On august 3rd, the day before the murders, several witnesses stated seeing lizzie borden in smiths drug store. why was she there? she was trying to buy prussic acid. She claimed that she needed it to clean some sealskin capes, which was false. lizzie was denied the acid, and she left very displeased.
What exactly is prussic acid?
Prussic acid's chemical formula is HCN (hydrogen cyanide), and is used in many biological weapons such as cyanide gas.
"poisoningbycyanideoroneofitscompounds;mostcyanidecompoundsaredeadlypoisons.Characteristicsincludenauseawithoutvomiting,dizziness,convulsions,opisthotonos,anddeathfromrespiratoryparalysis." (Cyanide poisoning). In this case, as it is in a liquid form would be INGESTED, and bind to the iron in your hemoglobin, causing your blood to not be able to deliver vital oxygen, causing you to suffocate.