Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-26
MINNIE WILLIAMS.
Connected Story by Holmes Of
Her Disappearance.
HOW SHE MURDERED HER SISTER,

As Alleged by the Phenomenal Rascal. and
How He Covered Up the eCrime-Ingenious
Explanation of the Presence OF Dress
Hardware In the Castle stove-A Little
Job Of RsscaIity He Advised Minnie to
Go Into, and She Went.
NEW YORK, Aug. ga signed state
mcnt written by II. II. Holmes in the
Moyamensing prison mt Philadelphia and
certified to by his lawyer, which goes into
all the details OF his acquaintance with
Minnie Williams is printed by a local
paper. Holmes writes that he first met
Minnie Williams at an intelligence Office
kept by one Campbell, on Dearborn street,
Chicago, in January, 1888. and employed
her a stcnographcr. She was installed
in his Office in the building which has be-
como known as Holmes CASTLE" and
from March to May of that year occupied
rooms in the building, adjoining the Office.
Occasionally meals were served in the
building, and if any bones were found in
the stove there Holmes writes that it will
bc found by microscopic examination that
they are the remains of such meals.
Financial Relations with Minnie.
He continues: Certain II is that no hu-
man being was ever crcrnated there during
my occupancy of the room, my own ex-
pcricncc, years ago, being quite sufficient
to show me the danger Of such proceedings
on account of the awful odor, if had no
other motive to deter me from such u
course" Holmes says that in April Min
ME Williams, knowing him to be in need
of money, gave him draft for e, 500, the
proceeds of the sale Of real estate she had
held in Texas, and asked him to use it I'M
til she should need it. In order that she
should bo protected he transferred to her
by warranty decd II house and lot ut VIII
incttc, Ills, valued ut $500 The money
was returned to hcr in May, 1898, being
paid by Isaac X. Hit & CO., of Chicago.
shows His Innate Rascality.
She desired to convert her southern
property into cash or improved northern
property, and he advised her to execute q
worthless deed (by having some one other
than herself sign samc) to II fictitious per-
son, and offer the property for sale at q
very low cash figure, and years later to de-
mand an additional sum in exchange for q
clear title. This was done, Clarence \.
Bond upon the deed so made, which deeds
are still in existence. About this time,
Holmes narratcs, Miss Williams was taken
Ill and was removed to the Presbyterian
hospital, near the Clybourne avenue car
limits, being enrolled as Mrs Williams, as
her ailmcnt was such that il was prudent
for her to pass rs married woman, she
having, according to Holmes, been be-
traycd by II prominent Boston business
man.
Thought He Would Never Come.
When she grew better and returned to
his house her sister, Mamie Williams,
came from Texas To visit her Returning
one evening early in July from day in
the city ho was greeted by cry from Min
ME Williams in the parlor: "Is that you:
My God, thought you would never come
Mamie Is dead She was seated upon the
floOr, holding her sisters head in her arms
rocking back and forth and moaning.
much as mother would over child. He
found that Mamie Williams had been
dead for hours, and laid her body upon the
bed in his own room, finding no mark of
violence but q slight discoloration on one
of her temples. According to the story
written by Holmes Minnie Williams had
been AWAY the preceding night, and he.
Holmes, had also been unexpectedly de
tanned by business all night. When Min.
ME Williams returned that morning she
noticed that his bed had not been occupied
durinu the night