Lizzie Borden: The Legend, the Truth, the Final Chapter
by Arnold Brown
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Author: Arnold BrownEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-08-01
ISBN: 0440213150
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Dell
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Book Review: Century-old Mystery Solved!
Summary: 5 Stars
Lizzie Borden: The Legend, the Truth, the Final Chapter, by Arnold R. Brown
Arnold R. Brown was a native of Fall River and retired as an automotive manager to Florida. He met the son-in-law of Henry Hawthorne, whose memoir of the Borden Murders was based on Hawthorne's personal knowledge together with the information from his mother-in-law Ellan Eagan (she walked by the house that day). Brown investigated this case for two years and completed his solution to the crime. This account fits the facts of the case better than any other theory. Read other books and compare for yourself. A secret will not remain secret if it is written. There can be no "documentary proof" once all involved in the secret have died. You can only infer the secret from the known circumstances.
This solution implies why some said Bridget Sullivan was paid to leave the country: she knew too much (but didn't know it). Bridget may have seen William Borden visiting. She didn't know that he worked as a butcher, was skilled with a hatchet, had a violent temper, and spent time in a mental hospital. Brown says he was more than just a cousin. Bridget's testimony was not favorable to Lizzie, so there was no bribery or collusion here.
Brown discussed the actions of the local ruling class and the politicians who do their bidding. The spontaneous halt in working, a virtual general strike, had to be ended. There were no labor leaders to be shot or jailed. There was a great need to resume production. Somebody had to be arrested for the crime to quell the restless people. Lizzie was arrested to try to break her so she would talk; it didn't work. Lizzie kept the secret. Brown says that such official corruption is always possible when the price and conditions are right. You can review your own local politics and judge for yourself.
Brown's solution to the murders was a visitor whose identity was kept secret from the public. There was a hitch to the cover-up when the Grand Jury indicted Lizzie, so efforts were made to fix the result of the trial for a not guilty verdict. This visitor carried away the murder weapon so none was found There were no blood spatters were on Lizzie (or Bridget). This shielded the Borden family from a scandal. Yet the fickle opinion of the public soon switched from support of Lizzie to condemnation (perhaps the result of envy towards the rich). People realized Lizzie must have known more than she claimed. Brown surmises this secret meeting was over Andrew's will. I think a more likely reason was over a loan that couldn't be repaid on time. Andrew had a long history of foreclosing for debts secured by the borrower's property. What would have happened if Lizzie told the truth about the visitor? Perhaps popular sympathy would be with the victim of a "loathsome miser" who swindled people out of their property?
Here are the proofs for this conclusion. No bloody clothes or weapon were found because the murders were done by a visitor who left secretly and whose identity was never publicly known. Shielding this person was acceptable to the ruling elite of Fall River, the trial was fixed for the not guilty verdict. This secret was never revealed by those who knew the secret. Why did Lizzie keep the secret? To prevent the seeming greater evil of revealing the purpose of the visit. Andrew Borden lent money and foreclosed on the property of his debtors. If he was about to do this to a nephew who was lured into a loan, the knowledge of this swindle could create a scandal with wide implications. Lizzie kept the secret, and the Silent Government went along. Emma (who controlled the estate) and Uncle John must have played a part in this deal.
"It was Farmer William with the Hatchet in the Bedroom and the Sitting Room."
Summary of Lizzie Borden: The Legend, the Truth, the Final Chapter
Employs new evidence and Lizzie Borden's own chilling testimony to unmask a new suspect and draw a different conclusion to one of the most famous cases in the history of American crime. Reprint.Criminals Books
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