San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-20

and Anna Williams and Howard
Pitzell Will be Found.
CHICAGO, July 20.-Another ap-
palling crime is laid at the door Of
n. H. Holmes, the notorious insur-
ance swindler, and the alleged
murderer of the Pitzells. That Min
ME Williams, Of Forth Worth,
Texas, met her death at the hands
Of Holmes there isscarcely doubt.
That she died in this city in a
violent manner has been proven
almost conclusively. Late last
night the police found in a stove in
the three-story brick building at
701 Sixty-third street, which was
built by Holmes and in which both
he and the Williams girl lived,
quantity Of charred bones, buttons
known to have been on a dress
owned by Minnie Williams, and
partly melted portion of watch
chain which was positively identi-
fed as having been the property of
the girl. The chain was instantly
recognized by G. e. Davis, who
occupies a portion Of the store
formerly used by Holmes when he
was in the drug business, as one
that he had seen Miss Williams
wear, and which he had on two
separate occasions repaired for her.
Davis also claimed to recognize
the buttons as those he had seen
on a dress worn by Miss Williams.
The CHASTITY discovery was made
late last night by force Of detec-
tives working under the command
of inspector Fitzpatrick who had
all day been at work searching the
building from cellar to garrett. The
floors were taken up in parts, the
walls were sounded and the big
iron vault carefully inspected. The
walls of the vault were found to be
heavily packed with asbestos,
which the police believe was placed
there for the purpose of deadening
the sound. The search in the
house was undertaken by the
police who, this morning, received
q communication from the Phil
adelphia authorities. The build
ing was carefully gone over and
the dummy elevator which ran
from the top floor of the building,
where Holmes had his office, to
the basement without exit on the
intervening floors, was tried and
worked in every possible manner.
On the top floor in the room used
by Holmes as an Office stood an
immense stove fully eight feet
high and three in diameter, with a
door sufficiently large to admit
human body into the interior.
Fitzpatrick opened the door and
poked carefully among the debris
with his cane. Almost the first
thing he turned up was human
bone badly charred. He hastily
jerked it out and found that 1t was
beyond all doubt the bone of an
adult, human being. The contents
OF the stove were then quickly
dumped and other portions Of
bones, too badly burned to admit
of positive Identification as belong
ing to any particular portion OF the
body, were also found. A number
Of small buttons, said to have been
worn on the front of Miss Williams
dress, were picked up, as was also
about 6 inches OF gold watch
chain, which she wore. The but
tons were OF peculiar make, with
strands of twisted wire running
from the head up into the shank,
which prevented their falling apart
in the flame.
All OF the ashes and debris re-
moved from the stove were care
fully preserved and taken to the
police station, where a more care
full examination will be made of
them tomorrow. The police are
now of the opinion that not only
Minnie Williams, but her younger
sister Annie and the boy Howard
Pitzell met death in this house.
Today they will renew the search
OF the house, beginning with the
basement, which will be carefully
dug up. They are OF the opinion
that they will find either the body
OF Anna Williams or that OF How
ard Pitzell before they have con-
cluded their work.
The search for the bodies of the
missing Williams girls begun early
today in the house in Englewood,