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/ wlt; ixn im\lt;; ri in 11s(an(IntoNKVV YORKr \liltf ? rwi ? i \ ^ s\ isi • t who wiis notneverBHi f KIthe murderon fmi.tk, vii« . -- — ’ ^lkv A vlt;A.For *t»found -metninatingtal. Lizzii lt;1 in ei n lt;*h a i tntXfcdr-« —* — Mi ‘■WLi ! w y npvrrea * * v^ .id *.4-itsionsidcredforgottenIF',Ifi *m 'lt;1'Humftn arm'da i i enrvfbra?I it \hrk5vSi VWodf « »Holdthr4f!dr; 01 t Ifr allw A JSind all Nit1924 a writer Fdmund Pearson reopened i? in a siz/Ang book ailed ‘Studies in M order He pointed the accusing; —if not completely straight—fin-LizzieBy then. Lizzie was 64 and avveagetRa-Whylt;Y ndin ifMassIthy and respected spinstere d r n*'? deign to ne \l ; i Vurson s chargesIin 1927!v\RThatinvestigator Ralt; J: n n. (idiq?i # »ni1the tna!i the manyift-0 i I* * I f } Iil. II1 1 f * V X I * ^ * .L *near!v irpt years m mei•VVSlt;*U 1vfy hMiiigill *»flb#\ PCS 11o? eve’tufW/:'f 1 t -ifTfc* H'Ui k jao v s 1 lii,(*ov el 041“Lizzie died convicted by popular opinion \nd for the next 16 year*. Pear..son continued the prosecution -nin»»k and magazine articles “He was successful that most of ihc world todav think* that1 £lt;Zn .,vdisthr,«! !•#• • Iim ** «»r ri al guilt oh\ mu*lit111 I fit*v4 ItHi 1f - ■ -■ 9 9Liet iletense. B 1toruey didn'twan?eonarda solid case anbv la ^.jf0slt; ntiri nt 11C |jury with anwas convicted and exe ruled f«,f rt?♦ murders Li.kr ihr res? of us Radin nod*ded .and chanted to himself that “Lizza* Borden took an ax and gave her father 10 whacks But suddenly it didn’t ring dueI don’t know why. Maybe itwas a question some hods askedabout the case ;n the newspaper Viaytie ? w is because ! couldn’tfind anything in the 1 biarv tha:ftr lt;^W #.took L './ie s side B\ and by he dropped e\ *'i\ thing and went to Fall River on a search that carried him back to tt »? \ugust morning n 1R92 when Lizzie said she tame n?o thehouse to find her father on theparlor couch. hacked to deathI i#**t 4 ontradiction*‘I kept running into admittedlies and contradictions n thrtestimony/’ Radin said “I kepi mee ting vu t nes sc * w ho lt;ha n g edtheir stories wth a chuckle Ikept piercing out a dory nobody over bothered to fell us”In th# end Radin solved thecrune to his own satisfaction and turned ,* nto a hook—“Lizzie ? Burden Thi I'ntold Stor% Mw“It ought to do w ell, Radin jfigures “Its one of the most popular crimes in the world Ini Fall Riv f r akne thousands ofstill argue the ca.se though the trial were still on 'Will Radin N discovery change anybody's mind? Not very likely, considering all those songs, plays, metaphors and one of the be-s?known poems n America that wouki have to be rewritten It -*vd!y a lot more convenient to let Lizzie cop the plea.
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Waco Tribune Herald
Waco, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 07, 1961
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