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H. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) America\'s First ModernSerial Killer Historical Documents

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This collection contains 1,957 pages of material archived on USB Drive.

Herman Webster Mudgett (1861 - 1896), also known as H. H. Holmesor Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, was an American con artist and serial killer. Holmes may or may not have been America FirstSerial Killer, but the tone and content of his media coverage was the genesisof modern American coverage of serial killers. Holmes became most famous for aseries of murders believed to have occurred in Chicago, Illinois, around thetime of the Columbian World Exposition of 1893.

H.H. Holmes (Herman Mudgett) may have chosen some of his victimsfrom visitors to the 1893 World\'s Fair, who stayed at his Chicago hotel. Thetotal number of victims is uncertain, some researchers suggest 100 or more.Holmes was only tried and convicted in court for one murder. However, Holmesconfessed to 27 murders, but law enforcement officials linked him to nine.

Herman Webster Mudgett (H. H. Holmes) is often referred to as theAmerican counterpart to the English \"Jack the Ripper.\" In 2003,Holmes was reintroduced to Americans by Erik Larson in his non-fiction work,\"The Devil in the White City,” which retold the stories of Holmes and the1893 fair.

The exact origin and use of the term \"serial killer\" or\"serial murderer\" is not known, but it appears to have come into usein law enforcement circles in the 1970s and more commonly and broader inAmerican society in the 1980s and 1990s.

In 1894, Holmes was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts and chargedwith committing fraud against Fidelity Mutual Insurance. Carrie Pietzel, onNovember 20, 1894, confessed to attempting to defraud Fidelity by making falseclaims involving faking the death of her husband, Benjamin F. Pietzel, with theassistance of Holmes. Carrie Pietzel confessed to the crime when she came tofear that Holmes had actually killed her husband.

Holmes had managed to convince Carrie to put three of her fivechildren, 7, 9, and 13 years old, under his care. On July 15, 1895, Etta, Alice,and Hettie Pietzel were found buried under a house Holmes rented in Toronto,Ontario Canada, at 16 St. Vincent Street.

On July 27, 1895, the Williams’ family accused Holmes of killingHorace Williams in 1893, followed by the killings of his sisters Nina andMinnie. On July 28, 1895, Chicago police discovered two graves in the basementof the building Holmes’ built in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, whichlater became known as, \"Holmes Castle.\"

On July 30, 1895, the police announced their belief that Emily vanTassel was another victim of Holmes. Emily van Tassel worked at Holmes\'drugstore and disappeared in 1891. Holmes later confessed to murdering vanTassel.

Holmes\' trial for the murder of Benjamin F. Pietzel began onOctober 28, 1895, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Holmes rejected the servicesof an attorney and chose to act as his own lawyer. Patrick Quinlan, thecontractor responsible for much of the building of \"Holmes’ MurderCastle,” and his wife testified against Holmes at the trial.

Holmes was convicted on November 2, 1895.

On May 7, 1896, H. H. Holmes was executed by hanging at MoyamensingPrison.

This collection contains:

Newspaper Reporting

305 pages of American newspapers, published from 1894 to 1943.

Most articles are from 1894 to 1896. What first starts off as aseries of newspaper reports about insurance swindles, quickly turns intoreporting on the murderous activities of the man often regarded as America\'sfirst serial killer.

Among the 305 full-sheet pages can be found articles titled,\"Holmes, The King of Crimes,\" \"He was an Hypnotizer,\"\"Murder His Pastime, Eight Deaths Charged to the Notorious Holmes,\"\"Evidences of Guilt Bones Found Under the Former Abode of Holmes,\"\"Holmes’ Big Furnace,\" \"A Villian of Deepest Dye,\"\"Man Who Took Three Human Bodies from H. H. Holmes\' House,\"\"Holmes’ Asphyxiating Plant,\" \"Holmes His Own Lawyer,\" \"FullConfession of H. H. Holmes,\" \"To Die Tomorrow, Work of Erecting theScaffold for Holmes Begun,\" \"Holmes Hangs. Multimurderer Swings atPhiladelphia,\" and \"Hanged for Many Crimes.\"

The newspapers include: New York Tribune, Evening Star(Washington, D.C.), The Sun (New York, NY), The Evening Times (Washington, DC),Los Angeles Herald, The Evening World (New York, NY), The Washington Times, TheSan Francisco Call, The Salt Lake Herald, The News & Observer (Raleigh,NC), The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Morning Call (San Francisco, CA), St.Paul Daily Globe, San Antonio DailyLight, The Scranton Tribune (Scranton, PA), and others.

Trial Transcript

The Trial of Herman Mudgett Alias H. H. Holmes for the Murder ofBenjamin F. Pietzel (1897)

Harvard Law Library\'s 636-page copy of George T. Bisel, lawpublisher, bookseller, and stationer\'s publishing of the transcript of thetrial of Holmes for the murder of Benjamin Pietzel.

Full title: The Trial of Herman Mudgett Alias H. H. Holmes for theMurder of Benjamin F. Pietzel. In the Court of Oyer and Terminer and GeneralJail Delivery and Quarter Sessions of the Peace, in and for the City and Countyof Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, October 28, 29, 30, 31, andNovember 1 and 2, 1895.

Abstract: The trial of Herman W. Mudgett, H. H. Holmes, for themurder of Benjamin F. Pitezel, was one of the great legal contests of thecentury. The present volume is prepared from the very complete stenographicnotes taken by direction of the Court, as a valuable contribution tomedico-legal literature. The prisoner\'s stubborn defense, and the unusualability he exhibited in his examination of the jurors summoned to try him, aswell as the witnesses who appeared against him, will be read with great interest.

Holmes\' Own Story - With Moyamensing Prison Diary

The book publishing of an account written by the serial murdererH. H. Holmes while incarcerated at Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, in anattempt to exonerate himself while in the process of being held for trial. Thealleged multi-murderer and arch conspirator tells of the twenty-two deaths anddisappearances in which he is said to be implicated.

Holmes wrote a text filled with many half-truths and complete fabrications.

Includes an autographed letter from H. H. Holmes to Samuel W.Pennypacker, which is scanned and included in the bound volume before the textof the title. Mounted on blank leaves at end of the printed text are a numberof newspaper clippings concerning Holmes, including his confession and anaccount of his execution.

Court Documents

The District Reports of Cases Decided in all the JudicialDistricts State of Pennsylvania During the Year 1895 Vol. IV - Excerpt (1895)

Pennsylvania States Reports Volume 174 - Excerpt - Commonwealth v.Herman W. Mudgett, alias H. H. Holmes, Appellant. (1896)

Books

The Holmes-Pitezel Case A History of the Greatest Crime of theCentury and of the Search for the Missing Pitezel Children (1896)

Complete title: The Holmes-Pitezel Case a History of the GreatestCrime of the Century and of the Search for the Missing Pitezel Children byDetective Frank P. Geyer of the Bureau of Police, Department of Public Safety, ofthe City of Philadelphia. A True Detective Story by Permission of The DistrictAttorney and Mayor of The City of Philadelphia.