Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-07-25
An Arch Criminal.
Record Of Or. Henry Homes, a Native
Of Vermont.

| tie. 80 ''''u NY
They were found buried in the cell
lar OF a house in st. Vincent street n
Toronto a few days since by Detective,
Cuddy and Geyer Of Philadelphia.
] The fact that proved Holmes thf
murderer is the Identification Of HI,
photograph by Frank Nudel,who saw,
1t is the picture of a man who rented
the house next to his on st. Vincent
street last October and then left.
me bodies OF the girls were found
a little below the surface. They were
nude and in very decomposed state
Medical authorities say that death was
probably caused by hypodermic iniec.
tions OF morphine, in the use of which
Holmes is known to be an expert. The
present occupant of the house is Ar
thur Armbirst. Four weeks or SO ago,
terrible stencil manifested itself, but
Armbirst blamed it on the plumbing
and much money was spent in alter
ing the sanitary arrangements. Ryyes,
neighbor, was called inland noticing
that the smell issued from the cellar,he
made an investigation and found the
clay floor had been disturbed with a
spade or shovel. He notified the de-
tectives and search resulted.
The adventures of Henry II. Holmes
will go down in police history as Sc
RES of the most daring and atrocious
crimes ever brought to their notice. So
far as the police have gathered, Holmes
was born in Burlington and lived on
a farm until ID years of age, when he
became school teacher and after
ward went to an academy in his ma
tive town, paying his tuition by work.
ing during vacations. AT l6 he mar
ried a young girl in London, N. H., in
which state she is now living with
a l5-year-old son.
After he had been graduated from
the academy he went to Michigan,
where he entered a medical college and
became acquainted with another stu
dent, who is the man, he claims, who
furnished him with the body used in
his first insurance swindle. The two
worked on a farm during vacation
time to pay for their course in college.
One summer they were unsuccessful,
and his friend, Holmes claimed, con-
ceived the idea of defrauding an in
surance company. They perfected a
plan and the other young man had
his life insured for $500 in the FL
deity Insurance company Of Boston.
A dead body was secured in Chicago
and taken East, where they success
fully worked a scheme very similar to
the Pietzel case.
The success of the plan encouraged
Holmes to such an extent that after he
had finished his studies he decided to
work scheme of his own. Upon
this occasion he had his own life in
sured for $40, 900 and went to a town
in Vermont, where he registered at
prominent hotel. When everything
was ready to carry out his scheme,
however, his wife and her mother, who
knew of the conspiracy, threatened to
expose him, so he abandoned the
scheme.
With his wife he then went to
Chicago and had been there but a
short time when he made the ac-
quaintance of Miss Mamie Williams
Of Fort Worth, Texas, who was a
typewriter. Mamie became infat-
liated with Holmes and he furnished
a house for her, where she lived as his
wife. The girl, however, had an
older sister for whom Holmes took
fancy, and Mamie, in fit of jealousy,
one day picked up stool and Drained
her rival. When Holmes came to the
house that night he found the elder
girl dead, and to shield the murder
ess, he put the bo',.y in a trunk and,
it with stones, buried it in
Lake Michigan.
The murdcress soon after disap-
peared. Holmes claimed she had
gone to Europe to escape punish
ment.
Since the finding OF the bodies OF
the Pietzcl children in Toronto. the
disappearance OF the VIII
Jams sisters while they were mem
Ders of DR.. Holmes household, was
recalled by the police and they deter
mined upon a thorough investigation.
After two hours digging in the GEL
ar an old stove was uncovered and in
,he fire box was found quantity OF
,harred human bones and a part OF a
watch chain, formerly owned and
worn by Minnie Williams.
Minnie Williams was possessed 81 |
81 900 in cash and an estate OF $5O,-
700. Her friends and detectives have
searched every city in the United
States without finding any trace OF
Ter. Her fortune passed into the
lands Of Holmes and from him to
nan whose name is supposed to be
,nly another name for Holmes him
elf.
Holmes came to Burlington last
all, accompanied by Mr. Pietzel. ne
.ented rooms at rs North Winooskl
venue Of Mrs. Richardson. While
,e was there an insurance agent ana
detective came after him. Although