It seems whenever people flip their lids and really go off the deep end, we can't get enough of the story... especially when a questionable court case is involved. This is certainly true in the historic Lizzie Borden double-murder case of 1892, and recently some new info has come to light.
Borden was defended by a lawyer named Andrew Jackson Jennings. At the conclusion of the case, Jennings retained the majority of the evidence. He stored the "handless hatchet," some bloodstained pillow shams and other items in a Victorian bathtub in his attic. Recently, some very interesting new relics were uncovered…two journals Jennings kept while working on the Lizzie Borden case and there are some interesting bits of info inside.
"It’s all new material, completely unpublished," said Michael Martins, curator of the Fall River Historical Society, which recently acquired the journals. "It’s the only file Jennings retained, and...
Borden was defended by a lawyer named Andrew Jackson Jennings. At the conclusion of the case, Jennings retained the majority of the evidence. He stored the "handless hatchet," some bloodstained pillow shams and other items in a Victorian bathtub in his attic. Recently, some very interesting new relics were uncovered…two journals Jennings kept while working on the Lizzie Borden case and there are some interesting bits of info inside.
"It’s all new material, completely unpublished," said Michael Martins, curator of the Fall River Historical Society, which recently acquired the journals. "It’s the only file Jennings retained, and...
- 3/16/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
Have you ever heard the jump rope song "Lizzie Borden?" It goes, "Lizzie Borden took and axe, and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one." Well, Lizzie is back in the news. Lawyers notes have been found in the famous murder case from 1892. What light will it shed on the case?
Back in 1892, Abby and Andrew Borden were found hacked to death in their home. The suspect? Andrew's daughter Lizzie, who spoke about burning the dress she wore that day because of the paint she got on it. A hatchet missing it's wooden handle was found as well.
A few days before, Lizzie tried to buy cyanide at the pharmacy to "clean a seal skin cloak." There were some issues with who Andrew was going to leave his money to. He had new children from wife Abby and planned on leaving a lot to them.
Back in 1892, Abby and Andrew Borden were found hacked to death in their home. The suspect? Andrew's daughter Lizzie, who spoke about burning the dress she wore that day because of the paint she got on it. A hatchet missing it's wooden handle was found as well.
A few days before, Lizzie tried to buy cyanide at the pharmacy to "clean a seal skin cloak." There were some issues with who Andrew was going to leave his money to. He had new children from wife Abby and planned on leaving a lot to them.
- 3/15/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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