An axe murder in cold blood. Lizzie Borden, a girl that believed to have murdered her parents. Her story will tell about a girl that murdered her parents. Lizzie Borden Axe Murders her parents Lizzie Borden killed her parents because Her thesis is that Lizzie Borden and her step-mother did not get along. She killed them with an axe. She got away with killing her parents. Lizzie Borden was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. Her father, Andrew Jackson Borden, grew up in very modest surroundings and struggled financially as a young boy, despite being a descendant of rich and influential local people. (“wikipedia’’) Next, Lizzie Borden was born to her parents Andrew and Sarah Borden. Lizzie had a sister named Emma Lenora Borden born in 1851.…
For starters, they did not collect the clothes that Lizzie had been wearing while present at the crime scene. This could have been helpful in the trial to persecute Lizzie if they had taken it and found traces of blood on it. Instead, Lizzie had kept the dress and later burned it, destroying any evidence that may have been on it. Investigators also failed to question people who were close with Lizzie (asides from her sister who was of no help). By questioning those close to her, investigators could have gained information about what Lizzie’s home life was like and if she had any hidden anger directed towards either of her…
In the year 1892 in Massachusetts, a young woman was convicted of brutally murdering her parents. Although everyone in the town said she was guilty, at the end of the trial she was dropped of all charges and given the verdict of not guilty. Despite all the evidence against her, she was set free. In the state of Massachusetts, justice wasn 't served in the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden.…
A little history lesson for those who are unaware. This award-winning play is basically focused on the case of Lizzie Borden, who was tried but ultimately cleared of the murder of her father and stepmother in Massachusetts, 1892. Since the case never actually reached a verdict, people to this day are still knocked-for-six as to…
was out of town at the time. In an interview, Deputy Marshal John Fleet asked Lizzie, “Do you have any idea who killed your mother and father?” Lizzie responded saying, “She's not my mother, Sir. she is my stepmother, my mother died when I was a child.” During the week of the murders Lizzie burned a dress that she stated was stained with paint. Investigators later discovered that the dress was stained with blood, and Lizzie burned it to cover…
For many years people have been fascinated with murder cases. There have been many cases throughout the U.S. that many people have been interested in. Such a case is the Lizzie Borden case. Evidence has proved that Lizzie Borden murdered her parents because; of her poor relationship with her step-mother, her resentment of her father, and her mental instability. On August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden committed the gruesome atrocity of bludgeoning Andrew and Abby Borden to death. (Linder, 2004) The reason behind this was, she had a poor relationship with her step-mother, Abby Borden. During her interrogation she told detectives when they referred to Abby as her mother, “She is not my mother, sir, she is my stepmother. My mother died when I was a child.” (King, 2016) This shows that Lizzie never viewed Abby as her mother. Moreover, Lizzie and Abby hardly spoke. Lizzie hadn't eaten with her parents for five years. (King, 2016) This shows Lizzie had a tense relationship with Abby for quite some time. In conclusion, Lizzie's relationship with Abby had been tense for years. Lizzie also happened to resent her father, Andrew Borden. For instance, she resented her father for giving Abby more things than her. Andrew gave Abby a property which made Lizzie resent her father and loathe Abby even more. Furthermore, Andrew killed pigeons in his barn that Lizzie had built a roost for. (Linder, 2017) Lizzie was said to of yelled at her father. All in all, Lizzie also had the motive to murder her father. Lastly, she murdered her family due to her mental instability. She was accused of committing crimes before the murder. In 1891 Lizzie…
Dolores Huerta was a member of Community Service Organization ("CSO"), a grass roots organization. The CSO confronted segregation and police brutality, led voter registration drives, pushed for improved public services and fought to enact new legislation. Dolores Huerta wanted to form an organization that fought of the interests of the farm workers. While continuing to work at CSO Dolores Huerta founded and organized the Agricultural Workers Association in 1960. Dolores Huerta was key in organizing citizenship requirements removed from pension, and public assistance programs. She also was instrumental in passage of legislation allowing voters the right to vote in Spanish, and the right of individuals to take the driver's license examination in their native language. Dolores Huerta moved on to working with Cesar Chavez. Dolores was the main person at National Farm Workers Association ("NFWA") who negotiated with employers and organized boycotts, strikes, demonstrations and marches for the farm workers.…
One reason why Lizzie Is guilty is because before the murder, she was in the barn for quite a while. In the text it says, “At the time of the murder of Andrew Borden, Lizzie claimed to have been in the loft of the backyard barn for 15 to 20 minutes looking for lead sinkers for a fishing excursion.” This quote shows that Lizzie was in the barn for a long time. She stated that she was looking for lead sinkers for a fishing excursion. Why would she need a…
It took less than two hours for them to come to a final decision. Lizzie Borden was found “not guilty”. This isn’t surprising because at that time women were seen as “flowers”.…
5. At the time of the murder of Andrew Borden, Lizzie claimed to have been in the loft of the backyard barn for 15 to 20 minutes looking for lead sinkers for a fishing excursion. Police found the loft so stiflingly hot that it was difficult to believe anyone would voluntarily remain in such a place for as much as 20 minutes. They also found no footprints in the loft.…
In the non-fiction novel In Cold Blood, Truman Capote (1965) gives his own narrative of the Holcomb tragedy in which a family of four living out on a secluded farm were slaughtered with a shotgun by the collaboration of two individuals for a seemingly few dollars. In this novel, Capote gives a thorough character description of the two murderers, Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, as he recreates their experience (much as he sees it as it would be from their eyes). He gives accounts preceding the event, through it, and eventually into their trial and execution. From the descriptions Capote provides, a psychological analysis of the mental states of Hickock and Smith can be asserted. Richard Hickock can be seen as possessing significant traits of psychopathy, while his partner Perry Smith is seen with traits similar to that of a life-course persistent offender. Through the described personality characteristics and brief histories of Hickock and Smith, this essay will address this assertion with the two in question as individuals themselves, within their relationship to each other, and also as other characters see and analyze their psychological well being.…
It wasn't a good idea to be insane in New Jersey 150 years ago. The state had no mental hospitals. People who went mad were just locked up in poor houses and jails, or farmed out to who ever would care for them cheapest.…
A lot of the time people that get a taste of power usually turn greedy. They want anybody they do not like to disappear and anything they say to be done in an instant. Abby was getting greedy so she decided to get rid of the people that were on her bad side, "I saw Goody Hawkins, Booth, Sibber with the devil" (Miller 1235). It does not matter that these people were innocent; the judge believed Abigail and threw the women in prison. "All these squabbles seem to be occasions seized upon by individuals in order to assert their rights in a basically oppressive society" (Bonett). Abby took every opportunity she had to get another person in jail, almost every time the judge and her were together she was getting another person in trouble. For example, Abby, along with…
Grainer is an average man who as a child is sent to Idaho to live with his father’s mother and her husband and children. His three cousins all told him different things of where exactly Grainer came from. “All three of his cousins agreed Grainier has come on a train. How he lost his original parents? Nobody ever told him” (25). Robert worked with the Simpson Company getting timber out of the forest. One of his co-workers, Arn Peeples, an old man who was formerly a jim-crack sawyer always said, “The trees themselves were killers” (14).”Peeples real use was occasional” (16). He would set charges into tunnels, blasting his way through the mountains. One day Peeples set a charge and nothing happened. Arn new that a dud had to be dealt with, so he emptied his pockets, removing his valuables, and proceeded into the tunnel without looking back. As he walked out of the tunnel and turned the screws again, all the men cheered and it looked certain that Arn’s death one day would be a result of blasting through tunnels. But ironically, he was hit across the head by a dead branch. He seemed to be fine, until he came down with the chills and fever; the same symptoms as the influenza. “Arn Peeples had said a standing tree might be a friend, but it was from just such a tree that his death had descended” (19). Two days after Arn’s death and burial, Harold took dizzy and fell into the path of a running horse. Grainer managed to save Harold a mutilated death. Harold was “feverish and crazy” (20). That same night, Billy also took chill and had pain in his joints. Six more men had come over with chills by that Sunday. With…
The legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt is essentially contested. To many, her role as First Lady, delegate to the UN, Democratic Party member, humanitarian and social activist immortalized her as "the conscience of the nation". However critics - deriding her as a "gadfly" and an "unfit woman" - cite many flaws in her leadership capacity. Roosevelt was never elected to office. She was reluctant to assume the responsibilities of being the First Lady. Unlike Lincoln or King no single great' speech defined her vision, passion or ideology. In effect, the success of Roosevelt is merely the result of a privileged background and simply being in the right place, at the right time'. This conflict formed the starting point of our research.…