The herald., 1895-07-26
May Be Those of Mrs. Conner
and Daughter
HOLMES KILLED THEM BOTH
Another Sixteen-year.oId Girl a Possible
Victim
Her Name Suppressed for the Present-A
Demand for Extradition from
Canada Is Likely
Associated Press Special Wire.


CHICAGO. July 25.-ln the basement
OF the Holmes uharnel house today sew
eral bones and small pieces OF dress goods
were found. One of the pones found was
shoulder blade, and was apparently
thst OF an adult; the other was the socket
bone, and was smaller and appeared to
BIZ that of child. The police, by the
discovery of today, were confirmed in
their belief that the skeletons being un-
covered are those of the missing Mrs.
Connor and her daughter. Pearl. Mrs.
w. L. Doyle told the police today that
the missing daughter OF Pat Quinlan,
Holmes ex-janitor, is now with her
grandparents, near South Haven, Mich.
The police, after an extended interview
W it'll Mrs. Doyle, became convinced that
she will be an important witness. She
discaimed any knowledge, of the case,
but in an unguarded moment remarked
that the pictures of the Pitzel children
good ones. She acknowledged she knew
the family slight y.
Mrs. Pat Quinlan, wife OF Holmes ex-
janitor, was found today. What evidence
she is able to give against Holmes the
police refuse to say.
In talklnE 10 reporter, MIS-. Doyle
said one of the prettiest women who
ever came under Holmes notice is also
missing. Her name is Miss Ciggraud.
She was originally from Indiana. Mrs.
Doyle was on the point Of giving further
information, when the police curtly or
dared her to cea talking. William
Doyle. the woman's husband, mason
part of 1891 he rented fiat in the Holmes
block that had been occupied by the
missing Mrs. Connor and her daughter.
He and his wife became acquainted with
Holmes and Minnie Williams. Doyle said
Mrs. Connor's disappearance dated from
1891, instead of 1898, as had been reported.
More proof was found today that Julia
L. Connor Is dead, and that she was
made away with by Holmes. 1t was de-
termined that she disappeared before
June 8, 1892, al important factor in the
search for her. AS late as November.
1892, Holmes. as shown by letters when
have been found, was writing to her par
ents as to her wherea bouts and stating
that she had gone to st. Louis. But on
June 3. 1892, he wrote to her brother-in-
law, Yantis, in Waukeslia. Wis. giving
him fictitious address as to her wherea-
bouts in St. Louis. Yantis wrote back to
Holmes on July 9th, and this letter has
been found.
At that tine Yantis had no suspicion
that Holmes had made way with his Sis
ter-in law and supposed him to be her
friend. His letter was written three
weeks before the one In which |. l.. Con-
nor accused Holmes : of breaking faith
with him. The latter letter refers to his
daughter Pearl. From this it would ap-
pear that MIS-. Connor was killed first and
the child afterward.
Late today two we'll dressed women
called on Chief Badenoch and told him
that a 16-year-old- d-girl, the daughter of
wealthy and reseI e'table parents, became
acquainted with Holmes during the fall
of 1858 and afterwards disappeared.
Where she went or what became of her
has never been ascertalned and her par
ents still cling to the hope that She is
still alive. Until the present revelations
about Holmes life were published in the
Chicago newspapers they did not connect
their daughter 5 disappearance with the
Englewood druggist but now that the
seaIchlght of Investigation has been
turned upon the man and mis- horrible
crimes were exposed they are certain that
their daughter was one of his victims.
The two women furnished Chief Bad
enoch the girls name and the address of
the parents and the chief will nvestisate
their story. Until he has fully corrobo-
rated it, however, he says lie will not
disclose the girls name.
TORONTO, July 25.-The verdict OF
the coroner's jury IN the case OF the
f1tZel CnlIOTeD was lalu DclOTe lEe dI-
torney-general TODAY and proceedings for
the extraditIon of Holmes will be at once
entered upon.
George W. Harris. alias b. a. Ziege, is
in the custody of local detective agency,
under suspicion of being confederate Of
II. III. Holmes in his insurance swindles.
Harris has passed under string OF
aliases. having been also known as B. a.
Simpkins and Alfred II. Post. He was
chief promoter in the Taylor addition
first mortgage swlndles in st. Paul, which
caught many Chicago people.
PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-District
Attorney Graham positively announces
that II. Ii. Holmes will be tried in this
city for the murder of Benjamin +. Pitzel
in the Callow Hill street house. In view
of the fact that the district attorney has
said that Holmes would be tried wher-
ever the strongest cases could be made
out against him, it is believed the au-
thorities have recently learned important
details of the crime which insure his con-
viction. Information as to whether or
not this supposition was correct was re.