Letter to J. Edgar Hoover with mention of Lizzie

bobarth · Post by **bobarth** » Fri May 25, 2007 12:51 pm

Found this today on the Freedom of Information Act website. Has anybody seen this before?
They have blanked out the name of the man who was the last to have a personal and intimate conversation with Lizzie. Could this be Louis Howe?
Also does anyone know who they are talking about that will knock Lizzie off of her pedestal of innocence?

http://foia.fbi.gov/borden/borden.pdf

Now, how do we get those Robinson files?

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Fri May 25, 2007 1:01 pm

What on earth could he be talking about? The defendent's son?????

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Fri May 25, 2007 3:49 pm

Back in 2004 Susan ran across that information. I wrote to the FBI under the FOI act and obtained a copy of the one page file. It was written up as an article in the April-May 2004 issue of the Hatchet.

bobarth · Post by **bobarth** » Fri May 25, 2007 4:13 pm

Thanks Harry, Did the copy you ordered still have all the blacked out marks on it?

I shall add that issue of the Hatchet to my want list.

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Fri May 25, 2007 4:58 pm

Yes, Bobbie, the copy they sent was exact;y like the web site copy you referred to. We were able to track the man referred to in the last paragraph thanks to MarkA in Fall River. Mr. Bertolet, the editor of the defunct Lizzie Borden Quarterly, was also kind enough to offer his opinions to me.

shakiboo · Post by **shakiboo** » Fri May 25, 2007 5:23 pm

Come on Harry! Don't leave us hanging.......what were his opinions? The mind reals at the possiblities!

bobarth · Post by **bobarth** » Fri May 25, 2007 5:44 pm

Harry- Do we know who the writer of the letter was?
Would a copy of the April 3,1946 Fall River newspapers give us the information we need to figure out who the "defendant" was?

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:03 pm

Well...Harry is a writer/researcher and this article was an interesting experience as we sort of shared in his discoveries- and with our Mark's help and Mr. Bertolet's input it became even more special! Maybe y'all can get a back issue of The Hatchet?