New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-30
THE HOLMES VAULT FOUND.
POSSIBLY THE PLACE, iN WHICH HIS VIC
TINS WERE DISPOSED OF.
IT WILL BE OPENED TO-DAY-CAPPEI.Ls STATE
MENr SO FAR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ATTRACTED TO THE HOUSE.

1T WILL BE OIEN+D lD-lAi Nt rsi'''' '--''
MENr SO FAR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ATTRACTED TO THE HOUSE.
Chlcago July 2o-The huge brick vault under
meath Holiness charne house was uneartnei ps
the police to-day who are stil deving IN the esr'n
In and about the cellar. The existence or TINS vault
has been theoretical until to-day. Many rumors oi
such a receptacle have been circulated out II was
No; until the police discovered the machinist Gap
nell that they succeeded in gaining any idea OF the
location o.. the vault. At l:So p m to-day the ON
Gers IN charge OF the work telephoned Pollce heau
quarters that they had reached ana uncovered
lorg strip OF the roof OF the vault superintendent
Hadenoch at once gave orders 10 get the sr0u""
n such shape that the vault could be easily opened
,o-morrow and then discontinue the work TOT
the day. ,, ,.
The notice theory Is that Holmes used this vault
for uniting the bodies Of his victims In qulekime
and getting them INTO such condl'ioh 'ha' '"'s
could not possibly be Identified and that Cappeh
would not suspect that the bodies were any '"'''s
more than cadayers secuF'd II some ',,e''>. -,
l,. rnorgue or hospital. While the police omciais
are ,,o, hopefl OF finding bodies OF murdered peo-
nj. in the vault they are hopefui OF securing e''-
dence establishing what the vault was used for'
arI what connection If any. It had with the half
DESTROYED human bodies that were car'ed away
,r,,, tine charne house 10 CappeFs home
During the afternoon there was on eNh'ol''on III
,o.,or rltznatrick's private Office the skeleton
nth rho trunk that contained II, which was found
,hrough the advice given the ponce py Napps.i
~ Th ssa,eton is that OF a woman about twenty -nve
Years old. ard the po..ee think 1t Is al inat re-
yynsins of one of the Wi,.iams gir.s or Ehens
.tara,d nta,.a The skeleton exhibition to-day was
tatan nv Cappcl from his home to the Hahnemann
W6icaT "a, ,lege building at Thirty -fourth-st ana
s'otiarn (;rove-ave.. after he had c.eanea anu
",,nted The bones Whether or not the skeletons
ra those of murdered peop.e, Il Is dehnite.y KNOWN
mLs ~ 1l,,res derived considerable revenue from the
H s','' ~ articuiated human frames to medical col
leges. . -. ,,urd q man who they say
1,n,,s ha was employed by Holmes TO DO all the
,ar au. hrck work about the mysterious house Ihey
H hea~i his story and declare 1t Is or the great
, but refuse TO dvuge the partlcuars
'SL L,IIp ooo ncople visited Sxty-third and Wallace
CO. W, r,esfsrdav and sought admission TO Holmes
cas,Is The enterprising jeweler. Davis, who occu,
'.f ,,rt NJ the drugstore III the building. nad
p,i oio 'arr,ngements to admit visitors on payment
~ II ga" t.ncenf fare and expected TO reap rich har-
vest hmt the police heard OF 1t and forbade admis-
49, ~ The bukling above the first floor.
'',tnotber arrest was made yesterday. that or H.
. Mack who worked for Homes during the last
six months he lived In the Sixty-thirdst house
rha nolice have been looking for him since Friday
rhev are certain that he knows all about Pat
ominlan and his wife and their connection with
Ifoimes from certain admissions he has made 10
friends The Inspector and Chief Badenoch say
nov have sufficient evidence To convict Holmes
and Ouinlan and the present Grand Jury will
he the last one until September every EFFORT Is be-
ING made to get the evidence In shape to present
To- that body before its adjournment.