The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-02
ABOUT The HOLMES CASE.
a hYpnotist Desires to Try His
Powers on QuinIan.
Bv Southern Assoelste.t lres..


Powers on QuinIan.
Bv Southern Assoclatet rres,
CnlCAGo, August |. Attorney Will.
liam Cnpps, of Fort Worth, who is in
Chicago representing tho heirs of tho
Williams sisters, left TO night for Little
Rock. lie goes with letter from
States Attorney Kern, OF Cook county,
authorizing him to represent Kern in
'he negotiations concerning Caldwell,
alias Hatch, alias Allen, now in the
Little Rock prison.
At best the Chicago authorities do
not believe Allen, alias Hatch, cnn give
Information that will develop evidence
that will prove murder aud they say
his statements ere contradictory and
that the evidence of his having had
absolute knowledge of murders com
mitted by Holmes Is decidedly wenk,
Attorney Capps hns convinced them,
however, that there is proof of the
identity OF prisoner rs A. T.. Alien,
alias A. T.. Bond. alias Mascot.
1t Is now clear TINT the police have
been comforting, or attempting to con.
fer, with the life insurance companies.
An inndvertent remark from an Off ciai
at police headquarters to day was.
'Nou can bot they tmcaning tho in .
surance companies) will NOT admit
having paid losses to Holmes or upon
auy OF bis alleged victims until they
have proof that will Convict every con
splraior against them.
The foregoing remark wns called out
III discussion over Holmes statement
that lie is worth $4,000 1t being be
Iieved he collected insurance upon thu
lives of many persons supposed To bo
his victims. A we'll known local hyp.
notist called upon Chief of Police
Badenoch to day aud requested that he
be permitted to try hia art upon Quu
Ian, the proposition being to secure n
confession from Quinlan while the lat
ter VAS III the hypnotic state. The
Chef refused to test the hypnotist's
power.
PHILADELPHIA, August |. - There
appeared to-day al entirely new state
ment from insurance swiuder Holmes,
who. despite tho advice of his counsel,
and his own statements that lie would
talk no more. still cGYtinueH to iutict
sensational stories upon the long suf.
iering public. This statement IS MS.
serted to be up to datr, aud To repre-.
sent the prisoner defense rs it Will be
made IN court
Holmes lusists that lie did not kill
Peitzel, although lie intimates thnt he
came very nearly doing so on several
occasions III self defense, Peitlel beiug
unrn!y and gUarre!some when in his
cups. tie ETH! holds To the statement
that PeitIcl committed suicide aud as.
serted that District Attorney Graham
Is convinced tat he (HOimcsl did not
Kill PcltIel, aud Js confident that he
cannot be convicted OF murder IN
Philadelphia, Toronto or Chicago.
lio!lne' declares that Pat Quiuan
has nothing To confess and that Min.
nIe Williams WAS his best friend. lie
still holds 10 the story that Mana Vii.
l.ams WAS murdered by her sister, aud
adds that the lattor must be dead ns he
has heard nothing from her. The
bones IN the Chicago castle" he ac
counts for by saying that many meat
bones found their was into the cellar
from the restaurant and being IL doctor
by profession, lie bought several
cadavers for ''sciantlflc and pecunIury
purposes" during his residence there.
the homes OF which may have been
found by the police.
About Mrs. Gertrude Conners dap
pearauce he has very little to ssy.
What became OF her after she left his
employ he claims not to know, aud
asserts that there WAS no possible
reason why he should haYe murdered
ner. As for Alice and Nellie Peitzel,
he says they were given by him to I'd
Hatcn. Howard Peiztel, iIolmes says,
was also given to Hatch in lndlunapo.
lis on October 10, This Hatch, he
asserts. IS not the convict in the AR.
kansas prison.
Holmes says he was married three
times, and the lady who calls herself
Mrs. Howard is not his legal wife but
still remsius loyal to him. Holmes
asserts that he Is worth $500, 900, aud
will have no difficulty IN raising tina.
amount were he ont OF prison.
Both Holmes and his counsel assert
that developments are to be looked for
shortly ihat will clear the former, aud
the latter expresses surprise that these
developments nave not already materI-
allied.
The Maryland Popui;sts' Nomima-
tonS.
BY southern Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Aug. -Marylaud's a Pro.
hibltioulsts closed n two dnys conveu.
ton this afternoon at the Giyndon
camp meeting grove. Four hundred
aud six enthusiastic opponents of the