The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-08-02
It seven MURDERS
Chicago Officers Sure They
Can Convict Holmes.
a Man Who Can Tell of All o,
Holm es' Doings Located-He Is a
convict and Is Willing To Testify
If Granted a Pardon - Growina
Very Dark for Holmes.
Very Dark for Holmes.

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Very Dark for Holmes.
Little Rock, Ark, July S1.--There il
now little doubt that the Chicago polio,
will convict H. H. Holmes, alias Mud
gett, alias Pratt. alias Gordon, now in
the Philadelphia Jail, Of the murder of
at least seven persons. They know the
name OF the man who can hang Holmes
by giving his testimony, and that man
Is IN their power. His name is Hatch,
alias Bond, alias Mascot, and he is now
serving sentence of ten years in the
penltentiary here for horse stealing. He
Is as close to Holmes through all his
murder plots as Janitor Quinlan and is
ready to tell all be knows, providing he
Is granted pardon.
Evidence I Continues To Pile Up.
Chicago, July 31.-A great deal of
Importance is attached by the police to
the finding of parts of human skulls in
the basement of Holmes Castle by the
workmen digging them. Lawyer Will
liam Capps, the Fort Worth attorney,
who is here at the instance Of the heirs
of Minnie Williams, said this morning
that he is prepared to prove the murder
of Minnie ana Annie Williams. He IN
sists that it was done by Holmes, GUM
Ian, Pietzel and another man whose
name he is not yet prepared to give.
This man has been found by detective
whom the heirs engaged to work on the
case eight months ago. 1t is said he has
made a partial confession, and will make
it complete on condition he is granted
immunity from punishment. Mr..
Capps also says that this man knows
exactly where the bodies of the Will
liams girls are buried. Mrs. Strowers.
who washed for Holmes, says he asked
her at one time to take out policy for
$40, 900 on her life and promised to give
her $4,000 for the policy at once. At
the advice of her friends, she says, she
declined.
His Career in Clinton County, N. Y.
Plattsburg, N. Y, July 81 1t trans
pires that H. H. Holmes, who is accused
of numerous murders and other crimes,
county. In 1888 he appeared at Moores
under the name of Herman w. Mudgett,
an agent for nursery stock, and created
such good impression that he was en-
gagged to teach the village school. This
occupation he found uncongenial. He
left Moores and went to Massachusetts,
but returned in short time accompa-
MED by small boy, who disappeared
shortly after arrival, Holmes saying he
had gone home, but it is now believed
that the boy was the murderer's first
victim. After the boys disappearance
Mudgett, or Holmes, went to Mooer!
Forks, hamlet three miles away. enc
began practice as a physician, and re
manned there about a year, taking
while there an active part in politics.
Supported Blaine in "a,
He was an enthusiastic SUPPORTER O
Blaine in 1884 and wagsred every dolla
he had and all be could secure by Dor
rowing or otherwise on Mr.. Blaine
success. On losing his wagers he be
came penniless, and then his true natur
began SO show itself in many dishones
| practices. His misconduct culminate,
In a hurried departure for Chicago
leaving behind many unpaid bills. H
| returned again to this county in 1881
when he told Munchausen- like storie
Of his success in Chicago, where, SO h
claimed, he owned several stores. Hi
last stay was brief one. In his cert
6cate, filed in the Clinton county clerk
Office on October II, 1884, Mudget
(Honnes) swears that bis name is Hel
man w. Mudgett, that his birthplac
was Gilmanton, N. H., and that h
graduated ct the University of Mich
gan (Ann Arbor).
Now a Boston Girl
Boston, July 81.-An evening paper
says that In July 1893, Holmes, the in
surxnce swindler, was in Boston an
induced Mable Barrett, an orphan gir
IS years old, to go'to New York ostensi
by to open manicuring establishment
and that the Boston friends of the gir
have not since heard from her.
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