Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-28
GEOGRAPHIC.
THE CHARRED BODY.
D.,,,r.y Of tn, Remains Of Howard
p.gld, the HiSsils Boy
,opr DAMAGING EVIDENCE
u.,.. viii he fried at iadlan'p0'''
H''' Is ACCOM-, Of These and O'''r
Developments

.,r,Lts. Aug. 27.-lnilan'
...I,. will claim tbs fIsa' to Wy a. .., a.
ip'ln : ar murlsr Tns claim VIII
HOLM 'ss On tbs horrible developments
" :, , o VIII Oh include the nnalns .,
", cba,rsd remains Of V'1eH ',',l
70, ,1,,.,I plrtusl, and evidences whlen
i hos Jury in the country would
V' H., Holmes OF having murdered
~, and then partially burned Ms
body in sslovU' p,u.,o,rh,o
,'D.s,J,of indianapolis, AMI lnspSc'
=, Ci,ry, Of the Fidelity lnsHf'noe
=" .ny have been nj work iOr some
~. hunugg for traces o. 'ue o'y
~. lie wss traced mere VIZ" 49,
u5imss. aud disappeared, ne ~
-. ,eoufcd anu WorR orBuu w wv
'nrntb.. uuutiug lor house iehIe. w
gSims, on OCTOBER lOsh, lin OF Iva
r ~ motnInE the detectives went 70
t,sinyt1n, a pretty suburb VI inns ciJ
Line seat VI Butler College, ana Ut
10. ,nsy mai been Ut work an houi
w, sii.ntipu yas called ~ local
W. f..t.ie dealer u rmalI vacant cot
.,,n.tsd In tho woods nj Tue elgu
,,,.n and TAR removed from any
~, Jwelnngt. The party went 10
,,.s.p.r and few minutes later Ihe
W,sr found beneath tbs side porch
49, nis,iny trunk which was taken
W., IN. ~, door Of the Circle house
~ NM. city October 10Th by Holmes,
and which was thought TO contain the
b,dy Of the boy. a..
G,est excitement followed, and hun
4,.I. n ,ekra h tho scene M soon US
H. discovery leaked out, although the
srierfs tried " keep the matter
,srftt. The house was EuATueu, anu
work began, searching TOT aldltiOnhi
syiisucr. Developments follower
ibiek aud fast AMI the chaln Of oNl-
dsnte 10 damaging ,.,----
y,,a large stove Of cylindrical shape,
ot The same pattern A. Holmes bought
1, Cincinnati. lie rented the house
nndsf tho same alias. Tbs stove had
Teen moved from Iho house 10 the
stable by the owner Of tue house after
Holmes lott.
Itvas a, once discovered that the
b.dy had been burned In tho stove anu
search began for the Tomalus.
Late this evening Dr. J. II. Barn
hilps attention was called by - small
boy named Walter Jenny 10 lhe stove
holo where the stove had been. II was
nlled with refuse. 1hiA was pulled out
and The remains OF the hOuy were
found. Physicians and dentists were
there, aud IN this refuse hundreds u
chaftsi bones were found. This teeth
showed thsI the body was that OF y
boy Lelwssn 5 and 10 years u age, ana
all the other bones confirmed this. All
wsfe chsnrd, and pieces OF flesh olung
" some OF them. The skull bones aud
Islvii aided the same convincing
ruth. The body had evidently been
burned In cob fire In tho huge sIovu
found 10 the barn.
HovAfd'6 OvetcoAt WAS found at n
grocery store near by, where Holmes
hsd LETT II, saying the boy would call
igf II, He never came. Owners OF thu
hJu,e recognize Holmes from pictures,
and several neighbors distinctly re-.
member the face, several people have
Identified him, and all DOUBT Is re.
moved. Other developments are ex-
psolsd tomorrow, aud with this evl.
dence, Indianapolis will demand
Holmes iot tflsl.
lsDIANAPOLIs, Ind, Aug. Este
mAku sure that tue trunk found al
lVington yesterday belonged to ths
PlelIel family, Detective Geysr lAsI
night ieleSfaphed TO Mr. Pie,zel, Hi
GslVa, H., iuquitlng II tho children,
uunk had a strip OF calico pasted oyei
crack on the bottom. The reply re'
eslNsd nj q late hour was; "Yes, til,
uuns had strips Of blue calico, white
ngute, pasted over q crack lhe entif,
length Of the ttuuk.v This ID cVnc!u
alive evidence.
The portion Of tho trunk found in
elud.d the top and the bottom, will
about slI Inches Of the sides from tn,
bottom up. Over crack In tho bottom
pasted n narrow strip Of blus cslic,
goods torn from an old dresr OF apron