Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-21
TBLEGRAPHIC.
HIS MANY CRIMES.
Holmes Tolls Tho Story Of a Life Full
Of lnIQlIly
yvlSDLrD INSURANCE COMPANIES
SINK the Body Of Murdered Woman
Lakr-A NUMBER Of Per.
sous Implicated.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov 90. 90 Arch.
,ous,irstor II. ". Holm g, acllm.
s.piea by Mrs. Piz,l and a pretty
voman who calls herself Mrs.
Holmes, arrived IN tnis city today IN
,he custody Of Detective Crawford,
.rd Special Atsnt Perry Of tue
Fidelity Mutual Life Association.
Amer tho arrival the PARTY was clos.
s,ei with superintendent VI Police
Lladen until late la tho afternoon.
When the conference was over Dcisc-
i've Crawford detailed the story Of the
.rip, the most important feature o.
shioh was tue relation made TO him
5y Holmes OF the story OF his wlolo
liz. IL reads like tue most sensational
81 f0mnnCca
lie said he was raised Ia Burllng.
lon, w., and was 10 well educated la
.hu schools there that NJ 10 he was "a
.racncf. For some TINE Afterwards he
vent 10 college there, ami later In Dc.
.foit, Mich. Here hu lufmud the &C.
iuaintance Of a medical student who,
io said, furnished the body M New
York iu the present case, ho refused
30 divulgo his name.
Daring vacations they worked on
hfma TO raise their college expenses,
but One summer they found them.
ulves without meane, sui then the
medical man suggested the idea " get.
Ing body aud heating hn iniufAncu
company. lhis was twelve years ago.
The doctor got his lilo Insured Tor
$4,000. They obtained body In
Chicago, took II east, arranged the de.
ailH OF idUntitlcatiuu aui successfully
rot tue money, with which they CON.
hnutd their studies. Hu refused 10
same the company thus sWiuJlet.
They worked the scheme Afterwards
with success, Holmes continued, OBJ.
aiming sums ranging from $4,000 10
$1,000.
Ouuu Holmes got his Ito Insured for
300 v. lie went t. a MOTEL ia Ruudu
llland. AZ that lime ho wore a beard.
lie secured n corpse IN ChiUagO, cut
,n tho head anu took the body toa
'0nuiy spOt not Tar from Tue hotel
lhen he shaved on his utard, returned
10 the hotel. asked Tor Holmes anu cu.
gagged q room o walt lot ham. rio htu
brought the hoAd win him, anu
burned IL beyond recognition Ia tue
fireplace Of tho hotel. fuis scheme,
however, Tell through, the mother OF
lla wits when shp discovered n threat.
en'ng 10 tell the police, ana HOlmeb
led 20 the West.
Rrsuming mis- story ho said that
while living in Chicago, a. ut oigh.
leen months ago, hu tell IN wilma
,ypuwfi.rr girl, aud Furnished a house
On the outskirts, wheto they lived to-
golher. a younger sister came ~
visit them, an1 the woman grew w
Jealous OF her that In squatrci one |
day SHE struck her over the hu.d with |
= stOol an1 killed her. 10 save thr |
woman with whom he lived, HUluies |
said no put tue BODY IN a ttuuk, loaded |
u with stones anu uuuk II IA tue lake. |
This glfl had properly Ia Texas. anI |
DO aud PllEsl took II Oh her hauds anu |
sent her abroad. 10 was worth, lac |
iald, $4,000, and after getting It In /
.hoif HANDS, they weut through Texas |
buying caflOnds Of horses ON notus on /
.nls property, but as thry nuvvThAda
osai title ~ thu property, tue nutrg |
we're worthless, and II IL Tor this STAR |
hat they are wanted Ia For, Worm. |
To save this properly, HUlme, said he
aud fizs, formed the scheme ofuWin. |
lliug tue Fidunty company. Hu cola |
.he detective thhI or The crimes he =,
no deserved ~ 10 hanged a
iOzuu times.
HOLMES h not lacking for money, ~
he himself admitted that at the present
.lmu ho 10 sup oftirg nearly two dozen
persons, Including tho girl murderer,
ler m Ithef anu an imb,ouo brother,
wo orphans IN Chicago vino i've Ia
me OF tho properties, three separate
alleged wives aud their children aud
lih mother anu father In KankaEre,
iu would not give thu names VI the
Fomen. Ho fiimly maintained that
'ilEel IL hlive m San Salvador, anu |
nat no viii hear from him through q
PERSONAL 60 umn Of n crr,ain Nov York |
lcNspaper Mr. Perry said tnut as
erult u the Interview, II ual bruu
itciIed 10 arrest number " ether
ltsfsois whose NAMES would not yet DO
oven tut.