A Murderer's Career In Ann Arbor

H. H. Holmes, the murderer, who made away with the three Peitzel chilïren and who is.charged with mnrdering half a dozen other people, and around svhoin the toils are tighfcening, is a gradúate of the medical department of the nniversity and his real name is H. W. Mudgett, and it was by this name he was gradnated. The Ann Arbor correspondent of the Eveniug News tbus details his Ann Arbor career in last evenings paper : The college career of Herman Web ster Mudgett, who has been identiflec with murderer H. H. Holmes by several persons, was f ar f rom monotonons. He registered from Maple Bapids, Mich. and gave Nahnm Wight, of that place as his preceptor, it being the custom o the departments f or each student to reg ister with his own name that of som physician with whom he has previously studied or been associated. Mudgett resided but two years at the university graduating in 1884. He appeared to be in straightened eircumstances financially, and for scme time earned his room rent át Dr. Heidr. man's by doing odd chores about the place, caring for the doctor's horses. He earned his board for part of the time acting as steward for the olub of Mrs. Herbert. The spectacnlar part of his career began ín his junior year. He becaine very attentive to a Mrs. Fituh, a young widow keeping a hair dressing establishment on Hurón street, opposite the court house. Suddenly the affair was broken off, and Mrs. Fitch employed an attorney to bring the reoalcitraut Mudgett to time. Mrs. Fitch gained possession of a letter, purporting to come from a Mrs. H. W. Mudgett,requesting her dear husbaud to send some inoney to get a pair of shoes for a baby Mudgett. Mrs. Fitch believed at first that the ; etter was a put up job by Mudgett to reak off relations vfith her, but invesigation located what seemed to be a ' eal Mrs. Mudgett. Mrs. Fitch ] id to be revenged and carried her case )eforethe medical f aculty, alleging that ie had promised her marriage, and then, ïaving -wou her confidence, had so conlucted himself as to ruin her business md injure her reputation. She proluced letters to herself from Mudgett to mbstantiate her claims. The medical 'aculty tried tho case at considerable ength, and even tested the genuineness jf the letters by having Mudgett, who ienied all knowledge of them, and of jverything else charged by Mrs. Fitch, write a letter in their presence for üomparison. Mudgett produced a piece of writing 30 totally different from the letter to Mrs. Fitch that the faulty hesitated to beleive in the genuineness of her evidence and dismissed the case. Long afterwards it was learned that, while be was expecting to be sued for breach of promise of marriage, he had tried to coach a young daughter of Mrs. Her bert to swear that she knew Mrs. Fitch was an opium eater. Some time after this Mrs. Mudgett appeared in Ann Arbor, in her proper person. She worked out in several places in the city.sometimessewing and 3ometimes doing kitchen work. She was afflioted with epilepsy or some seizure resembling it, and her hasband on one occasion explained that it was his solé reason for studying medicine to be able to care for her properly, and that he intended to devote his ïife to cnring her. The public will be happy when the Horr-Harvey flnancial debate is ended. it is simply an exhibition of empty words and will do nothing towards clear ing up the financial muddie. There are large numbers of men on both sides of the silver question who know much more about it than Harvey or Horr.