Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27
CORA WAS ST MURDERED
And ras-, |. g'ist:n Les. or t. l,as
 2 of Holmes
MORE Ass $ THE WILLIAMS GIRLS
The Story of One Killing the Other With Chair Is Secuted Chioago's Ch:af Disgas;ed at the Progress
 of the Case.

Chicago, Jaly 26.-Holmes is at least
 guiltless of the murder of little 11-year-
 old Cora Quinlan, whatever his other crimes may be. Cora is the daughter of
 Patrick tuinlan. one of Holmes hench-
 men, and the police feared for her safe
 ty. It was definitely ascertained today that she is at the home of her grandpar- ents in Lakota. Mich.
 Mrs. Quinlan, who has all along main
 tained an air of craft in reserve, was forced to admit today that she had lied
 to the officers on at least one point, and this had the effect of weakening her con-
 siderably. Her husband also spent large part of the day in the sweat box, and as a result of today's development, Chief Badenoch decided to formally hold
 them both for trial on the charge of being
 implicated in various insurance swinI dies. He also believes they are guilty ofl the crime of assisting Holmes. if not d-t rectly, at least indirectly, in making away with some of his victims. The charge of fraud is sufficient to hold them, and no other will be made at present.
 Joe owens was brought in to refute one of Mrs. Quinlans statements, and he
 told her fiaty that she had lied. owens will probably be released tomorrow. Ms. Quinlan was forced to admit during the course of the examination that she had impersonated a dead woman, represent ing herself as the beneficiary of a fine in- surance policy in order to gain the money which went into Holmes pocket.
 Little of startling nature was found
 today by the workers in the building at
 Sixty-third and Wallace streets. A
 stained table, which the detectives
 jumped to the conclusion was discolored
 by blood, was unearthed. They think it
 may have been used for the gruesome
 purpose of quartering victims on. Two
 or three more bones, pronounced by com
 petent men to be those of human beings, were also dug up.
 William Capps of Fort Worth. Tex, is here today looking after the interests of the Williams heirs. He believes that the deeds to the property were forged. He tells the following story:
 The two Williams girls were left prop erty by their uncle, Dr. Williams While both were in possession of it, Minnie was the real owner. Both the girls were we'll educated, well-behaved and virtuous, so
 far as is known. It is scarcely possi- ble they could have been corrupted by
 Holmes in so short time as has been
 stated. Minnie, after she became of
 age, started to organize theatrical
 company and sunk $15,000 in the project. She shortly after that came to Chicago and met Holmes.
 Tn June, 1S93 she wrote to her sister to come and visit her; that she was very wealthy and was going to marry Harry Gordon and take trip to Europe. After her sister came Minnie wrote a letter to forward her trunks, which were sent on in June, but were never called for. The trunks were finally returned to her aunt
 in Mississippi. The deed to the property was purported to have been made to A Bond in April 1893. 1 believe there is no such person. The property is worth $50,- 900. This deed purports to have been ac- knowledged before Holmes as notary public in May 1893. An investigation shows that he did possess this qualifica- tion. The deed was not sent to Texas un- til June, 1894. It was not properly ac- knowledged, and was returned by the clerk. so that it might be made to con- form to the Texas law.
 Shortly after this Holmes and Pietzel appeared in Fort Worth under the aliases of Lyman and Pratt They came to sell part of the property, for which they got $1500. On the rest of it they
 built house, which is almost exactly
 like the one in Chicago evidently made for selling purposes only. Quinlan was with them in Texas. Holmes and Pietzel got in debt to nearly everybody in town. and then left the city. I don't think there is the slightest question that Holmes killed the Williams girls. His story of one killing. then the other with a chair is too absurd to be believed for
 an instant"
 Several other witnesses were exam
 ined, but none made any important reve-
 lations. Chief Badenech said at the con- clusion of the days work: q don't think
 I ever saw case where we made such
 slow progress Most of the evidence we
 have had is utterly worthless, and out
 of this great mass of chaff we are obliged
 to sift the wheat, and it is very thin
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