Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one.This rhyme originates from the case of Lizzie Borden, possibly one of the most famous unsolved cases in American history, involves the grisly murders of Andrew and Abby Borden. The killer was never caught, but many suspect it was the couple’s own daughter, Lizzie Borden. With inconsistent statements, weird behavior, previous attempts of murder, and a clear motive, the evidence all stacks up against her. One of the most common signs that point to a murderer are changing statements and unclear alibis, all of which, point towards Lizzie. In the story, “Could A Woman Do That?” Her everchanging alibi is what makes her a clear suspect. “Sometimes she said she was in the barn at the time of the murders. Once she said she went there to get material to repair a screen, other times for iron to make sinkers for her fish line, and still other times to eat
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In, “Could a Woman Do That?” and countless other articles, it is shown that Lizzie had burned the dress she was wearing at the time of the murders because it “had brown paint stains” (Gustafson 47). If so, one must ask the question, why burn the dress instead of washing it? The answer to that question: because the brown stains in question were her parents’ blood because Lizzie Borden was the Killer. If she did kill her parents, this is not her first attempt. In, “Experts Cast Cold Eye over Evidence” Lizzie had “tried to buy a prussic acid, a deadly poison” (Davis paragraph 26). This is possibly her first attempt at the murder, but after it failed, she resorted to butchering her family instead. After further search, officers found a broken axe covered in ashes (Gustafson 47). This may as well have been the murder weapon in which Lizzie used to kill her
In, “Could a Woman Do That?” and countless other articles, it is shown that Lizzie had burned the dress she was wearing at the time of the murders because it “had brown paint stains” (Gustafson 47). If so, one must ask the question, why burn the dress instead of washing it? The answer to that question: because the brown stains in question were her parents’ blood because Lizzie Borden was the Killer. If she did kill her parents, this is not her first attempt. In, “Experts Cast Cold Eye over Evidence” Lizzie had “tried to buy a prussic acid, a deadly poison” (Davis paragraph 26). This is possibly her first attempt at the murder, but after it failed, she resorted to butchering her family instead. After further search, officers found a broken axe covered in ashes (Gustafson 47). This may as well have been the murder weapon in which Lizzie used to kill her