81 yrs for Miss. Emma

SteveS. · Post by **SteveS.** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:10 pm

It was 81 yrs today that Miss. Emma Borden left this Earth. May she rest in peace.

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:12 am

That poor girl. She must have put up with a lot of stuff. I wonder what secrets she took with her to her final resting place.

-1bigsteve (o:

twinsrwe · Post by **twinsrwe** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:14 am

Thanks for the reminder, Steve. May Emma rest in peace.

Nadzieja · Post by **Nadzieja** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:06 pm

May Emma rest in peace. I can't imagine the burden she carried through her life after her parents were killed.

augusta · Post by **augusta** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:12 pm

I don't know. I always thought Emma had something to do with the murders. She disliked Abby more than Lizzie. She testifies to it.

Emma was too quiet. I thought it was somewhat surprising to read her testimonies. She did not sound shy at all. And she was sharp. When Lizzie burned the dress, Emma said she told Lizzie, "Yes, why don't you?" or words to that effect.

It is downright weird that Emma died so shortly after Lizzie. Kat Koorey's Hatchet articles about Emma's life after 1905, after she left Maplecroft, were fabulous! She found the truth of Frank Spiering's very dramatic but total lies of his version of Emma's death.

I wonder if Emma hung on until Lizzie died, and when she got word of it she knew her promise to her mother was completed - she had taken care of Baby Lizzie. She did leave Lizzie, but I wonder if she did manage to keep track from afar on how her sister was doing, because of that promise.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:19 am

Thanks for the kudos Sherry! I do feel an affinity for Emma Borden- a sort of expert on her, from all the research I did on her in 2005. That was recently rounded out by the new discovery of her school time away. It's funny that Len Rebello gave me 2 schools to choose from: one Holyoke, one Wheaton. He was on the ball!
I am an older sister myself, with 8 years between us. I do feel of a different generation. I also have always had an interest in our older relatives- kept in touch, visited, called. (I think that's now more an *old-fashioned* thing, sadly.)

Well, I must admit I missed this anniversary. Thanks for the respectful reminder- SteveS!

SteveS. · Post by **SteveS.** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:11 am

You are most graciously welcome Miss. Kat. (the forum tips our hat to Miss Emma's memory.)