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Aug 4, 1892:
Lizzie Borden took an axe . . .
Andrew and Abby Borden, elderly residents of Fall River,
Massachusetts, are found bludgeoned to death in their home.
Lying in a pool of blood on the living room couch, Andrew's face
had been nearly split in two. Abby, Lizzie's stepmother, was
found upstairs with her head smashed to pieces.
The Bordens, who were considerably wealthy, lived with their two
unmarried daughters, Emma and Lizzie. Since Lizzie was the only
other person besides the housekeeper who was present when the
bodies were found, suspicion soon fell upon her. Because of the
sensational nature of the murders, the trial attracted attention
from around the nation.
Despite the fact that fingerprint testing was already becoming
commonplace in Europe at the time, the police were wary of its
reliability, and refused to test for prints on the murder
weapon--a hatchet--found in the Borden's basement. The
prosecution tried to prove that Lizzie had burned a dress
similar to the one she was wearing on the day of the murders and
had purchased a small axe the day before. But Lizzie was a
sweet-looking Christian woman and the jury took only 90 minutes
to decide that she could never commit such a heinous crime.
Although she was now an orphaned heiress rather than a convicted
murderess, the media continued to portray Lizzie as the
perpetrator. Her story is still remembered today mostly because
of the infamous rhyme:
Lizzie Borden took an axe,
And gave her mother forty whacks;
When she saw what she had done,
She gave her father forty-one.
Ignoring the taunts, Lizzie lived the high life until her death
in 1927. She was buried in the family plot next to her parents.
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