1. "Cyrus"
Posted by augusta on Jun-12th-02 at 9:25 PM

"Cyrus Cole Rounseville was summoned to the court as a witness for the prosecution, although he was never called to the stand.  Rounseville claimed that he asked Andrew if he was going to his farm to escape the summer heat and Andrew told him he would probably stay in town because of trouble in his family.  Some interpreted the statement as referring to the anger Lizzie and Emma felt over Andrew giving Abby's half-sister shares in a house on Fourth Street."

(From "Yesterday in Old Fall River", pg. 306, Paul Dennis Hoffman, c. 2000, Carolina Academic Press, NC.)

This does not say that Andrew told him that in 1892, but it probably was then if they were going to call him as a witness.  Cyrus was at one time vice-president of both the Union Savings Bank and the Troy Co-Operative Bank.  But again it does not give the year(s) that he was.  Does anyone have any more info on this?

The Legend 100 Years After the Crime--
A Conference on the Lizzie Borden Case
Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
Aug. 3-5, 1992
The Hip-Bath Collection, Barbara Ashton, p211

"i.  Rounseville--told Phillips that Mr. Borden speaking to him about going over to his farm for the summer said his family affairs were such this summer that he would not be able to go."




(Message last edited Jun-13th-02  12:46 AM.)

Thanks for the post, Kat.  Hm.  This is quite different from what I found in Mr. Hoffman's book.  I wonder where he got his source.

Speaking of the conference papers, does anyone know where a copy can be found for a decent price?  I found one copy priced at like $125.  I won't pay that.

In April, I posted the CURRENT list of items available from the FRHS.  It's at SECOND STREET SECOND HAND SHOP, I think.

"PROCEEDINGS  edited by Jules Ryckebusch - Essays by 28 presenters at the 1992 Lizzie Borden Conference held at Bristol Community College in Fall River.  Hard cover, 1993, 373 pages,   6" x 9", bibliography.        Item # 722      $30.00"

SHIPPING & HANDLING amount changes with POSTAL RATE HIKE JUNE 30th.

Right now between $30 - $40 = $6 s/h

FALL RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
451 Rock St.
Fall River, MA   02720

ph# 508-679-1071
call first for availability...

(Message last edited Jun-14th-02  4:06 AM.)