Lizzie Borden Society Forum

With all the complexities about keys, windows, doors, timing, and so on, what we really need is to re-enact the morning of August 4 -- preferably in real time and at 92 2d Street. It would have to be done several times, following various individuals' timelines, but I bet it would be revealing.

Has anyone ever considered this? Think what a great project it would make. You could videotape it to study later.

Lynn
whose mind is bursting with
conflicting testimony and confused witnesses

I like that idea. I had never thought of it, but that would wonderful. Walk thru the crime. That I think helps police solve crimes as to who did what to whom.

I am surprised that someone hasnt thought of that.Every year on the day of the murder actually stage the murder, then stage the rest of the day with the police coming and everything. That would be so awesome.

A playwright named Eric who used to post on the older boards reached some interesting conclusions based on having his actors try out various scenarios in the reconstruction of the sitting room they'd built for his play.

Okay, I won't be coy. He became convinced that the assailant could not have worn the Prince Albert coat back to front during an attack on Andrew. Based on experiments with a hatchet and water, (and analysis of the skull photo) he's sure that Andrew's assailant attacked from the kitchen side of the sofa.

Bob Gutowski @ Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:08 am wrote:Okay, I won't be coy. He became convinced that the assailant could not have worn the Prince Albert coat back to front during an attack on Andrew. Based on experiments with a hatchet and water, (and analysis of the skull photo) he's sure that Andrew's assailant attacked from the kitchen side of the sofa.

Thanks! I'll look through the archives and see what else he discovered.

I very much appreciate the time and effort you and the other experienced researchers give to answering questions that must seem basic to you. I'm still plowing through the actual testimony, and I haven't spent years pondering the details of the case. I'm grateful for your willingness to share your expertise.

Lynn

I've always thought that the depth, angle, and direction of the wounds would be the best way to figure out from what position the killer struck. This coupled with the direction and formation of the blood splatter. I had always believed the wounds would be sort of slanted, based on the position of the head on the arm of the sofa. Deeper at the point of impact, and then slanting upwards and out if they stood in the doorway to the dining room, and more of an even depth if struck from the front. If the wounds were deeper on one side than the other, it might indicate where the killer stood. But this is just amateur analysis on my part. I've never taken an axe in hand for any experiments. What sort of experiments were done with the hatchet and the water? I'd be interested to know what kind of recreation was done, and what other factors were taken into account during the experiment as well.

I think thats a cool idea, Lynn. Being an artist, I'm all about visuals and visual aids; it would really help to have all the people go through their motions of that day. I don't think Eric's posts are in the archives of this forum. I'm curious about the water too, used to determine which way drops flew when struck?