Did they actually murder their husbands, children, or parents? Six woman made it all the way to the top of most famous women murderers. Should they have been accused the way they were, or should it have been different? “Lizzie Borden had an axe, gave her mother forty whacks, when she saw what she had done she gave her father forty-one.” Born July 19, 1860 in Fall River, Massachusetts, Lizzie Borden is the daughter of Andrew Borden and stepdaughter of Abby Borden. She had one sister, Emma Borden. Lizzie’s biological mother was Sarah Borden, who died shortly after Lizzie’s birth. Andrew remarried three years later, to Abby Durfee Gray. Lizzie and Emma did not have a very good relationship with their stepmother, when greeting her they addressed …show more content…
Andrew and Abby had been brutally murdered by a hatchet. Lizzie and Emma’s uncle was the first accused although he had an alibi. Therefore the next accused was the family maid Bridget, though she had no motive. Lizzie was indicted on December 2, 1892. While on trial physicians were giving her drugs which in turn caused her story to change so many times from all the drugs, that anything she said was not taken seriously. A local drug store owner had said that the day before the murders Lizzie had tried to buy a poison from the store and he would not allow her, since back in that day that is how women would kill people. Lizzie during the time of her trial was found burning a dress that she claimed had a paint stain on it. Lizzie had feminists on her side saying that she was being prosecuted for no reason. Later on in her trial she had paid the ex-governor of Massachusetts as her lawyer. Lizzie Borden was acquitted on June 20, 1893. Despite being free but forever guilty, she was later charged with shoplifting in 1897. In 1905 Emma Borden moved out of the house that the sister’s …show more content…
Nannie Doss was born in 1905 in Blue Mountain a small town between Anniston and Jacksonville. She is the daughter of Jim Hazle and Louisa “Lou” Holder Hazle. Doss’s biological father may or may not have been very abusive. He would keep Doss and her other four other siblings home from school just to do household chores and to work on the family farm. Doss’s first husband was Charles Braggs. The couple had four children. Two of the children died after eating breakfast one day. After being told by someone not to eat the food that Doss prepared, her husband left with their oldest and left the newborn with Doss. The couple got divorced in 1928, Doss took the two children and moved in with her parents. He was said to be the only husband Doss did not kill. Her second husband was Frank Harrelson. Harrelson won her over with poetry and romance but later, after getting married, he became a drunk with a temper. While with Harrelson she had killed her newborn granddaughter with a hair pin. Later on she tried to kill her two year old grandson. Consequently he later died of Asphyxia and she took out a $500 life insurance on him. The marriage lasted 16 years before they got divorced in 1945. He died of food poisoning soon after that. Arlie Lanning was Doss’s next victim. Doss added rat poison to one of his meals. His death was listed as heart
In Source # 1, it claims, “There was no physical evidence linking her to the murders.” Physical evidence is a significant key during any murder case. When there is a lack of evidence, there is a tough time finding a murder. If there is no evidence on their main suspect, Lizzie Borden, then she shouldn’t be the main suspect. How can you suspect someone with murder without any physical evidence against her?
It is clear that Lizzie Borden committed this crime because of the evidence against her, the rage in the murders, and
[her] that she needed to dispose of the dress because it was covered in old paint” (Johnson 1:165-66). Lizzie burning a dress was strange because she could have thrown the dress away rather than burning it. This shows that she burned the dress to destroy a piece of evidence to get away with the murders. These witnesses’ statements point at Lizzie to be guilty; however, to prove that if an ordinary woman could murder someone like Lizzie’s parents, “[t]he prosecution asked Dr. Draper, one of the forensic experts, whether the fatal blows could have been struck
Doss stayed with Harrelson until he died sixteen years later (Harvey 1). Doss told stories of how Harrelson came home drunk many nights and raped her. Tired of how she was being treated, Doss wanted to get revenge. One morning, Doss secretly snuck arsenic into his corn whiskey jar. As he drank it, she watched him knowing he was going to have a long, miserable death (Rice
“Lizzie Borden took an ax, and gave her mother forty whacks. When she had seen what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.” This rhyme is not exactly accurate, but has the jist. Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally murdered in their comfy home. This murder is 125 years old and is still a mystery and still rocks the media.
Even though it is unexpected, there is a ton of evidence that goes against Lizzie Borden. First of all, when the incident happened, Lizzie provided an alibi that was unreliable and inconsistent. However, everyone else in her family was
Police and investigators believed that Lizzie Borden was the murderer because of the fact
I have done enough research to know that there are three reasons why Lizzie didn’t commit this hideous crime. There were other people home at the time of the murder. The night before the murder John Morse, the uncle, showed up unexpectedly. In her statement to the police, Lizzie was outside at the time of the murder, so she wasn’t in the
I think Lizzie Borden is guilty because she tried to purchase poison the day before the murder happened. Also the day before the murder happened she visited her friend, and told her that her father was going to die soon. Also Lizzie was a thief. All in all, I strongly believe Lizzie killed her parents. The first reason, why I think Lizzie Borden murdered her parents is, she tried to purchase poison the day before the murder happened.
Instead of being scared and afraid of what might happen too her, she wasn’t worried at all and somewhat excited about been listed as a suspect. Her sister was more frightened about what might happen then she was and the maid was very surprised about the death. Lizzie was very confident with her story as if she was planning everything out for a while, this explains why going to the police station for questions wasn’t a bad thing too her. One reason Lizzie is guilty,she stated the night before that
Andrew and Abby Borden are found dead in their home, in Fall River, Massachusetts on August 4, 1892. The most likely suspect is their daughter, Lizzie; however many factors came into play to clear her from a guilty verdict. Lizzie Borden, a thirty-two year old woman, is accused of the murders of her father and stepmother. An ax found in the Borden family’s basement, is the perceived murder weapon. However, the extensive amount of blows to the heads of the victims is unlikely to have been carried out by this small, young woman.
She couldn’t be in the barn because Bridget Sullivan would have seen her whilst running between the windows and the barn to refill her pail. The same goes for if Lizzie was outside. All of theses defenses that seem to have all happened at the same time are proof that Lizzie is guilty for murdering her parents. Even if they were made up due to Morphine, the very first one she gave, being in the barn getting a piece of iron was definitely a white lie, because neighbors and the maid have seen
Have you ever done something against the law and got away with it. Well if you have, it probably wasn’t as bad as what Lizzie Borden got away with. Lizzie Borden got away with killing her father and her step mother. I strongly believe that Lizzie Borden killed her father and stepmother. The reasons I believe Lizzie Borden is guilty is because she was seen trying to buy a prussic acid which is a poison a couple days before her parents murder, once her parents bodies were found she sent the people who came to help off to do errands, and 4 days after the murders she burned a dress she claims was ruined from paint stains.
In addition, after the trial she showed bad behavior. Lizzie Borden was accused of shoplifting in 1897 (Biography.com Editors, 2014).In her case everyone she knew turned against her and tried to get her in trouble for everything they could. In addition, after many trials and long investigations and tons of evidence Lizzie Borden got away with the murders of her
A store clerk owner reported that Lizzie tried to buy puric acid. In lizzie's story she claims that she went out to the barn to get supplies for a fishing trip a week a way. Lizzie's father bought a house for his new wife so Lizzie could have been jealous that Abby Borden got a house be she didn't get anything. In her story she said that she went to get lead sinkers out of the barn but didn't come out with anything.