Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-30
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 Explains or
 the Mys.e.4se ~- ~ee S..rmation ss to His Strange Career. I,,ling to Face the Law.
 uornan N. Mudgett, known to the "a ,s H. Il. Holmes, the alleged 'ssserer of numerous men, women and ,saEren <: has prepared the following ;sabiographieal sketch:
 'fs ',sproe with me if you will to a tiny. .sst New Englarl village, nestling ssSr 'ssso tbe picturesquely rugged hills of ,5sp ''S 1afampshire. This little hamlet has Z avsr q century been known as Gill 's s.,ton Academy, so called in honor of s Restitution of learning of that name, r,,ded over 100 years ago by few self ,s;no and God fearing men, who, if 'sz 2 eould leave their silent resting |sses in the churchyard near by and ss,,lar once again for an hour through 'sse ouiet streets. would, with the ex- of new faces, see little change. xsze in the year 1861, I, Herman N. |spett. the author of these pages, was .;s That my early childhood differed 'ass that of other country bred boys I ssa no reason to think. That I was sjf trained by loving and religious sYahts I know, and my deviation in 's' fer life from 8 path of absolute 's; 's,E;stl1d5 is not due to a want of ten .s . iaother's prayers or father's stern @ 3,.,spa ands. emp as zed, when need be, liberal use of the rod wielded by l unsparing hand.
 Nhen 19 years old, l was prepared to ,fsr Dartmouth college, but from want znficient means decided to commence e <aedical course at cree This l did Extending one year d the Un versity { Vermont, at the end of winch timeI srided to enter q larger school, and the 5l8ging September commenced my s11se at Ann Arbor, Mich h June, Is8g our fears were at all end our ex- n;uations were passed, and our much Rsted diplomas were in our hands. Iuring one of my college vacations I h Been induced. through the misrep- sanfation of a Chicago firm, to go nathwestern Illinois to act as its enB during the summer months, and ss I committed my first really dishon- aet by appropriating the entire pro- ]s arising from the sales to all extent moient to pay my return expenses to mArbor, after making an honest eff at6 earn the money the firm had led smbelieye it was possible for me to
 did not count my trip total fail MDWever, for I had seen Chicago. sone year prior to November, 1885, I Hhsen in practice at Mocer's Forks,
 . receiving in return for my work AtY of gratitude, no money. At stIne, starvation staring me in tho e, was forcel to go elsewhere. I ited Dr - (verified by the Phila- phia authorities ], an old college ehum, on ] found enjoying little better suc-
 An arrangement was entered into #Ben us whereby we were to profit heextent of $40, 000 by perpetrating EaIa upon a certain life insurance apany. So extensive were our plans Nit required at least three bodies #Tfg them out successfully. One of Hlwas obtained on certain Tuesday Wednesday, very near the middle of xl6S6. l registered under an as- ned name (my handwriting will es- Ash the fact, although the name has ha1s from my memory) at McCoy's Wpean hotel in Chicago It became NEsafy to divide this material into 1packages, and it was taken to this Hfte do so safely, and if an examina- N8hade of the floor upon the right sEie after entering the doorway to room l then occupied. and near the 9rof said room, l have good reason
 nk the stains will be found there
 HMe caused at that time in trans
 e rom one package to another.
 9K these packages was for quite med at the Fidelity warehouse in
 Q the other in a New York
 aqnse Both were shipped to En-
 Ills, in the fall of 1886 (rail-
 press and storage warehouse re-
 Rrtalning to same are still in ex-
 and placed in the basement of
 then occupied there, and later
 &ansferred to 7O1 -703 Sixty-third
 ID 1887, Thomas Fallon, con
 znd lawyer named Danforth,
 Chicago, were given a legal
 appraise my stock of goods,
 sp to use the utmost diplomacy
 3 haylng these packages opened,
 Ruch was annoyed thereby that
 ned to have them permanently
 5s as the death of my medical
 aad precluded the possibility of
 pg of any further use to me.
 s'ed to do by opening the small
 packages and placing portion
 7p tents in large furnace in the
 N of the building. But the odor
 Hom my attempt to destroy it
 1ay caused me to feel that it
 lsafe proceeding Git was on ac-
 'nis experience that I lately
 a'lngly told the authorities that