Lizzie Borden and the Massachusetts Axe Murders
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Lizzie Borden and the Massachusetts Axe Murders

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Lizzie Borden and the Massachusetts Axe Murders

About this book

The case of Lizzie Bordon is one of the most infamous in criminal history having spawned songs, plays and a range of publications. It also ranks as one of the most puzzling. Having been acquitted of the axe murders of both her parents, Borden then simply returned home and carried on as before only to be roundly ostracised by the stoutly religious local community. Prosecutors never charged anyone else with the crimes leaving the case naggingly unsolved. Here, author Ronald Bartle revisits the events which occurred in Fall River, Massachussets in 1892. He explains how her answers to police questions were at times strange and contradictory and her accounts to them often bizarre. With so many pointers to her involvement the trial has been compared to that of O J Simpson in the modern day. It is immortalised in legal and other folklore as well as in the children's rhyme: Lizzie Borden took an axeAnd gave her mother forty whacks.When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one.A refreshing account of a very famous case. Contains legal and other analysis. A fly-on-the-wall view of the nineteenth century USA justice system. A true story that reads like a thriller.

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Information

Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781909976436
eBook ISBN
9781910979334
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Copyright and publication details
  2. About the author
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Dedication
  5. Lizzie Borden in Popular Culture
  6. Floorplans
  7. The Case Against Lizzie Borden
  8. The Background
  9. Before the Holocaust
  10. Lizzie’s Visit to Alice
  11. The Inquest
  12. The Scene is Set
  13. The Murder of Abby Borden
  14. The Murder of Andrew Borden
  15. The Evidence of Hannah Reagan
  16. The Blood Mystery
  17. The Murder Weapon
  18. The Burning of a Dress
  19. The Alibi
  20. The Exclusion of the Inquest Evidence
  21. The Exclusion of the Prussic Acid Evidence
  22. Lizzie’s Failure to Give Evidence
  23. Closing Speeches and Charge to the Jury
  24. The Conclusion
  25. Select Bibliography
  26. Index