Lizzie Borden Society Forum

Does anybody know what happened to the hatchet found on the Crowe Barn roof behind the Borden house in June 1893? Were any tests done?

Since a deposit of gilt metal was found in Abby's wound, some believe the murder weapon was a newer hatchet. The one found on the neighbor's
barn roof was also considered to be a new or ornamental hatchet.
Just curious as to its whereabouts and whether or not it was ever tested for blood.

There's a topic around here somewhere addressing the Crowe Barn hatchet with news articles attached.
Also, I read recently in an editorial, written some time after the trial, that the hatchet was tested at some cost to the State and I don't know the results. (I recall something like $200.) Of course, it may not be true- it was a later news item.
I'll look around. Anybody else?

The thread with the newspaper articles that Kat posted can be found here:

viewtopic.php?t=2507&highlight=crowes


We discussed the hatchet on the roof for a while and then the thread took off in a different direction (what's new) and the balance was devoted to paper logs.

Harry, you beat me to it!!! In my search, I also found the thread you posted as well as the following threads which mention Crowe's hatchet - I found them quite interesting:

Where the ax could have gone?
viewtopic.php?t=1848&highlight=crowe

Lizzie's Hatchet
viewtopic.php?t=1821&highlight=crowe

The Borden Privy
viewtopic.php?t=744&postdays=0&postorde ... e&&start=0


I hope these threads help to answer your question, Cheryl.

Thanks you guys! I'm not very good at searching this Forum!

Neither am I, Kat!

Thank you all for the links. I'm on my way to NYC this morning, but will check this out when I return later in the week.

Thanks again!

I thought that the same hatchet that killed Abby killed Andrew. So why wasn't the same stuff found in Andys wounds?

I've always suspected that lizzie used the hatchet on Abby, threw it up on the roof, was preparing to leave to go into town and then had Andrew mess up her plans by coming home too early. I think she then went into the kitchen to get the meat cleaver, did him in(hence the cleanly cut eyeball), washed it clean, and then returned it to the drawer in the kitchen.

Angel, I always suspected something similar -- the fact that Andrew came home a bit too early for Lizzie's plans. The idea of two separate death instruments is interesting. I read somewhere that gilt metal residue could have come from a candlestick or other household item as well.