“Cartwright grooved the chisel's tooth into the base of the skull, where the spine would fuse, and lifted the hammer. The chisel jumped in his hand and half the skull turned to silt. It cascaded down the rock wall with the faintest sigh. The {nine-fingered} boy let out a string of oaths so profane, so unparalleled, that surely they'd been inspired by a hell so near.
Cartwright was glad to have a hammer in hand.”
Source: Allegheny Front
“eyes running over me like the work of a hundred biting ants”
Source: Call Me the Canyon: A Novel
“One can't step into the river twice”
Source: Call Me the Canyon: A Novel
“Emotional and filled with unthinkable sorrow, Mrs. Pitezel had to see where Howard took his last breath—where Holmes ripped her son from her.”
Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer
“Thousands of soldiers, ink barely dry on discharge papers, begged in vain to start a new campaign of revenge.”
Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer
“It must have taken very careful management to have moved these three separate parties from Detroit to Toronto, without either of the three discovering either of the others, but this great expert in crime did it, and did it successfully,” Geyer later said.”
Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer
“Despite a protective Geyer threatening to “break the neck of the first reporter who attempted to interview the woman,” a determined reporter caught Mrs. Pitezel on her way out of the Rossin House dining room.”
Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer
“Rot! Absolute rot! Hatch was merely an alias of Holmes. He had as many as a city directory, but he used the name Hatch frequently. If Hatch did the killing, Holmes will hang for it, for Holmes and Hatch are one and the same person,' Linden said.”
Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer
“No doubt about it, Holmes earned despicable nicknames such as Arch Fiend, Butcher, Modern Bluebeard, Swindler, and Moral Degenerate. Holmes was a monster in disguise as a doctor, a perfect ruse to lure his victims.”
Source: Holmes' Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders, Lied Then Died
“Holmes slept like a baby his last night on earth. After a second attempt to wake him, Holmes got up and dressed. Keeper John Henry asked Holmes how he felt. “Are you nervous?” said Keeper Henry. “Not a bit,” said Holmes. He smiled and slid his arms between the prison bars and stretched out his fingers. “Look at that,” said Holmes. His hands were steady as a rock.”
Source: Holmes' Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders, Lied Then Died