Lizzie Borden Society Forum

Q: (Adams for the Defense) Do you remember whether the walls were papered in the hall?

A: (Dr. Dolan) I think they were.

Q: If they were, what were they papered with?

A: Paper.



Q: What sort of paper? When I asked you what they were papered with, did you understand me, or did you desire to create a laugh?

A: I thought you wanted to know whether they were papered with paper.

Q: Do you think I meant putting on cloth?

A: I do not know what you meant. You were so explicit with your terms I thought I would be with mine.

(From the Preliminary Hearing, page 114.)






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Nothing like a little levity in a tense situtation...

What I found humorous about this was that when I worked for Stevens Linen, they once had a product that was a wallpaper that was made out of linen. It didn't sell well, so was taken off the maket after a short period of time.