Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-07-18

They We're Last Seen Alive in Indianapo-
lis, before Their Dead Bodies We're
Found in Toronto.

Ihey were tsAst seen AiiNe IN lnuiNuHpD-
lis. before Their Dead Bodies We're
Found in Toronto.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July 16.-Thc
announcement that the bodies of two of
the murdered Pietzel children has been
found buried in Toronto cellar, Gre
ated sensation here, as the children
were last seen alive by those who knew
them in this city.
Detective Guyer was here three weeks
ago, searching for the lost children. II
was here that he got the clew that led to
| the finding the bodies in Toronto. He
traced the children from hers TO Detroit,
and from there to Toronto. He was
unable to get any evidence that the boy
left this city alive, and he went from
here believing that the boy had been
murdered and his body shipped from
here in trunk.
The children were taken away from
here during the last week in October.
| INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July 16.-The
journal to-day prints an article contain
ing the statement that the PetZel boy,
| the brother of Alice and Nellie Pietzel,
whose dead bodies are supposed to have
been unearthed at Toronto yesterday,
was beyond doubt murdered in this city
| on October 9th last, presumably by
Holmes, the insurance swindler, now in
custody at Philadelphia.
II was developed that certain ex-
press driver, by the agreement with
Holmes, called at the old Circle House
on that date and removed through a
rear door, a large trunk which Is be-
lieved to have contained the boys re-
| J.,s T hxt,, Iao
identified the picture of Holmes as that
of the man who employed him.
The three Pietzel children were in
this city at three different hotels for
some time, under the guardianship Of
Holmes.
TORONTO, ONT, July 16.-The bodies
of the two Pietzel children, which were
exhumed in the cellar of vacant house
yesterday, were to-day removed to the
morgue. Drs. Caven and r. B. Orr are
engaged in post mortem to-day, to
discover by what means the little ones
met their death. The inquest will be
reopened as soon as the autopsy is con-
cluded
Efforts will be made to extradite
Holmes at once, and to give him the
benefit of swift aud, sure Canadian
| justice.
THE INQUEST.
TORONTO, ONT, July 17.-The inquest
on the bodies of Ella and Nellie Pietzel
was opened last night. Evidence was
taken as to the finding of the bodies and
then the jury adjourned until tonight,
to await the postmortem report of the
medical men entrusted with the ex-
animation of the bodies.
Detectives Geyer and Cudahy are
hard at work. To-day they discovered
the expressman who took the trunk
which has invariably accompanied
Holmes in all his journeys, into the St
Vincent street house, and this man had
no difficulty in picking out Holmes
photograph from number of others.
Detective Geyer thinks he has clue.
that will lead to the discovery of thu
fate of Minnie r. Williams, Holmes
Chicago stenographer, who he says wen
to England with the children, but whom
, Geyer believes Holmes to have muir
dered.
HOLMES ADMITS HIS GUILT.
! PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 17.--H. Fl
, Holmes, alias Herman Mudgetts, has
! virtually confessed to the murder of the
/ two Pietzel children, whose bodies wer'
!. found III the cellar of Toronto house
: 1t was slearned to-day at the office o
the district attorney that during the TIVE
h hours interview Holmes had yesterda.
J. with three members of the district at
4 torney's staff he said:
n 81 suppose I'll swing for this" Thi
= is the only remark dropped from
Holmes lips which in any way woult
tend to criminate him, and the district
attorney takes this as practical admis
sion of Holmes guilt.
COUNSEL CLAIMS AN ALIBI.
Notwithstanding Holmes remark, hi
g counsel says he can prove an alibi in hi
d clients case. He says that Holmes wa
not in Toronto when the Pietzel chi
v dren were murdered. This, he state
b can be proven by Mrs. Howard, Holmes
third wife, who is at present living wit
: her mother in Franklin, Ind.
q The authorities place but little ere
dence in the alibi story and are Statistic
a that Holmes is the murderer.