Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-21
THE CHICAGO END.


A Fake Gas Producer OF Holiness Discov-
cred-Diggiug Up Another Cellar.
Chicago. July 20.-The search for
the bodies of the missing Williams
girls was begun early to-day in the
house I'm EuEiewo0d, formerly occu-
pied by the alleged murderer. II. IL.
Holmes. Yesterdays developments h--@
led ,l -he belief that evidences of the
supposed crime We're concealed some
where about Jbe house. and the sus-
piciou of ue ghbors and detectives
pointed strongly toward the large cell
Iar u which disagreeable Odors had
been detected The belief was that
the o50r was -ha, of decaying flesh and
tina. search would reveal the body of the
second Williams girl from Texas and
possibly that of little Howard PietZel.
! Inspector Fitzpatrick accordingly put
force of men TO work digging up the
damp .artheru floor of the place. The
cellar is about q hundred feet long and
half us Wide and the task is a tedious
one. as every inch of ground and spade
tui 0l earth was carefully examined by
the detectives who We're superintend-
/ ing the work.
While the w0rkmen were searching
/ for @ hidden well i'm which it was
thought the bodies might have been
I buried. the well was opened and a
I quantity of gas rushed out into the
I cellar OverDOwering the men, one of
+ the l310rers struck q match and an
/ explosion followed. Four men were
carried out badly burned, but not ia
I tally. The search was
IMMEDIATELY RESUMED
I bv another force OF men,
An investigation showed that the ga3
I came from q large cedar tank. about
+ fifteen deep and ten feet in diameter.
\ It was partially filed with peculiar
/ smelling liquid the exact nature of
/ which has not yet been determined.
/ From -he sides of the tank numerous
\ pipes extended. the ends projecting in
/ side the tank. being carefully wrapped
. i'm bwiaps.
/ Marshal Kenyon. with several of his
men. descended into the tank TO make
/ @ careful examination o fit Within
/ few seconds Kenyon called 20 be taken
| ont, as the gas was becoming too much
/ for him. He and his companions We're
/ quickly hauled mp and all of them re-
] INN .I.lA N NN.N minutes ~ ANAA NAAN
/ exception of KENYON He acted like q
\ crazy man and ran down an alley in the
/ rear of the house shouting and waving
/ his hands. lie was pursued brought
/ back and in a short time was himself
/ again The opinion was that the tank
\ was swindlug device of Holmes.
/ who at one time. while living here.
/ claimed TO have q new process for the
/ manufacture of gas. I'm which he in
/ duced sevaraI possessed OF more money
\ than caution. t0 invest.
The tank was covered mp this even
/ ing and viii not De investigated again
/ until Monday
THE EXAMINATION
/ of the large ash CRATES i'm Holmes
stove resulted I'm another startling dis
e0varv. Two charred bones, resem-
+ binP human ribs. were found among
/ the ashes. The bones were badly burn
ed. and were handled with great care
/ to prevent their breaking. The finding
of the supposed ribs with the burned
w0maus shoe the buttons and the
niece of clC-h were considered by the
police as practically proving that az
. least the portion of the body of a Wo-
man had been cremated. The stove is
| a very. large one. about 6 feet high and
/ q feet I'm diameter. and would easily
/ have held a body.
I Late this afternoon bunch of hu-
man hair was found i'm the chimney OF
HOlmes's house by several newspaper
l reporters. The stove pipe had been
! taken down. and Clinging TO the bricks
/ of the chimney was found quantity Oh
/ hair. The police were notified, and
uDon examination the hair was pro-
nouuced chat Of woman. The appear
ance OF the locks Ted to- the belief that
they had been burned from the head
and drawn up the stove pipe. Ihe
/ discovery was considered of the greatest
importance by the detectives in charge
/ 0f the ease.
TIE REDMOND MYSTERY.
Chicago. IL. July 20.-The Redmond
I mystery is revived to-day i'm a new as
|pect. a connection with the Philadelphia
Insurance fend Holmes. being shown
some years ago Chicago was startled
I bv the bold Kidnapping of little Annie
Redmond daughter of South Side
i blacksmith. Her abductOrs. while keep
/ ng their identity a secret. admitted IN
series of notes sent To- the parents Of
7 the child. their sole object was TO hold
I her for a big ransom The kidnapping.
as afrerward proved. was done by a Mrs.
/ CurIev who some time later was ar
rested ana sentenced 20 five years in
the peuieu,iary
Irs. Gurley refused to talk much
about the case at the time, but threw
out hints about having done the job at
the ins-igation Of other parties. This
was considered by the police TO be done
merely for effect. and no organized ef-
TORT MS made 90 look up the woman S
ass9ci8tes. Since the exposure Of
Holmes. rascaHty. ft has been ascertain
e1 The Gur,eys were not only neighoors
of his at SiNv-third and Wallace
streets. bu, were on intimate terms So
eially with him. 1t is clear enough