Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-28

ardculator retaining possession of the
,bird skeleton. and he still has it in his
house. He removed the skull tonight
and brought it TO the Central Police Sta
tion. where it now is.
The articulator Will be kept under
close surveillance for some days yet
as the police DO NOT think he has told
an ne knows about murders in the
Castle"
He said at first that Holmes called al
his house under the name of Gordon
and later said thar he became acquaint-
cd With Holmes through answering an
advertisement for a man capable in the
work of articulating skeletons. and
found that the advertisement had been
inserted by Holmes. Later he let drop
some expressions that showed he had
done some work for Holmes prior to the
time -har he claimed his acquaintance
with him began. This discrepany in
his story decided the police to keep
close watch on him.
The story Of the expressman is TO
the effect that ne was hired by Holmes
one afternoon, and told not to come to
the house until after nighIall. When
the eXpressman kept his appointment
he was given a box and a trunk by
Holmes. and told to take them to the
Union depot When ne was putting the
box into the wagon he turned it on end
and was at once stopped by Holmes
who told him that he was on no account
10 keep the box i'm any other position
except fiat ON the side. He had orders
to- take the box and the trunk to the
depot. and leave them on the end Of
the platform. and was told that they
would De taken care of. He saw only
one man at the depot who seemed to
De interested i'm the trunk and box, and
drove away. After Humphrey had told
his story to- the police tonight Pat
Quinlu was brought from his cell and
the Two were placed face to face. The
police viii not tell why this was done
but the general opinion is that it was
done because Humphrey recognized
Quinlan as the man at the depot. The
expressman viii be retained IN custody
as q witness.
The police to-day found woman's
foo. print ON the inside door of the
blind vault on the third floor Of the
castle" building. Although the vault
had been carefully examined onprevious
occasions. the Footprint was not to be
found until to-day. Up to that time
the police had ben entirely at a loss
% attribute any object for the construc-
tion g ,bc vtult arrangement Now it
rs believed and confidently asserted that
Holiness victims. or some Of them,
were invcigled into the vault between
the two sets Of doors and there they
were smo-bered to death. The mark
deaei an efforts to remove it and seems
burned in.
After thorough investigation and
consideration of the probable methods
employed by Holmes. who was a chem
ist i- was decided by the officials that
before iuveigling his victim into the
false vault. Holmes placed some kind
of acid upon the floor between the
doors that would, when they were
closed. in a few seconds destroy all Of
the Iife-giving properties in what little
air there was i'm this small space. This
was i'm line. the police believe, with
the precautionary care that Holmes ex-
ercised In an Of his crimes to prevent
detection. With the acid in theyault
as dying struggle, the victim pre-
sumably put her loot up against the
door attempting to throw her weight
against the outside door in vain en-
deavor to- force it open.
With the acid upon the floor and the
victims feet unclad, il is thought that
part of the acid might have adhered to
the feet and when placed against the
door the imprint was eaten into the Ell
amel finish. and escaped Holiness at
rer-ion and remained intact.
The police declare now that they have
almost positive proof that the first fe-
male body was chat of Emeiue Cigrand
and the second that of Annie Williams.
Itisthe skull of Annie Williams that IS
now at tine Central station.
VIM. Capps. the For, Worth, Tex. att
t3ruey. who is here in behalf Of the
heirs of the Williams sisters, advanced
rather startling theory to-day, Wnlcn'
If found to De true. viii add another VIC
Tim t1 the long list of murders already
credited t0 Holmes. According 10 MI
Caps Minnie R. Williams had oroJa-
er named Horace A. Williams In Den
ven. Col This young man el-ner uled
or was killed suddenly In May or June,
1898 shortly before the supposed muir
der off the Williams sisters The man
uer of his death is not known 90 the at
torney. but he says that he has ascer-
aiuei the young man was insured for
So 500 in favor of his sister Minnie.
.This fact Mr.. Capps considers to be de-
cideiy peculiar. as. he SAYS that it is
not reasonable 20 suppose that Horace
Williams would insure his life in favor
If sister. who was already wealthy.
He said -hat his investigation upon