snokkums @ Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:53 pm wrote:
Found this is the archivies and thought it was so cute, and it got me to wondering if lizzie ever tried these remedies. Posted by Kimberly Oct2, 2003, Wonder if lizzie use any of the rememdies for hysteria. I know she was kind of upset after discovering her fathers body. I wonder if the doctor gave her any of those remedies!!LOL
First of all....hello!
This is something that has always made me wonder about Lizzie. This is from the witness statements of Harrington and Doherty:
"During this conversation with Lizzie, I cautioned her about what she might say at the present time. I said owing to the atrociousness of the crime, perhaps you are not in a mental condition to give as clear a statement of the facts as you will be tomorrow; and also by that time you may be able to tell more about the man who wished to hire the store. You may recollect of having heard his name, or of seeing him, and thereby be enabled to give a description of him, or may recollect of something said about him by your father; so I say it may be better for you not to submit to an interview until tomorrow, when you may be better able to recite what you know of the circumstances.” To this she replied “no, I think I can tell you all I know now, just as well as at any other time.” This conversation took place in Lizzie’s room, on the second floor, in the presence of Miss Alice Russell, who sat in a chair by the door which leads to the front hall, by which I entered Lizzie’s room. Miss Russell was very pale, and much agitated, which she showed by short sharp breathing and wringing her hands. She spoke not a word. Lizzie stood by the foot of the bed, and talked in the most calm and collected manner; her whole bearing was most remarkable under the circumstances. There was not the least indication of agitation, no sign of sorrow or grief, no lamentation of the heart, no comment on the horror of the crime, and no expression of a wish that the criminal be caught. All this, and something that, to me, is indescribable, gave birth to a thought that was most revolting. I thought, at least, she knew more thI then went to the Borden barn, where the Marshal gave orders to several officers to search the barn thoroughly, and took part in the work down stairs. It was at this time I made known my suspicions of Miss Lizzie. To the Marshal I said “I dont like that girl”. He said “what is that?” I repeated, and further said “under the circumstances she does not act in a manner to suit me; it is strange, to say the least.”
Now, if Lizzie needed these home remedies to calm herself down, (speculating this all, of course) when did she have time to take them? AND....if she was so upset by the brutal murder of her father (we'll leave out Abby--we all know Lizzie couldn't stand her) why did she send
Bridget to get a doctor? Why would she stay in a house with 2 corpses? If she was innocent, why didn't she go for the police? A quote from Mrs Churchill:
"Mrs. Churchill No. 90 Second street. “Eleven o’clock is the nearest I can fix the time. Returned from market, saw Miss Lizzie at rear door. I thought she looked somewhat strange, asked her what was the matter. She replied, father has been killed. Please come over. I immediately complied. When I reached her I said O, Lizzie, Lizzie, where is your mother? She said, I dont know.”
These few things confound me. can anyone shed some light on these? (Or just theories...)
