Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-28
PROOF OF MURDER.
EVIDENCE OF THE KILLING OF
THE noY AT INDIANAPOLIS
Is INDIsPuTADLE.
suII Searching the House where the
Find Was Made, and Further
Developments Expected.

Indianapolis, Aug. 2T.-Indianap-
oils will claim the right " try II. n.
Holmes for murder. This claim viii be
based upon the horrible developments
Of today, which include the hnding Of
the charred remains OF 9-yenr.old How
ard Peitgel ana evidence which before
any jury In the country would convict
Holmes of having murdered him and
then partly burned his body In II stove.
Detectives Geyer OF Philadelphia.
Richards OF Indianapolis ana Inspector
Gary OF the Fidelity Insurance com
pany have been at work for weeks,
hunting for traces of the boys body
He was traced here with Holmes and
disappeared. The city was secured and
work began In the suburbs, hunting for
a house rented by Holmes on october
10, IL or IL OF last year, This morning
the detectives went TO lrVington,
pretty suburb OF the city, and the site
of Butler college, and before they had
been an hour Mt work their attention
was called by local real estate deal
err TO small cottage situated IN the
edge of town and far removed from any
dwelling. The party went 10 the house,
and few minutes later the officers
found beneath the side porch the MISS
ing trunk which was taken from the
side door OF the Circle house IN this city
October S by II. II, Holmes and which
was thought to contain the body OF
the boy. AnTtAl fNilltIlfAA lOlnMfus
and hundreds flocked TO the scene as
soon as the discovery leaked cut, al
though the officers endeaVored TO keep
the matter a secret The house was
guarded and work began, searching for
additional evidence. Developments fol-
| lowed thick and fast, and the chain of
| evidence is damning.
| In barn connected with 1t was a
/ large stove OF cylindrical 3hape OF the
/ same pattern as Holmes bought In
| Cincinnati lie rented the house under
] the same alias. The stove had been
removed from the house TO the stable
| By the owner Of the house nfter Holmes
| left. II was at once concluded that
| the body had been burned In the stove,
| and search began for the remainn. Late
/ this afternoon DIR. j. +. Bernhilfs at
| tentlon was called by small boy to the
stove hole where the stove had been
| 1t was filed with refuse. This was
pulled out and the remains of the boy
were found. Physicians and dentists
were there and In this pit OF refuse
hundreds OF pieces OF charred bones
/ were found. The teeth showed that the
body was that OF boy between eight
and ten years of age. and all the other
I homes confirm this. The skull bones
and pelvis added to the same convinc-
ing truth. All were charred ana pieces
of flesh chung TO some OF them. The
body had evidently been burned IN Q
coal fire in the huge stove found IN the
| barn.
Towards overcoat was found at
grocery store near by, where Holmes
had left II, saying the boy would cal
for Il lie never came. owners of the
house recognize Holmes from pictures
and several neighbors distinctly re-
member his face. All identify him a.
The man who. last october, rented
Inc house. with the same story NJ
told in Toronto and other places.
He came with the boy and big stove
vashstand and and bed. and stayet
Two DAYS, and then disappeared. sever
nj people have Identified him. and Al
doubt is removed. Other development
are expected tomorrow ana with en ~
evidence indianapolis VIII demand
Holmes for trial.