The San Francisco call., 1895-08-01
Severe Methods of the Chicago
Police lnquiSitorS to Sc
cure Evidence.
CRUEL TORTURE OF A WOMAN.
Told That Her Husband Had "Con-
fessed ALL" She Cried Out
In Anguish


know so much about the misdeeds OF
Holmes, made a partial confession this
morning to the police, though Chief
Badenoch and Inspector Fitzpatrick re-
fuse to say whether or not this was the
case.
Early this morning the two principal
investigators of the case went to the Har-
rison-street station, where Mr.. and Mrs.
Quinlan have been confined ever since
they were suspected of knowing more than
they cared TO tell. taking with them
stenographer. They first devoted them
selves to the man. About an hour was
consumed in his examination, and when
the interview was over it was noticed that
the stenographer carried under his arm
voluminous notes of the interview.
Chief Badenoch declared that nothing
had transpired which he could give to the
press without injuring the police status OF
the case. He admitted that Quinlan broke
down completely and wept like child,
but denied that he had said anything
which would implicate either him or
Holmes in the various murders which
have been laid at their doors.
Quinlan was confronted with the new
information given by Lawyer Capps IN re-
gard to the identity of the man Allen, or
Hatch, now in jail at Little Rock; bit
while admitting that he knew Hatch,
which in itself is considered very important
by the police, he refused to acknowledge
him either as an accompliee or friend.
The interview with Mrs. Quinlan which
followed was sensation in the extreme,
and the police are very reticent about it.
Mrs. Quinlan was very much affected,
said Chief Badenoch. "She not only wept
throughout the whole interview, which, 1
need not say, was unusually severe; but
she said: I call on God TO witness that 1
know nothing more of the murder than l
have already told. If Pat says know
anything more about it he simply lies,
that's all. p"
This remark was called out by the decoy
statement made to her that her husband
had confessed everything. AT least this is
the story the police tell, but it is believed
from the way the potiee conducted them
selves after coming out that much more
was said than the inquisitors cared to give
out for publication, for the very good rea-
son that premature publication of their
plans would in all probability spoil every
thing.
Attorney Capps was present at both in
terviews, but refused to say what had
taken place. He says he will remain in
Chicago for three or four days yet before
going to Little Rock to further look into
the knowledge of the man Allen.
owe shall not go to Little Rock at al"
said Inspector Fitzpatrick. 1--WE are gong
A NO
cannot bring him on requisition, as he is
already confined on an offense of which he
has been convicted, but l think we can get
him here all right on parole"
Lawyer Capps stated further tonight
that it was true that Quinlan and wife had
made confessions, but the nature of their
admissions he said he was not privileged
to divulge.
''You can say" said Capps, "that we
have complete case against Holmes and
Quinlan and Allen is the corpus deficit
that makes conviction possible. There is
no speculation about it and the specific
case upon which he will be tired viii be for
the murder of Minnie Williams"
The police were not communicative after
their work OF the day. They held long
session with Quinlan this afternoon and
this evening declared that they got but
little information from their conversation
with him. 1t is generally believed, how
ever, that Quinlan has "squeaIed" on
Hatch, alias Allen, alias Caldwell, now in
the Little Rock penitentiary. The police
are playing the two men one against the
other for information concerning all par
ties and it is believed that Quinlan told
them several important facts concerning
Hatch to-day.
Despite Quinlans denial, it can be
proved that he went to Fort Worth with
Holmes, Pietzel and Hatch, and that he
was in the Fort Worth Bank with Hatch
when the bank loaned $4,000 on the
Williams property, which had been trans
ferred to Pietzel under the name of D. B.
Lyman. Quinlan admitted he was in
Fort Worth with Holmes and Pietzel in a
talk with Attorney Capps last Saturday
He said at the time he had nothing to do
with the forgery.
Chief Badenoch confided to a friend to-
night that the principal admission of
Quinlan to-day was in reference to Allen,
now in the penitentiary in Arkansas
Allen, who has also been known as Hatch
Mascott and several other aliases, Quinlan
says, was not only friend of Holmes
but was doing business on his own hook
Quinlan also admits that he was hired by
Allen to do the job for Allen in Fort
Worth, Tex. He went to Texas, but Allen
did not show up. There he met Holmes,
who was sailing under the name of Pratt.
What the job was Quinlan was to have
done is not known, but it is supposed to
have been an insurance deal. The testi-
mony of Quinlan to-day is considered i'm
portant in that it verifies the statement
that Allen was connected with Holmes.
Chief Badenoch said this evening that
he believed Holmes had corrupted Quin-
LAM as the latter was known as an honest
man when the fend first got hold of him.
Quinlan worked for Holmes as a laboring
man latterly, and drew 50 day, but he
never did any labor and acted more as a
confidential agent. This is the only real
ground for the belief that he knew
that his employer was doing murder.
A sample of the oil found in the cellar
was submitted to the city chemist, and it
was found that the fumes from it in a
closed vault would suffocate a person in
less than minute. The oil will be analyzed