Lizzie warranted, she had wanted to kill insects in her sealskin cape. The druggist refused the cyanide sale because Lizzie did not have a prescription for such a powerful remedy.
In 1901, near the feet of dangling Billy was a vile of poison. Was the beaker a hint to the authorities? Was Billy an accessory in the slaying of his father and stepmother? Did Billy give poison from the tumbler to Lizzie? Was this the reason why the Bordens were sick the day their murder? If Billy had a hand in the slaughter, was his suicide the result of a guilty conscience?
The Borden household was an unhappy place filled with animosities. Lizzie referred to her stepmother as Mrs. Borden. All through her life Lizzie was never comfortable around men, she and her sister Emma never married. The mansion’s bedroom doors had many outside locks, was Lizzie treated like a prisoner? Was Lizzie a victim of abuse and incest?
Contemporary sleuths speculate the Borden murders were the result of greed. It is thought Andrew was going to change his will and favor his wife over his daughters. The Borden sisters were going to receive $25,000 each, while stepmother Abby was to get the mansion and $500,000. The rest of the estate’s money was to go to charities. In every scenario of why the Bordens were murdered, Lizzie is involved by way of motive and circumstance.
Stepmother Abby was bludgeoned in the upstairs guest room; her head was repeatedly smashed with a hatchet or ax. Andrew was butchered downstairs; the trauma to his head was considerable. At minimum both victims were struck ten times with a sharp object that split their skulls wide open.
The victims were dispatched with great hatred; yet during the murders both Lizzie and Bridgett Sullivan swore that nothing unusual was heard. It is hard to believe the tandem occupants did not hear the sound of a body hitting the floor or the whack of a hammer-like device contacting something solid.
Was Bridgett Sullivan involved in the murders? Is it possible she was abused by the senior Bordens, emotionally or physically?
Bridgett Sullivan was an immigrant from Ireland. After the trial she returned to her homeland. Was the servant paid off by Lizzie to keep silent?
Years later Bridgett Sullivan moved back to the USA, she married and lived the last years of her life in Butte, Montana. Legend has it, on her deathbed; Bridgett Sullivan confessed she had lied on the witness stand to protect Lizzie.
After the acquittal, Lizzie and sister Emma, stayed in Fall River, Massachusetts. The duo sold the murder mansion and bought a large Victorian house, at 306 French Street. The manner was named, Maplecroft.
Years later Emma moved out of Maplecroft. The elder sister had become angry at Lizzie’s 1904 notorious lesbian affair with actress Nance O’Neil. Some amateur sleuths think Lizzie’s brazen inamorata with the actress solves the mystery of who killed the Bordens.
Lizzie had a clandestine tryst with housemaid, Bridgett Sullivan. The duo were about to be exposed and shamed by the elder Bordens. Unmasked and labeled as a homosexual pervert, Lizzie would lose her inheritance. Bridgett Sullivan would be fired and deported.
Massachusetts in the 1890s was a very puritanical society. Facing unknown consequences, the ladies became desperate and jointly murdered the elder Bordens. The duo then provided alibis for each other. Other pundits think Lizzie and Bridgett Sullivan bribed or seduced Andrew’s illegitimate son Billy, into become a willing hand in the murders.
Lizzie died in 1927 from gallbladder surgery complications. Emma died seven days later by falling down a stairwell at her house in New Market, New Hampshire.
The Borden murder mansion, built in 1845, is now a bed and breakfast. The inn is located at 92 Second Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, 02721.
Psychics have long thought the hatchet murder weapon, is hidden in the attic of the now green-painted, mansion. Did Lizzie get away with murder? Did she have an accomplice or was she innocent? Whack, whack, whack. (12)
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Lincoln was elected President in 1860; Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Both Lincoln’s and Kennedy’s administrations were engulfed in civil rights issues.
Both Lincoln and Kennedy were assassinated on a Friday.
Both Lincoln and Kennedy sat next to their wives as they were gunned down.
Both Lincoln and Kennedy lost children while living at the White House.
Both Lincoln and Kennedy died by gunshots to the head.
Lincoln was shot at Ford’s theater; Kennedy was shot in a Ford-Lincoln car.
Both Lincoln and Kennedy served in the military – Lincoln in the Black Hawk War; Kennedy in World War II.
Lincoln was elected to congress in 1846, Kennedy was elected to congress in 1946, both men were known for their wit.
Both Kennedy and Lincoln gained fame in debates with their political advisories – Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon; Lincoln vs. Stephen Douglas.
Lincoln’s Vice President was Andrew Johnson; he was born in 1808. Kennedy’s Vice President was Lyndon Johnson; he was born in 1908. Both Vice Presidents were Southerners.
Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson both have six letters in their first name. Both Johnson’s fathers were janitors.
Both Johnsons served in the military and both had two daughters.
Both Johnsons were older than their Presidents.
Both Johnsons were rumored to be involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the Commander and Chief.
As President, both Johnsons declined to run for another term in the year ending in 68; 1868 and 1968.
John Wilkes booth was born in 1839; Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.
Stephen Douglas was born in 1813; Richard Nixon was born in 1913.
Both Lincoln and Kennedy married after they turned thirty years old, their wives were both twenty-four years old and both women spoke French.
Both Lincoln and Kennedy are depicted on American coins.
Kennedy and Lincoln were succeeded by men who destroyed their political parties; Lyndon Johnson with Vietnam and Andrew Johnson with Reconstruction.
Both Kennedy and Lincoln had men sitting next to them as they were assassinated. John Connelly accompanied Kennedy and was shot. Henry Rathbone accompanied Lincoln and was stabbed.
Lincoln commanded a Mississippi river boat the “Talisman”. Kennedy commanded the World War II torpedo boat “PT 109”.
Lincoln and Kennedy were named after their grandfathers; they both married women who had been engaged before.
Both wives of Lincoln and Kennedy held their dying husbands in their hands.
Both Lincoln and Kennedy were Vice President runners-up in 1856 and 1956.
“Mr. Lincoln and the Negroes”, was written in 1864. “Mr. Kennedy and the Negroes”, was written in 1964.
Lincoln’s sons were named Robert and Edward. Kennedy’s brothers were named Robert and Edward.
Lincoln’s son, Robert, married Mary Eunice Harlan. Kennedy’s sister was named, Eunice Mary Kennedy.
John Zelfindorfer wrote the complete account of Lincoln’s assassination. Abraham Zapruder filmed the Kennedy’s assassination.
Lincoln’s and Kennedy’s family lived at Georgetown, 30121 N. Street.
Kennedy’s casket was carried in the caisson that carried Lincoln’s casket.
Both Lincoln and Kennedy died at buildings that had P.H as its initials. Lincoln died at the Petersen