Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-11-24
DEEP-DlED vILLAlNY
Holmes Admits That Hanging Is
Too Good for Him.
he SUPPORTS THREE WIVES
Forssry. Bigamy. Body-saa'ehisg and
other Lesssr Oneas<s In Qaiek
successiop.

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 20.--Arch-
conspirator II. II. Holmes. accom-
panied by Mrs. Pitxei and q woman who
calls herself Mrs. Holmes. arrived In
this city today In the custody of De-
tective Crawford OF the Fidelity Mutual
Insurance Association. Mrs. Holmes
disappeared soon after her arrival and
no clue TO her whereabouts could BE-
obtained. II In thought she is stop
ping at a hotel in the neighborhood OF
police headquarters. After the arriv-
al the party was cioseted with superin-
tenden OF Police Linden until late In
the afternoon. When the conference
was over, Detective Crawford detailed
the story of the trip. the most impor-
tant feature OF which was the revelat-
ton made 20 him by Holmes of the
story of his whole life.
STORY OF A VILLAIN.
1t reads like most sensational no
nance. Holmes sat beside the detec-
tive with handcuffs on. The train had
scarcely emerged from the Boston
depot before the prisoner tried to bribe
his captor. He offered the detective
$500 n he would allow him TO escape.
He said he was raised In Burlington,
Vermont. and went TO college In De-
troit. Here he formed the acquaintance
OF a medical student who. he said
furnished the body In New York In the
present case. During vacations they
worked on farms TO raise college ex-
penses. but one summer found them
selves without means and then the
medical man suggested the idea OF get
ting body and beating an insurance
company. This was twelve years ago,
They obtained a body In Chicago.
took IL east. arranged the details OF
Identification and successfully got
money with which they continued their
studies. They worked the scheme after
wards with success. obtaining sums
ranging from $4,000 to $4,000.
Once Holmes got his life insured for
$4,000. He went to q hotel In Rhode
Island. At that time he wore n beard
He secured a corpse In Chicago. cui
OF the head and took the body TO 9
lonely spot not FAR from the hotel Ther
he shaved on his beard. returned q
the hotel. asked for Holmes and en-
gagged a room TO wait for him. He had
brought the head with him and burned
IL In the fireplace OF the hotel. Thi,
scheme. however. fell through. tn.
mother of his wife. when she discovered
II. threatening to tell the police and
Holmes fed to the west.
MURDER IN CHICAGO.
Resuming his story. he said thai
while living In Chicago. about IS months
ago. he fell In love with a typewrstel
| girl and furnished q house on the out.
skirts where they lived together
| A younger sister came to visit then
| and the woman grew 30 jealous oi
her that In a quarrel one day she strucl
her over the head and killed her. Ts
save the woman with whom he lived
Holmes put her body In q trunk. load
ed II with stones and sunk IL In tn,
lake. This girl had property In Texai
| and he and Pitxei took II on her handl
and sent her abroad. II was worth. h,
| said $4,000. and after getting II II
buying carloads of horses on notes OF
this property. but as they never had
z legal title to the property. the notel
/ were worthless. To save this propert,
Holmes said he and Pitzel formed /
scheme for swindling the Fidelity com
pany.
He told the detective that for tn,
crimes he committed he deserved to b
hanged a dozen times.
He admitted that he is supporting
nearly two dozen persons. including
the girl murderer. her mother an,
brother. two orphans In Chicago. thre'
| separate alleged wives and their chill
dren and his own mother and father II
Kankakee. He maintained that Pitze
| In alive In San Salvador.