Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-20
Mrs. TitzrI Confcsscs.

BoSToN, Nov 1O.-H. II. Holmes, tho alleged life insurance swindler was re- moved from the city prison to police headquarters, where his photograph and measurements were taken. In private room his confession was taken down by n stenographcr tO be reproduced in court in Philadelphia He was careful not to implicate any one except himself and he stated positively that the body found in the room at Philadelphia was not that of r. F. Pitzel the insured man. but a corpse obtained from medical friend. The police authorities do not place any crodcnce in Holmes story in this Connec- ton and believe that Pitzel was murder ed. In the municipal court Judgo Fly dismissed tn caso against Holmes here and the prisoner started for Philadelphia last night in charge of detectives.
 Mrs. Pitzcl. wife of the alleged victim Of Holmes. was also ono of tho party. Sho came hero from Burlington. Vt. last evening in answer to decoy message sent hy detectives from this city purport ing to be from Holmes. and on her ar rival hero was arrested on the charge of complicity in defrauding tho insurance company. To the officers she mado full confession. it is said duplicating Holmes, at whose suggestion, she said. she had gone to Burlington.
 Sho stated that Holmes substituted the alleged bogus body for that of her hus- band and collcct..! the insurance, but she was kept in ignorance of tho whereabouts of herhusband. who disappeared at once. Since the affair she has been moving about from place to place, prompted by Holmes. in search of her husband and 1t was through tho hope that she would Do sent to him that she answered the telc. gram Of the detectives
 Now she fears that the body for which fhp IA hS.-, one, but that Of her husband. Mrs Pit gel also fears that her daughter Alice. who was the only ono besides Holmes to identify the hody, hus been spirited away. | as she has completely disappeared, and Holmes Is the last one known to have secn her. Holmes asserts that he left Alice and tho two other Pitzel children at thoir father s home in Detroit n month ago and | since then has heard nothing from them. Holmes further stated that whom he | Camc to Boston on Tuesday last he in tended to take passage for Berlin, but | changed his mind. and before he could perfect other plans the detectives had him Attorney Howe Arrested .tlso. ST. L,t'I>. Nov. 3O.-Jeptha Howe an attorney having an office with tho law firm uf Mcdonald N Howo of this city. was arrested here on tho charge or con I tEc Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance com pany of Philadelphia out of SIO. OOu. The arrest was mado in connection with the insurance swindlC case reported from Philadelphia last saturday night. | Attorney Howe was taken boforC Chief l lInrricHn at the four courts. Atthe con fer N. F.. Gary of St. Louis. manager of I.., Fidelity Mutual. was present At the conclusion of tho conference Howe | sn1n H-v signed document, to which the chief al so put his signature. and 1t was turned over to Gary. Neither GaIy nor Chief | llarrigan would talk about the case to n representative of tho press
 Howe however made this statement:
 I will say the same tI you, said MT Howe that I have said to Mir. Gary and the chief. do not In the first place be- hsvo that fraud has been committed. believe the body identified by Pitzel's h year old daughter was that of her father. The marks of identification were perfect. As tu how HitZpl met his death cannot say
 But, as l said tu Mir. Gary. if fraud has been committed l am anxious to hHvs it investigated as any one and will do all in my power to bring the guilty to IpunishmeHt I took the case in good faith md acted as any attorney would have
  | q fraud. If I would he willing to return tC the company my fee. l told him l would be not only willing. but would not under any circumstances keep any part Of it. -
 Mir Howe says he has no fear of the result Of hts case. bat disIikes the noto riety 1t gives him.
 The Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance ] company began an attachment suit fl the circuit court against J. D. Howe am Carrie A. Pitzel. the reputed widow q the supposed dead man. The suit is To SlO.OOO. The writ was executed by gal nishceing the Merchants National bank where. It Is stated, the Pitzels have som
 funds.
 Holmes Had Itnt>tcd of His scheme.
 As soon as she received the money Mir
 Pitzel and family are said to have move
 to Davenport Ia.
 Holmes, or II. M. Howard, as he Wa
 known in this city, got into trouble In,
 summon by selling n stock of drugs 0
 which there was a mortgage. It Is clain
 ed by detectives hero that Howard state
 to several prisoners in the jail. so that
 came to the ears of the guard. that he Ina