The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-30
THE MISSING MINNIE.
HOLMES STORY or HOW SHE MUIR
DERED HER SISTER,

AZ Alleged ny the Phenome nal Rascal, and
How He Covered Up the Crime-Ingenioss
Explanation of the Presence of Dress
Hardware In the Castle" stove.
New YORK, Aug. ga signed state
ment written by II. ii. Holmes in the
Moyamensing prison at 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, 1893, and employed
her as stenographer. She was installed
in his Office i'm the building which has be-
come 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 il will
be found by microscopic examination that
they are the remains of such meals
Financial Relations with Minnie.
He continues: Certain il is that no hui
IIdIl DtlIR wis tNtT CftIiidttu tlltIt
my occupancy of the room, my own ex-
perience, 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 a
course" Holmes says that in April Min
ME Williams, knowing him to be in need
of money, gave him draft for 1880, the
l.. l. Il Il l.
held i'm Texas and asked him TO use il un-
til she should need it, In order that she
should be protected he transferred to her
by warranty deed house and lot at Viii.
mette, Ills, valued 40 81 800. The money
was returned 20 her in May, 1893, being
paid by Isaac X. Hit & Co, of Chicago.
shows His Innate Rascaiity.
She desired TO convert her southern
property into cash or improved northern
property, and he advised her to execute a
worthless deed Thy having some one other
than herself sign samet TO "A fictitious per-
son, and offer the property for sale at a
very low cash figure and years later TO de-
mand an additional sum in exchange for a
clear title. This was done, Clarence A.
Phillips forging the name of Alexander f..
Bond upon the deed so made which deeds
are still in existence. About this time,
Holmes narrates, Miss Williams was taken
i'll and was removed to the Presbyterian
hospital near the Clybourne avenue car
limits, being enrolled as Mrs Williams, as
her ailment was such that it was prudent
for her to pass as married woman. she
having according to Holmes, been be.
trayed by 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 he was greeted by cry from Min
ME Williams in the parlor: as that your
My God, thought you would never come.
Mamie il dead She was seated upon the
floor, holding her sisters head in her arms,
rocking back and forth and moaning,
much as a mother would over child. He
found that Mamie Williams had been
dead for hours, and laid her body upon the
bed i'm his own room, finding no mark of
violence but 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
during the night.