The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-11-09
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1895.
HOLMES BIOGRAPHY.
THE ALLEGED MURDERER RELATES
THE STORY OF HIS LIFE.

He Explains or Attempts to Explain Some
of the Mysteries Of the Chicago House.
Information as to His Strange Career.
willing to Face the Law.
Herman N. Mudgett, known to the
world as II. I'll. Holmes, the alleged
murderer Of numerous men, women and
children, has prepared the following
photographed sketch
Come with me if you will to a tiny.
quiet New England village, Nesting
among the picturesquely rugged hills Of
New Hampshire. This little hamlet has
for over a century been known as Gill
rlanton Academy, so called in honor of
an institution of learning Of that name.
founded over 100 years ago by a few self
denying and God fearing men, who, If
they could leave their silent resting
places in the churchyard near by and
wander once again for an hour through
these quiet streets, would, with the ex-
ception of new faces, see little change.
There, in tho year 1861, 1, Herman N.
Mudgett, the author Of these pages, was
born. That my early childhood differed
from that of other country bred boys /
have no reason 10 think. That / was
well trained by loving and religious
parents / know, and my deviation in
my after lite from u path of absolute
rcctitude is not due to n want Of a ten
commands, emphasized, when need be.
by a liberal Use of tho rod welded by
an unsparirg hand.
When ~ years old, l was prepared to
enter Dartmouth cole i. hut from want
of sufficient means decided to commence
my medical caurse ut once. This | did
by attending one yea Mt the University
of Vermont, ut tho end of which time l
decided to enter II larger school, and the
following September commenced my
course at Ann Arbor, Mich. In June,
1884, u fears Were mt an end, our OK
aminations were passed, and II much
coveted diplomas were in II hands.
During IL of my college vacations /
had been induced, through the misrep-
resentatiol of a Chicago firm, to go
to northwestern Illinois to act as its
agent during the summer months, and
here l committed my first really dishon-
est act by appropriating the entire pro-
ceeds arising from the sales to an extent
sufficient to pay my return expenses to
Ann Arbor, after making an honest eff
fort to earn the money the firm had led
me to believe it was possible for me to
do. l did not count my trip a total fail
ure, however, for l had seer Chicago.
For II year prior to November, 1885, I
had been in practice at Mocer's Forks,
N. Y, receiving i'll return for my work
plenty of gratitude, but no money. At
this time, starvation staring me in the
face, l was forced to go elsewhere. I
visited DIR - VERIFIED by the Phila-
delphia authorities) an old college chum,
whom l found enjoying little better sue
cess. An arrangement was entered into
between us, whereby we were to profit
to the extent of $40, 900 by p~erpetrating
q fraud upon a certain life insurance
company. So extensive were our plans
that it required Mt least three bodies
to carry them out successfully. One Of
them was obtained ON a certain Tuesday
or Wednesday very near the middle of
May, 1886. l registered under an as.
summed name (my handwriting will es-
tablish the fact, although the name has
passed from my memory at McCoy's
European hotel in Chicago. 1t became
necessary to divide this material into
two packages, and it was taken to this
hotel to do so safely, and if an examina-
ton is made of the floor upon the right
hand side after entering the doorway to
the room l then occupied, and near the
corner of said room, l have good reason
to think the stains will be found there
that were caused at that time in trans
ferring from one package to another.
One Of these packages was for quite a
sum stored at the Fidelity warehouse in
Chicago, tho other in a New York
warehouse. Both were shipped 10 In
sle1ood, Ills, in the fall of 1886 Grail
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