Lizzie Borden shared a great
great great great great great grandfather with our
family, however this link was by marriage and not by
blood
LIZZIE BORDEN
Axe Murderer?
1860-1927
" Lizzie Borden took an ax
And gave her mother forty whacks;
When she saw what she had done
She gave her father forty-one! "
She was not
convicted of murder, but Lizzie Borden was considered guilty by
the townspeople of Fall River, Massachusetts, and most of the
scandalized American public. Her father and stepmother were
brutally killed with a sharp instrument on August 4, 1892, a day
that Lizzie had spent at home. Though one spot of blood was found
on her skirt, the clothing worn that day was suspiciously burned
before the trial. Though a broken hatchet was found, the evidence
was circumstantial.
Regardless of
her acquittal, the mystery of the Borden murders would grow in
myth and fascination. The axe murders were never solved and
Lizzie inherited considerable wealth, but she was shunned by her
church and sensationalized in literature and film. Now the house
in which the murders took place is The Lizzie Borden Bed and
Breakfast.
Historic Artifacts located in The Lizzie Borden Bed and
Breakfast:
LEMONADE GLASS belonged to Lizzie Borden, engraved with her
initials
CUP and SAUCER belonged to Lizzie
TRAVEL BOOK, with inscription, taken with Lizzie on a trip to
Italy after the trial
COPY of Lizzie's indictment on murder charges
PHOTOS of Lizzie, her father and stepmother, and the Borden house
-- On loan from Fall River Historical Society Museum, Fall River
MA