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Topic Name: Did she write a confession?

1. "Did she write a confession?"
Posted by adminlizzieborden on Jan-8th-02 at 9:29 PM

By tina on Saturday, 12/08/2001 - 03:18 pm [Edit] [Reply] [Msg Link]  
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In Speiring's book, it said that in order to get out of the shoplifting charge, they had her write a confession to the murders. Of course she wrote something to the effect that she done the confession out of them doing that to her. What do you think? Was it ever really found, or just talked about. Is it real, or like all those cat stories, all hearsay?
Tina

 
By raystephanson on Saturday, 12/08/2001 - 06:26 pm [Edit] [Reply] [Msg Link]  
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Edward Radin, author of "LB the Untold Story", had a chapter where he proved that confession was a forgery. The book should be read just for it.

Spiering treats the confession as "true", altho his notes admit it was a forgery!

 
By dave on Saturday, 12/08/2001 - 06:50 pm [Edit] [Reply] [Msg Link]  
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Ray's right, the story of Lizie being forced to sign a confession to the murders is "made up."

The facts are that Lizzie settled the shoplifting charge out of court. She's worth millions but she steals two moderately priced paintings. Strange girl, our Lizzie.

 
By raystephanson on Sunday, 12/09/2001 - 05:00 pm [Edit] [Reply] [Msg Link]  
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I wasn't there to witness it, but maybe it was due to a misunderstanding or something.
Was she banned from the store? That's what happens to shoplifters in this area.

 
By kristin on Saturday, 12/29/2001 - 06:49 am [Edit] [Reply] [Msg Link]  
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I wish she would have written a confession so that we wouldn't have this terrible curiousity in our systems...but then again what would all of us have to gossip and discuss of?

 
By dave on Saturday, 12/29/2001 - 06:07 pm [Edit] [Reply] [Msg Link]  
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I believe that Lizzie's confession lies in the poem inscribed over the mantel of the fireplace in Maplecroft. Only my interprettation of it, but I'm good at interpretting poetry .

 
By kat on Saturday, 12/29/2001 - 10:49 pm [Edit] [Reply] [Msg Link]  
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I was thinking last night that if only EMMA had died FIRST (which SHOULD have been the "natural order of things", being older), that we may then have heard some final word from Lizzie on the subject of the crimes near to HER death. As long as Emma was alive, Lizzie could not, in good conscience, speak, or write of the tradgedy (in honor of Emma's "good name" and loyalty).
And, of course, Emma would never have spoken, even had she lived...

 
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