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Below is a little news clip from the Boston Globe in 1893, as displayed on Mondo today.

http://lizzieandrewborden.com/MondoLizzie/



A flower for John Fleet ? Could this be a token of thanks for "disposing of the Axe Handle?

If you remember Michael Mullaly testified that he saw "a handle" to an axe in a box in the cellar. (?)

John Fleet denied it. Said he did not see a any handle.

Did Sir John come to Lizzie's rescue and remove the handle?

A boutonniere ?

A thank you Floret?

The 1st thing I thought of was in Fleet's testimony in Prelim, he quoted Lizzie as saying something like, "No, I said 20 minutes to 1/2 an hour you _______." (the word deleted from record). I personally fill the blank with the word "idiot", but Lizzie could have used an expletive, I suppose! I wondered if Lizzie was trying to apologize for losing her temper at him...soft-soaping him, maybe?

Of course, this is just my over-active imagination...

Actually, the Prelim is kind of remote. This took place right after Acquittal.

Flowers were sent to Reagan & Fleet. The two have one common denominator---In the trial, we see that both were put thru the wringer on the stand by Defense Attorney Robinson. Perhaps these were peace offerings from Lizzie in apology, or to perhaps try to get on the good side of FRPD, or both?

I personally think the whole Hannah Reagan thing happened as a misunderstanding on Reagan's part & the whole thing got blown out of proportion by the media & the subsequent reactions of Lizzie's friends.

Poor Fleet was put thru a lot & so was Reagan.

OK---Jan 24, 1893. I spoke too soon again. I was reading JUNE. But this was 5 months before the Trial.

I'm striking out all over the place these days

We need to look back & see if we can find out what else was going on around that time.

Yes TINA:

I found it strange that the newspaper would need to report such trivia. Was it a bad news day? Or did they feel Lizzie's intent was to bribe? It was 6 months before the trial. (I could see if it was the Globe in Fall River, but it was The Boston Globe.)

Yes, it would be interesting to know what was reported about Lizzie just before or after the flower incident was reported.

There wasn't much going on in January. I thought maybe that news snippet was when Lizzie got bronchitis, but apparently that was in May.