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    Lizzie Borden Took an Ax Hot summer day in 1892‚ August 4‚ at Second Street‚ Fall River Massachusetts‚ hired girl Bridget was resting in her room when the daughter of Andrew Borden screamed for help calling Maggie come down! At the time Borden’s called Bridget a Maggie. When Maggie came down from her room‚ she saw Andrew Borden had been killed horrifically. Andrew Borden was a richest man in Fall River director‚ landlord‚ and was a banker. At the time he was living with his second wife and two

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    Reasons why Lizzie Borden is guilty. 1. If not Lizzie‚ then who? Only Lizzie had a good opportunity to commit the murders. At the time of her mother’s murder (around 9:30 A.M.)‚ household guest John Morse was visiting relatives‚ sister Emma was out of town‚ Andrew Borden was running errands around town‚ and maid Bridget Sullivan was outside washing windows. Only Lizzie was known to be in the house at the time of Abby Borden’s murder. To commit both murders (Andrew Borden was murdered around 11 A

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    out who the killer really is. Lizzie Borden‚ the Daughter of Andrew Jackson Borden‚ was accused of murdering her father and step-mother‚ Abby Durfee Gray Borden. Without any direct evidence‚ meaning evidence that can be shown and is not just inferred‚ pointing to Lizzie for this murder‚ she was found not guilty by the jury. This case came down to only the circumstantial evidence‚ meaning evidence that can be inferred‚ which in my eyes is enough to prove that Lizzie was indeed the murderer. With all

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    teacher‚ in an average 2 story house‚ in Fall River‚ Massachusetts. Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally murdered. Their daughter Lizzie was arrested and put on trial for the killings. During the late 1800s it was hard for society to believe that a white woman in her thirties could be capable of doing such a thing. Although‚ she was acquitted on the accusations‚ to this day the murder of Andrew Borden and Abby Borden still remains a mystery. Her infamous story is widely known around the world and is

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    Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19‚ 1860-June 1‚ 1927) It is best described by the closing arguments for Lizzie Borden ’s defense‚ made by her attorney‚ George D. Robinson: The Lizzie Borden case has mystified and fascinated those interested in crime forover on hundred years. Very few cases in American history have attracted as much attention as the hatchet murders of Andrew J. Borden and his wife‚ Abby Borden. The bloodiness of the acts in an otherwise respectable late nineteenth century domestic

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    Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done‚ she gave her father forty-ones‚ a skipping rope rhyme that rolled right off the tongues of many children over 120 years ago. A rhyme that told the gruesome endings of Andrew and Abby Borden’s lives. Leading to a case that was left a mystery and hundreds of unanswered questions. Even after so many years people still want answers. But the main questions are could Lizzie Borden be responsible for the murder of

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    Lizzie borden house The Lizzie Borden house was founded upon 1889‚ in Fall River‚Massachusets. This is where the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden took place in 1892. Know one knew exactly who murdered Andrew and Abby Borden but the prime susupect of the gruesome death of her father and mother was Lizzie Borden. They have a Lizzie Borden museum and a bed and breakfast but many people are to scared to stay the night in the hotel or go visit the museum. She awoke one night. Andrew was one of

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    Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done‚ She gave her Father forty- one One of the greatest unsolved mysteries of all time‚ right up there next to the Jack the Ripper murders‚ is the Borden double homicide. On August 4th‚ 1892‚ a hot‚ muggy day in Fall River‚ a prominent member of the community‚ Andrew Jackson Borden‚ and his wife‚ Abby Durfee Gray Borden‚ were killed in their home. The lead suspect in these grisly murders was Mr. Borden

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    Unsolved Case of Lizzie Borden The Lizzie Borden nursery rhyme is about a daughter murdering her father and stepmother. The Lizzie Borden case is unsolved due to the lack of evidence. The reports say that Lizzie murdered her stepmother‚ Abby Durfree Gray Borden‚ then she murdered her father‚ Andrew Jackson Borden. This event occurred in Massachusetts in the year of 1892. The Lizzie Borden case is still important today due to the fact that it remains unsolved after 123 years. Lizzie Borden was a Sunday

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    Lizzie Borden Could a Lizzie Borden really have taken an ax and ended her parents lives committing a double murder‚ its been 120 years and this is still a continuing question? On August 4‚ 1892 a double murder was committed. Abby Borden was discovered dead upstairs and her husband Andrew dead downstairs. Both were axed to death in a matter of minutes. Officially the case is unsolved but what is known is that in 1892‚ in Fall River‚ Massachusetts a Murder escaped from justice. In the Lizzie Borden

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