Lizzie Borden Society Forum

debbiediablo wrote:I agree that reading white on black is difficult...for me. There's substantial research that some persons with dyslexia benefit from having a sheet of colored plastic placed over print. The kind that used to be sold to divide notebooks works fine. The color that helps (blue, green, pink, yellow) varies with the individual. This site is elegant but for me reading it made the words swim! From the site:


I'm using yellow and it does help with the eyestrain.
"What transpired when John arrived at the Borden house has been the subject of much debate. There were several dozen people gathered in the street, having heard that a murder had occurred, and that Mr. Sawyer was on guard duty at the side door. John, claiming that he did not witness anything unusual about the house, strolled into the backyard and plucked some pears from the arbor, returning casually to the side-door while he munched on the fruit. It was only when he talked to Mr. Sawyer and the maid Bridget, who was huddled on the stairs just inside the door, that he registered recognition of anything out of the ordinary. He was shown the bodies, and subsequently aided the police in their search of the house. He even speculated with a police officer over whether the killer had hid himself in the house the evening before, and raised the memory of an old unsolved murder."

Does anyone know what "old unsolved murder" is being referenced?