The herald., 1895-07-29
and STILL VICTIMS CONE
Another One Added to Holmes
Dreadful List
PITZEL HIS ACCOMPLlCE
The Net Is Still Closing Tighter Around
Pat Quinlan
L HIS AccOMPLlCE
Hiss Emma serrsnd Was Also Disposed Of
In BIuebeard's Castle, According
to Her Sister
.so,,...d pr.s. special Wire.

CHICAGO. July 28.-Developmeuts in
the investigation into the criminal deeds
of II. H. Holmes in Chicago closed the
net still tighter around Pat Quinlan, and
added still more proof to that already ex-
istng that he was an accomplice of the
arch murderer and fully cognizant of
most, if not all the deeds.
The name of Milford Cole. formerly of
Baltimore, was also ADDED to Holmes list
of possible victims. as was also that OF an
other women who was for short time a
resident OF the castle OH Sixty third
street.
The date of the disappearance of Mrs.
Julia Conner was today fixed as Christ
mas day. 1891. This information was OBJ
tanned Of Mrs. John Grove, who occupied
rooms in the Holmes castle in early 1891
to September, 1892, and whose name in
connection with the case has never before
been mentioned.
Tonight Off Ger Fitzpatrick arrested a
man in Englewood who is believed to be
H. S. Mack. who worked for Holmes dur
ing the last six months he lived in the
Sixty-third street house. Mack's identi-
fication with the druggists operations is
furnished by Railroad Detective Young,
who used to live in the castle. The police
have been looking for him since Friday,
and now that they haye him in the tolls.
they admit unreservedly they have the
most important witness yet rounded
up. Whether he can tell anything about
Holmes personally they are not certain,
but that he knows all about Quinlan and
his wife ana their connection with
Holmes, they feel sure from certain ad-
missions he has made to friends.
The whole trend of the present investi
l.s ennr ttxA Opss
upon Holmes but also upon MIR. and Mrs.
Quinlan SO they can be arraisned for
murder. Chief Badenoch says he does not
believe the Philadelphia authorities Will
ever surrender Holmes and therefore he
is determined that Illinois justice shall
be meteu out to his accom- plices here:
The police are satisfied that the skele-
ton which is now safe in the vault is that
of Annie Williams, sister of Minnie.
They have no means of proving that this
is so because all evidences have been de-
stroyed and the jaw broken, but never
theless they are satisfied that their con-
ciusion is correct. Today's revelations
have also convinced the police that the
Eouse at Sixty third street was the scene
of all of Hol nes' murders and that the
mysterious office on the third floor was
EN- ployed exclusively for the butchery of
his victims.
Charles NJ. Chappell of One Hundred
anu WeHJy -ulntI StIcCI 10 bilo man WIN
gave the police Saturday night the infor-
nation that he had articulated skeletons
for II. H. Holmes and had the bodies
taken away from the castle. Cd
Chappell is a machinist, a carpenter,
painter and an engineer, a sort of jack
of-all-strades. From the information
which ChappeIl gave to the police Satur-
day night and yesterday they learned that
Chappell had been an aIl-round mechanic
for II dimes and had built two tanks IN
the basement for the destruction OF
bodies. These tanks will be opened in
the morning. In them went the bodies
of that long list of women, once tenants
of the castle and now nun bered with the
dead.
Chappall's S admissions are the most re-
markable and damaging yet received by
the police against Holmes and his con-
federates. They reveal the existence OF
com plete system of machinery in the
commencing with the steel chamber or
vault, the dissecting table. and ending in
the acid tanks, where all evidence OF
the deed but the bones was removed. In
addition to the confessions OF Chappell
the police also located some OF the cloth
ing of Minnie r. Williams and Julia
Conner. which Holmes gave away after
tnev disappeared. The com mbination to
the steel vault has been found in the pos
session of Chappell. 1t is now believed by
the police that Howard Pitzel was killed
in Chicago and his remains disposed Of
Tomorrow Chappell says he will lead
Inspector Fitzpatrick to the place where
found. He has told the police that it is
in the possession OF q west side medical
student who does not suspect its iden-
tity. 1t was feared that il the location
was published the young man might be
led to dispose of it. Chappell was hired
l of ;.
body and rig up the skeleton. as he
had others, but failing to get his pay he
kept it. 1t was the last work he did fol-
Holmes.
In another place Chappell will recover
the arm and hand bones of Mis-. Conner.
They are articulated and doing service
also for the science of surgery. From the
same place came the skull which was
taken into the central station by Detec-
tives Fitz patrick and Norton Saturday.
The police thought at first that this was
part of the remains of Annie Williams.
Chappell does not make plain just how
he knows to the contrary, but in fact the
police do not see how he will do SO
without bringing suspicion upon himself
But he says unequivocaily: That head
belongs to Mrs. Conner
Besides these matters the police have
secured the trunk which Holmes said he
had used in sinking Annie Williams in
tne lakew IneTe aTe pleHty VI Signs tndl
it once held body freshly mutilated. and
Chappell says Holmes brought the trunk
to his home with the remains Of Annie
Williams in it.
I'm this way" said Inspector Fitzpat-
rick tonight, 1--WE are told four victims
of the Englewood house were disposed of.
This witness took away the skeletons
partly cleaned and asked no questions.
S36. so being paid for each job. One OF the
bodies was that of a man. We have not
been able to conclude who he was. There
was only a supposition that this was
Robert +. Phelps, who was supposed to
have married Miss Cigrand. Holmes
said he wanted him to take care of the
bodies of two children and was 50 anxious
about it that he offered to pay him $3.50
for the Job. Our witness says he refused
to mount the bones of any children. but
he does not say anything to explain what
distinction he saw between chIldren's
bodies an any others. If his business was
legitimate and he had no kowedgc of foul
play. You see. it's all very suspicious.
Inspector Fitzpatrick was today put
into possession of facts which weave
closer the web of proof around II. II.
Holmes, and adds another victim to the
already long list. This information was
furnished by Attorney George +. Cham
berlain. manager of the Lafayette Mercan-
tile agency.
This murder IS shown to have been
committed prior to or during 1891. B. +.
PitZel who later fell victim, was a par
tcipant in the murder Of this man, and,
Anthony Chamberlain says. was equally
guilty with Holmes. The crime was com
mitted in Chicago in 1891 or early in 1885,,
Again the victim was traced to the