The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-08
KILLED BY HOLMES.
FURTHER EVIDENCE OF MURDER
IN HOLMES CASTLE.

FURTHER EVIDENCE OF MURDER
IN HOLMES CASTLE.
Oetectives Searching the Building
Find Pair OF Bloody Overalls-
they Will BE Placed Upon
Qutnlan, the Suspected JanitOr.
Chicago, Aug. 2. Experiments
were made to-day with the LIQUID
found in the bottom of the vat in the
cellar Of Holmes house and it was
found that when mixed with ben
zine or kerosine it would emit a
vapor 50 deadly that no human being
could live in it. Whether or not
Holmes used the vapor for suffocating
his victims is not known, but the po-
1 lice are inclined to favor such a
theory. Fat Quinlan, under the ques-
tion1ng of the chief of police, has let
the cat out of the bag by admitting
that "Mascott' was II. II. Holmes
j confidential man in Fort Worth, Tex,
He engineered all the big deals for
him." said Quinlan. II was not good
enough for the fine work." From
! further questioning the police believe
that Hatch, A. e. Bond Through
whom Minnie Williams property in
Fort Worth was conveyed to Benton
Il. Lyman, John G. Allen, A. G. Cald-
we'll and "1ascott," who figure in diff
4 ferent times and places in the Holmes
case, are one and the same man. The
man confined in the Little Rock peni-
Tertiary claims to be able to give the
history Of Holmes deeds from first to
last, but insists that he be pardoned
i out first. Detective Rea, of Fort
Worth, last night telegraphed that AL
len is the much-wanted "Mascott,".
and that he has given up some valua-
BILE information. BY agreement be-
tween States Attorney Kern, Mayor
! Swift, Chief Badenoch and Attorney
Capp, the latter will leave tonight for
Little Rock with credentials and au-
thority granting him the power to
represent the State of Illinois, and re-
questing the absolute and permanent
release of Allen from the Arkansas
penitentiary, such immunity being
| granted on condition that he fasten
the crime of murder on Holmes by
unmistakeable and existing evidence
In this city.
Chicago, Aug. 3.-The police to-day
acknowledge their complete defeat so
far in the effort to secure direct evil
dence against H. H. Holmes. Dozens
of promising clues have been careful
ly investigated, witness after witness
who was confidently expected to tell
all has been examined without result,
and at last the detectives are forced
to admit that their efforts have been
unavailing so far as real proof Of
guilt is concerned. This was admitted
by Inspector Fitzpatrick to-day.
when we started on the case," he
said, I'VE knew it would be almost
impossible to get any one who could
possibly connect Holmes with any
case OF murder, yet we thought it our
duty to investigate, and we have done
the best we could. We believe sew
eral crimes have been committed, and
believe that Holmes and his confed-
crates are guilty of several murders,
but so far we are unable to prove our
belief correct. We have no evidence
that would even cause an Indictment
against any Of the men under sus-
picion if it were presented to the
grand jury
Pat Quinlan was given a six-hour
session in the sweat box to-day, but
the result was as unsatisfactory as
the previous examinations of the ex-
janitor. Quinlan gives no evidence of
weakening. and stubbornly sticks to
his statement that he knows absolute
ly nothing of any killing. The police
received word to-day of the, mysteri-
Gus hauling away from the Holmes
house at night of several large boxes.
The boxes were taken from the "Cas-
tle'' during Holmes residence there,
and several detectives were detailed
on the new lead in the case.
! Philadelphia, Aug. 3.-Holmes, the
alleged wholesale murderer. was ques-
toned to-day in an interview: "Can
you explain how so many bones came
to be concealed in the basement and
other parts of your Chicago house?"
81 will answer that question in this
way" replied Holmes. EVERY person
who has known me is aware that ]
am a doctor by profession. It is also
known perfectly well in Chicago that
there was restaurant in my building
during the worlds fair At that time
there were lots of bones from fowls
and other cooked animals thrown out
side the buildings. Lots of these
bones, no doubt, found their way tc
| NSAA~A' l.
the building I brought several cadav
ers there, both for scientific and pc
cuniary purposes. This may account
for the bones the Chicago police say
they have found.''
Chicago, Aug. 4.-The police have
at last obtained a partial confession
from Pat Quinlan, the janitor of thu
Holmes castle, and have, they believe
positive evidence that Benjamin
PftZel was murdered in this city b!
Holmes and the corpse sent to Phil
adelphia.
The confession was wormed out o.
the Quinlans by means of tip give1
the local officers by Detective Geye
of Philadelphia, who arrived in THU
city to-day. The exact nature of thu
story told by the Quinlans the police
will not reveal, and in fact Chic
Radenoch and Inspector Fitzpatrick
have both denied that Quinlan or hi
wife made any confession at all
Notwithstanding the denial Of the pc
lice, however, it is positively know
that Quinlan made and signed a con
fession, because it was left wher
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