Lizzie Borden Took An Axe

This changes everything, and shows that sometimes, even the little things can be taken for granted, so everyone has to learn to appreciate them every day. The whole family is devastated when Beth passes away, but they knew that that day was coming near. Her death had an impact on almost everyone, but especially Jo, her older sister. Jo was the sister that took care of Beth in these sick times. When Beth died, Jo was especially mournful.

The Stephens were very inviting and let the officers come inside, and even offered them food as they searched the house. As the officers were completing their search of the house, the found an old, rusted axe sitting against the garage door. The Stephens used their garage, so the axe had to be put there after the last time they used the garage, as it would be knocked over if the garage was opened. They also noticed that around the edge of the blade, there was no rust, as if someone had scraped the rust off, or had cleaned the axe. It seemed to be the obvious murder weapon, but the officers wanted to investigate further before they made any accusations or arrests.

In the end, people in the town seem to think that Lizzie got away with the murders and mutilations all because she was a girl. People from around the town thought for sure that she was guilty and from that point on nobody from the town accepted her. Even the judge thought that she as was a suspect and guilty, but the jury said

	Furthermore, the prosecution never proved the weapon was an axe. When Officer Mullaly asked if there were hatchets in the house, Lizzie replied with, "Yes, they are everywhere." Bridget and Mullaly went down to the basement and found four hatchets: one rusty claw-headed hatchet, two that

It seems obvious that Lizzie Borden did not kill her parents but did try to from the poison she had bought. Lizzie didn’t actually buy the poison, but she had gotten the maid to go out to get it. Lizzie got the maid to get it by saying she had to get it so she can get stains out of her dress. The poison was an acid named Prussic acid. Lizzie used the acid to slowly poison her parents. Why did Lizzie wanted to kill her parents is her getting payback. For example Lizzie and her sister Emma never got along with her stepmother, and they kina didn’t like their dad at thetime as well. No one rally liked the Borden family most of the town didn’t really liked Andrew and his shady business. Furthermore Andrew Borden was known as

Though Lizzie had plenty of motive to kill her parents, she was not the only person suspected of killing Mr. and Mrs. Borden. Possibly the two were killed by a token mystery novel cliche, the maid. Bridget “Maggie” Sullivan was the Borden housemaid at the time of the murders. Other than Lizzie, Ms. Sullivan was the only other person in the residence while the crimes took place. Surprisingly, not much time was spent in investigating Ms. Sullivan as a suspect in the “Borden Axe Murder” case so she was quickly dismissed as the murderer, possibly giving her the chance to pin the blame on Lizzie ( ). Ms. Sullivan’s testimony was critical in the prosecution of Lizzie Borden since she was the only other person at the residence while the murders were taking place ( ). Many authors and historians believe that Bridget Sullivan was the guilty party. At the time both murders were thought to have occurred, Ms. Sullivan was supposed to working around the house, cleaning windows ( ). According to Lizzie’s testimony, Lizzie was downstairs in the parlor room during the time her mother was being murdered upstairs ( ). The theory that Bridget snuck to the top floor then silently attacked and murdered Mrs. Borden could have been possible. Also, If Lizzie’s testimony is to be trusted even further, Lizzie was supposed to be outside in the estate’s barn for twenty to thirty minutes during the time her

Lizzie Borden’s story had red flags that police and investigation should have caught on to. The first being, that when police interviewed Lizzie about what had happened that day she gave inconsistent stories. Second being, that she said “I heard a groan or a scraping noise before entering the house”. Later she changed to say she heard nothing and entered the

On August 4th, 1892, a horrific murder took place. On that day, a young woman named Lizzie Borden was accused for murder, but some think she is innocent. I believe Lizzie Borden is guilty. She did not have good relationship with her step-mother, there were no signs of anyone trying to break into the Borden home, and she was lying about where she was when the murder occurred, she said she was outside in the backyard but there were no footprints or anything to prove she was. Lizzie Borden is guilty and here are 3 reasons why.

The word choice throughout the article promotes sympathy towards Lizzie that reiterates the idea that women are incompetent of committing heinous crimes. For example, in The Boston Herald’s article “Lizzie Borden” states, “Her dark, lustrous eyes, ordinarily flashing, were, dimmed, and her pale face was evidence of the physical suffering she was undergoing and had experienced” which implies the misery Lizzie has encountered after the death of her

“Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks”, but did she actually do it. On August 4, 1892 Andrew Borden and Abby Borden were brutally murder. Most people think that Lizzie Borden was the murder, but I don’t think she murdered them. There are many clues that prove her innocent. Lizzie Borden was innocent and another person killed her parents. Lizzie Borden deeply cared about her father, there was no physical evidence, and other people didn’t like her father. LIzzie Borden would never kill her parents, but other people would.

“Fact has been suppressed by fiction, and the fiction is much more interesting to a lot of people.” Lizzie Borden, a thirty-two year old daughter of Andrew Borden and step-daughter of Abby Borden, was accused of murdering her father and stepmother. Lizzie Andrew Borden was innocent. She did not kill her father and stepmother for a number of reasons. Lizzie Borden was innocent because there was no physical evidence, she wasn’t nervous during the investigations, and there was no reason for her to kill them. Lizzie Borden was an innocent, desolate woman who deserved better than being accused for a serious case. Lizzie Borden did not injure her father and stepmother for the same reasons you wouldn’t kill your parents.

Have you ever been so angry you thought about killing your parents with an axe? Well many people think Lizzie Borden did this exact thing. Lizzie Borden was accused of murdering her step mother and father with a hatchet on August 4, 1892. While on trial, the jury found her innocent, but many other people think her to be guilty. I think that Lizzie Borden is innocent of the murder of Andrew and Abby Borden because she loved her father, didn’t have a problem with her stepmother, and there was no physical evidence found at the crime scene. Lizzie Borden was found innocent by law, so why should it be questioned?

There has been years of people who are trying to solve the 19th century murder case of Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother. Today people still do not know if Lizzie was innocent or guilty of murdering them Andrew and Abby Borden. There has been a lot of evidence of her and other people that were there at the time of the murder. In my opinion I feel Lizzie Borden was guilty of murdering her father and stepmother. In the article, “Fourteen Reasons to Believe LIzzie Murdered Her Parents,” it states “only Lizzie was known to be in the house at the time of Abby Borden’s murder.”

Joseph survived the attack, and was found by his brothers Andrew and Jake Maggio, but then he eventually died minutes later. Catherine died prior to the brothers arrival, and her throat had been cut so deep that her head had nearly severed from her shoulders. After the murder the police noticed that a pile of bloody clothes and they were the clothes of the murder so he had changed before he left back in public. While the police were searching, the house for what was stolen or violated, yet nothing was stolen or violated (Axeman). So they don't even know the motivation was for the Axeman coming into the house.

She was bipolar and in the novel, after she had killed them, she had told Andrew that their children could be their living doll. They would dress them up and take them to a picnic. She is talking about their dead children. Andrew is filled with grief because he had ignored all the signs and in result, she had drowned their children. Alongside, he was also an alcoholic, suffering for post-traumatic stress disorder after the war. Andrew had refused to see her as who she was and in result he had shot his. If he had gotten his wife help after acknowledging the signs, this all could have been avoided. This shows how if signs of a mental illness are ignored, that person and others can be seriously harmed. In result, all of Andrew’s children were dead and overcome with grief, he had shot his