The Trial of Lizzie Borden Historians and legal scholars still debate the guilt or innocence of Lizzie Borden, charged with using an axe to ruthlessly murder her wealthy parents in 1893 in Fall River, Massachusetts. D@D members were fascinated by this turn of the twentieth century …
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Mystery – A Mystery No More
We called him Mystery because we didn't know anything about him and he arrived just a few days before Halloween in 2016. He came with a name that didn't suit us - Smokey Vigor. We already had a horse named Smokey; and Vigor just didn't sit well with us. You can learn about his beginnings at Dunrovin …
Abraham Lincoln’s Alamac Trial
Abraham Lincoln’s Alamac Trial Just months before his famous debates with Stephen Douglas, and two years before his rise to the presidency, in 1858 Abraham Lincoln used his charm, common sense, and considerable legal skills – along with a farmer’s almanac - to defend a family friend on a murder …