LIZZIE DIDN'T
DO IT!
by William L. Masterton
BRANDEN PUBLISHING COMPANY
Boston
© Copyright 2000
by William L. Masterton
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Masterton, William L., 1927-
Lizzie didn't do it! / by William L. Masterton.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8283-2052-7 (alk. paper)
1. Borden, Lizzie, 1860-1927.
2. Murder--Massachusetts--Fall River.
I. Title.
HV6534.F2 M37 2000
364.15'23'0974485--dc21 99-088574
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Dedication
Dedicated to the memory of
Melvin Adams, a brilliant
lawyer who saw the truth
to which everyone else was blind
and, on a more personal level,
to my daughters-in-law:
Ilona, who nagged me
to write this book,
and Peggy, who didn't.
FIGURES
Captions (if any) Sources
1.1 Crowd surrounding the Borden house after the murders 1
1.2 Newspaper article on crime 2
1.3 Two newspaper articles 1,3
1.4 John Morse under suspicion 2
2.1 Andrew Borden 4
2.2 Emma Borden and her mother, Sarah 5
2.3 Abby Borden 4
2.4 Lizzie Borden, circa 1892 4
2.5 John Vinnicum Morse 1
2.6 Bridget (Maggie) Sullivan 1
2.7 Front view, Borden house, circa 1892 5
2.8 Layout of the Borden house 4
2.9 Surroundings of the Borden house 4
2.10 Fall River in 1892 6
3.1 Jennings (left) and Knowlton (right) 1
4.1 Newspaper headline 2
4.2 Melvin Adams (standing) 2
4.3 Defense witness Draper 7
4.4 North Main St., Fall River, in the 1890s 5
4.5 Article on Lizzie's sanity 2
5.1 Governor Robinson 1
5.2 Left to right (front row): Emma, Lizzie, Rev. Buck 1
5.3 William Moody 1
5.4 Exclusion of Inquest Testimony 1
5.5 Exclusion of Pussic Acid Testimony 2
6.1 Alice Russell, prosecution witness 1
6.2 Emma Borden, defense witness 1
6.3 The handle-less hatchet 4
6.4 Fleet vs Mullaly 1
6.5 Draper fits the hatchet to Andrew's skull 2
7.1 Second St. looking south in 1892 8
7.2 Side entrance to the Borden house 5
7.3 Diagram showing location of witnesses 4
7.4 Sketch of the crime scene; note books on the table 1
8.1 Knowlton sums up 9
8.2 Judge Dewey (for the defense!) 9
8.3 Lizzie reacts to the verdict 1
8.4 Maplecroft 10
8.5 Lizzie's forged signature on her "confession" 11
8.6 Nance O'Neil 8
8.7 Lizzie's theory of the murders 2
9.1 Streetcar on Pleasant St., Fall River 1
9.2 Andrew Jennings; Lizzie or Bridget? 1
9.3 John Morse in 1909 9
9.4 Emma Borden in 1913 11
10.1 The cost of Sunday dinner in the 1890s 1
10.2 The Borden barn and side entrance to the house 1
10.3 Pinkerton article 1
11.1 Newspaper articles on the prussic acid incident 13
12.1 Content of the note to Abby (as deduced by the author)
13.1 Medical Examiner Dolan 1
13.2 Abbott's opinion on time of death 2
14.1 Cooling curves 14
14.2 Graph with scattered points 15
14.3
