Lizzie Borden Society Forum

Did anyone see this? It's another debated axe murder from North Carolina involving a woman. Her name is Frances 'Frankie' Silver.


Tale of ax murder in the Blue Ridge Mountains coming to television
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/01/04/ ... rylink=cpy


Hanged for Murder, But Was She Guilty?
http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/collat ... guilty.pdf

Allen, this is a very interesting, yet sad, story. I had not heard of Frankie Silver, but I’m now interested in learning more. Thanks for posting these links.

This is another link containing the story of Frankie Silver from the North Carolina Museum Of History
http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/fko/NIE/Tw ... silver.pdf

Tragic Ends: Frankie and Charlie Silver
http://blueridgecountry.com/articles/fr ... ie-silver/

Find A Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cg ... 88&page=gr

OK, you've got me interested. I'll be searching for the book.
Thanks for posting.