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In these pages, you will find complete transcriptions of contemporary newspaper articles which covered the Borden murders and the Trial of Lizzie Borden. They are categorized by newspaper, then by date, below. Transcriptions are by Harry Widdows with additional work by Kat Koorey and Sherry Chapman.
Boston Herald
Fall River Daily Herald
New Bedford Evening Standard
- Thursday, August 4, 1892, "Horrible Butchery
- Thursday, August 4, 1892, "The Borden Murder"
- Friday, August 5, 1892, "$5000 Reward"
- Friday, August 5, 1892, "Have a Clew"
- Friday, August 5, 1892, "The Suspected Man"
- Friday, August 5, 1892, "Asked for Poison"
- Friday, August 5, 1892, "Police Baffled"
- Saturday, August 6, 1892, "Important Clew"
- Saturday, August 6, 1892, "Fall River's Tragedy"
- Saturday, August 6, 1892, "The Murder Mystery"
- Monday, August 8, 1892, "Still Searching"
- Monday, August 8, 1892, "Nothing But Theories"
- Monday, August 8, 1892, "The Borden Butchery"
- Tuesday, August 9, 1892, "The Crisis Reached"
- Tuesday, August 9, 1892, "Done With Theories"
- Tuesday, August 9, 1892, "The Chain of Evidence"
- Tuesday, August 9, 1892, "A Hired Assassin"
- Wednesday, August 10, 1892, "Lizzie on the Rack"
- Wednesday, August 10, 1892, "Released From Custody"
- Wednesday, August 10, 1892, "Searching For the Weapon"
- Thursday, August 11, 1892, "He Proved An Alibi"
- Thursday, August 11, 1892, no title
- Friday, August 12, 1892, "Said Not Guilty!"
- Friday, August 12, 1892, "Arrested At Last"
- Friday, August 12, 1892, "Wild Rumors of Arrest"
- Friday, August 12, 1892, "The Borden Safe Opened"
- Saturday, August 13, 1892, "Vowed Vengeance"
- Saturday, August 13, 1892, "Lodged in Jail"
- Monday, August 15, 1892, "Bridget Sullivan Talks"
- Saturday, September 3, 1892, "That Dress Pattern"
- Monday, October 10, 1892, "A Tissue of Lies"
- Monday, November 7, 1892, "The Borden Case"
- Monday, November 21, 1892, "Grand Jury Dismissed"
- Monday, May 31, 1893, "Horrible Crime"
New York Recorder
Unknown Newspaper
Woonsocket Call