Tag: murder
Lizzie Borden took a….trip
On June 20, 1893, Lizzie Borden was declared innocent of the crime of murdering her father and stepmother. The National Archives holds a little piece of her history from before the murders. A month before her 30th birthday, Lizzie Borden of Fall River, Massachusetts, had sailed for Europe. In the late 1800s, more and more [...]
Posted by Hilary on June 20, 2011, under Prologue Magazine, Unusual documents.
Tags: 40 whacks, Lizzie Borden, murder, passport applications
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Facial Hair Friday: A bushy beard, a murder, and a missing arm
Today’s Facial Hair Friday is not a case of mistaken identity. Jefferson Davis was arrested for murder. But this Jefferson Davis was not the president of the Confederate States. This one was a Union officer, with nearly the same name. Jefferson Columbus Davis was a brigadier general in the Union Army when he shot and [...]
Posted by Hilary on July 9, 2010, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: beards, civil war, facial hair friday, Jefferson C. Davis, Jefferson Davis, missing arm, murder, William Nelson
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