Sherlock Holmes Did The Wrong Thing

Holmes did not have a pleasant childhood which led him into the huge crimes he committed and how he died at a young age. All of these crimes started when Holmes tortured animals at his house in New Hampshire(Serial 1). Most of the murders he committed happened in the “murder castle” he built across the street from a pharmacy(H.H.Holmes 2). But Holmes was later caught and was sent to jail twice. All of the people Holmes killed were just ordinary and innocent people, so why did they have to

During the construction of the “Castle” Holmes hired a carpenter named Benjamin Pitezal as his assistant because Holmes deemed him to be unintelligent and easily manipulated due to alcoholism. The victims Holmes prayed on were generally young single woman with no social ties. Holmes used a variety of methods to kill the victims. After killing the individuals; Holmes stripped the corpses of flesh and paid an individual to assemble the bones into skeleton models to sell to medical colleges for money (Wilson & Seaman, 2011). When Holmes failed to pay his debtors he and his assistant went on the run. Holmes was arrested for fraud and bonded out, however while in his jail cell he bragged to another inmate about the insurance fraud who would later reveal the crime and link to the serial killers crimes. The pair moved state to state committing frauds and petty crimes. Holmes convinced Pitezal to fake his own death so the two could collect on a $10,000.00 in another fraudulent life insurance scheme (Schmid, 2006). Holmes turned on his assistant killing not only him, but three of his young children as well. Pitezals wife alerted authorities to her missing children and husband, she was informed the remains of her husband were discovered and the realization of what had occurred with her family was uncovered. Later the

Lastly, Holmes has so much bravado.  As the creditors were swaying to arrest Holmes, “Holmes fled”(Larson 325).  This shows he won’t be a man and face the consequences. He won’t fight back. As Holmes fled, he shows the reader this fake courage and fake dignity.

Holmes became a medical student at the University of Michigan (“H.H.” 1). This is when he started to steal human bodies and experiment on them. This is when people started to heed and pay very close attention to him. “I was born with the devil in me”, he wrote. “I could not help the fact I was a murderer, no more that the poet can help the inspiration to sing” (Larson 109). This gives an insight into his mind. Based on this statement, it seems that he had no control over his actions. H.H. Holmes was hung on May 7th, 1896 (“H.H.” 1). They considered him to be one of America’s first serial killers. He killed anywhere between 20 to 200 people. He is most definitely a stark opposite of good.

interview with Dr. Marshall, Mr. Holmes said “I would see them high. I was scared but I ain’t have nowhere to go.” Exhibit A p. 11. Mr. Holmes was violently stabbed in the chest by his brother, which punctured his lungs, when Mr. Holmes refused to give him money to purchase drugs, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Not only did Holmes murder adults, Holmes also murdered children for the simple reason that he could do it. Holmes also turned some of his victims into the displays used to show anatomy at school and hospitals. Even after delivering the skeletons, no one suspected they were acquired through

“After the fair he intended to burn the building to collect the insurance and, as a happy dividend, destroy whatever surplus “material” might remain in its hidden storage chambers, although ideally, given other disposal measures available to him, the building by then would contain nothing of an incriminating nature” (85). This allows the reader into the mind of Holmes and create an understanding that Holmes had no interest in the innocent people that were going to be hurt because of him. Assuming the role of architect once more, Holmes hired carpenters, in which they started remodeling the second and third floors of his building. Once again Holmes’s method of segregating tasks and firing workers proved successful. Holmes had already used this method of firing workers by claiming that they had done an inferior job, and his true intention succeeded since Holmes did not pay the workers for the job they

As mentioned, Larson portrays a good side and an evil side in each plot line of the book. He connects two different characters to each side. H.H. Holmes, the antagonist, of this book reflects the evil. Holmes acts evil by elaborately killing ten different people. Holmes creates alibis for each person he kills. Holmes describes his alibis to the police to cover his catastrophic killings. Holmes told the lie that Minnie Williams went to Europe, and took Howard, Nellie, and, Alice Pietzel to go see their dad in hiding. The protagonist, Frank Guyer, solves the murder of the missing people, and proves that Holmes killed them. Guyer sent Holmes to court, and the court ruled him guilty of murder. Even though the

Holmes agreed to committing illegal acts for the king towards Irene Idler. The king has persuaded Holmes to work for him when he said “I tell you that I would give one of the provinces of my kingdom to have that photograph” (17). Holmes allowing himself to agree with the kings wishes led him to be an accomplice of going along with lawbreaking. By the king offering one of his provinces shows that the king may not be a good fit to remain king. The willingness of handing over a province proves that the king does not think things through well or is stable enough to fix his own mistakes. Along with thoughtlessly handing over one of his provinces, the king as well handed money over to Holmes, “there are three hundred pounds in gold and seven hundred

One factor that enabled Holmes to get away with his crimes was the growth of the city. Chicago was rapidly growing in population with people going in and out all the time, so his murders weren’t noticed. If Holmes were in smaller, less populated town, the disappearances of people would have been more noticeable. Also, the police worried about pickpockets more than women who were reported missing, so Holmes wasn’t investigated. Additionally, serial killers weren’t very common at the time, so when women associated with Holmes disappeared, other tenants in his building usually did nothing about it. This was mostly because they knew the women had developed feelings and relationships with Holmes, so they wouldn’t suspect he had anything to do with

In “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Arthur Conan Doyle, social classes took a big influence on who avoided punishments. Irene Adler, a strong and intelligent women accused Sherlock Holmes and the King of Bohemia with serious charges. Sherlock Holmes is a man who loathes being apart of society and keeps to himself. He is a detective well known with intelligent skills. The King of Bohemia is Holmes client, and former lover of Irene Adler. In attempt to recover a photograph that is crucial to the king of bohemias reputation, Sherlock Holmes as well as the King of bohemia are both charged with stalking and attempted robbery. In addition to this, further investigations take action and deduce charges of possession and the use of drugs against Sherlock Holmes, as well as plotting to throw a smoke bomb through Irene Adler’s window. As for the King of Bohemia, he is also charged with treason.

In third place, the way the culture was set up Sherlock did not want Ryder and Cusack to have to go through all pain and punishment. Because if, Sherlock didn’t let them go they would get a criminal recorded, then get blamed for a lot more crimes they didn’t do. Let remember, that jail in London we like dungeons, they barley feed the people, they didn’t let them shower, and they never gave then clean cloths, so Sherlock decided that would be torcher for their little slip up.

However, a detective may insist on his own retribution or allow the criminal to escape the punishment depending on the level of innocence. Sherlock Holmes – The Harbinger of Justice

He was only trying to get a second chance but now that may not happen. Another reason Sherlock Holmes made the wrong decision is he could go to jail himself for not punishing a criminal

Rules are supposed to be followed. Sherlock homes had a choice to make weather or not made the wrong decision. In my opinion, Sherlock homes possibly made the wrong decision.