The Helena independent., 1894-11-23
A GOOD YOUNG MAN.
And the Romantic Story OF How Ho Cot
Mixed With a Gang OF
SWlndlers.
ARDoR ANc ENTHUSIASM or YOUTH
Miss Durkeo, Ono Of the supposs1 Victims
OF Holmes, Is Al Right and
In Omaha,

Philadelphia, Nov. ee.--Jcpthn II.
Howe the young 50. Louis lnwycr
who IN connection with IL. II, Holmes
Is charged with defrauding Il local IN
s,urance company OF 10000, reached
hits city to-day. He was met by Mar
thal II. Mcdonald. OF 81 Louis, a
law partner OF young llowe's brother
and surrendered himself Lawyer Nc
Donald said "Thls arch-conspirator
H. H. Holmes. or III, Nj. Morgan, the
name by which he Is known In 81
Louis. came To the office while | was abb
sent IN Colorado and proposed the case,
saying Mrs. PitEel wanted some one
10 reprcscnt her II was the FIRST case
thc hoy had ever been offered. aud he
jumped RIGHT into IL with all the ardor
mud enthusiasm of youth, lie dld not
wait for MS 60 return, and the result was
this slick crook imposed upon him,
My young friend may have been indis-
Greet, but he is no criminal"
Superintendent OF Police Lindsay be.
lieves Howe was misied by Holmes.
A. S. L. Shields. the noted criminal
lawyer Will act as counsel for young
Howe,
Lawyer Howe gave out q statement
i'm reference To- his connection with the
HOlmes-Pitzcl affair IL was a COM
pletc denial OF the criminal motives
attributed 10 hlm aud detailed how
he came TO be engaged ns counsel The
whole thing, he claims, was entirely
professional After the supposed death
OF Pltzel, under another uame, he
claims he dil not proceed With the
case until Mrs. Pitzrl was satisfied that
the dead man was her husband.
Howe was taken 90 court and released
under bond OF $500. Mr.. Howe was
asked 20 say something about his con
nection with Holmes I'm the matter.
~ do not desire 10 say anything about
that at this time" he replied, nor about
several matters with which my name
has been connected
Omaha, Nov. 22-Miss Kate Durkee.
whose connection with Holmes, the
insurance swindler, and who. IL is
thought might have been murdered,
Is living In this city. Miss Durkee says
she only knows Holmes through his
wife. with whom she WAS intimate In
her childhood. She had visited Mrs.
Holmes frequently I'm Chicago, and dur
ing one of her visits the real estate
deal which brought her into promi-
nence was enacted. This was about
four years ago. Holmes asked her as a
favor TO allow him TO transfer his
property to her. Miss Durkee con-
sented. He explained at the time that
IL was only a matter OF form. The
property was decided to her and she
never had the deed recorded. Some
time afterward Holmes came to her
and requested her to have him np-
pointed administrator. so that he could
handle the property as he wanted TO-
She did so. and at his request decided
the property 10 man In Chicago named
Campbell.
In the latter part OF May, 1892, Holmes
and several persons came 10 Omaha
TO take her deposition regarding the
property. Each Of them was repre-
scented by lawyer. also from Chicago,
and one OF them explained that they
had been Of the opinion that she was
4 mythical person. The cause OF their
,oming here was a suit brought against
Holmes by some drug company in Chi
fago, TO whom he owed a sum OF money,
This was the last OF the transaction be-
tween Holmes and Miss Durkee.