All language subtitles for The Legend of Lizzie Borden (TV Movie 1975)

good morning Lizzy I just finished
shopping store the like ovens you see

what is it mrs. Church oh do come in
someone has killed father

we're in the sitting room

you

you

Oh

why is he attacking don't think see I'm
glad you're here Alice hey soon as

Bridget told me gonna be alright
everything he's been dead less than half

an hour where's your sister Lizzie she's
visiting the Brownells in terre Haven

cord once asked my wife to send a
telegram

thank you must try them would you like
to lie down

most
there you are I haven't seen your

stepmother Lizzy why it is Abbey out yes
but I thought I heard her come back

she's probably in her room
there's nobody off back miss Lizzy I

looked when I fetched the she'd then try
upfront she must be in the spare room

please miss Lizzy Oh Maggie do as I say
I'm not going up there alone

Oh long Bridget I'll go with you come on

you must get some rest

Oh

why for sending the Telegraph's wouldn't
she she's up there

the day was bored

I'm sorry I must hmm
it's all right oh I'm so glad you're

here stay as long as you hit me thank
you dizzy she's in her room

you

Lizzy did you kill father

No
I did not

no more Emma please no more dizzy dr.
Bowen says but I can't think I can't

think what is that he's giving me it's
just something to quiet your nerves but

I must think I must Shh why you must put
all of that out of your mind now

you never should've gone away him I know
I know dear I'm back now what are we

going to do him I've always looked after
you hadn't I just like I promised mother

yes

everything's going to be alright

just go to sleep now
yes

other flavors

excuse me

couldn't wear black least veils not even
a tear it was a terrible ordeal

miss Boyd a word with you sir
why can't you see I'm busy

I'm city marshal with instructions for
you instructions after the family has

left the gravesite both bodies that will
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 totally

as you were saying to me yes I 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 easy 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

crowds out there just notify the officer
in the yard then I'm to be a prisoner in
my own home you shall have all the

protection but 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're you addressed

in the Borden household I was sometimes
called Maggie but only by Miss M and
miss Lizzie how long were you in mr.

Borden's employ two years and nine
months at the time of his death how did

the Borden's keep any other domestic
servants what sometimes a young man came

from the farm to chop wood but he hasn't
been round since since last winter

then you and miss Borden were the only
persons in the house the morning of the
slayings aside from the victims yes sir

no miss Sullivan can you describe the
events of that morning from the time you

were rose

it was very hot that day I I I felt a
sort of a dull headache as I got up it

must have been the modern breath from
the night before

mutton broth yes sir

we'd had it five days running I see
and what's miss Borden also sick that

morning

not at all
yes she she seemed fit enough to me

Florin mr. Borden Thursday Johnny cakes
or cookies for breakfast and what should

it be Johnny cakes cookies appetite for
your ended estable Irish starts this
morning any more of that mutton and

broth yes but I suspect it's gone off in
this heat really wants to be choked out

there's that fit for human consumption
there's not one not serve it mean Oh

stinking watch your tongue I heard you
call him it often enough still it's not
your place

after I served themselves breakfast I
commenced to wash up that's when mr.

Barden left for downtown did you lock
the door after him

yes sir I locked it mr. Borden was very
strict about that when I finished my

dishes I took them into the dining room
mrs. Borden was there
dusting where is father went downtown

left while you were upstairs
Oh Bridget fetch a pail and some water I

want the windows washed today mrs.
Borden it's awful hot inside and outside
both their intolerably dirty

please mrs. Borden look I'm feeling
poorly today couldn't they wait perhaps

stinking snake oh 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're

going to be out there long yes would you
need lock the door unless you want to I

can get fresh water from the bar
after a while mrs. Kelly's girl came to

the fence and I went over to talk to her
and I went back to me work there's an

awful lot of windows in that house and I
had to go to the barn three or four

times for fresh water during all that
time I'd did not see anybody come to the

house until mr. Barton came home

it's there any mail not for you
where's Abby she had a note and went out

she said where someone in town was sick
I think would you like to take a nap

before dinner

let's drive read my paper

it's a cheap sale of dress goods at
sergeant's this afternoon eight cents a

yard yeah I'm going to have some not
today in this heat feel to live you sure
do look peaking why don't you finish

those windows later you can rest before
the noon meal I think I do just that

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 11

I must have been there three or four
minutes I I never went to sleep at all

the next thing I heard was miss Lizzie
hollering 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 the

witness is released unconditionally
without bail

she's leaving us Lizzie Lizzie Borden to
the stand please

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

present
I was so christened what is your age

please
32 your mother is not living uh 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 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

no 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 where's the heat

Oh would you repeat the question
we are trying to establish if you are

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

forgotten Brett 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 counsel this is only a

coroner's inquest not a trial you may
continue mr. Knowlton which is your

recollection now will 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

uh-uh

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 will take you 15 or 20

minutes I hate some payers 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 should think so

how many pears did you eat three I think
now can you tell us miss Borden Wyatt

took you ten minutes to eat three pears
I do not do things in a hurry

no further questions your honor it would
be a pleasure for this magistrate and it

would doubtless bring much sympathy if
he could say Lizzy I judge you probably

not guilty you make a hole and 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

but to 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're

ordered committed to await the action of
the Superior Court

better yes thank you please forgive me
but I now must ask you a very disturbing

question and I want you to give you 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
no mr. Jennings you must tell me what

can I expect I'm doing everything in my
power the truth you have an obligation

to tell me all right
the worst

death by hanging

meeting dr. Boyer matron

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 our 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 him the cost would be ruinous even
if it takes every last cent of my

inheritance mr. Jennings said it might
take months to bring me to trial I don't

know if I can stand it in his place that
long I'll be with you Lizzie ma'am

you're alone now we have no one we still
have each other
seems we've always been alone

Lizzy

somehow

it's always been harder for you hasn't
it why do they speak so coolly of man

who
District Attorney Knowlton the

newspapers they call me a Sphinx of
coldness why do they want to hurt me

like that
Oh Lissie I don't think they mean to

it's just your
special

and special people have always been
misunderstood you know that

Oh

I don't want to be special I know Lizzy

I knew you wanted something special
we got the whole ensemble read it tizzy

we must have gone over this a hundred
times then we'll go over it a hundred

and one well there's your new hat your
navy blue Bengal in dress no we said the

black remember the one with the
leg-of-mutton sleeves oh yes I'm sorry I

forgot
and your little bro to one of the posies

it's in the top left drawer a brush of
veneer oh and don't forget my sixth time

black kid gloves
I won't stir Julian Ralph or the New

York Sun says he's here for an interview
Oh gracious I completely forgot I give

me a moment will you yeah fine do you

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 the bathroom
surely your father could afford more

than just a 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 yeah

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
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 morning
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 galls 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 high esteem

mr. mayor that woman is a murderess I
hope you can prove that Hosea Oh better

be on our way
can't miss the opening session coming

mrs. Novick I'll be along shortly your
honor you two go ahead

it's not too late to pull out hoser 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

well uh who are they
Lizzie the crowd you can't imagine said

the six-button blue gloves Oh
oh dear I'm sorry in my haste I can you

be so witless well I'll go back in and
never mind 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

I'm sorry it's time they'll not wait any
longer

and suppose we can't blame them they
haven't had a good witch hunt in these
states in Salem

here you all rise

all persons having anything to do before
the honorable justices Basin 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 BC 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

and for aught you know they liked you I

suppose so
you never saw anything out of the way no

sir never saw any conflict in the family
no sir never saw anything in the lease
term any quarreling or anything of that

kind no sir

then Maggie is lying I swear to you
Father

I did not take the money from your desk
that is God's truth but she know about

the truth always making things up
imagining things

easy till now I have protected you I
have excused you I 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 listen to her spoiled rocky she
is we we live or we can't even entertain

that retain indeed who would you invite
this house Lord how I hate this house

no bags no modern conveniences did you
know that we are laughingstocks father

it's true behind your back people
snigger and call you skinflint that will
be enough

I don't understand you girl I were
always so close

especially close

yes Father
especially

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 noticed 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
Emma's Tabuk don't forget that I'm sure
you won't let him and making him asleep

in that cramped stuffy room while her
Royal Highness gets the big area when
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 um
oh we know all about you and your way

princess Lizzie we know how you twist
arms and throw tantrums just to get your
way

if I were not a lady
I should twist your arm mrs. Borton

right out of its I 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

dr. Bowen to the stand please dr.
Seabury boy to the stand please dr.

Bowen can you describe what miss Borden
had on that morning I wouldn't know sir

what sort of draught not much colour the
sort of a morning calico I should guess

he say it was drab I merely mean to say
that the dress answer the question if

you just wait um no answer the question
did it appear to you to be a drab

coloured 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
well I do not intend to know well

perhaps you can at least tell us if it
was this dress

your honour's 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

your witness

Oh one 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 I

gave Lizzy a preparation called
bromo caffeine to quiet her nervous

excitement and her headache nan did you
subsequently administer any other

medicines of that kind yes sir
sulfate of morphine in what does it 1/8

of grain however I doubled it the next
day and how long did she continue having
the morphine 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
muddled the thinking confuse the mind

yes sir it does cause hallucinations so
there 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

thank you that Rana will be all over the
questions around

you mentioned that that miss Borden paid
a visit to your home on the evening
before the murders it 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 Lizzie felt sure

that it wasn't

all those beautiful birds why now that
there's young whippersnappers try still

you look any more of my pictures and see
where they find they were mine yours let

me remind you girls everything on this
place belongs to me what's mine is mine

and I will dispose of it as I see fit

I tried to say to 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 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 boarding
house and incident involving a certain

bedford court dress yes

that was on Sunday miss Lizzie 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 Lizzie

standing there with the dress in her
hands

Lizzy what are you going to do I'm gonna
burn this whole thing it's covered with

paint you see I wouldn't do that where
people can see me in broad daylight

Lizzy there's a policeman in the yard

that is probably the worst thing you
could've done what if they ask us about
that dress why did you let me do it why

didn't you tell me

Thank You miss Russell no more questions
your honor

your witness no questions that there
start but this may step down please

the woman's a fool she needn't had
testified 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 a pleasure honours 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 Lizzie 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

mr. Hilliard can you tell us if this was
the hatchet you found in the box behind

the chimney in the Borden cellar Hitler
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 new break thank you no more questions
your honor

what can I do for you today miss Lizzie
oh I'm afraid I got some paint stains on

a perfectly new dress I would like to
buy some naphtha with which to remove

them do you carry it certainly I'll
fetch you something

I imagine a pint oh dude oh that's
perfect thank you
please send the bill mm-hmm 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 need

hold that board and all these days hold
all the nerd shoots up and down the

street pack a little something onto the
bill

miss Borden asked to buy ten cents worth
of prussic acid naturally I informed her

we did not sell prussic acid and less by
a physician's prescription and what did

she say to that she said she 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

sealskin kit order in his court your
honors I must protest the use of such
testimony as part of the defendants

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 clients

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 blasdell denied her proper counsel
terrible bla terribly 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 conscience was
troubling her my dear seems she

neglected to mention the dress burning
incident when the police first

questioned her oh 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 Isaiah 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 who's
there I needn't remind you how much is

at stake here
no one perhaps and it had better be a

trump card

on August 10th last at the Harvard
Medical School Ron professor 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

hair and what about this dress did you
not find Manute traces of blood on the

skirts yes but certainly not from either
of the victims well 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 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 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 witnesses testified that the
accuse 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 you know as well as

I they turn me out on the cold if
anything happened to you what more can I

do you can draw up another will turn
down streets to starving a stray dog

live off road fat for years you owe me
alright alright see my lawyer next week

please get some rest I'll see her damn
first Lizzy you can spend the rest of

your life begging crumbs off that old
sow not I Lizzy please

you always frightened me when you get
like this he must never make a new will

I'm going to visit the Brownells in
Fairhaven I'll leave tomorrow yes yes

you go to Fair Haven

hold up to tray poo to the stand plate
dr. Frank Draper to the stand were you

able to determine the size of the
cutting edge of the murder weapon from

any of the wounds dr. Draper not from
mrs. board the skull but I was able to

effect a conclusion from mr. Burton
skull in that case though I deeply

regret it I shall have to ask your
colleague dr. wood to produce the skull

in question

now dr. Draper if you will please try to
fit that hatchet into the wound

order in the court order in the court

this Court will be adjourned until nine
o'clock tomorrow morning

My dear I have told you repeatedly I
have no stomach for undercooked meat let

me get you something else
I'll never mind lost my appetite anyway

just some coffee

I should be glad when his 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
murderess she has not as yet been found

guilty as a what 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 who's there

you have no idea how unbearably heavy
these skirts can be at times

when did you next see the Bedford Court
dress uh Sunday morning I was washing
dishes and I turned and saw my sister

Lizzie 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
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 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
wazzle was not that the only article of

jewelry he wore the only article from
whom did he receive the ring from my
sister Lizzie many years ago previously

to his wearing it had she worn yes sir
it was her favorite
did he wear it Constance

always

look so old your witness were the
relations between you and Lizzie and

your stepmother cordial between my
sister and mrs. Borden they were when

did she sees calling her mother I don't
remember but it was some time ago well
prior to that she had called her mother

yes sir from childhood

mrs. Borden says you're not to work too
late papa oh she called her mother Missy
she's not my mother my mother's dead

still having those bad dreams about your
mother

was long time ago besides death is
nothing to be afraid of Lizzy there's

nothing more than a long peaceful repose
do you remember sleeping dude

well look

see how serene she was feet

in flashes
smooth cool to the touch

yes you must be free 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

Lizzie Andrew Borden

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

come here

Lizzie Andrew Borden put up your right
hand

Foreman look upon the prisoner prisoner
look upon the former what say you mr.

Foreman is the prisoner at the bar
guilty or not guilty

Maggie

you're going to be out there long yes
but you needn't lock the door unless you

want to but get fresh water from the
barn

you

you

a bee

you

you

mr. Burton

upstairs in a room taking a nap for the
noon meal your strange policy minute is

hard and cold as a brace next is loving
is any father could wish what goes on in

that mind of yours

you

let's say you mr. Foreman is the
prisoner at the bar guilty or not guilty

not guilty

the Commission's and gold delay

Emma

I miss Borden how does it feel to be a
free woman again

you

Oh

you

and
Emma wait over em we've won

dinner will be ready soon 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
Emma sometimes I don't understand you

Livie

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

you

when she

you

you

you