All language subtitles for The Legend of Lizzie Borden 1975

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so

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um

dr bone please

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russell hurry

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good morning lizzy i just finished

shopping

stores are like ovens lucy what is it

oh mrs churchill do come in

someone has killed father

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where in the sitting room

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yes

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oh

love you

oh

i think you see

i'm i'm glad you're here alice i came as

soon as bridgette told me that

it's gonna be all right everything's

gonna be all right

he's been dead less than half an hour

where's your sister lizzy she's visiting

the brownells in fairhaven

i'll go at once ask my wife to send a

telegram

thank you you must try to rest would you

like to lie down

come on let's go

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almost there you are

uh i i haven't seen your step mother

lizzy

nor have i is abby out

uh yes but i thought i heard her come

back

she's probably in her room it's nobody

up back miss lizzy i looked when i

fetched the sheet then try up front

she must be in the spare room please

miss lizzy

oh maggie do as i say i'm not going up

there alone

oh come along bridgette i'll go with you

come on

lizzy you must get some rest

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oh

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she's up there

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see

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the damage board

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come

i'm sorry emma but i must

it's all right

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i'm so glad you're here i'll stay as

long as you need me

thank you

lizzy she's in a room

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lizzy

did you kill

father

no emma i did not

no more emma please no more lizzy

dr bowen says but i can't

think i can't think

what is that he's giving me it's it's

just something to quieten your nerves

i must think i must i shall

papa

somebody killed father why

why you must put all of that out of your

mind now

you never should have gone away him i

know

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i know dear but i'm back

now what are we going to do em

i've always looked after you haven't i

just like i promised mother

yes him well then

you see

everything's going to be all right

you just go to sleep now

yes

holy mary mother of god pray for us

oh mary mother of god quavers

dear god forgive us our sins

so

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hmm

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remember

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excuse me

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couldn't wear black least veils

not even a tear it was a terrible ordeal

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a word with you sir who are you can't

you see i'm busy

i'm city marshall hilliard with

instructions for you instructions

after the family has left the gravesite

both bodies are to be taken to a

receiving tomb

where the heads are to be removed

removed and shipped to dr edward wood

professor of forensic medicine at

harvard university

whose order may i ask his honor the

mayor

naturally the sisters are not to be told

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as you were saying mr mayor oh yes i

um i have a request to make of the

family

please remain inside the house for a few

days it would be

better for all concerned

why is someone here suspected

i want to know the truth lizzie please

don't don't upset yourself

i want to know the truth emma well miss

borden as much as i regret to tell you

yes

you are suspected

we tried to keep it from her as long as

we could

i'm ready to go now oh that won't be

necessary

if you're disturbed by the uh crowds out

there just

notified the officer in the yard

then i'm to be a prisoner in my own home

you shall have all the protection the

police department can afford

well we shan't trouble you any further

naturally we want to do all we can to

help in this matter

there will of course be an inquest

closed to the public if you prefer

whatever you wish

my name is bridget sullivan

i'm 26 years old and unmarried

how were you addressed in the borden

household

i was sometimes called maggie but

only by miss emma and miss lizzy

how long are you in mr borden's employee

uh two years and uh

nine months at the time of his death

did the borden's keep any other domestic

servants well

sometimes uh a young man came from the

farm

to chop wood but he hasn't been around

since

since last winter then you

uh and miss borden were the only persons

in the house the morning of the slayings

aside from the victims yes sir now

ms sullivan can you describe the events

of that morning

from the time you arose

it was very hot that day i

i i felt a sort of a dull headache as i

got up

it it must have been the mutton broth

from the night before

mutton broth yes sir

we'd had it five days running i see

and uh was miss borden all so sick that

morning

not at all at least

she she seemed fit enough to me

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good morning mr burden

there's uh johnny cakes or cookies for

breakfast which will it be

johnny cakes cookies

no appetite for your indigestible irish

start this morning

any more of that mutton and broth yes

sir

but i suspect it's gone off in this heat

really wants to be chucked out you're

not fit for human consumption

well it's not what not serve it

mean oh stinfont watch your tongue

i've heard you calling it often enough

still it's not your place

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after i served themselves breakfast i

convinced to wash up

that's when mr barton left for downtown

did you lock the door after him yes sir

i locked it

mr borden was very strict about that

when i had finished my dishes i took

them into the dining room

mrs borden was there dusting

where his father went downtown

he left while you were upstairs

oh bridgette fetch a pail in some water

i want the windows washed today mrs

borden

it's awful hot inside and outside both

they're intolerably dirty

please mrs barton

look i'm feeling poorly today

couldn't they wait perhaps

stinking smelly cow

i went down into the cellar and got a

pail

and a brush and went outdoors

i started to work on the

north side of the house maggie

you going to be out there long yes but

you needn't lock the door unless you

want to i can get fresh water from the

barn

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after a while mrs kelly's girl came to

the fence

and i went over to talk to her and i

went back to my work there's an awful

lot of windows in that house and i had

to go to the barn

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three or four times for fresh water

during all that time i didn't

i did not see anybody come to the house

until mr barton came home

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hmm

is there any mayo none for you

was happy she had a note and went out

did you say where someone in town was

sick i think

you like to take a nap before dinner

after i've read my paper

there's a cheap sale of dress goods at

sergeants this afternoon eight cents a

yard

ah i'm going to have some but not today

and this heath

i feel too ill yes you do look peaked

why don't you finish those windows later

you can rest before the new meal

i think i'll do just that

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then i went upstairs to my room and lay

down without taking off

any of my clothing

i heard the city hall clock

start to strike eleven

i must have been there or three or four

minutes i i never went to sleep at

all the next thing i heard was

miss lizzie holler and maggie

maggie up to the time miss lizzie borden

told her father about a note which

purportedly came for her stepmother

had you heard anything about it from

anyone

no sir i never had

thank you no further questions your

honor

and the witness is released

unconditionally without bail

she's leaving us lizzy lizzy borden to

the stand please

do you swear to tell the truth the whole

truth and nothing but the truth so help

you god

i do please be seated

you may begin mr district attorney would

you please give the court your full name

lizzie andrew borden is it lizzie or

elizabeth

lizzie you were so crescent i was so

christened

what is your age please 32 your mother

is not living

oh no sir she died when i was two and a

half years old

what was your father's age he will be 70

next month

he was a successful businessman he's

very successful yes sir

started as a mortician i understand then

branched out into real estate banking

that is correct do you have any idea how

much your father was worth

no sick did you ever know of your father

making a will

no sir did he ever mention the subject

of wills to you

he did not had you been on pleasant

terms with your stepmother

oh yes sir cordial

that depends upon one's idea of

cordiality

according to your idea of cordiality

we were friendly very friendly

why did you leave off calling her mother

because i wanted to that's the best

reason you can give

i have no other answer in what other

respect was your relationship with her

not that of mother and daughter aside

from your not calling her mother

she had never been a mother to me in

many ways

i always went to my sister because she

was older and had the care of me after

my mother died

now tell me miss borden on the morning

of the murders

did you get your own breakfast

i did not have any breakfast

i did not feel as though i wanted any

sick from the same mutton broth

it was the heat

oh would you repeat the question

we are trying to establish if you were

certain you were upstairs when your

father came to the house on his return

i think i was now you remember miss

borden you told me you were downstairs

not upstairs when your father came home

you've forgotten perhaps i don't know

what i've said

i've answered so many questions and i'm

so confused i

don't know one thing from another i'm

telling you

as best i know

i have no one to counsel me

there is no need for council this is

only a coroner's inquest not a trial

you may continue mr nolton which is your

recollection now were you downstairs or

upstairs when the bell rang and your

father came home

i think i was downstairs in the kitchen

you think

miss borden we have been over this a

dozen times and each time a new version

now how will you have it i don't know

i don't even know what your name is

i am i think

as nearly as i know

i think i was downstairs

when did you last see your stepmother

when she went up to change the bed in

the spare room

and you never saw or heard her

afterwards until you discovered your

father's body

a period of approximately one and a half

hours no sir

did you have any knowledge of her

leaving the house

she said she had a note someone was sick

did she tell you where she was going

no sir did she tell you who the note was

from

no sir did you ever see the note no sir

do you know where the note is now

no sir

how long was your father in the house

before you found him killed

i don't know exactly because i had to go

out to the barn

i don't think he could have been home

more than 15 or 20 minutes

and what were you doing in the barn all

this time i needed

some lead for a sinker

did you say a sinker yes sir

i i was going to marion

on monday to fish

i needed a sinker and that's all you did

look for sinkers yes sir in the loft

you think that would take you 15 or 20

minutes i ate some pears up there

i asked you to tell me all you did i

told you all i did

i ate my pears you stood there

eating your pears doing nothing i was

looking out of the window

stood there looking out of the window

eating your pears

i should think so how many pears did you

eat three

i think now can you tell us miss borden

why it took you 10 minutes to eat three

pairs

i do not do things in a hurry

no further questions jerome

it would be a pleasure for this

magistrate and it would doubtless

bring much sympathy if he could say

lizzie

i judge you probably not guilty you may

go home

but let us suppose for just

a single moment that this is a man

before me suppose it was a man

who was found in the vicinity of the

murders

and it was he who discovered mr borden's

body

suppose the only account he could give

of himself here was

unreasonable contradictory

would there be any question what would

be done with such a man

so painful as it may be

there is but one thing to be done

it is the judgment of this court that

you are found

probably guilty and you are ordered

committed

to await the action of the superior

court

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better yes thank you

please forgive me but i now must ask you

a very disturbing question

and i want you to give me a simple yes

or no answer

did you kill your father and abby

as your family lawyer i must hear it

from your own lips

i'm sorry

i am innocent

that's all i need to know now

mr jennings you must tell me

what can i expect i'm doing everything

in my power

truth you have an obligation to tell me

all right the worst

death by hanging

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but it didn't come

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what is it

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patreon

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papa

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up mr jennings has given me his solemn

assurance

that everything humanly possible is

being done for your defense

he's finally retained mr george robinson

to assist

must have been all of the newspaper

publicity that attracted him

imagine a former governor is going to

defend you

must have cost a pretty penny

i've decided to pay for half of

everything myself

i can't let you do that em the cost

would be ruinous

even if it takes every last cent of my

inheritance

mr jennings said that it might take

months to bring me to trial

i don't know if i can stand it in this

place that long

i'll be with you lizzy i am

we're alone now we have no one

we still have each other seems we've

always been alone

poor lizzy

somehow

it's always been harder for you hasn't

it

why do they speak so cruelly of miami

district attorney knowlton the

newspapers

they call me the sphinx of coldness

why do they want to hurt me like that

oh lizzy

i don't think they mean to

it's just that you're

special and special people have always

been misunderstood

you know that

oh um

i don't want to be special

i know lizzy

i know um

be done

oh it's perfect

i knew you wanted something special

forgot the whole ensemble uh-huh

read it oh lizzy we must have gone over

this a hundred times

then we'll go over it 101. yes

well there's your new hat your navy blue

bangling dress

no we said the black remember

the one with the lego mutton sleeves oh

yes i'm sorry i forgot

uh and your little bro the one with the

posies it's in the top left drawer of my

chiffon here

oh and don't forget my six button black

kid gloves

i won't mr julian ralph of the new york

sun

says he's here for an interview oh

gracious i completely forgot

give me a moment will you you don't mind

do you am

i understand your father's estate came

to more than a quarter of a million

dollars

only slightly all these months of legal

expenses are fast eating it away well

the point is one can't help wondering

why a family of the board means didn't

enjoy even the

simplest convenience of a bathroom

surely your father could afford more

than

just a uh basement latrine but he wanted

to give us all bathrooms

we begged him not to you see

we had intended to move very shortly to

a more fashionable location on the hill

it seemed a uh an expensive extravagance

for such temporary conveniences

my father was a kind and considerate man

mr ralph

such stories about him are a vicious

slander

you're a most unusual woman miss borden

difficult to penetrate what is it like

for a lady of your station of your

sensibilities

to be here in prison

the um the hardest thing

for me to stand is the night

when there is no light they will not

even allow me

a candle to read by

to sit here all the evenings in the dark

is very hard

there is one thing that hurts me very

much

they say i don't show any grief

certainly i don't in public

i never did reveal my feelings and i

cannot change my nature now

they say i don't cry

they should see me when i'm alone

yet district attorney knowlton urges us

to believe that miss borden is capable

of any cold-blooded deed

even the murder of her father and his

wife

mr knowlton goes so far as to call her

sphinx of coldness

not even move to wear mourning out of

respect but miss borden explains it so

simply

so honestly there was not a moment when

i could think of such things as

hat or dress somebody was talking to me

all the time about the murders and

asking me questions

now here's the part that really calls

if people would only do me justice that

is all i ask

but it seems as if every word i utter is

distorted

and such a false construction placed on

it that i am bewildered

there was not a trace of anger in her

tone simply a pitiful expression

rubbish cheap feminist sentimentality

i told you public sentiment would be on

her side

lizzie borden is a sunday school teacher

hosea a devoted worker for temperance

christian aid and foreign missions she

is held in high esteem in this community

very honesty

mr mayor that woman is a murderous

i hope you can prove that jose oh we'd

better be on our way

can't miss the opening session coming

mrs nolan

i'll be along shortly your honor you two

go ahead

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it's not too late to pull out jose

no sir every time i see this case being

tried in the press like this i'm more

determined than ever to see miss lizzie

borden tried and convicted in the courts

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is

well where are they oh lizzy the crowds

you cannot imagine said

the six button black gloves oh

oh dear i'm sorry in my hasting can you

be so witless well i'll go back and and

never mind there isn't time sometimes i

think you actually want to see me hang

it's a very cruel thing to say lizzy

oh and i'm

sorry

it's time they'll not wait any longer

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oh

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thank you

i suppose we can't blame them they

haven't had a good witch hunt in this

state since salem

next

thank oh

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hear ye hear ye hear you all rise

all persons having anything to do before

the honorable justices mason blodgett

and dewey of the superior court for

criminal business now sitting at bristol

draw near

give your attention and you shall be

heard god

save the commonwealth of massachusetts

be seated

now tell us miss sullivan

did you ever have any trouble there in

the borden family

no sir a pleasant place to live

yes sir i liked it and for art you know

they liked you

i suppose so so you uh

never saw anything out of the way

no sir never saw any

conflict in the family

no sir never saw anything in the least

any quarreling or anything of that kind

no sir

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then maggie is lying i swear to you

father

i did not take the money from your desk

that is

god's truth what would she know about

the truth always making things up

imagining things lizzie till now i have

protected you

i have excused you i've paid your fines

i've prayed for your soul

i've endured the shame and humiliation

as a parent and a christian

but this is the limit when you steal

from your own father

if i did and i most

certainly did not would it be any wonder

will you talk of shame one of mine when

i'm forced to walk down the street year

after year in the same old dresses

oh listen to her spoiled rotten she is

the way we live what we can't even

entertain them entertain

indeed who would you invite this house

lord how i hate this house no baths no

modern conveniences

did you know that we are laughing stocks

father

it's true behind your back people

snigger and call you skin flint

that will be enough

i don't understand you girl

you and i were always so close

especially close

yes father especially

then why do you behave like this

i'm suffocating father

look at me i'm 32 and practically a

prisoner in this ugly old house

are you perfectly free to come and go as

you like

and how far would i get on the on the

poultry 200

allowance you allow me each year emma

seems to manage

i notice it didn't keep her from going

on the grand tour of europe two summers

ago

yes

and you'll never get over that will you

mrs borden

well that money was mine every penny

mine if you chose to squander your

mother's inheritance

you have no one to blame but yourself

half of emma's taboo don't forget that

i'm sure you won't let him and making

emma sleep in that cramped stuffy room

while a royal highness gets the big airy

one all to herself

i never could abide small dark places

even as a child emma knows that

she wanted me to have the big bedroom

didn't you am

oh we know all about you and your way

princess lizzy

we know how you twist arms and throw

tantrums just to get your way

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if i were not a lady

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i should twist your arm mrs borden

right out of itself i will have no more

of this

i have warned you repeatedly lizzy

one way or another you will learn not to

bite the hand that feeds you

if i have to cut you off you may step

down

call uh dr bowen to the stand please dr

seabury bowen to the stand please

dr bowen can you describe

what miss borden had on that morning

i wouldn't know sir was sort of

drab not much color

it was sort of a morning calico i should

guess

you say it was drab i merely mean to say

that the dress

answer the question if you just wait a

minute no answer the question

did it appear to you to be a drab

colored dress i am telling you sir i

don't know

i didn't intend to try to describe a

woman's dress

at the inquest and i do not intend to

know well perhaps you can at least tell

us if it was this dress

your honors really this is the

government's own witness

i am merely trying to establish whether

or not the witness knows what the

accused was wearing minutes after the

last murder

and if he a man of medicine observed any

blood on her

the witness may answer the question

i should think it was not that dress

dr born going back to the time

shortly after the discovery of the

second body

were you summoned to miss lizzie's

bedside to administer any medicine yes

sir

miss russell came to fetch me upstairs

and i gave lizzy a

preparation called bromo caffeine to

quiet her

nervous excitement and her headache and

did you subsequently administer any

other medicines of that kind

yes sir sulfated morphine in what does

else's

one eighth of a grain however i doubled

that the next day

and how long did she continue having the

morphe

all the time she was in the jailhouse

in other words she was receiving regular

injections of morphine

all the time up to her arrest

through the hearing and while confined

in the jailhouse

yes sir tell me dr bowen does not

morphine given in double doses somewhat

affect the memory

change and alter the view of things

doesn't it muddle the thinking confuse

the mind

yes sir it does cause hallucinations

so that anyone giving testimony while

under its influence

might tend to seem contradictory to give

conflicting story

yes sir when did you stop giving her

this

drug i've not stopped she's still

receiving it

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thank you doctor well i will be all no

further questions around

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you mentioned uh that miss borden paid a

visit to your home on the evening before

the murders

that is correct can you tell us the

purpose of that visit

lizzie was very troubled

she said that she couldn't help but feel

that something sinister was going to

happen

sinister yes

she said that her father was having

trouble with his business associates

and that she was afraid that someone was

going to do harm to him

she told me that the barn had already

been broken into and all of her pet

pigeons had been killed

i tried to reassure her that it must

have been some of the local boys

up to mischief but lizzy felt sure that

it

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no wasn't papa please

please no not the pigeons papa please

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fly fly

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papa all those beautiful birds why

now there's young whippersnappers try

stealing any more of my pictures and see

what they find

but they were mine yours

let me remind you girl everything on

this place belongs to me

once mine is mine and i will dispose of

it as i see fit

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but they were mine

i tried to set her mind at rest

but lizzie confided in me

that even the house had been broken into

in broad daylight when she

and emma and bridget were at home

and as she left

she said that she wished she could sleep

with one eye open

for fear that they would come in the

night

and burn the house down over the

family's head

and all this the very night before the

murders

yes was miss borden accustomed to making

such

nocturnal visits to you only on rare

occasion

and this was certainly a most rare

occasion

now miss russell can you tell us please

about the incident which took place the

day after the funerals

while you were still staying at the

borden house an incident involving a

certain bedford court dress

yes

that was on sunday

miss lizzy miss emma and i had breakfast

together

bridget was not at home

i went up to the bedroom

and then when i came down i saw lizzy

standing there with the dress in her

hands

lizzy what are you going to do i'm going

to burn this whole thing it's covered

with paint

lizzy i wouldn't do that where people

can see me in broad daylight

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lizzy there's a policeman in the yard

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that is probably the worst thing you

could have done

what if they asked us about that dress

why did you let me do it why didn't you

tell me

thank you mr russell no more questions

your honor

your witness no questions that this time

but this may step down please

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the woman's a fool she needn't testify

to that

she is a christian woman sir it is the

truth

nonetheless my dear we shall nip this in

the bud at once

fear not may please your honors

at this time we should like to recall

the dressmaker mrs mary raymond

yes i made a bedford court dress for

lizzie in about

april of last year now mrs raymond will

you please tell the court what became of

that dress

on the very day that you completed the

final fitting at miss borden's home

well yes the men were painting the

upstairs hall and landing

when lizzy rushed out to show her new

dress to her sister

she brushed against the fresh paint the

dress was ruined of course

of course no further questions thank you

now mr hilliard can you tell us if this

was the hatchet you found in the box

behind the chimney in the board and

seller

it um looks like it the

handle was broken like this yes they're

broken up close like that

mm-hmm did you observe anything peculiar

about the break in the handle

at that time i did it was a fresh break

a a new break thank you

no more questions your honor

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what can i do for you today miss lizzy

oh i i'm afraid i got some paint stains

on a perfectly new dress

i would like to buy some nap though with

which to remove them do you carry it

certainly i'll fetch you some

i imagine a pineal dew oh yes that's

perfect thank you

please send the bill good day good day

miss borden took something what i

couldn't quite see but i'm sure she took

something

doesn't matter why didn't you stop her

no needs old dad borden always pays

hold all the merchants up and down the

street to pack a little something onto

the bill whenever

miss borden asked to buy 10 cents worth

of prusic acid

naturally i informed her we did not sell

prussic acid unless by a physician's

prescription

and what did she say to that she said

she'd bought it several times before

so i says well my good lady not from me

prussic acid is a very dangerous thing

to handle

did she tell you why she wanted such a

lethal poison

i understood her to say she wanted to

clean a seal-skinned cape

order in this court your honors i must

protest the use of such testimony

as part of the defendant's inquest

testimony it is perfectly admissible i

am trying to prove prior intent your

honors may we have a ruling on the

admissibility of my client's testimony

at the inquest

it was taken at a time when she was

under arrest and denied counsel

will you both please approach the bench

inadmissible every bit of her inquest

testimony inadmissible because that fool

judge blaze down denied her proper

counsel

terrible blow terrible

i built my entire case on her inquest

testimony now i've got nothing

what about miss russell's testimony that

was most damaging

wasn't it odd that she should come

forward on her own like that

her conscience was troubling her dear

seems she neglected to mention the dress

burning incident when the police first

questioned her

great stroke of luck

personally i don't believe it was that

dress

lizzie borden wouldn't have been such a

fool

which leaves me still wondering what did

she wear

nonetheless i'm sure that the case

you've made so far will

stand on its own merits hosea not if

robinson keeps getting our witnesses to

discredit their own testimony

he's a shrewd devil our ex-governor i

trust you have more cards up your sleeve

hosea i needn't remind you how much is

at stake here

no one perhaps

and it had better be a trump card

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on august 10th last at the harvard

medical school where i'm professor of

chemistry

i received the evidence there exhibited

briefly dr wood can you tell us the

results of your examinations

the hair on that hatchet for example it

did not match the samples of hair from

either victim

it is animal hair probably cows here

and what about this dress did you not

find minute traces of blood on the

skirts

yes but certainly not from either of the

victims

how do you explain that they are

undoubtedly menstrual blood from the

defendant herself

but let me ask you doctor if this

hatchet

could have been used and then cleansed

so as to remove any trace of blood

no not by a quick washing as you've

suggested and it will be nearly

impossible to wash blood off that broken

end

this is dreadful there was no time to go

over dr woods testimony he just got in

from boston an

hour ago

no more questions your witness

in other words dr wood assuming the

assailant wore the same clothing during

both murders

he most probably would have been

splattered with blood from head to foot

is that right

in my opinion yes and yet every witness

has testified that the accused showed no

signs whatsoever of blood upon her

clothing just

moments after the last murder

thank you your honors no further

questions

don't make me laugh don't make me laugh

don't make me laugh

don't make me laugh you know as well as

i they'd turn me out on the cold if

anything happened to you

what more can i do you can draw up

another will put everything in my name

let me see to their needs it's little

enough to grant your poor defenseless

widow

don't rush things woman i'm not dead yet

i'll not be turned out into the streets

to

starve like a stray dog she could live

off her own

fat for years you owe me that much

all right all right i'll see my lawyer

next week you know i please get some

rest

i'll see her dead first

lizzie you can spend the rest of your

life begging

crumbs off that old sow not i

lizzy please

you always frighten me when you get like

this

he must never make a new will

i i uh

i'm going to visit the brownells in fair

haven

i'll leave tomorrow yes

yes you go to fairhaven

hold dr draper to the stand please dr

frank draper to the stand

were you able to uh determine the size

of the cutting edge of the murder weapon

from

any of the wounds dr draper not from mrs

borden's skull

but i was able to affect a conclusion

from mr borton's skull

in that case though i deeply regret it i

shall have to ask your colleague dr wood

to produce the skull in question

very well

now dr draper if you please

try to fit that hatchet into the wound

oh

order in the court order in the court

this court will be adjourned till nine

o'clock tomorrow morning

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my dear i have told you repeatedly i

have no stomach for undercooked meat

let me get you something else never mind

lost my appetite anyway just some coffee

i shall be glad when this trial is over

it's beginning to tell on you

it's not a trial it's a sideshow that

woman actually believes she can get off

scot-free by hiding behind her skirts

what else has she

i'm sorry hosea

it's just that it seems to me that you

men have only yourselves to blame if

if women hide behind their femininity as

a last defense

after all you cast us in this role

you look upon your womanhood as a role

my dear

it's not always a convenient part to

play

i've never heard you talk like this

next you'll be asking for the vote

i gather you sympathize with this

murderous

she has not as yet been found guilty

hosea

but you do sympathize with her

certainly not with her deeds

but perhaps with her motives

her motives now what would you know

about her motives

i should think a great deal hosea

you have no idea how unbearably heavy

these skirts can be at times

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i

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when did you next see the bedford court

dress

uh sunday morning

i was washing dishes and i turned and

saw my sister lizzy

at the stove and she had the dress in

her hands

she said i think i'll burn this old

dress up

and i said yes why don't you

or or something like that was miss

russell present at the time

yes sir and she said afterwards

that it was the worst thing lizzie could

have done and

of course we knew that she was right but

it just didn't occur to us until that

moment

did your father wear a ring miss emma

upon his finger

yes sir he did was or was not that the

only article of jewelry he wore

the only article from whom did he

receive the ring

from my sister lizzy many years ago

previously to his wearing it had she

worn it

yes sir it was her favorite

did he wear it constantly after that

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always

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so

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um

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it looks so old

your witness

were the relations between you and lizzy

and your stepmother cordial

between my sister and mrs borden they

were

when did she cease calling her mother

i don't remember but it was some time

ago

but prior to that she had called her

mother yes sir

from childhood

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mrs borton says you're not to work too

late papa i want you to call her mother

is he she's not my mother

my mother's dead

you still having those bad dreams about

your mother

oh it was a long time ago

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besides death is nothing to be afraid of

lizzy

there's nothing more than a long

peaceful repose

do you remember sleeping beauty

well look

see how serene she looks

feel in the flesh

smooth and cool to the touch

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let me remind you of those touching

words

the eyes that cannot weep

are the saddest eyes of all

andrew borden went to his grave

wearing upon his hand a pledge

of love and faith

the ring that belonged to his

little girl to find her

guilty you must believe her to be a

fiend

does she look it

lizzy andrew borton

it is your privilege to add any word

which you may desire to say in person to

the jury

i am innocent i leave it to my counsel

to speak for me

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is he andrew borden put up your right

hand

foreman look

upon the president prisoner

look upon the foreman what say you mr

foreman

is the prisoner at the bar guilty or not

guilty

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maggie you're going to be out there long

yes but you needn't lock the door unless

you want to

i can get fresh water from the barn

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so

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oh

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oh

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abby

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so

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so

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hey

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um

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so

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oh yeah

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upstairs in a room taking a nap before

the noon meal

you're a strange girl to see

one minute is hard and cold as a brave

so

next as loving as any father could wish

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what goes on in that mind of yours

i guess we'll never know

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hey

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papa

uh

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so

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what say you mr foreman is the prisoner

at the bar

guilty or not guilty

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not guilty

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the court orders that you'll be

discharged of this indictment can go

thereof without delays

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emma

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how does it feel to be a free woman

again

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yes

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oh

um emma

it's over am we've won

dinner will be ready sooner why don't

you make yourself comfortable

didn't you hear me we're free

at last we're really free nothing to

prepare a meal now that there are only

the two of us

sometimes i don't understand you

lizzy

i'm only going to ask you this once more

and then i shall never mention it again

as long as i live

did you kill father

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when she saw what she had

gave her father 41.

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