Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks!.!.!.!.when she saw what she had done,she gave her father 41!.
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Position:Home>History> Did she really do it or was it the housemaid?Question: Did she really do it or was it the housemaid!? Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks!.!.!.!.when she saw what she had done,she gave her father 41!.
Did she really murder her parents or was it the housemaid!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Several theories have been presented over the years suggesting Lizzie Borden may not have committed the murders, and that other suspects may have had possible motives!. One theory was that any number of townspeople could have carried out a grudge against Mr!. or Mrs!. Borden!. Another theory is that the maid, Bridget Sullivan, did it, possibly out of outrage for being asked to clean the windows, a backbreaking job on a hot day, just a day after having suffered from food poisoning!. Another potential culprit was forwarded by Arnold R!. Brown in his work, "Lizzie Borden: The Legend, The Truth, The Final Chapter," in which Brown theorizes that the true culprit was an illegitimate paternal half-brother named William Borden, as a revenge killing in his failed efforts to extort money from his father!. Yet another theory is that Borden suffered petit mal epileptic seizures during her menstrual cycle, at which times she entered a dream-like state, and unknowingly committed the murders then Www@QuestionHome@Com The anonymous rhyme above was made up by a writer as "eye candy" to sell newspapers!. In reality her stepmother suffered 18 or 19 blows, her father 11!. The Borden household was NOT a happy home!. Shortly before the murders, a heated argument had taken place which resulted in both Lizzie and her sister Emma, leaving home on extended "vacations!." Lizzie Borden, however, decided to cut her trip short and return home early!. The Borden sisters' uncle, John V!. Morse, brother of Andrew Borden's first wife, was on an extended visit at the time too!. Conveniently!.!.!. both the other sister AND the uncle were not at the home and away visiting during the time of the murders Lizzie was just refused the purchase of prussic acid by a local druggist, which she claimed was for cleaning a seal skin coat!. also!.!.!. Shortly before the murders, the entire household took violently ill!. Mr!. Borden was not a popular man in town, Mrs!. Borden feared they were being poisoned, but the family doctor diagnosed it as bad food!. On the morning of August 4, 1892, Borden's father, Andrew Jackson Borden, and stepmother, Abby Borden, were murdered in the family home!. Only Lizzie and the family maid, Bridget Sullivan!.!.!.!. whom many have speculated that there might have been "something" going on between Lizzie and Bridget!. Lizzie was guilty as hell! People just refused to believe that a "female" could commit a crime that horrible!. The fact that no murder weapon was found and no blood evidence was noted just a few minutes after the second murder pointed to reasonable doubt!. She lived to a ripe old age of 66, and was a pleasant neighbor, never giving anyone any trouble!. Bridget lived there with Lizzie for a while, but then left, never heard from again!. Sister Emma never lived in the house after the murder!. Lizzie died never being married!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Lizzie went to trial and was ajudicated as the cause of her parents' death!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |