Ngale mini kwiminyaka eyi-128 eyadlulayo e-Fall River, iMassachusets, uAndrew noAbby Borden babulawa ngomnqwazi kwikhaya labo kwenye uninzi oludumileyo Ukubulala kwimbali yaseMelika. Nangona uninzi lokubulala lwenzekileyo ukusukela oko, kwenzeka ntoni ngentsasa ka-Agasti kwi-Fall River isanomdla Iimbali-mlando kunye nabani na ongomnye utsaleleke ebumnyameni nakwi-macabre, hayi nakancinci kuba umfazi owaba yindumasi ngokubulala akazange agwetywe ulwaphulo-mthetho.
Kungothusa nabani na owakhula etsiba ngentambo kwisicengcelezo uLizzie Borden wathatha izembe wanika utata wakhe abamnyama abangamashumi amane, ukuba uElizabeth Lizzie Borden wazama ukubulala utata wakhe kunye nonina womtshato kodwa akazange agwetywe. Wahlala ubomi bakhe e-Fall River kwaye wasweleka eneminyaka engama-66 ubudala. Ngaphezu kwenkulungwane kamva sisahleli sibuza ukuba: kwenzeka ntoni kanye kanye ngala mini, kwaye ukuba uLizzie Borden wabulala utata wakhe kunye nomama wakhe, kutheni? Kwaye wahamba njani ukuba wenza njalo?
Kuqala, ngubani ULizzie Borden ? Ngexesha lokubulala, wayeneminyaka engama-32, kwaye wayehlala nentsapho yakhe. Usapho lakwaBorden lwalutyebile, kodwa uAndrew Borden wayengathandi ukuchitha imali yakhe, Kwaye wayengathandwa ngokukodwa kwi-Fall River . UAbby wayengumfazi wesibini kaAndrew. Umfazi wakhe wokuqala uSara wasweleka xa uLizzie wayengumntwana kwaye u-Abby wanceda ukukhulisa uLizzie kunye nodadewabo uEmma, kodwa babengavani.
Konke oku, kunye nezinye izehlo ezikufutshane nokubulawa kuka-Andrew ngokubulala amanye amahobe uLizzie awathandayo, iingxabano malunga nemali kunye nepropathi, kunye nokugula okungummangaliso okuthe kwahlasela usapho lonke kunike umkhombandlela othusayo malunga nokubulawa kuka-Agasti 4 iminyaka. Ingaba uLizzie wayekhe waxhatshazwa ngutata wakhe noAbby? Ngaba yena usilele ukuthenga ityhefu kusuku olungaphambili kwaye ubhenele kwizembe endaweni yoko? Ngaba wayefuna imali? Ngaba omnye umntu edolophini wayenayo i-Bordens? Ngaba uLizzie kunye nesicakakazi uBridget Sullivan babethanda imfihlo?
Asazi ngokuqinisekileyo. Into esiyaziyo kukuba malunga ne-10: 30 kusasa nge-4 ka-Agasti ka-1892, umntu othile wabulala u-Abby ngokuqatha, kwigumbi lokulala eliphezulu, embetha kakhulu ebusweni ngezembe kangangokuba laphuka umhlathi. Umbulali wambulala u-Andrew, naye enezembe, wamshiya efile kwigumbi lokuhlala kwikhaya lase-Fall River… onokundwendwela kwaye ulale kuyo . Akukho mntu weva umzabalazo. Akukho mntu wabona umntu ongaziwayo engena endlwini. Akukho nto yathathwa. Konke kwenzeka emini.
ULizzie ngokwakhe wathi wayesesibayeni xa oku kusenzeka, kodwa obunye ubungqina, kubandakanywa nobukaBridget Sullivan, isicakakazi ekhaya, wabeka uLizzie endlwini. Ngawo onke ama-akhawunti, wayengaziwa njengomntu onobundlobongela, eyenye yezinto ezenze ukuba oku kubulala, kwaye ukubanjwa kukaLizzie emva koko kwiveki kamva, kube yinto enomdla.
Umfazi wokuqala nofanelekileyo ohamba icawe ebulala abazali bakhe ngenkohlakalo? Kuyothusa kwaye kuyathakazelisa kwaye ukubulawa kwabantu eBorden kudala isekisi yemithombo yeendaba kwangoko, nkqu ngemigangatho yowe-1892. Uphando kunye nokulingwa kwafumana ingqwalaselo yesizwe, engachazi kakuhle ukuba kutheni zombini zaphathwa kakubi. Ubuhlanga kunye nokuchasana nokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe kudlalwe ekuqaleni, njengoko umrhanelwa wokuqala owabanjwa ngamapolisa yayingumhambi wasePortugal. Oko kwenzeka ngaphambi kokuba kujongwe kuLizzie.
Akukho namnye owafumana impahla enegazi endlwini okanye eLizzie, kodwa kungenxa yokuba amapolisa khange ayikhangele. Izidumbu zenziwa kumaxhoba kwitafile yabo yegumbi lokutyela. Amanye amangqina athi uLizzie wabonwa ngobusuku emva kokulahla into ethile kwigumbi elingaphantsi, apho intloko yesigqoko esinokuba sisixhobo sokubulala yafunyanwa.
Kodwa elona candelo libi kuphando yayikukubuzwa kukaLizzie Borden ngokwakhe kwisicelo esivaliweyo, apho walelwa khona igqwetha (eliphantsi komthetho wale mihla ukuba lingangqinelani nomgaqo-siseko!) Kwaye ugqirha wakhe wathi wanikwa imofine ngenxa yemithambo-luvo ngaphambi kokubuza. Akumangalisi ukuba iimpendulo zakhe zixutywe kwaye zididekile ekubuzeni, kwaye ubungqina babugcinwa ngaphandle kwetyala.
Ityala laliyinto esekisini, kwaye nomtshutshisi wavelisa iingqayi zomzimba zikaAndrew noAbby Borden enkundleni, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba uLizzie afe isiqaqa. Ubungqina obuchasene noLizzie babunjalo yemeko ethile , kwaye wafunyanwa engenatyala. Kodwa imbali yamgweba.
Inqaku elivela kwiMagazini yaseSmithsonian kunyaka ophelileyo yenza ingxelo eqinisekileyo yokuba akukho mathandabuzo ukuba uLizzie Borden wenze ukubulala. Inqaku lizimisele ukuqonda ukuba kutheni engagwetywanga, ecaphula ukungavisisani kwi-Fall River phakathi kwabemi kunye neIreland kunye nabanye abafuduki ababehamba kancinci. I-Bordens yayingabachasi, ithiyori iyahamba, kwaye utshutshiso U-Lizzie ngamapolisa ikakhulu e-Ireland. Kodwa kwabakho nembono yokuba umfazi olungileyo ongumKristu njengoLizzie akasoze enze patricide.
Ngaphandle kokugwetywa kwakhe, uLizzie Borden usengomnye wabona bantu babulala abantu kwimbali yaseMelika. Ukomelela kolwaphulo-mthetho kunye nokungafani kommangalelwa kusasitsalela nanamhlanje. Asinakuze siyazi inyani malunga noLizzie Borden kunye nezembe lakhe, kodwa uphawu awalushiyayo kwimbali alunakuphikiswa.
(umfanekiso: Indawo Yoluntu)
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