New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-20
IS IT ANOTHER MEYER CASE ?
CERTAINLY BOLD ATTEMPT TO DE-
FRAUD AN INSURANCE COMPANY.
HOLMES AND HIS ALLEGED AcCOMPLiCEs-
TRIAL. FOR MURDER PROBABLE

THE PHILADELPHIA Grand JURY INDIcTs
HOLMES AND HIS ALLEGED ACCoMPLIcEs-
: TRIAL FOR MURDER PROBABLE.
Philadelphia No. 19.-The Grand Jury this after
non indicted Herman Mudgett. alias H. II. Holmes
WHO Is under arrest in Boston; Jeptha d. Howe
s. Louis attorney and Carrie A. Pitezei. alias
Cook for obtaining $4,000 insurance from the FL
dcliy Mutual Life Insurance Association, OF this
city. upon the death OF g. +. Pitezel. the Dill
charges conspiracy to cheat and defraud. Dis
triri-Attcrney Graham stated this afternoon that.
while th4 charge of numbering Piteze was NOT
named In the bill OF Indictment he expected 'he
..se TO develop into a trial for murder.
Vice Presl lent Mcknight Of the Fidelity MUTUAL
LIE Association. announced this afternoon 'nd'
Mrs P,ezel had been arrested to-day IN Burlington
VI and that she had confessed to the conspiracy
Mr. Mcknight further stated that Lawyer Howe
was arrested today in St. Louis.
Boston. nov le-H H. Holmes. the life insurance
swinalcr arrested in this city. was taken from the
city prison 20 Police Headquarters today In me me
Municipal Court Judge BY dismissed he cas-
arIlr-t him here 80 that ne might be delivered 10
the police Of Philadelphia. H. was again taken 70
hea9luar'er' ana made ful conles5lon ~ nv -
said 10 have been careful not - lmplcats otheia ~
with himself and he positively stated that the BODY
f,tnd In The room AT Philadelphia was not that of
=. +. Pitez-.. the man insured but the Poly %,
somc unknown person. whose corpse. ne optainei
from a medical friend in New York; The police au-
ihordes are somewhat inclined TO utsosaes ,a. S =
Holiness story IN that connection ana II l. state @
easa 'aa they feel almost positive that '''Asl vas "
Mrt Carrie Plteze. the wife Of the man whose
II" vas Insured for 5000 was found in Burllng-
Ton. It,, ana came to this city today with a Pink
erton detective and Inspector Whitman. she Is
When She arrived at Police headquarters sne reai
iz,I for the nrst time that she was under suspi
,.ou hor trip To Boston having been made ostrlls!.
bly, for the purpose OF mrctns n,rGi no,inrsi Hnr COM
rosiIrc and told the officers what she knew OF the
She believes that her husband is alive. but Of
this she Is not certain. Neither does she hn2"
|r yb her All she knows is that she has been
folI rru.atelly by Holmes that she would meet
~ 6e ds.appoint,d when she went there She has
not seen her daughter Alice since the dSy' o&epis' & u,
20 10 Philadelphia with Holmes to Identity me
pitzi "a rs she has not her husband since he
l.ft nor i'm July. They were then In 81 I-ouIs'
Husband informed her that he was going TO- to Chi- nj
r,c" ON business and later on she says she re,
c@iyed word from him in Phadephia stating tnat az
! 49, b,d assumed the name OF Perry. as result on
some icntles he had got into IN The Sontn ,t rs Snp
SAYS about week after the deatn IN ., m ' Pteza
She read in St Louis papsr OF the DEAN am 1i man
might he her husband and consulted q , irem1 ~ t m
ragard to the matter 1t was deemed best & TO b r,
th,t perlod she alleges that she received la Ta
rom Holmes at her home IN St LopS. Hne n Pba
III, T' bio she had known Holmes. aas noWmIT Ssi
geverai wears as her husband had been ]" o"''
She say, Holmes told her not to worTy ,,a as ,rr nfr
hnshpnl not dead and evefy'n1rS norEs had beer
out an tdS", J., a. dufv as that Of her husband sh'
was toi that the purpose was % '' - ass7st Holme.
=, the deception but she alleges that She NM
IN .'f,,s.I - have anything to do with H. uit, u
3r.S an,liv oyercame her and she consented Il
! 'li,v. fhe sWindle t. b. consummt tt'u oo pi,szs
an" y, irri,ree stated that he did not see fI'SSHD
".'R@, R ,,r"rl the check for the body over 10 NM
a. pbii,delphn untn h, sa'" him In ClncLnn,r, ~
tn' lt,.rr bi,'lrn afterwnri went to Detroit in oc
Tr t There ne received word from mcas9 ''lr "a
ant of
H. s iso suspicious that they might ne ~
r,r ptezel 50 he says that ~ mr." 30 rear ~ m,
pus rhan he drove or to su2Urp oi i I.'io >.
and took Piteze out of ne trnnN,, aie carri"re an,
& ,h fnrce children also to the place b saw
! i4inri ,bo children bur he nas reasons tor De
| ,I,'',o,, ~, tb,t thrv are in Ncw-Iork; - roado a
Holmes oll the police wnrt ron the Insurance
arnanv by Mrs Pezel represehta,t"Tn ~ nav Peze
he sot 800 out % wHIIn nnt of n the remainder Mrs
pi,.1el's representative got S2o" ana ''S' ''~
hcrsclf received only about %%. said to be wan,e,
q, Fort Worth Ten 70. me r sHSTg Worib Ptezsl
f,yo carloads Of horses ~ A,,,,n roro r LYMAN.
known ny ,,, u, learned that Pitezel and Holmes ma
mas ,ber 1, code by which they used 10 te'eS'"p"
e3ch othor crawford arrived this afternoon iron
Phadcphl9 ara Holmes Mrs Piezel and he
having IN , ms IIr was accompanied also by al
.@cn, Of the insurance co"'pa"9' ,. no,
chicago Nov. l'-l"e P , 80, ,,,r
,n1 ,hoso who deal in store hotel ana nouse LUZ
"", NV and in material for construction OF houses
,,. >, 500 again in this city H. II. Hoimes
"o"'' ' h,s yav from Boston 10 Philadelphia
psoner M on charge Of cGns9@g o to Of sGo 70
! ft'I'F S,,,,nt ne had insured the NE OF d. !, II
Peze PG Holmes and ,Tsn woman a hfme his
knap. Wmo imam who went by the name OF Wlllatns
anG Peze swndled supply nTs hasrs "1 by means
houses on, n,.,a, o built in the name Of Mrs Belknap
Who was represented as r,eh WI wdCw crsdt te wou
house Wa and the victims would have nothing t
SHOW for their confidence b ~ oIcies were paid
efnr the Fair opened smes and MS a
swlndlstt tthamsanI dollars worth of goods by note