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1. Although the Bordens' maid was actually named Bridget, what name were
Lizzie and Emma known to call her?
2. What was the name of the child, born to Lizzie's real mother Sarah Borden, that died at a very young age ?
3. In what city was Emma Borden away visiting friends on the day of the
murders?
4. Who was the first non househould member to arrive on the scene after
the murders?
5. Lizzie Borden's real mother was said to have suffered from severe
headaches, and fits of uncontrollable rage.
6. Abby Durfee Borden suffered how many blows in her killer's frenzied attack?
7. How many blows did Andrew Borden suffer as he reclined on the sitting room sofa, indulging in a nap from which he would never awake?
8. In what city was the Borden farm located which uncle John Morse made
a visit to on the day before the murders?
9. What token of affection, given to him by Lizzie, was Andrew Borden
wearing on the day of his murder? Indeed he was buried with it.
10. Who sent the telegram to Emma, who was out of town at the time, alerting her of her parents deaths?
11. What first name did Lizzie Borden assume and begin to use after the
trial?
12. After the trial, Lizzie moved to a more expensive 14 room house in a
more fashionable neighborhood up on the hill at 306 French Street,
which she named what?
13. The Borden house at 92 Second Street had hot and cold running water.
14. Lizzie Borden was said to suffer from this personality feature/disorder.
15. Uncle John Morse was allowed to bury something in the back yard behind the barn after the murders. What was it?
16. What color was the "paintstained" dress Miss Russell witnessed Lizzie
burning in the stove?
17. Borden defense lawyer George D. Robinson had actually, during a term
as governor, appointed one of the justices who presided over the trial
to the bench.
18. After the trial, Lizzie's lawyer Andrew Jennings refused to talk of the case, and didn't like it mentioned in his presence. He took all of his notes and documents concerning the trial and stored them away in this ... not allowing anyone access.
19. It is said Lizzie bought up all the copies of a book called "The Fall River Tragedy" by Edwin H. Porter,which concerned the murders and her subsequent trial, and had them destroyed.
20. Emma Borden was not included in her sister Lizzie's will.
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