In my reading of Rebello I keep coming across "The Lady From Worcester." I don't know for sure if it's the same lady but it seems possible. First she pops up on Rebello on page 293, where Rebello recounts some stories from the Fall River Globe. In one the Rev. Dr. Jubb is quoted as saying that after the trial, " Miss Lizzie is in very poor health. At present a lady friend from Worcester is staying with her. Miss Lizzie is a nervous wreck, and will probably never recover."
Next are these stories from pages 306 and 307. On 306, he writes about the cops from Worcester coming to talk to Lizzie about some incident which is to be kept very hush hush since it involves the upper crust. According to Rebello it was rumored to "do with the Mysterious Veiled Lady (Mrs. Elizbeth Annette Stockwell )." This was the woman who "entertained" Lizzie after the trial.
Later, on 307 Rebello writes about the story in Agnes DeMille's book which is the story about author Esther Forbes telling how her father, William Trowbridge Forbes, a Judge from Worcester County, "had a curious case at the turn of the Century of a man divorcing his wife on charges of lesbianism. The co-respondent named in the proceeding was Lizbeth A. Borden of Fall Rivers
Ok, so is Mrs. Elizbeth Annette Stockwell the "Lady From Worcester" in all of these stories? Could Lizzie have had an affair with this woman? It seems I also read she sent Lizzie flowers while she was in Jail too. I have to go back and try and find that one I can't recall where or what page I read that on.
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That's a good question DWilly. It's worth some investigation since I really don't know too much about that story. Thanks, you've given me something new to research! It would seem there was something going on in Worcester that involved Miss Lizzie.
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I think that adds to the mystrey of who reallly was Lizzie Borden? Was she gay, or bisexual, or just testing the waters, or what. I think she was probably doing alot of things that before, when her father was alive, she couldn't do because he would have frowned on. With daddy out of the way, she could live it up. IN any case don't think will ever know who the veiled lady is.
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