Lizzie in later years

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:48 am

I just got finished watching a five part video on youtube called "Lizzie Borden- a cae reopened." I think the solution was wrong, but it did bring up something I had forgotten about. It mentioned an article that appeared in the papers some years after the murders that told of Lizzie being implicated in a divorce in town, with the husband stating she was involved in a lesbian relationship with his wife. Is there some proof of this? And why wasn't more made of it? Exactly what was that all about? Something like that wouldn't just show up out of thin air, so there had to have been some substance to the story. Otherise Lizzie could have sued for defamation of character.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:04 am

I don't think Lizzie was too litigious, after all her legal woes.
She didn't do much about the wedding rumor, the Nance O'Neil rumors, the shoplifting rumors- and her neighbors on French Street supposedly were irked at her fence building- but she never explained any of it.

I don't think it's because she didn't care- it might be more because she could have been counseled to not respond.

Does it seem possible, if that divorce thing really happened- that it was a different Lizzie Borden?

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:57 am

In my opinion I believe that Lizzie didn't respond to any of this because she was of the mind that she didn't have to explain herself to anyone, about anything.

snokkums · Post by **snokkums** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:22 pm

I think Lizzie would have been very careful about getting involved with any thing involving the law again. Especially after being tried for murder.

Nadzieja · Post by **Nadzieja** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:21 pm

I think your right, I don't think she wanted to see the inside of a courthouse for the rest of her life. Besides I think this would have added alot more fuel to the fire so to speak to give people more ammunition with which to give her a hard time.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:53 am

If Lizzie lodged a complaint, and had to go to court, think of the questions that might have been asked her!

The mind boggles!

I think there was at least one other "Lizzie Borden" in the area at the time?

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:56 am

I think Lizzie felt very fortunate to have escaped a conviction of murder and probably had no intention of tempting fate a second time. Sometimes it's best to keep a low profile, no matter what was being said about us, than to "knock over the outhouse" and get the old stink festering again. Besides, like Kat said, there may have been a lot of revealing questions asked that may have shed more light on the truth of that August morning and Lizzie no doubt was smart enough to keep her mouth shut. The mind reels is right!

Could you imagine what the other Lizzie Borden(s) must have been going through?

-1bigsteve (o: