Lizzie Borden and Elizabeth Montgomery are 6th cousins 1 time removed through their common ancestors of Samuel and Sarah Luther.
Until her death in 1927, Lizzie Borden lived her entire life in Fall River Massachusetts. At the time of the murders the Bordens lived at 92 2nd St. After her aquittal Lizzie and her older sister Emma moved to 306 French St., a more fashionable neighborhood and a much larger house. As of June 1, 1927 Lizzie has resided at Oak Grove Cemetery along side her father Andrew, real mother Sarah, and sisters Emma and Alice Ester*. *Alice Ester Borden died before Lizzie was born, she was about two years old at the time of her death.
Lizzie Borden is buried in the Borden family plot at Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, MA. Resting with her are her father Andrew, her biological mother Sarah, her sister Emma and I believe a sister that died before Lizzie's birth (named Alice). Lizzie's step-mother Abbey, whom was murdered with Andrew, (and Andrew's second wife) in August 1892 was buried with her own family in a neighboring town. Lizzie's tombstone bares the name LizBeth Borden, the name she took after her trial in 1893.
Alice Borden was born on December 18, 1941, in USA.
It is virtually impossible to study the Borden case and not speculate on Emma Borden's complicity in the coverup of the crime. Although the older Borden sister had a rock-solid aliby, I believe there is evidence that Emma protected Lizzie after her arrest, roughly a week after the double murders. A conversation between the sisters was overheard by a jail guard, the gist being Lizzie fearful that Emma had 'given' Lizzie up to police. Emma denied this was true. It is also true that Emma was present when Borden friend Alice Russell witnessed Lizzie burning a dress in the kitchen woodstove due to 'paint stains' which ruined the fabric. These are but a couple examples put forth as proof that Emma Borden knew more about Lizzie's involvement in the death of Andrew and Abbey Borden. There have been many books written on the Borden case, many of those accuse Emma of the murders herself, others a willing partner in crime. Although at this late date it is almost impossible to prove, it is my guess that she felt or knew Lizzie was responsible yet protected her during her darkest moments after the murders clear through to Lizzie's aquittal in court in 1893.
The cast of Lizzie Borden Took an Ax - 2014 includes: Sara Botsford as Abby Morse Borden Rebecca Catherine Struthers as Girl Jason Chemij as Soldier Mike Shawn Doyle as Marshall Hilliard Clea DuVall as Emma Borden Andrew Gillies as Judge Mason Gregg Henry as Hosea Knowlton Kirstin Howell as Susan Smith Vikki Humphrey as Well Dressed Young Woman Jennifer Kydd as Socialite Craig Layton as Gallery Member Glenn Lefchak as Eli Bence(pharmacist) John Maclaren as Rev. Edwin A. Buck Stephen McHattie as Andrew Borden Gareth Meagher as Businessman Henry Christina Ricci as Lizzie Borden Andrea Runge as Alice Russell
The cast of The Legend of Lizzie Borden - 1975 includes: John Alvin as Dr. Draper Bonnie Bartlett as Sylvia Knowlton John Beal as Dr. Bowen Helen Craig as Mrs. Abby Borden Joan Crosby as Companion Fionnula Flanagan as Bridget Sullivan Ed Flanders as Hosea Knowlton Katherine Helmond as Emma Borden Alan Hewitt as Mayor Coughlin Jason Johnson as Jury foreman Gail Kobe as Alice Russell Jon Lormer as Bailiff Elizabeth Montgomery as Lizzie Borden Judson Morgan as Justice Morgan Don Porter as George Robinson Hayden Rorke as Julien Ralph Tracie Savage as Young Lizzie Olan Soule as Eli Bence Amzie Strickland as Adelaide Churchill Norman Stuart as Dr. Wood Gloria Stuart as Store customer Robert Symonds as Andrew Jennings Fritz Weaver as Mr. Andrew Borden Patricia Wilson as Hannah Reagan Iggie Wolfington as Store proprietor Lynn Wood as Mrs. Raymond John Zaremba as Judge Blaisdell
The cast of Esther - 1910 includes: Madeleine Roch Alice Tissot
In the first days after the double murders, Alice Russell, being friends to both Emma and Lizzie, stayed with them in the house at 92 2nd St. The day after the murders Alice saw Lizzie cutting, ripping, and burning a dress and stuffing the pieces in the woodstove. Asking Lizzie why she was destroying the dress Lizzie claimed to have brushed up against wet paint and that the dress was ruined. Needless to say, Russell made a strong witness for the prosecution. This seemingly beniegn act answers the question of Lizzie's lack of blood on her clothes. It is highly suspect and it's hard to believe the jurors gave this piece of circumstantial evidence so little weight in their deliberations. It is also hard to believe that a paint-stained garmet would end up in the fire. In the 19th century, few things were wasted. Old clothing and cloth were recycled, either as braiding for rag rugs for the floors, or cleaning rags and even toilet rags before the widespread use of toilet paper. In the Borden household, Andrew Borden ran a tight ship and frowned on any kind of waste. It would have been an uncharacteristic and unlikely scenario.
It is possible that Lizzie completely disrobed before she attacked her parents, which would have prevented any blood on her clothes, and then hurriedly bathed to remove the blood from her skin and hair. //The theory that Lizzie attacked her step-mother and father while in the nude is highly improbable. The Victorian era, at least in America, was a time period that was extremely prudish, the 'sex' word was taboo in and of itself. Lizzie was a well brought up lady, and would have thought it scandalous to show a little ankle. Women did not menstrate, they refered to it as a 'flea bite'. It is completely absurd that Lizzie would approach her father without benefit of clothing. Nor would she have disrobed in front of her step-mother. The explaination of no blood evidence was revealed shortly after the murders. Alice Russell, friend of Lizzie and Emma Borden, stayed with the sisters in the house on 2nd street. According to Alice, Lizzie burned a dress in the kitchen's woodstove, claiming she got paint on it. This is also unlikely. Any clothing ruined would have been cut up and used as rags, nothing going to waste.
Alice Perry has written: 'Esther Pennefather' 'More ways than one' 'Buttoned cushions'
Much of the evidence in the Borden case was circumstantial. The broken and possibly bloody hatchet found in the cellar could not be proven to actually be the murder weapon. The story was either rust or chicken blood. Science was not advanced enough at the time to distinguish human from animal blood. No bloody clothes were found. The Borden's friend Alice Russell observed Lizzie burning a dress in the kitchen's woodstove the day after the murders. What it came down to was, Lizzie was about the only one that had the motive and the opportunity to kill Andrew and Abbey Borden. Bridget Sullivan, the Borden's maid, was sick that day and after washing windows retired to her attic room to lay down for a much needed nap. Lizzie's uncle John Morse, a house guest at the time of the murders was away attending to business with witnesses to verify his whereabouts. Emma Borden, Lizzie's older sister was out of town visiting friends. Once the victims are eliminated, for obvious reasons, the remaining person was Lizzie.
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