Here are a few of them.
"Durig the inquest LIzzie gave different answers to simple answers. Was it because she was confused? How could she be confused about such a direct question as:
"Where were you when your father came home?
Here are some of the answers of the various answers she gave to that straightforward question.
"I was in the kitchen reading an old magazine that had been left in the cupboard."
A few seconds later the district attorney asked if she was "sure you were in the kitchen when your father returned ?"
Lizzie responded: "I am not sure whether I was there or in the dining room:
A few minutes later the question was put in a slightly differe t wasy.
Q.) Where were you when the bell rang?
A) I think in my room upstairs.
Q) Then you were upstairs when your father came in.
A)I don't know for sure, but I think I was.
A split second later she said:
I was in the stairs when she(the maid) let him (her father) in... I had only been upstairs long enough to take clothes up and bast the little loop on the sleeve I don't think I had been there over five minutes.
Within two pages of testimony, Lizzie had given completely different answers to a simple question: was she reading in the kitchen, sewing upstairs, or walking downstairs when her father came in.
Thought that it was interesting to see how many statements she came up with. You would have thought that she would have tried to keep her stories straight as to what she was doing.
