dress (Martins, Michael, and Binette 29). In many of the sources that I have read the writers tend to focus on Lizzie’s calm and cool, attitude throughout the trial. At first I thought that this made Lizzie look more and more suspicious. After reading the dialogue of the trial I feel differently. On the day of the murders, Seabury W. Bowen was questioned."Q. Well, what is commonly called morphineA. Yes sir.Q. The next day you changed thatA. I did not change the medicine but doubled the dose.Q. How long did she continue to have thatA. She continued to have that all the time she was in the station house. Q. After her arrest, was it notA. And before. Q. In other words she had it all the time up to the time of her arrest, the hearing and while in the station houseA. Yes sir. Q. Does not morphine given in double doses to allay mental distress and nervous excitement somewhat affect the memory and change and alter the view of things and give people hallucinationsA. Yes sir " (Porter 212).Discussion: There are innumerable theories as to how Mr. and Mrs. Borden were murdered. Some of these have interesting and very possible twists, while others are laughable. Nearly every theory has something missing, whether it is lack of motive opportunity, or evidence.One of the two more plausible theories is that Bridget, the maid, was the murderer. According to Radin, Bridget, ordered to wash windows on the hottest day of the year, went mad and hacked Mrs. Borden to death. She then murdered Mr. Borden in order to prevent him from reporting the hypothesized argument that Bridget had had with Mrs. Borden earlier in the morning, for such a report would incriminate her (Porter 13). Unfortunately, assigning the motive of rage to Bridget is difficult, since there is no evidence that suggests that she harbored great hostility toward her employer. Was Bridget Lizzie's lover, and so her rage against Mrs. Borden was fueled by Lizzie's unjust treatment at the h...
