When Lizzie was acquitted on June 20, 1893 she went to Charles Jarvis Holmes' house to attend a reception in her honor.
Didn't she give an interview to a reporter there? I have read in places that she did. It was her only interview given after the trial, ever. I don't know if I've ever read the actual interview.
Interestingly (or not), one of the newspapers (could be the Fall River Globe) reporting on that Reception at Holmes House says Lizzie did not talk to any reporter that night. It says Charles Holmes addressed the media that found the reception at his house. He gave the press an update on stuff, like Lizzie was in good spirits (I guess so!) and he was happy with the verdict. Nothing outstanding.
No wonder a person gets mixed up discussing this case. I was reading the FR papers the other day about her acquittal, and read two completely different versions. One paper said Lizzie stopped in her carriage and shook hands with the crowd outside the courthouse. I immediately disbelieved that - it just didn't seem to fit with her. Sure enough, another paper had her discreetly leaving in that fancy landau.
Did Lizzie give an interview from the Holmes House that night, or did she not? What say you?
The N.Y. Times reported on June 21st about Lizzie's arrival at the Holmes' house::
"At 8:15 P.M. while the crowd was surging about the homestead on Second Street, a carriage stopped at the residence of Charles J. Holmes, 67 Pine St. The first one to alight was Mr. Holmes and he was followed by Lizzie Borden. Then came Emma and Miss Annie Holmes.
Miss Lizzie did not wait for Mr. Holmes’s escort, but bounded up the steps and disappeared within the house. There was no one about the house at the time save a few reporters.
The United Press reporter entered the house and had an interview with Miss Lizzie. The party, which included Mr., Mrs., and Miss Holmes, Emma and Lizzie Borden, Joseph A. Bowen and Mrs. Jubb was seated in the drawing room.
Miss Lizzie said that she was the "happiest woman in the world." She did not dare to dwell upon the subject of the trial, and said that the whole party had agreed not to discuss that subject. She said she would probably spend the night at Mr. Holmes' house. She intended to go home, but her friends advised her not to on account of the great number of people assembled there.
Mr. Holmes house was thrown open and many visitors were received, but few were allowed to talk to Miss Lizzie."
I know I ask perfection of a quite imperfect world
And fool enough to think that's what I'll find
Tina-Kate @ Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:08 pm wrote:Where from comes that info about Lizzie & Emma giggling over all the newspaper illustrations the Holmes girls had collected?
That could be a source...
Tina-Kate:
That info comes from everyone's favorite source, Victoria Lincoln :
"Mrs. Holmes had invited Emma as well as Lizzie to spend the night at her house after a party of celebration. I am told that the party was wonderfully gay. 'The girls' had collected newspapers from far and near, full of sketches of Lizzie that they all found hilariously bad likenesses. Lizzie herself laughed heartily over them." (page 300)
In an article called "Welcomed Back Home", FR, June 20, 1893 (it may be the Boston Globe), they say that the house was all aglow when Lizzie got there and the press swarmed the place, but Charles Holmes held them at bay and said Lizzie ain't talkin' and he answered some questions from the press.
In a prior article when Lizzie left the courthouse, a paper said it was Mrs. Holmes who was in the carriage with her, Emma and Mr. Holmes.
Tina-Kate & Stuart, For once we can partially believe in something V. Lincoln said. In this "Welcomed Back Home" article, it says that part of the entertainment that evening was from" a collection of cuts clipped from the newspapers during the progress of the trial". It does not say who clipped them.
Thanks for the NY Times article, Harry! But was there ever an interview published?? I don't believe I ever saw an actual interview she gave that nite.
stuartwsa @ Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:43 pm wrote:Tina-Kate:
That info comes from everyone's favorite source, Victoria Lincoln :
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I wonder what her source was?
It always amazes me how deep Lincoln burns into the brain!
If you re-read her after several years of studying source docs & general Bordenism...you find an error in practically every paragraph!
“I am innocent. I leave it to my counsel to speak for me.”
—Lizzie A. Borden, June 20, 1893
I agree, Tina-Kate. That's why I won't read her or Spiering again. They both really throw a clinker in there, confusing one what one remembers is true and not true.
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