Forty Whacks: The Story of Lizzie Borden

Forty Whacks: The Story of Lizzie Borden

This Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 16 pages, consists of two parts. Part I, â€œA Brief Overview of the Case,â€ was originally published as â€œThe Borden Murder Mysteryâ€ in â€œFamous Mysteries: Curious and Fantastic Riddles of Human Life that Have Never Been Solvedâ€ (1919), by John Elfreth Watkins. Part II, â€œDetails of the Case,â€ was originally published as â€œThe Borden Murder Trial: A Brief Sketch of the Terrible Fall River Assassinations Which Startled the Whole Worldâ€ in â€œThe Illustrated Americanâ€ magazine (June 14, 1893).

Sample passage:
According to the testimony of the doctors, Mrs. Borden had been murdered from an hour and a half to two hours before her husband. According to Lizzieâ€™s own statement, her fatherâ€™s body was warm and fresh and blood was flowing from the wounds inflicted on it when she found it. On the contrary when Mrs. Bordenâ€™s body was discovered a few minutes later by Mrs. Churchill and Bridget Sullivan, her blood was coagulated and the body was stiffened in death. The contents of the stomachs of the two persons showed the length of time that elapsed between the killing of the woman and the man. It was pretty clear that both murders had been committed with a hatchet or cleaver, and it was evident that in the case of Mr. Borden the murderer had stood just behind the old man when the fatal blow was given.
Country USA
Manufacturer A. J. Cornell Publications
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-06-26
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	A. J. Cornell Publications
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-06-26
Format	Kindle eBook

Forty Whacks: The Story of Lizzie Borden

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