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August, 1984
Evan Hunter took an axAnd gave old Lizzie 40 whacks.When Spiering saw what he had done,He gave old Lizzie 41.On August 4, 1892, in Fall River, Massachusetts, an unknown assailant took an ax to Andrew and Abby Borden. Their daughter Lizzie stood trial for the murders and was acquitted--in part because the weapon was never found and, when police arrived, Lizzie was not covered with blood. The trial seized the imagination of America then and still has power today. Evan Hunter treats the murder as G...
