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Newspaper Accounts

The Crime & Investigation

  • Aug. 4, 1892:
  • Fall River Herald
    Shocking Crime: A Venerable Citizen and His Aged Wife Hacked to Pieces in Their Home
  • Aug. 5, 1892:
  • Fall River Herald
    Thursday's Affray: No Clue Yet as to Its Perpetrator
  • Aug. 6, 1892:
  • The Boston Herald
    Lizzie Borden: Her School and Her Later Life - A Noble Woman, Though Retiring
  • Aug. 7, 1892:
  • New York Herald
    Mrs. Borden Was Dead a Full Hour Before Her Husband Came
  • Aug. 9, 1892:
  • Fall River Herald
    Inquest Begun: Judge Blaisdell Listens to the Evidence
  • Aug. 11, 1892:
  • New York Times
    Miss Borden Arrested


    The Trial

  • June 5, 1893:
  • Boston Daily Globe
    Borden Jury Found - Miss Lizzie Sat Calmly Through It All
  • June 6, 1893:
  • New York Times
    Lizzie Borden in a Faint - Overcome by the Prosecution's Story of the Murder
  • June 7, 1893:
  • New York Times
    Bridget Sullivan a Witness - The Borden's Servant Tells Her Story of the Murders
  • June 9, 1893:
  • New York Times
    Lizzie Borden's Ordeal - End of the First Week of Her Trial for Murder
  • June 14, 1893:
  • Boston Globe
    Even So! - What if Lizzie Did Ask for Acid? - Defense Claims That Proves Nothing
  • June 15, 1893:
  • Boston Globe
    One Side - State Rests Upon Its Case - Last Evidence for Prosecution
  • June 16, 1893:
  • Boston Globe
    Hopeful - Lizzie's Counsel Sustained
  • June 18, 1893:
  • Boston Globe
    Guilty or Not! - Fate of Lizzie Borden in the Balance
  • June 20, 1893:
  • Boston Globe
    Not Guilty! - Miss Lizzie A. Borden is Acquitted