Lizzie Borden Murder

You are correct when you state “It is always difficult to know for sure whether someone is guilty or innocent, even if they admit one way or the other” That was my first thought until I read into the case a bit more. I stated, “the son did it.” Because as you mentioned Mrs. Hossack did not have emotion until her son spoke, did she show emotion because she was afraid of what he may say? As far as the dog wouldn’t the son know the dog’s behaviors?

In The Murder of Helen Jewett, Patricia Cohen uses one of the most trivial murders during the 1800's to illustrate the sexiest society accommodations to the privileged, hypocritical tunneled views toward sexual behavior, and the exploitation of legal codes, use of tabloid journalism, and politics. Taking the fact that woman was made from taking a rib from man was more than biblical knowledge, but incorporated into the male belief that a woman's place is determined by the man. Helen had the proper rearing a maid servant, but how did she fall so far from grace. Judge Weston properly takes credit for rearing her with the proper strictness and education. Was Helen seduced at an early age and introduced to sexual perversions that were more

Her trial, which started 10 months after the murders, was lead by what towns’ people called the “dream team” of lawyers. The jury had 12 men on it that believed that she was not guilty because after they showed her the skull of her father in court, she fainted, and because she was a girl. They thought that no girl was capable of committing such a crime.

Because they thought she was burning it because there was blood on it. Later in her jail time she was let go. Because of this she had gone to trial with 12 men. During the trial she had shown no emotions to her parents death witch had concerned the 12 men. In the trial Lizzie never took stand for the 12 men. For this reason I think Lizzie did try to kill her parents with the poison but someone else killed them, that’s why she had shown no emotions. That someone who problem killed Abby and Andrew Borden could have been the person who Andrew was having trouble with. As saying that Andrews employers has rumors that a customer did not like him and that Andrew owed him something but never gave it to him. June 20th , 1893 Lizzie was found not guilty and acuanted. Lizzie commited the crime she had done to avoid the evidence. For this reason Lizzie was found not guilty on June 20th 1893. Lizzie and Emma inhareted their fathers estate. Thry had bought a house for themselves. Emma had died 10 days later from the flu then Lizzie died 3 days later. The case had then been set for a mystery formany years, and many people has many different opinions on who killed Abby and Andrew

Wright’s defense, the men all head upstairs to go over the crime scene to search for clues. The women; Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters knew they were in the center of all the clues. “Women are used to worrying over trifles” Mr. Hale said, and because of that, the women uncovered all the clues that would lead to motive and the men would remain clueless. As for the messy kitchen that the attorney did notice but just chalked up to Mrs. Wright not being a good house wife, the ladies noticed that she was in fact in the middle of cleaning up. That half the table was wiped clean and the other half left as if she were interrupted. They also noticed that the towel that the attorney thought to be just thrown across the room was in fact covering a loaf of fresh bread that was to later be put in the bread box. They also knew that the dirty towel roller was probably that dirty from the man they sent to start the fire in the stove that morning so that the house would be warm by the time they arrived. The ladies were to gather some things to take to Mrs. Wright to the jail. They found her sewing basket under the corner table and were admiring the bright pieces and the log cabin pattern. They wondered if she was going to quilt it or knott it. The men thought this was funny and made fun of them. Unbeknownst to them that the ladies had just found what could be the evidence of Mrs. Wrights’ frame of mind. The ladies noticed that most of the

The double murder of Andrew and Abby Borden still remains unsolved. The police could have done a better job investigating and the evidence showing Lizzie being linked should have been enough to charge her but this is a period of time when forensics was at its infancy and if there was no weapon there was no crime. The money involved could have brought rise to Lizzie to plot the death for inheritance. We will never

During the Salem witch trials, many lives that were taken due to a few people’s self defence. In the book, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, a group of girls caused a whole town to go array. This group of girls were caught naked, dancing and conjuring spirits. These girls were going to accept the blame and receive the whipping for what they did, but one of the girls, Abigail, was not about to go down. Abigail had the whole group of girls convinced that it would be best to lie and to not accept the beating. By doing this, they were put into the court and used to tell the judges whether or not the people whom were accused were truly witches. Though the girls had no way of telling if the accused were truly witches, they

The last reason why Lizzie Borden is because she did not have a good relationship with her step-mother and didn’t consider Abby her mother. Lizzie Borden stopped calling her mother at a young age because of an affair. Although Lizzie Borden was most likely the murderer, there is still a small chance someone else was the murderer. The “Inquest Testimony of Lizzie Borden” points out,“I know of a man who has not been friendly with him. They have not been friendly for years.” Most sources said that no one had anything against Andrew Borden, but in Lizzie Borden’s testimony she says someone was not friendly with Andrew Borden and has not been for a very long time. This man that was not friendly with Andrew Borden could have been the murderer. Although there is more evidence that says Lizzie Borden is the murderer, there is still a chance that she is innocent.

During the event of the Salem Witch Trials, hundreds of innocent people were accused of witchcraft and put in jail. Martha Corey was one of these; she was accused by twelve-year-old Anne Putman, and laughed so much at the accusation that it convinced others that she was guilty. Rebecca Nurse was put in jail under the accusation of floating in children’s rooms at night and

how the Stamford trials contrast with the infamous Salem witch trials that took place the same year. The charge of witchcraft preyed on the fears of the community and had the potential to turn townspeople against one another. Witchcraft could also be a difficult crime to prove as most of the evidence was circumstantial; putting the burden of weighing evidence and overseeing due process on the courts of the time. This paper will argue that the alleged victim, Kate Branch, feigned illness to secure her place within the Westcot household by accusing their rivals of witchcraft as well as examine the effect of these accusations on Stamford and how the courts navigated the evidence presented in the case.

Have you ever been so angry you thought about killing your parents with an axe? Well many people think Lizzie Borden did this exact thing. Lizzie Borden was accused of murdering her step mother and father with a hatchet on August 4, 1892. While on trial, the jury found her innocent, but many other people think her to be guilty. I think that Lizzie Borden is innocent of the murder of Andrew and Abby Borden because she loved her father, didn’t have a problem with her stepmother, and there was no physical evidence found at the crime scene. Lizzie Borden was found innocent by law, so why should it be questioned?

James Patrick Bulger was born on the 16th of March, 1990, to Ralph and Denise Bulger in Kirkby, Merseyside.

However, the table turns quickly when a murderer starts mysteriously killing the guests one after another. In the beginning, the guests believed that the killer is one of them; but, with the death of the distinguished butler, Thomas Rogers and the disappearance of the Indian figures from the dining-room table after each death, the group realized that the murders were taking place according to the commands of the nursery rhyme.

On March 5, 1923, a hearing is held at the courthouse in St. Louis, but Henry fails to show up. An inquiry is ordered to be held. Ten days later another hearing is held, and again, Henry is not there. The judge, without any input from Henry, agrees with Lizzie that she is an innocent and injured party. He grants her a divorce. Her maiden name, Elizabeth Lorne, is restored. In addition, the judge rules that Henry must pay the entire cost of the proceeding. Lizzie now returns home to live with her mother in East St.

Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a mid century, cold blooded killer. For 19 years, she tortured and killed an estimated 560 people. “The stories of her murders were confirmed by over 300 witnesses, survivors, as well as evidence from dead, dying, and tortured, imprisoned girls found." She is probably one of the most fertile killers in history.