The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-23
Mo NOT KILL GIRLS.
ex;ndler Holmes'Stenographers
Seem TO Be Alive.
see KATE DuRKEE IN OMAHA.
- b. c. Copying Machins-Lswysr
nave Protests That He Wa De-
eelved and IL Innocent

r~.e.so. Nov. To-day IL became
- III At Holmes was the head of what
.s..,.srsed 10 be an incorporated company
- the A b c Copying Company.
-. headquarters in the Aonon
t~sla.ng. on Dearborn street. this
- The copying machine which
ra.m<s sold wss without much
=, but The sale Of territory TO agents
9. great source Of revenge. 1t is said
-. he state OF Ohio sold for s. 600 cash.
s.,h ~ the Dskotas and q majority Of the
r..,srn states were disposed OF. A CON-
- ara. organized in New York and paid
10 ner month for merely the agency IN
-. eity. Some of the states were
- a many times. it IS said, as Holmes
s..ess tss! purchasers. Holmes had In the
sNre two stenographers. one of whom
,.1aiea closely with the description of
O.. gase Durkee. OF Omaha. and the
seer sas unquestionably Minnie VIII
i!sns
f,x.ga. Nov. 22-Miss Kate Durkee,
~sose connection with Holmes. the insur-
.,ss sxlndler. has been so widely her
.la.d and who, il was thought. might
I.s, bsen murdered, is living in this city
.,th her brother, the assistant auditor of
4. Burlington road. Miss Durkee says
-. oaly knew Holmes through his wife,
vi,h whom she was intimate in her girl
baod she had visited Mrs. Holmes FREE
en<a.ly in Chicago. and during one OF her
se.ils the real estate deal which brought
~, into prominence was enacted. This
"a, about four years ago Holmes asked
Mss Dnrkee as favor to allow him 70
transfer his city property to her. He
ssd mat as he was situated at
ne time Il would be great
convenience. Miss Durkee consented
Without asking any questions. He ex-
plalaed at tie time that IL was only a mat
hr Of form. and, being ignorant of busi-
ness affairs, she accepted the statement as
hang true. The property was decided TO
her and she never bad the deed recorded.
some time afterward DIR. Holmes came 10
Der and requested her to have him ap-
paatsd IS her administrator, so that he
could handle the property as he wanted
"a She did so, and at his request decided
The property TO man in Chicago named
Campbell. but she does not know who he
b or What was his occupation. After this,
,rprise in which he was interested, asking
hsf to Keep ii for him awhile. In the lat
M part of May or the first of June, 1892,
HaImss and several persons came to
0mahs to take her deposition regarding
he property. Each of them was
represented by lawyer, who came
ifon Chicago, and one of
shsm explained at the time that they had
hen Of the opinion that she was myth
ID person. The cause of their coming
ire was suit brought against Holmes by
sone drug company in Chicago to whom
soxed a sum OF money. This was the
IRs OF the transactions between DR..
Holmes and Miss Durkse. After the
transfer OF the property to her. Miss Dur
~ vas summoned to Omaha by telegraph
% account of the sudden illness of her
hoshsr, aud she left without an oppor-
unity 10 explain her unexpected de-
nflurs. This, she believes, was the foun-
dstion for the story that she was murdered.
Last August Miss Durkce was again in
Chicago. Holmes was out of the city, and
sAs vas told by Mrs. Holmes that he had
gone to Philadelphia to attend to some
b1siness in regard to an insurance case.
Miss Durkee says she is almost sure that
the name mentioned was Pitzsl, aud that
Holmes went in behalf of Mrs. Piizel.
PHitApnPHIA, Nov. 22--Jeptha u.
Hove. the young st. Louis lawyer who. in
connection with Ii. III. Holmes. is charged
With defrauding a local insurance COM
pany out of $4,000. reached this city today
nom ST Louis. lie was met by Marshal
+. Mcdonald. of ST. Louis. law partner
ot young Howe's brother. and surrendered
himself. Lawyer Mcdonald said:
This arch-conspira,or. III. III. Holmes.
or Ill. III. Morgan, the name by which he
vas known IN 81. Louis. came To my office
While vas absent in Colorado and pro-
posed case. saying that Mrs. Pitzel
sanied some one 10 represent her. liz was
ihs hrss case the boy had ever been offered,
sna he Jumped right into IL with al the
afdor aud enthusiasm of youth. He did
Dol walt Tor Us 10 return, and the result
ss that THIS slick crook imposed upon
am. Ny young friend may have been IN
olscfeet, but he Is no criminal.
Superintendent Of Police Lindley be-
hsses Howe was misled by Holmes.
Lawyer Howe late in the day gave out
sssement IA reference TO his connection
sah the Holmes Pisxel affair. 1t was a
semplese denial OF the criminal motives
attributed TO him. and detailed how he
cane % be engaged rs counsel The whole
sasar, be claims. was entirely professional.
After the supposed death of Pitzel under
saesher nstne. he claims, he did not
Feeeed With the case until Mrs. Pltxel
sAssied him thai the dead man was
sss husband. Howe was taken 20 court
saa released under bond OF $500 Mr..
aese vas asked 20 say something about
as eoaneci'on with Holmes IN the matter.
20 not desire 10 say anything about
snas shls iime." he replied. "nor about
s'efas other matters with which my name
aa been connected"
HIRED TESTIMONY.