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The herald., 1895-08-03
A PARTIAL CONFESSION
Pat Quinlan Is Supposed to Have Re.
vealed
How Holmes Killed Pitzel In Chicago and
Then Sent the Body to Phil
adelphia

CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-The police have at
last received partial confession from Pat
Quinlan, the janitor of the Holmes castle,
and have, thev believe, positive evidence
that Benjamin Pitzel was murdered in
this city by Holmes and the corpse sent
to Philadelphia.
The confession was wormed out of the
Quinlans by means of tip given the
local officers by Detective Geyer of Phia-
delphia. who arrived in this city today.
The exact nature of the story told by tho
Quinlans the :police will not reveal and
ianor Hrs wire" maue hny cJnIesnon az
all. Notwithstanding the denial of the
police. htwever, it is positively know
that Quinlan made and signed confes.
sion because it was left where Quinlan' 8
signature on the document could be seen
although the subject matter under which
he wrote bis name could not be ascer-
tained. Tonight, however. it was learned
That confession was made covering all
the details OF the murder of Pitze with
the exception of the actual place in which
the crime was committed, This the
police declare they will have tomorrow,
The confession was obtained from the
Quinlans only after the hardest kind of
work and at the price of promise OF i'm
munitv from punishment for all part the
Quinlans may have borne in the murder
OF Plt-el OF other crimes committed by
Holmes.
Mrs. APT Quinlan knew of the disap-
pearance of Mrs. Connor in Holmes cas-
tie and saw the body of the woman after
she was dead. She further knew ana has
admitted that Pearl Connor disappeared
mysterionsly in the castle after her return
from q. trip to the .Quinlan farm at Lake
View. Mich. Chief Badenoch took Mrs.
Quinlan AMI hef husband to the castle to-
day with Inspector Fitzpatrick and De-
tectives Fitzpatrick and Norton. The
OBJECT OF the trip was more for the pur-
pose of lettingiQuinlan and his vile meet
than any other. The chief now has proof
daughter, or Cora Quinan., were muir
dered in the building while the mother
was liz Holmes employ. Quinlan has
given information within the last twenty
four hours which brings the charge
OF murder nearer to Holmes than it has
peen IN Chicago at any time since the |
case opened. Quinlan and his wife while |
demonstrating to the police they were at
no time guilty of the crime of murder
themselves, have made admissions bv |
which the chief coulo use them on the !
stand as valuable witnesses against |
Il dimes in proving that Mrs. Connor and
Iae chlId were made way with by Holmes
Ior the purpose OF securing insurance
which Mrs. Cons)r carried on her life in
avor of her dauLa.ter.
Further, Quinlan and his wife have
proved to the police that MIS-. Connor
vas so we'll aware of the scheme which |
iolmes was operating that it became
lecessary for Holmes to put the woman
tut of the way.
The Toronto charge of murder is the
trongest one against Holmes and if he is
akeh there he probably will be hanged,
The herald., 1895-08-03
TRYING SITUATION
A Man Who Is Probably Innocent Convicted
vf Forgery


SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. "A. J.
Whiteman, ex- banker and millionaire OF
Duluth, Mimi. mayor of Duluth/ mem
ber of the Minnesota Legislature recently
convicted of forgery, made personal ao-
dress today in the superior court in sup
port of his own motion for a new trial.
The new trial was asked on the score of
newly discovered evidence. One charge
against Wniteman was that he had vic
timized several friends in San Francisco
by means Of n forged check drawn by
Frank Dixon upon a New York bank.
Ali through the trial Whiteman insisted
that there was such person as Dixon.
although he could not be found. Now it
is stated that Dixon has been found and
has stated in the presence of certain
reputable residents OF Chicago that he
mad really signed the $500 check and had
sent it to Whiteman in payment of an
indebtedness. Then Whiteman. by permis-
sion of the court. made an eloquent ad-
dress reciting his social and political
prominence and his efforts to find Dixon.
He begged the court not to put the brand
of felony upon ma1 who had not been
legally convicted of a crime.
Judge Wallace continued the further
bearing of the motion for two weeks. in
structing .he special counsel for the prose.
cution in the meantime to ascertain
whether or not Whiteman's story is true.
The court stated that if there is really
such person as Dixon and il he signed
that cneck and sent it to the defendan
Whiteman would have new trial.
The herald., 1895-08-03
Indians Sneaking OFF

WASHINGTON, August 2.-The latest
news from General Coppinger received at
the war department, via headquarters at
Omaha, is reassuring. A dispatch dated
Omaha yesterday is as follows: A report
was received from Market Lake this
morning which indicated the Indians
were returning from Jackson's S Hole by a
straight line to the reservation. To test
its correctness Union Pacific railway
officer was asked to telegraph for informa-
tion'to the stations along the Oregon
Short Line from South Dakota Springs
westward. The following reply is from
the division superintendent at Pocatello:
- A stage driver has just reached Dakota
Springs. He says he left Caribou this
morning. He came through Grave Lake
and the backwood country. He reports
200 Bannocks at Grave Lake on their way
from Jacksons Hole to the reservation.
They say there has been no fighting
and no desire TO fight on their part. The
scare seems to be over. and the settlers
the Indians are trying to
make their way back to the reservation
to avoid arrest. The information is
thoroughly reliable"
The herald., 1895-08-03
The Only Defense That Strikes
Durrant's Counsel
BANKER WHITEMAN'S FIX
A Yale Man Killed by Lightning In
Arizona
The Law Governing the Running Of Saloons
Near the State Prisons to Be
Enforced
Associated Press Special Wire.

AbsOclAteu fresb opecldl WlIes
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1T is said
that the counsel for Theodore Durrant,
charged with the Emanuel church MUIR
ders, will attempt to prove an alibi for
Durrant by tho testimony OF members OF
his family and his friends, but it has not
been determined as yet whether TO put
the defendant on the stand or not.
Attorneys Deuprey and Dickinson will
be guided in the defense greatly by the
showing made by the prosecution. If
the people present a strong case of c'rcum-
stantial evidence and the witnesses for
the state remain firm under the test OF
cross.examination a strenuous effort will
be made to create doubt in the mind of
the jurymen by throwing an unknown
party into the case who will reseni BILE
Durrant to such an extent as to permit q
mistake in Identification. That such a
course is being considered is eviuent by
the story told by Clark. before he was
tripped up by his wife and mother.
1t is thought that the best the defense
expects is a disagreement OF the jury.
The prosecutors of Theodore Durrant
are mistaken If they think that the at
torneys for the defense have abandoned
Charles H. Clark rs witness. On the
contrary the interrogatories to be put to
Clark have been forwarded to Boston,
and If Eugene Deuprsy is sincere in
what he says he expects Clark to stick to
his original statement that he saw
Blanche Lamont with man other than
Durrant ON alPowell- car on April 3d.
The defense thinks that Mrs. Clark was
persuaded to make the statement she
gave on Thursday in the nope that it
would take her husband out Of the case
and prevent the publication of Clark s
Oregon record. which is supposed to DE
in the possession of the prosecution.
They also think that Mrs. Clark has no
letter from her husband in which he
admits he was mistaken as to the date on
which he saw Miss Lamont with the
unknown man on the car. Deuprey is
authority for the statement that Detective
Harry Moore. who Is IN the employ of
the defense. has kilograms from Clark
dated later than Mrs. Clarks alleged let
me- %s>,,o@ pi1a.,tel efsssynaS. eclaze That
man visiting Durrant's house on the
night Minnie Williams was murdered,
heard Durrant burning something that
smelled like burning cloth, is repudiated
by both the prosecution and the defense.
Distric: Attorney Barnes says he never
heard Of the woman.
The herald., 1895-08-03
VIOLATING THE LAW
Governor Budd Wants SaIoons Closed In the
Two-Mile Limit of San Quentin


SACRAMENTO, Aug. 2.-Whsn Gov
ernor Budd visited the state prison at San
Quentin few days ago he inquired into
the reason why the state law had been
violated in the matter of the nj qintenanae
OF liquor saloons within two miles of the
prison. All that he could learn was that
the law and police authorities of the
county had failed to do their duty. The
governor has directed the attorney.cen-
earl to enforce the law in tins regard.
'lt they cannot be convicted, - said the
governor to Bee reporter, "the saloon
men can be enjoined from violating the
law; and it they disobeyed the Injunction
they can be punished for contem pt of
COURT
When reporter called upon the attor.
ney-general today the latter said he had
not receievd n communication from the
governor regarding the matter, but sup
posed it would be along within a day or
two. He said he would look up the law
and file an opinion with the governor.
1T applies remarked the atrorney-gen-
eral. Ito the state university. A branch
Of that institu.ion Is in San Francisco.
II IL is enforced the metropolis will be a
dry town."
The herald., 1895-08-03
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Yale nan's Taking Off by an Arizona
Thunderbolt

rae Ilans taking OH by an Arizona
Thunderbolt
FLAGSTAFF. August 2.-Yesterday
morning at the Grand canyon of the Col
orado, Blatchley and Lewis Porter and
Arthur s. Renton, visitors from Stanford,
Conn.,. left Tolfree hotel to visit Bissell
point. On their return thunderstorm
overlook them and they sought shelter
under an overhanging rock. A thund or
bolt struck the rock and Blatchley Porter
was instantly killed. Lewis Porter and
Arthur Renton were thrown from under
the rock and rendered unconscious.
Renton was the first to recover. He
thinks he was unconscious half an hour.
He found Blatcbley Porter dead and
Lewis unconscious. He started for the
hotel. some three miles away. for aid. In
the meantime Lewis Porter recovered.
Being dazed he lost his way and did not
reach the hotel until p.m. He was
badly burned on the shoulders and back.
his hair singed and his clothing
burned in several places. He is prostrated
from the shock. Rentvn is seriously
bruised. The dead man was a Yal.
student and on vacation trip.
The herald., 1895-08-03
Desperate Negroes

ATLANTA. Ca. Aug. Saturday
nlght Jesse Hardeman, negro farm
hand 25 years of age, assaulted in a brutal
manner the wife of J. H. Rof inson, who
lives two miles from Marietta. About
twenty men were out searching for the
negro last night,hwhen they met party
OF negroes on the road. Suddenly one of
the negroes arose in the wagon and level
Ing double barreled shotgun at the ap-
preaching party, fired both barrels.
Charles Boughly received nineteen puck
shot in the left arm. The white c,en re-
turned the fire until hundred shots ad
been exchanged. Sheriff Davenport of
Cobb county has organized large posse
and is securing the surrounding country
for the negroes. Nearly every white and
colored man is armed.
The herald., 1895-08-03
INDIANS TREATED CRUELTY
That Is the Story Brought in by Agent
Teter
Bucks Trying to Get Back Unobserved to the
Reservation-The Scare Il
Over

MARKET LAKE, Idaho, August p
There is no news from the front today.
General Coppinger with his command
will remain at Marysvale for some time.
Indian Agent Teter came in from
Canyon Creek today. He will go to Fort
Hall reservation to see how many Indians
are missing. He brings story of cruelty
to Indians in Jackson's Hole, and also of
cruelty to q wounded Indian who was
shot seventeen days ago. He was found
three miles from the trail, nearly dead.
General Coppinger has sent a surgeon to
take care OF him.
The herald., 1895-08-03
MANITOBA SCHOOLS
Catholic Grievances r1ust Be Remeaied on Pain
of the MnistrY's Dismissal

VI inc ministry DiSHisShi
MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. "A special to
the Tribune from Manitoba says: Sir
John Schultze, governor of Manitoba. has
transmitted to Premier George Greenway
a communication from the dominion gov
ernment asking Greenway to state just
how far he will go in compromising the
Catholic school difficulty. Sir John, after
transmitting the communication, took
the train for Banff, in the ocky noun
tains where Sir Mackenzie Bowel, pre-
mier CT Canada, now is. In Winnipeg
today the startling rumor was circulated
that il Premier Greenway persisted in his
refusal to remedy the Catholic grievances
he and his minister will De di smissed
from office by the Manitoba governor. The
governor has the power to do this, but
such high -handed course would be cal
culated only to intensity the trouble and
bitterness. Certain it is, however. that
the dominion government is contemplate
ing some decisive movement.
The herald., 1895-08-03
Organized Labor yictor;o..

PITTSBURG, Aug. 2.-The biggest
victory ever made by organized labor was
won today in Pittsubrg by the coal min
ers: Almost every demand was granted
and the operators gave a written guaran.
tee for the fulfillment of the contract to
the 10. 900 miners in Pennvslvania. Ohio
and Illinois. The terms of the agreement
are that the present rate of wages shall
continue in force until October 1, when
every operator in the Pittsburg district
will pay the present rate with differ
ential OF 5 cents in favor OF operators who
do not nave company stores. The agree-
ment provides for another advance on
January l.
The herald., 1895-08-03
Railroad to Be Foreclosed

HELENA, Mont. August I'm the
circuit court of the United States for the
district OF Montana the application of the
case of the American Loan and Trust
company against the Oregon Short Line
and Utah Northern Railroad company.
was denied and. as the court was to take
recess until Wednesday next, further
proceedings were deferred until that day,
when a decree of foreclosure will be
entered in accordance with the prayer of
the complaint and as ordered by Judge
Bulllnger in the district of Oregon. This
leaves only Idaho. Utah and Wyoming
courts to pass upon the proceeding.
The herald., 1895-08-03
THE LADY AND THE WHIP
Combination of Both Struck an Editor a
Very FOrcible

Very Forcible
81. JOSEPH. Mo-. Aug 2.-P. T. Will
hams' editor OF the Stamb bury Herald.
and A. W. Weimer. editor of the Stan.
bury Sentinel, have been indulging in a
newspaper quarrel. Williams stated in
his paper that ne had accumulated all his
property himself. and while his taxes
were not as much as those OF the editor
OF the Sentinel, none of his wealth had
come In the way of hymeneal contract.
made at the altar. Mrs. Werner con.
sldered that the paragraph reflected on
her. She is the daughter of ]. w. Ham,
ton, the Denver millionaire, who lived
for many years at Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
On the day Of her marriage with Weimer
s,n ser M father presented him with check for
erence was amde by Williams.
In the afternoon Mrs. Weimer, acco M
panied by her husband. went to the Her.
aid once and horsewhipped Williams,
while Weimer struck his rival over the
head with revolver. 'A'
The herald., 1895-08-03
Unknown Man Murdered

FLAGSTAFF. August 2.-Monday the
dead boiy of a white man was found on
the Littls Colorado. forty miles northeast
OF here. by three cattlemen. The sheriff
ana coroner visited the scene and re-
turnsd today. They believe that the
man was murdered. as the body was
pushed into hole four feet long and the
same depth. The back part OF the head
was crushed with an ak or club. The
murdered man is unknown here. He
was about six feet tall. well built. and
shoes. He was about SO wears old. Moth,
Identification. ~ AIS
The herald., 1895-08-03
COLLlERY FLOODED
Fourteen Ten Entombed In q Scotch
Mine

GLASGOW. Aug. 2.-The Auchen Har-
vie colliery at Salt Coats, town on the
Bay OF Ayr. twenty-four miles southwest
OF here, has been flooded. Sixty men
have been rescued and fourteen are en-.
tombed in the mine and it is believed
they have perished. Searching parties
have been formed but are unable to penc-
trate to the point where the unfortunate
victims are. There Is a scene of intense
excitement at the pits mouth, VIII ere the
wives, mothers and families of the on.
tombed miners are engaged in wrineine
their hands and giving all sorts OF mani.
festations of grief and despair, Those
who were rescued arrived at the surface
in a most exhausted condition,
The herald., 1895-08-03

of d bank at Rochester. n. y. for breach
of promise and seduction. After tho Sc
duction, it appears from the evidence In
court. Powers revealed to Miss Eakins
that he was married and added that he
expected daily to secure a divorce from
his wife. who was an American. The
next day. however. Powers announced
that he was unable to obtain a divorce
from his wife, left MISS Eakins penniless
and went to Paris. Powers did not ap-
pear at the trial.
The herald., 1895-08-03
England VIII Join

LONDON. August 3-Ths Odessa cor.
respondent of the Daily News saws that
the st. Petersburg Voedemetal processes
to know that Prime Minister Salisbury
intends to form coalition with the
triple alliance for the purpose OF invest
ing Austria with plenary mandate for
the occupation of Macedonia, Including
SalOnica
The herald., 1895-08-03
Probable s. p. Changes

aminer says that the board of directors of
the Southern Pacific company have Sc
lected General Superintendent J. A. Fill
more to succeed the late A. N. Towne as
general manager. The appointment will
have to be ratified by G. p. Huntington
before it goes into effect. A. d. Wilder,
at present division superintendent, is
slated to succeed Mr.. Fillmore as general
superintendent. AS successor to Wilder
are mentioned J. A. Muir, division super
intenient at Los Angeles, and J. l..
Frazier, superintendent of the coast
division.
The herald., 1895-08-03
CAR STUFFINd
A Far-Reaching Federal Investigation on the
Tanis in the Near Future

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2.-The Chron-
cle publishes an article in regard to al
legged frauds in the railway mail service
on the Pacific coast, which it says prom
ises to lead to one of the most far reach-
ing federal Investigations ever held here.
1t is alleged by Railway Postal Clerk F.
s. Uolver of Los Angeles and others that
the vita Staeah he mas adyc
superintendent Samuel Flint OF the rail.
way mail service, during the month OF
June, 1894, in order that the freight car.
rled during that month, which formed
the basis for estimating tn com pensa.
ton t. be paid the railroad for the next
four years, might appear unduly large.
A railway postal clerk of long experiences
says, there are great opportunities for
stuff1ng cars in such a way as to rob the
government of millions every year. The
Chronicle says that this local scandal
opens up wide field for congressional
investigation.
The herald., 1895-08-03
A PRESS LEAGUE
Passes Resolutions Tending 10 Be Beneficial
to Sacramento Valley

Passes Resolutions Tending 10 Be Beneficial
to Sacramento Valley
SACRAMENTO, Aug 2.-The execu-
tive committee OF the Sacramento Valley
Press league held meeting in this city
this afternoon at which were present
Raleigh Barcar. chairman; W. R. Ellis.
Woodland; Q. X. McClatchey, Bee; E. B.
Willis. Record Union; W. d. Pennycock,
Vallejo: DIG. Holt. Rio Vista, secretary.
The committee adopted a large number
1t was recommended that illustrated
pamphlets be published, setting forth
descriptions of the valley and inviting
Immigration. Another resolution urged
the papers OF the valley to battle for 4
constitutional amend ment, 80 that ali
persons who hold over 1000 acres of land
shall be assessed in an increasing ratio for
every five hundred acres over that num-
Der. to the end that land MONOPOLY NAV
be the more speedily broken up. Fruit
growers were urged to send out printed
matter descriptive Of the valley in each
package of fruit sent east.
The league urged the constant battle
for the preservation and improvement of
the Sacramento river. It was also urged
that the immediate Inauguration and
rapid spreading of good roads system
all through the valley be inauugrated. A
better legislative system was ais, urged.
1t was also urged that distinctive Sac.
ramento valley exhibit be made at the
Atlanta exposition. 1t was urged that
smelling works be established in Shasta
county to reduce the ores of that county.
1t was recommended that the Southern
Pacific company lay out a beautiful mark
at Its depot in this city to attract the at.
tentiOn of visitors from the east.
The herald., 1895-08-03
Ended In Nothing

for tie perfection q the en .r1sn as,
senGer association, but it ended in moth
ing. The preliminary meeting mad been
man Caldwell when word was received
from General Passenger Agent Loman
OF the Union Pacific that he would not
ne able TO attend any general meeting,
This blocked the whole game and eyery-
thing was declared off.
The herald., 1895-08-03

the surveys for the rock crushing pisns az
Folsom and announced that the ora W.
ings, etc., would be completed py toner, nor
row morning. Next "Wednesday ootn
boards will meet at Folsom to discuss 'he
geners plan. The bureau expects 10 oe
within ninety days at 67z cents per Gu
bic yard. delivered on the cars here, sa E. me
present price OF crushed rock is $2.o5 per
cubic ward.
The herald., 1895-08-03
Freight Classification

CHICAGO, August 2.-The five days'
session of the western railways classiti-
cation committee ended after agreeing to
many radical changes in the rates,
weights and classification OF about one
hundred commodities. The classification
committee which inclues all the roads
between Chicago and the Pacific coast
agreed to lower the minimum carload
weights of about one hundred articles.
but it was resolved to advance the rates
on nearly every commodity which 10 to
take lower carload weight,
The herald., 1895-08-03
Crees Ready for anUJprisinc

BUTTE, Mont, August 2.-Charley
Blaine. sub-chief of the Bannock Indians.
arrived here today from Jackson s Hole.
He says the Canadian Crees have been
gathering in large NUM- be.s near White
hall. Mont. with intention OF joining the
Bannocks,
The herald., 1895-08-03
Reduction in Sugar

PHILADELPHIA Aug. 2.-The local
sugar refineries today reduced the price
OF numbers - and IA of the soft grades
from 3-S to 3Ll for No. 13 and 81 to 3
Is for No. IA. This reduction was made
SO as to enable the refineries to compete
with the same grades of Scotch sugar
which has been underselling them.
The herald., 1895-08-03
Bulgarian Fatally Woun ded

BERLIN, Aug. IA telegram from
Sofia received here states that M. Ma
takieff, an intimate friend of the late M.
Stambouloff and the leader of the Liberal
party at Tatar Bassardjik, Eastern Rou-
mania. has been attacked by assassins and
fatally wounded,
The herald., 1895-08-03
Old pion... Ga.

PREsCOTT: A.. T., Aug. 2.-F. W.
tbiaRe' taa; =. California pioneer. who had
tor e over ."o sers,ce OF Wells. Fargo & Co.
this morning Of. Br,eht's disease. '
The herald., 1895-08-03
rlassacre of christi.n.

SHANGHAI. Aug. 3.-Advices from
Eco Chow are that a telegram rece,vad
there on the third says fearful massacre
OF Christians has occurred at Ku Chenp.
Five foreign lloies are among tie muir
The herald., 1895-08-03
Report Denied

NEW YORK, August 2.-Presfdent
Samuel Spencer of the Southern Railway
com pany today gave denial to the report
that his company has purchased the
Columbus Southern road.
The herald., 1895-08-03
Reason to Be THANKFUL

LONDON. August 3.-The Anglican
bishop OF Exeter. in a pastoral letter,
urges special Thanksgiving and prayer for
the church.
The herald., 1895-08-03
Signed Articles

CHICAGO. Aug. 2.-Johnny Griffin TO-
day signed articles to box George Dixon
twenty-five rounds before the Suffolk club
at Boston. August %.
The herald., 1895-08-03
Folsom Rock Crushing pI,r,

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 2.-The buroau
OF highway commissioners and the state
today in the governors office. Commis-
sioner Maude reported the condition of
The herald., 1895-08-03
New Arizona Rank

WASHINGTON, Aug.g 2.-Authoritv
for the organization of the Valley Ma.
tional bank of Phoenix, Ariz., has been
given.
The herald., 1895-08-03
Continuous Rains

LONDON, August "A Paris dispatch
to the Times says the continued rains are
causing anxiety for the vintage.