The Holmes-Pitezel Case: A History of the Greatest Crime of the Century and of the Search for the Missing Pitezel Children

by Frank P. Geyer

The Holmes-Pitezel case; a history of the greatest crime of the century and of the search for the missing Pitezel children. 516 Pages.

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

518 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 1896

Reviews

[P.J.]

I've learned from this book that Detective Geyer was in a bad housefire. The book starts out with the question, Who Is Perry? Perry is the name of the man whose death was staged and whose body was found in September by Detective Geyer, on the second floor. But the book should start with who is Detective Frank P. Geyer, and who is DA George S. Graham; Frank's narrative only starts at the ninth chapter. The first eight chapters of this 28 chapter book if you include the 04 appendixes at the end do not seem to be Frank's handwriting.

One thing can be said of Detective Geyer. He was a chronologist who detailed times and dates, up to a point, when it came for putting together certain facts and personal observations in chronological order at the beginning of Chapter 24.

George S. Graham gives a speech in the 01st appendix, which leads me to ask, what are the first 08 chapters all about? The 09th chapter starts Geyer's narrative. When and how did Geyer's house burn down?

[Barbara Wellnitz]

What lies Holmes could tell!