Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-07
Guilty as to Two Women
Who Died by Operation.
BUT DOES NOT NAME THEM.
The Death List Originally
Confessed.
His Trial ard Conviction as
to Pietzel.

'hibADhbfhih' H. WAY S.-her.
man w. Mudgett. alias II. II. Holmes,
was hanged this morning for the
murder Of Benjamin +. Pietzel.
Tho marvellous nerve of the man
never deserted him to he very end.
On the scaffold he was probably the
coolest person in the assenblage. In
few words he proclaimed his inno-
cence Of any murder, including that
for which he was convicted and to be
hanged. lie declared the only wrong
doing in taking Of human life for
which he could be held responsible
consisted in the death Of two women
who had died rs the result OF crimi-
nal operations ut his hands. He did
not name these victims.
Tho Arch Criminal Of the Age.
Holmes' career Of hideous crimes
does not lind a parallel in the history
OF the country. He was not only u
multimurdercr, but bigomist. Sc
ducer. resurrectionist. forger, thief
and general rascal. villain and fiend.
The list OF murders recently ICON
fessed" by Holmes consists OF the fol-
lowing:
DIR. Robert Leacock Of New Bslti.
more. Mich; poisoned.
DIR. Russell, killed by q blow with
achair Mt the castle.
Mrs. Jalia l.. Conror and her little
daughter. Pearl Connor. criminal
operation and poison.
Mr.. Rodgers, West Morgantown.
Va, killed by a blow with an oar
while fishing.
Charles Cole. struck with q piece
Of lead pipe in the castle.
Lizzie, a domestic. suffosated in
the vault at the castle.
Mrs. Sarah Cook and unborn child,
suifocated in the castle vault.
Mrs. Mary Haracamp OF Hamilton.
Canada, suiTocated in the castle
vault.
Miss Emmcline Cigrand ofDwight.
suiTocated ia the vault.
Edna vantassel Of Chicago. pois-
oncd.
Robert Latimer. an employc, slow
starvation in the vault.
Miss Anna Bstts. Chicago, pois-
oned.
Miss Gertrude Connor, Muscatine.
Iowa. poisoned.
Mr.. Warner Of the Warner Glass
Bending company. boiled in oil and
steam in the kiln at the castle.
\ young Englishmau, an associate.
chloroiormed.
a woman boarder at the castle.
chlorotormed.
Minnie Williams. poisoned.
Mamie Williams, sufYocated in the
vault.
Baldwin Williams, shot at Lead.
Vile. Col.
man. name forgotten. killed in
Chicago during the fair.
Benjamin +. Pietzel, chlorosormed
in Philadelphia.
Howard Pietzel. poisoned and body
cut to pieces and burned in n stove
Mt Irvington, Ind.
Alice and Nellie Pietzel. sufroca,ed
in a trunk Mt Toronto, Ont.
In addition to- this horrible cata-
loguc Holmes said he made unsucccss.
full attempts on the lives Of other
persons.
Crime Tor which He Hung.
Holmes paid tho penalty for the
murder of Ben jamin =. Pietzcl. Hi.
trial began At Philadelphia Oct. 2s
last year. Judge Arnold presided
and District Attorney Graham prose
cutod. Holmes was defetded 10y
Messrs. Shoemaker and Raton. who
created a sensation at one juncture IL
the proceedings by walking out o'
the court room. whereupon Holms,
took up and conducted his own de
Tense
As outlined in the opening speech
OF the district attorney. the theor!
of The commonwealth was that Pie,
zel had been poisoned by Holmes
The evidence leading to that conclu
stou was detail IN masterly sty!,
aud the weak points Of the prisoner
claim that the man committed sui
eide were strongly pressed. On tn
second dsy % the trial the youp,
LAWYERS VINO hal left the court room
with such dramatic effect the day be
fore returned, and the case pro