Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-07-31

The "Machinist" Puts the Chicago
Police on the Track Of
More Bones

Chicago, H., July 29.-The search for
traces of the many supposed victims of
| H. II. Holmes was resumed at his cas-
| tie" today. In the damp basement with
| it's swinging electric lights half dozen
| laborers were kept at work with pick and
| shovel. while as many detectives carefully
| examined every handful of earth thrown
| up: The rapping of walls, sounding of
| ceilings in the search for trap doors and
secret chambers was conducted under the
| personal supervision of Inspector Fitzpat,
rick, and not an inch of wall or flooring
| is being missed. The detectives found
today two toolchests, in one of which
was hammer spotted and stained. 1t
was believed by some of the officers that
the spots were blood stains and an
anil ysS was ordered.
At police headquarters Mrs Pat Quin,
| Ian, wife of the janitor, was again given
a severe examination. The woman VINO
for days was cool and defiant. is begin
ming to weaken and the police believe
that she will shortly tell all she knows OF
the case. Her testimony is expected to
be sensational, and will, it is thought.
lead to the conviction of her husband.
Find a Skeleton in "a Trunk
The mysterious man known as the ma
chiniSt, whom Lieut.. Thomas of the Cot
tage Grove station discovered Friday. is
rayeling the mysteries of the Holmes
house and furnishing them more evidence
tending to show cOnniYance between
Holmes and his janitor, Quinlan, than
any person whom the police have yet
encountered.
Inspector Fitzpatrick Lieut. Thomas
| and Officers Foley and Fitzpa trick had
the mysterious machinist all day Sunday
and succeeded in discovering a large
amount of new and extremely important
evidence against Holmes and Quinan
With the machinist as a guide, the
officers early in the morning visited Il
house on the west side in the neighbour
hood of the Cook county hospital, where
they secured possession of large, old
fashioned Saratoga trunk containing the
half-articulated skeleton of a woman.
A private conveyance was secured, and
the two officers accompanied the driver
of the vehicle when he hauled the trunk
from the house near the hospital to the
Cottage Grove station. Here the trunk
was opened, little Sorce being necessary
and its contents thoroughly examined
Aside from the bones contained in the
trunk there were a lot of medical books
treatiseS on the art of articulation and
other medical works. These books, as
will appear later, will form an important
link in the chain Of testimony connecting
Quinlan with Holmes. After a complete
inventory of the contents the other arti7
cles found were Il small tintype photo
graph of woman and a silver 3-cent
piece. The skeleton, it is thought, is that
of Miss Cigrand.
Another case of mysterious disappear
ance which may yet be charged to
Holmes was reported TO the police today
by neighbors Of DR.. Russler, who disap
peared in 1892. DR. Russler for several
months had offices in the Holmes build
ing and he and Holmes were often seen
together, apparently being intimate
friends. Some time in 1892 the date
being a matter of doubt, the physician
dropped out of sight He had but few
acquaintances and although che disap-
pearance caused some talk among the
neighbors the incident YVES passed over.
1t is now charged by some stat the
physician was among Holmes victims.
Charles ChappelE, son OF u. q. Chap
pelI, the old mann who claims TO have been
an assistant Of Holmes and to have ar
ticulatcd skeletons for him, says shat his
father is insane. Young ChappelI declares
that the old man has been OF Unsound
mind for several years and expresses
the belief that his father knows nothing
whatever of Holmes dOings.
Another Skeleton Discovered
The police secured q skeleton which
they believe to be that of Mrs. Conner,
one of the alleged victims of Holmes.
NJ. c. Chappell, vito it is claimed had
articulated several skeletons for Holmes,
took two detectives to the home of
west side physician, where the complete
skeleton was found. Chappen says that
he got the bones from Holmes; and from
the dates and other evidence Inspector
Fitzpatrick announced that he believed
the skeleton to be t1Iat of Mrs Conner.
A number of bones We're found IN the
basement today, some of which were pro
nounced parts of a human frame 1t was
Toto
had been uncovered; but examination
showed that most of the bones were
from the butchers shop. The mixture of
human bones and butcher shop refuse IS
a peculiar feature of several of the finds
that puzzles the police. Careful search
for the acid-prOOf vats in which, bodies
were said to have been placed was made
today. but up to Z p. M. had. not been
found.
NJ. G. Chappen, who told the police that
lie had constructed the watts. WAS taken
to the house this afternoon aud ii was
expected that he would readily point out
their location, unless, as his son. declared,
lie is insane.
It is probable that all tile, secret pas
sages and rooms in the house Will soon
be revealed, as, brickmason who claims
to have done all the queer wonlG called at
offered TO tell all he knew. He was
promptly taken care of and is expected to
prove an important witness.
Toronto, Ont, July 29.-Th0ugh Acting
Attorney General Hardy has not YET Civ
en- his decision lit is learned ON most relia-
BILE authority that Torontor Will not ask
for the extradition of Holmes until all
legal sources, have been exhausted in the
United States. The attorney general is
under the impression that the police au-
thorities have been al little too sanguine,
in their belief that they have strong.
enough evidence to hang Holmes. He
would much rather have Illinois or Penn
sylvania bear the expense and tro.-bla.
than Ontario. The expenses of extratli-
ton and trial, it is. estimated, would
cost the. province in the neighborho0&
of $4,000
Baltimore, Md, jury 29-Wilford Cole.
named En- a Little Rock, Ark, dispatch as
another possible Holmes victim, was not
a Baltimore man. He, however, visited
this, city in July, 1894, representing him
self as the agent OF an immense Arkansas
Lumber company and induced several
business men, Including George Brown
ing, TO invest Sums ranging from 500 to