...The Famous Murder Trial’s Killer Discovered Lizzie Borden’s trial was one of most mysterious and famous murder trials in 1900’s. This murder of Andrew Borden and his wife took place in the Borden’s house on the 4th of August, 1892 in the city called Fall River, Massachusetts. The Borden’s house consisted of Andrew Borden and his second wife, Abby, his two daughters, Lizzie and Emma, and a housemaid Bridget Sullivan. About a week after the crime Lizzie was arrested for her father’s and stepmother’s murders; however, in spite of a great deal of evidence, she was acquitted. A look at the evidence of the murder case proves that Lizzie Borden was guilty of her father and stepmother's murder. On the 4th of August, 1892, Abbey Borden and Andrew...
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...Lizzie borden killed both of her parents. There are some reasons why. Reason one is that she burned evidence, reason two is she lied to the police about where she was, and reason three is she lied about geting fishing equipment from the barn. In this essay is the reasons why lizzie is guilty for killing her parents. The first reason is that she had burned a dress that was supposed to be evidence. In Lizzie Borden An Account pg 4. paragraph 7 “Russell told grand jurors that she had witnessed Lizzie Borden burning a blue dress in a kitchen fire allegedly.” this evidence was enough to convince the grand Jurors to at least indict Lizzie for both of the murders of her parents. Also Lizzie lied to the police many time about where she was. In the document named Lizzie Borden’s Inquest Testimony pg 3. The interviewer ask Lizzie “You remember, Miss Borden, that you told me several times that you were downstairs and not up stairs when your father came home?” and on the same page she said “I was coming down when she let him in.” Then she proceeds to tell him. “I don’t know what I have said.” this evidence helps support that she was not telling the truth about where she was....
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...The Lizzie Borden case was very interesting because no one could prove Lizzie was to blame for her parents death.I know Lizzie killed her parents because there is lots and lots of evidence that points to her direction.Evidence such as the dress Lizzie was wearing the day of her parents murders,she supposedly burned that dress with a “paint” stain on it which was asked of the day she was trialed in court.Lizzie knew the court was going to test for blood on the dress and that she would be found guilty,so she burned it right after she got home coming from the court.Emma Borden claims she “told” Lizzie to burn it and that it wasn't her fault. Another piece of evidence that shows Lizzies guilty is that she hated her stepmother and that she disliked...
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...Mary Maloney guilty of her own husband’s death? Impossible. We come here today to discuss the manner of Patrick Maloney’s death and whether or not Mrs. Patrick Maloney was the cause of this. All of us here today know the truth whether or not we accept it, Mrs. Maloney is innocent. The United States of America clearly stated that all people are innocent until proven guilty. Mrs. Maloney was simply at the store purchasing food r for husband as he was tired and did not want to go out. Mrs. Patrick Maloney is innocent because there is no provided evidence stating that she is guilty, Patrick could have simply hurt himself while Mrs. Maloney was gone, and the dried meat on his head doesn’t prove anything. Mrs. Maloney did not kill Patrick Maloney...
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...Fallon Perez Psychological Theories Often times when discussing murders, people say the killer “just snapped.” In many instances, there is a downward spiral of mental and emotional damage. The killers leave behind warning signs and clues. To grasp more of an understanding of these signs and clues, one should research four main case categories: mothers who kill their children, children who kill their parents, mass murders, and serial killers. To gain better insight to these psychological theories behind homicides, this paper highlights individual cases in each category mentioned above. One of the categories to look at is mothers who kill their children. For this particular case, a prime example would be the Andrea Yates Murders. Andrea Yates was a former Texas resident, who drowned and murdered her five children on June 20, 2001. Andrea waited for her husband to leave early Wednesday morning to fill a bathtub where she would drown her five children. She began by killing the three middle children, “drowning them face first in the tub, then proceeding to put them in their beds and cover them with the sheets” (Ramsland). Then she went on to kill the six-month-old baby. Once the baby was dead, she left him floating in the tub. When she called her eldest son to the bathroom, he immediately realized the danger he was in and ran. “Andrea chased and dragged him to the tub” (Ramsland). She then struggled with drowning him, but eventually was successful but not before he could...
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...Lizzie Borden Case The trial of Lizzie Borden is a very controversial topic and many believe the case verdict should have been ruled otherwise. The murder of Abby and Andrew Borden by multiple ax whacks to the head caused many to believe that Lizzie Borden, the daughter of Andrew Borden, did it. The case ruled ‘Not Guilty” on June 20, 1893. Based on research and evidence, I believe that Lizzie Borden was guilty because of her claimed whereabouts, the ironic poisoning coincidence, and the burning of a dress, which is the opposite of the actual court ruling in 1893. Lizzie Borden and the maid, Bridget Sullivan were the only ones home at the time of the murder of Abby Borden. Bridget was outside washing windows and Lizzie claimed to be downstairs. It’s strange that “she heard no alarming noises”. (Source J) In addition to that, there was no sign of forced entry. If an intruder committed the murders, they would have “had to hide in the house for 90 minutes or departed and then returned without being seen” (Source J) because the 2 murders happened over an hour apart. This would be nearly impossible if Lizzie was downstairs at the time of her stepmother’s murder. At the time of her father’s murder, she claimed to be in the loft of the backyard barn, searching for sinkers for a fishing trip for 15-20 minutes. The police said the loft was very hot and the “also found no footprints”(Source J) which contradicts Lizzie’s statement of where she was at the time of the murder of her father...
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...The Axe That Ended The Bordens:”Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks, when she saw what she had done she gave her father forty-one .” was the famous line that was made up after the Lizzie Borden case was in full effect this case had many saying that she no doubt did the crime but were furious that she didn’t come out of the courthouse guilty. She believe it or not was proven not guilty for the murder of Andrew and Abby Boren. Lizzie was not liked in the eyes of her neighbors along with many others, this was because she was accused of slaughtering her stepmother and father. She was later found not guilty many people who thought otherwise (A&E Tv 3). On the morning of August 4th 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found murdered, Her father Andrew Borden’s body was still warm found beaten to almost...
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...For the past century, the Murders of Andrew J. Borden and his wife Abby Borden became one of America’s obsessions. From the towns’ people of Fall River Massachusetts to the rest of the country, the Borden murders became the topic of interest. The case shocked the nation as Lizzie Borden- a 32 year old school teacher- was put on trial for the murders of her parents. On August 4, 1892, at 92 Second Street Fall River Massachusetts, Andrew Borden and Abby Borden were found murdered in their homes. Andrew Borden, the richest man in Fall River, was found dead by his daughter Lizzie Borden, on a couch in the sitting area. Lizzie called to the household maid, Bridget Sullivan, to come down from the attic to inform her that Mr. Borden was dead. When Bridget came down, she found Lizzie at the back door and told Bridget to go get Dr. Bowen, who lived across the street. Dr. Bowen wasn’t home so Bridget told Mrs. Bowen that Mr. Borden had been murdered. When Bridget arrived back at the house she was sent to get Lizzie’s friend, Miss Alice Russell. While Bridget was going to get Miss. Russell, another neighbor, Mrs. Adelaide Churchill saw some commotion at the Borden house and went over to check it out. When she arrived at the house Lizzie told her that her father had been killed. Mrs. Churchill asked where Lizzie’s mother was and Lizzie informed her that her mother received a note asking her to attend to a sick friend. Mrs. Churchill then sent her handyman to search for the Doctor, since...
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...The Lizzie Borden Trial Abstract The 1893 trial of Lizzie Borden has been analyzed by historians throughout the twentieth and now twenty first century. Particular interest has been placed on whether Lizzie Borden was guilty or innocent, given the considerable amount of time that has passed it would be irrational to speculate on the jury’s decision to acquit Lizzie. Focusing on the evidence obtained by the Fall River police department and District Attorney Hosea Knowlton we can obtain a better view of the events which occurred that fateful day in August, 1982. Why did the panel of judges disallow so much key evidence presented by the prosecution and could the actions of key courtroom figures have set free a guilty woman? The late nineteenth century would be a critical time in the evolution of substantive and procedural rights, including the right to remain silent for United States citizens. Today men and women enjoy equal rights in the eyes of the law but late in the nineteenth century things were much different, could the way men viewed women have set free a murderer? On a scorching 1892 August day in Fall River, Massachusetts, Andrew and Abby Borden were violently murdered in their home on Second Street. The Lizzie Borden trial held in 1893 attracted attention from nearly the entire United States with newspapers in New York City, Providence, and Boston publishing articles at a frenzied pace. The subsequent police investigation and trial of Lizzie Borden gained national...
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...The Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast and museum was built on the 92nd street in Fall River, Massachusetts. Even though the bed and breakfast is popular, and many people travel from all over to stay there, it is not popular for their food or the comfort or being in a beautiful home. The Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast is more known for the brutal killings that happened in 1892, and by whom people believed did the killings. Fall River, Massachusetts was known to be controlled by seven wealthy families. One of those families was the Borden family. Andrew Borden was one of the rare men that was self made and did not earn his money through and inheritance. He began making money for his family by building furniture and coffins (OrfyTv). Andrew worked his...
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...In 1845, Andrew Jackson Borden (1822–1892) married Sarah Anthony (Morse) Borden (1823–1863), bearing three children: Emma Lenora Borden (1851–1927), Alice Esther Borden (1856–1858), and Lizzie Andrew Borden (1860–1927). Their marriage ended in 1863 with the death of Sarah, leaving Emma and Lizzie without a mother. Just two years after the death of Sarah, Andrew J. Borden became acquainted with Abby Durfee (Gray) Borden (1828–1892) at the commencement of a church service. The year is now 1865, and Andrew J. Borden would be marrying his second wife, Abby Durfee (Gray). Andrew J. Borden was a tall slender man with qualities of being a compassionate, gentle, and stubborn individual having a temper. He was born into a family that sustained great financial wealth and power through the cotton and manufacturing industry. As a child, he enjoyed the luxuries that followed this type of persona. But when he became a young man, the family’s wealth had been squandered, leaving him financially poor. In order for him to regain his stamina, he would begin to save and invest all of his money, never borrowing a cent from anyone (a point in his life that he was always proud of and made it well-known to all)....
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...Lizzie Borden was born on July 19, 1816 in Fall River, Massachusetts. She had a sister Emma and they both lived with their father, Andrew Borden, and their step mother, Abby Durfee Gray Borden. After the birth of Lizzie, her mother Sarah Borden died of spinal disease and urinal congestion. Andrew got remarried three years later. Her father was very successful in manufacturing and real estates to support Abby and his two daughters. The relationship that the two sisters had between Abby wasn’t close. They thought Abby was there for Andrew’s money. Lizzie spent her childhood protecting her older sister and they were able to manage their father’s rental land. Both Lizzie and Emma were never married. Lizzie graduated from a public school in Fall River. She was a member of the Central Congregational Church, where she taught Sunday school. She then became a secretary/treasurer of the Christian Endeavor Society. Lizzie was a part of the Prohibitions Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the antipoverty Fruit and Flower League. Lizzie and Emma...
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...life and career[edit] Robert Laird Borden was born and educated in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, a farming community at the eastern end of the Annapolis Valley, where his great-grandfather Perry Borden, Sr. of Tiverton, Rhode Island, had taken up Acadian land in 1760 as one of the New England Planters. The Borden family had immigrated from Headcorn, Kent, England, to New England in the 1600s. Also arriving in this group was a great great grandfather, Robert Denison, who had come from Connecticut at about the same time. Perry had accompanied his father, Samuel Borden, the chief surveyor chosen by the government of Massachusetts to survey the former Acadian land and draw up new lots for the Planters in Nova Scotia. Robert Borden was the last Canadian...
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...sure to note page numbers of any quotations in parentheses. EG: (p. 34) 1. In the essay “American Assassin,” what were the political motivations for Guiteau’s actions? In Guiteau’s defense, pleading guilty in court he believed that he was at part responsible for President Garfield’s election win. Guiteau also felt that Garfield should’ve granted him ambassadorship. In the end he was turned down by Garfield and rejected by congress. 2. In the essay “The Wizard of Oz,” in what ways is the Cowardly Lion similar to William Jennings Bryan? William Jennings Bryan was a similar to the Cowardly Lion. He was a pacifist and anti-imperialist in the time of national expansion in the U.S. Bryan also, like the cowardly lion who “watches over and protects the smaller animals in ‘a grand old forest’” (p. 49) Bryan only had political power over lesser politicians. 3. In the essay “She Couldn’t Have Done It,” how did Lizzie Borden’s gender and social standing influence the way she was treated by authorities? Lizzie Borden had a large amount of money meaning she probably had a good lawyer. In the Borden’s trial the jury ruled her out as the murderer due to her lack of size, height, and weight. Also, in 1892 “women were merely large babies” (page 55) meaning that women did not have the mental capacity to plot murder, and set out to kill people. 4. In the essay, “Living and Dying in Packingtown,” what reaction did Upton Sinclair hope to achieve with...
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...It is fashionable in some feminist circles to argue that the struggle for freedom from male oppression is, in part, a struggle for freedom from rationality and intellectuality. Julia Kristeva, for example, attacks women writers who value "science, philosophy, [and] professorships," calling them valorizers of "phallic dominance" (1974, in Marks and de Courtivron, 1980,166). For Kristeva, a truly revolutionary woman who wishes to succeed in exploding existing social codes must flee everything phallic, and this means that she must reject everything that is "finite, definite, structured, loaded with meaning." In the same vein, Helene Cixous, in her influential essay, "The Laugh of the Medussa" (Cixous, 1976, in Marks and de Courtivron, 1980,245-264), challenges women to forge for themselves, through writing, the "antilogos weapon." This weapon, supposedly the product of writing that "inscribes femininity," will be used to liberate women from the "phallocentric tradition," that is, the tradition of "male writing," which is the "effect" and "support" of the "history of reason." Views such as these are very much alive today. That there is at present tremendous interest in Cixous' writings, for example, is made evident by the listing of no fewer than 160 citations of them in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index for the years 1990-2. To what extent do these views deserve our support? It cannot be denied that some women are still oppressed today, treated unjustly and ...
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