Lizzie Didn't Do It; Emma Did!
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This book will take you back to the crime scene and bring to light the name and face of the one who stood over those victims with a bloody hatchet in her handâ Emma Borden!
In folklore, however, it is Lizzie and not Emma that killed their father. Except for Prof. Masterton who maintained Lizzie's innocence in his book Lizzie Didn't Do It!, with Elaine Watson, Emma Borden now takes center stage. Did Emma do it?
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Lizzie Didn't Do It; Emma Did! - E. Elaine Watson
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Introduction
On a warm summer morning, August 4, 1892, in the town of Fall River, Massachusetts, Mrs. Abby Borden of 92 Second Street was dusting in the upstairs guest bedroom. Some time between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m., a person or persons unknown crept up behind her and struck her in the head 19 times with a hatchet-type implement, killing her.
At about 11:00 a.m., almost one hour and a half later, that same person or persons attacked her husband, Andrew Borden, as he lay resting on the couch in the downstairs sitting room. He was struck about 11 times in the head with the same hatchet-type implement. Only known individuals present in the house, or about the property, during the times of the attacks were Lizzie Borden, daughter of Andrew Borden and step-daughter of Abby; and the family maid, Bridget Sullivan. Circumstantial evidence led to the arrest of Lizzie Borden, who was eventually found not guilty of the crime. As of today, the case is still open and the crime unsolved. But this is not the whole story of the Lizzie Borden case. It began long before the murders happened, almost 30 years before in fact. It began the day a mother lay dying and asked her daughter to promise her something.
The daughter made that promise, and no matter the circumstances that came her way throughout her life, she kept that promise. It was her passion; it was her reason for living. She determined that nothing would keep her from the fulfillment of that promise, not even if it meant someone had to die. Using actual court testimony from the trial transcripts, some newspaper accounts of the double murder, and research into other theories set forth, I present the following solution to the Lizzie Borden case.
Chapter One: The Borden Family and Household
Andrew Jackson Borden - Andrew Jackson Borden was born September 13, 1822. He was the 8th generation of Bordens who had lived in Fall River. The past generations were considered to be part of Fall River high society.
By August of 1892, he was well known in Fall River and served in various positions in the town. He was president of the Union Saving’s Bank, and was on the board of directors at several other banks. He also owned real estate in town and was the director of three major cloth mills in Fall River. Mr. Borden was very wealthy and loved having money; however, he hated to spend it, even on his family. The Borden house did not look like the home of wealthy people. There was no indoor plumbing, and no convenient source of hot water
. Mr. Borden’s first wife, the mother of Lizzie and her older sister Emma, was Sarah Anthony Morse, born September 19, 1823. She and Andrew were married on Christmas Day of 1845. She died March 26, 1863 of spinal disease and other medical problems. Mr. Borden remarried on June 6, 1865. Everyone in town knew Mr. Borden. No matter the weather or season of the year, he could always be seen wearing his double-breasted Prince Albert black suit and string tie. Mr. Borden was 70 years old at the time of his death.
Abby Durfee Gray Borden - Abby Durfee Gray Borden was born on January 21, 1828. The daughter of a push cart peddler, she was the second wife of Andrew Borden. They married in June 1865. Her friends said she was seeking respect and social status by marrying Mr. Borden, but she was well liked by her friends and neighbors. Emma was about 13 years old, and Lizzie was almost five when their father brought the new Mrs. Borden home to be their step-mother. But the three of them never had a good relationship. Less than loving
was the description of their relationship according to witnesses at Lizzie’s trial. The second Mrs. Borden was 64 years old at the time of her death.
Emma Leonora Borden - Emma Leonora Borden was born on March 1, 1852. She was the older daughter of Andrew Borden and was about 11 when her real mother died. She became mother to her two-year-old sister, a position she took very seriously.
Not a lot is known about Emma as a person and there are very few pictures of her. It seems she never had much of a social life. She was quiet, plain and was most satisfied just to be left in the background of life. However, at one time, she did take a stand against her father. He wanted the two daughters to stop being friends with Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Harrington. Mrs. Harrington was Andrew’s sister, but Andrew never got along with his brother-in-law, Hiram, who was a loud, powerfully built
blacksmith. Lizzie gave in to her father and dropped the friendship. But Emma defied her father and kept right on being friends with her aunt and uncle. Emma and Lizzie had a close relationship with each other, maybe because Lizzie had looked to Emma as her mother
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