Lizzie Borden, Past & Present: A Comprehensive Reference to the Life and Times of Lizzie Borden

690 Pages·157.878 MB·English

by  Leonard Rebello

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It was the morning of August 4, 1892 in Fall River,
Massachusetts, when Lizzie Andrew Borden dis-
covered her father, Andrew J. Borden, murdered on
the sitting room sofa. Her stepmother, Abby
Borden, was also found murdered in the family's
second floor guestroom. One week later, Lizzie
was charged with the murders. She was tried in
June 1893 and was acquitted by an all-male jury.
She returned to her home shortly thereafter and
later moved with her sister Emma, to the
"Highlands" on French Street. This was an area
where the wealthy bankers, mill owners, business-
men and lawyers resided. Lizzie remained in Fall
River for almost 35 years leading a secluded life
with her servants, and chauffeur. Lizzie Borden
died at her home in 1927 but the murders were not
forgotten.
In 1893, Edwin H. Porter, a police reporter for the
Fall River Daily Globe, published The Fall River
Tragedy. This was followed by Todd Lunday's The
Unveiled Mystery in 1893. The Fall River Daily Globe
published yearly articles on August 4 reminding
the public of the brutal double murders and that
the murderer was still lurking about the city and
free. It was librarian and writer, Edmund Lester
Pearson who kept the Borden case in print begin-
ning with Studies in Murder (1924) and ending with
The Trial of Lizzie Borden in 1937. Writers such as
Edward Radin, Victoria Lincoln, David Kent and
Arnold Brown have all published their accounts on
the Borden case. Published works, newspaper arti-
cles, periodicals, Borden trivia, interpretive works,
radio dramatizations, television programs and
films continue to surface periodically.
Lizzie Borden, Past and Present takes the reader on a
documented journey to the people, places, events,
literature and interpretive works prior to the mur-
ders and continues to the present. This is the first
time a book has been made available that provides
access to the new and extensive information, liter-
ature, and facts surrounding the Borden case. It
connects the past with the present oftentimes clari-
fying, proving and on occasion, disproving that
which has been in print or has been perceived to be
true.

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PAST PRESENT
A Comprehensive Reference Detailing the People, Places, Events, Newspapers,
Periodicals, Literature, Creative-Performing Arts and Contemporary Interests
Leonard Rebello
with a
Foreword by Robert T. Johnson, Jr., Esq.
and
Special Assistance by Neilson Caplain
Al-Zach Press
Fall River, Massachusetts
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1999
Copyright © 1999 Leonard Rebello
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro-
duced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or
mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any other
information storage and retrieval system without the written per-
mission of Al-Zach Press, 203 Jones St., Fall River, Massachusetts.
Printed in the United States of America
Printed on 20% post consumer recycled acid free paper
Scythia photographs, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum,
Salem, Massachusetts
An Apologist's Rhyme reprinted with permission from Professor
James E. Starrs
John Morse poem, reprinted with permission from Beverly
Boileau, Iowa
Second Street, barn interior and exterior views, diagrams and
maps, courtesy of Jo Ann Bently
Postcard Collection, courtesy of E. F. Stefanik
Photographs of Caleb Blodgett and Melvin O. Adams, courtesy
of the Social Law Library, Boston, Massachusetts, Joseph A.
Willard Collection
Dust Jacket: Mary Senra, Lincoln Press, Inc., Fall River, Massachusetts
Sketch of Lizzie Borden, W. H. Loomis, Providence Daily Journal.
June 21, 1893.
Printed by Lincoln Press, Inc., Fall River, Massachusetts
Library of Congress Catalogue Number: 99-9428
ISBN: 0-9670739-0-1
First Edition
For two very special children,
Alexander Nicholas and Zachary Benjamin Sinkevich