On July 19, 1860, Lizzie Borden was accused of the double murder of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Borden. I believe she was guilty of this charges for multiple reasons.
She claimed that at the time of the murders she was in the barn looking for fishing equipment that they didn’t even have and wouldn’t need until next week. The idea of doing this came to her randomly for no apparent reason as she was ironing some clothes.
When she was asked to get the dress she had worn the day of the murders as evidence she burnt it. Now the dress itself wasn’t much evidence unless it would’ve had blood in it, but what raised a lot of questions was the act of burning it, if she knew the dress was clean why would she burn it.
Some people would argue that she and
She claimed that at the time of the murders she was in the barn looking for fishing equipment that they didn’t even have and wouldn’t need until next week. The idea of doing this came to her randomly for no apparent reason as she was ironing some clothes.
When she was asked to get the dress she had worn the day of the murders as evidence she burnt it. Now the dress itself wasn’t much evidence unless it would’ve had blood in it, but what raised a lot of questions was the act of burning it, if she knew the dress was clean why would she burn it.
Some people would argue that she and