Robertson - The Trial of Lizzie Borden

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For Mom and Dad It is many a year since a criminal case in this country has excited such universal interest and been the subject of so much discussion as the Borden murder. It has all the fascination of a mystery about which there may be a thousand theories and upon which opinions may differ as variously as the idiosyncrasies of those who form them. There is so little absolute evidence that everybody can interpret the probabilities and circumstantial indications to suit himself, and much will depend upon his general view of human nature and its capabilities. There seems to be little prospect that the mystery will be cleared up by the trial... The verdict, if there shall be a verdict, will make little difference.

Will It Remain a Mystery?

New York Times , June 17, 1893

List of Illustrations

: Lizzie A. Borden, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: View of Fall River block, including D. R. Smiths drugstore, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Lizzie Andrew Borden, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Andrew Jackson Borden, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: A. J. Borden building, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Borden house on Second Street, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Abby Borden, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Emma Borden, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Front of Borden house on Second Street, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Side steps of Borden house, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Plan of Borden house and yard, E. H. Porter, Fall River Tragedy , 1893, collection of the author

: Marshal Rufus Hilliard, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Body of Andrew Borden on sofa, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Bridget Sullivan, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Body of Abby Borden in guest bedroom, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Fall River as seen from Mt. Hope Bay, circa 1891, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: View of Second Street looking south, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: View of Second Street looking north, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: John V. Morse, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Dr. Seabury Bowen, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Second Street neighborhood, Boston Globe

: City Marshal Hilliard standing in front of the Central Police Station, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Hosea M. Knowlton, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Andrew Jennings, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Taunton Jail, showing the garden, circa 1892, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Melvin O. Adams, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Dr. William Dolan, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Governor George D. Robinson, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: William H. Moody, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Exterior of Bristol County courthouse, New Bedford, Massachusetts, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Interior courtroom, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Julian Ralph, public domain, from Google Books scan of Frank M. OBrien, The Story of the Sun (New York: George H. Doran Company, 1918)

: Joe Howard, Jr., Boston Globe

: Elizabeth Jordan, public domain, from Google Books scan of Elizabeth Garver Jordan, Tales of the Cloister , vol. 4 (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901)

: Chief Judge Albert Mason, Judge Caleb Blodgett, and Judge Justin Dewey, 1892, Boston Globe

: Selecting a jury, Boston Globe

: Plan of cellar, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Plan of first floor, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Plan of second floor, 1893, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Lizzie Borden swoons, Boston Globe

: Jury touring crime scene, Boston Globe

: Backyard of Chagnon residence, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: A birds-eye view of the neighborhood, Boston Globe

: Makeshift gate in front of courthouse, Boston Globe

: Adelaide Churchill, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Alice Russell, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Courtroom scene during Alice Russells testimony, Boston Globe

: Assistant Marshal John Fleet, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Captain Phillip Harrington, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Handleless or hoodoo hatchet, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: The jury in its favorite position, Boston Globe

: Juggling with a womans life, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Andrew Borden, August 4, 1892, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Abby Borden, August 4, 1892, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Professor Edward S. Wood, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Skull of Andrew Borden, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Skull of Abby Borden, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Dr. Draper fits hatchet into skull, Boston Globe

: Interesting incidents in the Borden trial, Boston Globe

: Witnesses waiting to testify, Boston Globe

: Robinsons favorite poses, Boston Globe

: Ladies corner, Boston Globe

: Yard with Crowes barn, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Early-morning scene about the New Bedford courthouse, Boston Globe

: Ex-governor Robinson delivering his argument, Boston Globe

: District Attorney Knowlton for the government, Boston Globe

: Last scene in the Great Borden Trial, Boston Globe

: Lizzie Borden on piazza in Newport, circa 1893, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: The Borden jury, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Maplecroft, Lizzie Bordens house on French Street, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Nance ONeil as Judith of Bethulia, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Lizzie Borden on piazza with dog Laddie, circa 1926, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Borden monument, Oak Grove Cemetery, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

: Lizzie Bordens grave, Oak Grove Cemetery, courtesy of Fall River Historical Society

Persons of Interest

THE BORDEN HOUSEHOLD (ON AUGUST 4, 1892)

Abby Durfee Gray Borden , sixty-four-year-old second wife of Andrew Borden

Andrew Jackson Borden , sixty-nine-year-old businessman married to Abby; father of Emma and Lizzie

Emma Leonora Borden , forty-one-year-old elder daughter of Andrew Borden and first wife, Sarah

Lizzie Andrew Borden , thirty-two-year-old younger daughter of Andrew Borden and first wife, Sarah

John Vinnicum Morse , sixty-nine-year-old brother-in-law of Andrew Borden, brother of the late Sarah Borden

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