Louise Vermilyea
It has long been said that a woman's choice for murder is poison. In fact this will be my third post just recently about women murderers in which they used arsenic as their weapon. I promise the next case will be different. The cases of Lizzie Borden may not be one of the earliest cases in which poison was suspected to be used, but few can argue that it is not one of the most infamous. However, most people do not remember or realize that arsenic was even thought of in that case. When you think of Lizzie Borden you think of the rhyme that talks about the ax and the “wacks” she gave her father and mother, even though it was her step-mother. But, there was talk that arsenic had been used the night before when the family ate dinner and had made them sick. Prosecutors in that case were looking to put arsenic in Lizzie's hand. In 1892 when that case went to trial one could walk into a pharmacy and ask for arsenic. It was used to get rid of pests like rats and mice but i...