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Title: The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

Author: Edwin H. Porter

Release date: September 22, 2018 [eBook #57939]

Language: English

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A Table of Contents has been added by the transcriber.

PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. Discovery of the Murders.
CHAPTER II. Police Searching the Premises.
CHAPTER III. The Borden Family.
CHAPTER IV. Hiram C. Harrington’s Story.
CHAPTER V. The Search of the House.
CHAPTER VI. The Funeral.
CHAPTER VII. A Reward Offered
CHAPTER VIII. A Sermon on the Murders.
CHAPTER IX. Theories Advanced.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI. Miss Lizzie Borden Arrested.
CHAPTER XII. Lizzie Borden Pleads “Not Guilty.”
CHAPTER XIII. The Preliminary Hearing Adjourned.
CHAPTER XIV. Dr. Dolan Cross-Examined.
CHAPTER XV. Second Day of the Trial.
CHAPTER XVI. Third and Fourth Days of the Trial.
CHAPTER XVII. Fifth Day of the Trial.
CHAPTER XVIII. Sixth Day of the Trial.
CHAPTER XIX. District Attorney Knowlton’s Argument.
CHAPTER XX. Lizzie A. Borden Indicted.
CHAPTER XXI. The Trickey-McHenry Affair.
CHAPTER XXII. Beginning of the Superior Court Trial.
CHAPTER XXIII. Third Day of the Trial.
CHAPTER XXIV. Fourth Day of the Trial.
CHAPTER XXV. Fifth Day of the Trial.
CHAPTER XXVI. Seventh Day of the Trial.
CHAPTER XXVII. Eighth and Ninth Days of the Trial.
CHAPTER XXVIII. Tenth Day of the Trial.
CHAPTER XXIX. Eleventh Day of the Trial.
CHAPTER XXX. Twelfth Day of the Trial.
CHAPTER XXXI. District Attorney Knowlton’s Plea.
CHAPTER XXXII. Judge Dewey’s Charge to the Jury.

A complete list of corrections as well as other notes follows the text.

THE
Fall River Tragedy:
A HISTORY OF THE
BORDEN MURDERS.

A PLAIN STATEMENT OF THE MATERIAL FACTS PERTAINING TO THE
MOST FAMOUS CRIME OF THE CENTURY, INCLUDING THE STORY OF
THE ARREST AND PRELIMINARY TRIAL OF MISS LIZZIE A.
BORDEN AND A FULL REPORT OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
TRIAL, WITH A HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNT
OF THE RENOWNED TRICKEY-M^cHENRY AFFAIR
COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES AND
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH
ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS.

BY EDWIN H. PORTER,
Police Reporter of the Fall River Globe.

GEO. R. H. BUFFINTON, PUBLISHER.

FALL RIVER.
Press of J. D. Munroe.
1893.

The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

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THE Fall River Tragedy: A HISTORY OF THE BORDEN MURDERS.

THE
Fall River Tragedy:
A HISTORY OF THE
BORDEN MURDERS.