in a newspaper article in the New York Times:

New York Times article, Lizzie Borden Sourcebook, p. 157:
"'Was Mrs. Borden in the habit of telling you when she left the house?' asked Mr. Knowlton."
"'I object,' said Mr. Adams."
"'Lizzie told me all that I know about Mrs. Borden's going out,' said Bridget, paying no attention to the objection. The objection was, however, sustained by the court, and the answer was ruled out."