The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-31

against Pitzel one of Holiness alleged
victims, who was arrested in Terre
Haute in 1893 for attempting to pass a
forged check, was dismissed because
Holmes was trying to force Pitzel to
transfer his property to him. After
the arrest of Pitzel, Holmes came here
and secured his release on bond. At
forwards Holmes threatened TO turn
Pitzel over to the authorities unless
he transferred his house and lot to
him Following is a copy of a letter
written by Holmes to Attorney Wal
lace, of this city, who was employed to
defend PitZel:
CHICAGO. III. Dec. 10. 1S9S.-H. w.
Waliace.-Dear Sir-I want you to
write Pitzel a letter at once, stating
to him in the strongest language you
command that unless something is
done with his case this week ne will
he turned over to the authorities at
Terre Haute. He is not doing what
he ought in regard to transferring his
house and lot as he agreed to do. I
have written to Prosecutor Hamill re-
garding it, and 1 am determined that
if he does not secure us this work that
I shall take him to Terre Haute and
take UP that bond. Yours truly,
II. H. HOLMES"
Trying TO Rob Him.
NIessrs. Wallace and Hamiu made an
investigation which convinced them
that Holmes was trying to rob Pitzel
of his property. 1t was agreed that
the case be dismissed, and Pitzel was
so advised and urged to hold onto his
property.
A private account book kept by
Holmes has been discovered in a CRATE
at the Sixty third street house. The
book was found with a, bundle of let
tiers addressed by various women to
Holmes, which had evidently been
placed there for burning. The ac-
counts, which date back to May /, 1885,
show the owners dealings with var
iOus people and an entry regarding in
surance shows existence of insurance
deals as early q 5 1886. a mysterious
Dora is mentioned as the recipient
of numerous small sums which are
carefully recorded and the minutes of
the EngleWOod company are also given
with the election of directors and
transaction of other business.
Secret Chapters.
Tomorrow an officer from the Cen
trail station viii start for Little Rock
Ark, commissioned by Chief Radenoch
10 interview the convict Allen, who
claims he can relate the secret chap
ter of H. Il, Holmes career of murder
and fraudulent dealings.
Attorney William Capps of Fort
Worth, Texas, who has been il Chi
cago for nearly three weeks endeavor-
ing to obtain proof that Minnie and
Annie Williams were murdered, and
who has pursued lines of investigation
separate and distinct from the police,
has made a partial investigation of
convict Aliens stories and is so we'll
convinced that the man was really
witness, if not an actual participant
in the crimes of Holmes, Pitzel and
others, that he can reveal the whole
story if he wants to. The Texas law
yer spent nearly the whole evening in
Inspector Fitzpatrick's private office,
relating the results of his detective
work and trying to convince the in
spector and Chief Badenoch that con-
Wet Allen ought to be seen and the
authority of his information submitted
to d test. The police are inclined to
regard the ccnVictS assertion hope
fully, especially as they happen to
know that Holmes spent some time in
Arkansas conducting a land swindling
operation that had ramifications i'll
half a dozen distant cities. He could
have met and used Allen on that occa-
sion and brought him to Chicago as
Allen claims.
QuinIan Will Sweat.
Quinlan, who has not been disturbed
in his solitude since Monday night,
wiz be conducted to the sweat box
IN central station tomorrow and given
another chance to explain some accu-
sations that are made against him.
Joe Owen, the Ohio farmer, who is
also made prisoner at the armory, per-
sists in the assertion that Quinlan was
Holmes accomplice in every crime the
swindler planned and executed.
Digging in the cellar of the Holmes
building today and tonight was less
fruitful than any day yet spent in in
vestigating the underground scheme of !
the SWindler. Bones by the dozen |
were found, but nothing of tangible |
evidence can be found.
The laborers confined their work /
principally to the southeast end of the |
basement where was located the mys- |
FERROUS box. An investigation of the |
tank revealed nothing even as circum- |
stantial evidence against Holmes. The |
tank was easily made accessible and |
nothing was found therein but a small /
quantity OF petroleum in its raw state |
Nowhere were there traces of carbolic |
acid or other fluids which might have |
been used by Holmes IN putting away |
his victims
A Significant Bit.
Rather a significant bit of informa-
ton came to the police today when /
Mrs. StrOWerS of SIXty-flrSt and
Morgan streets informed the police |
that Holmes had once persisted in |
her taking out $4,000 life policy. Not
only did Holmes beg her to take out
the policy, she said, but ne also Of
fered her $4,000 for it. Her friends.
she said, dissuaded her from taking
Holmes advice and she never saw
him afterwards.
Clinton Sherman, formerly living at
646 Sixty-ninth street and now at
Dalton, Ill. came TO Holmes castle
this afternoon and said he had been
employed by the mysterious Richard
son. now missing, to remove bodies
from the castle and deliver them to
Chappell. the articulator at the medi-
cal college.
Sherman's name was found several
days ago among the private papers of
Holmes. Detective Fitzpatrick dis
covered he had been an INN, .te of the
castle. Sherman is a colored man.
He heard he was wanted and left the
produce farm on which he was work
ing. and came to the city at once He
told of several mysterious happen
ings in connection with the removal
of bodies, which he was told were
-sstiffs'' procured from cemeteries TO
be sold to medical students
BANK CLOSES.