The herald., 1895-07-17

for, who, it is believed, is murdered.
The greatest mystery of all is what be-
came of Pitzel the man whose life was
a victim of Holmes. Holmes refuses to
talk with reporter. He knows that the
children's bodies have been found.
II. II. Holmes, the insurance swindler,
accused of having murdered the Pitzel
children, whose bodies were found in
Toronto yesterday, denies any knowledge
whatever of the crime. 1t is probable,
however, that he will be taken to Canada
to answer re charge OF murder. as the
authorities here have about given up
hope of fixing upon him the responsibility
of the death of the man found in the Cal
low Hill street house, this city, and who.
it is supposed, was the father of the
time he saw the children was in October
of last year in Toronto. where he had
left them in charge of Minnie Williams,
the girl he Let in Chicago. He asserts he
always believed the Williams girl had
taken them to Europe. He also asserts
that he knows nothing of the boy and
that he had nothing to do with the
death of Pitzel. Superintendent of Police
Linden declares there is no possibility of
conyicting Holmes of the murder of the
man found in the Callow Hill street
house, but says the authorities here will
not oppose extradition to Canada.
President Foure said: 'Everything
points to the fact that Holmes plotted to
destroy the entire Pitzel family. We
found a house in Detroit where Holmes
and the boy Howard had been together.
and there were traces of a huge fire built
in the furnace, from which we infer he
burned the boys corpse. The belief is
also that he attempted to destroy Mrs.
Pitzel in Burlington, VT, by HAVING her
handle a can of nitro-glycerine that he
left in the house she occupied. Should
it be proven that Holmes murdered the
children it will pc strong circumstantial
evidence that he killed their father. He
will undoubtedly be tried here for the
latter crime
The inquest on the bodies of Ella and
Nellie PitZel was opened tonight. Evil
dence was taken as to the finding of the
bodies and then the jury adjourned until
tomorrow evening to await the post
mortem by the medical men entrusted
with the examination of the bodies. The
detectives are at work.
Today they discovered the expressman
who took the trunk, which has Invariably
accompanied the man Holmes in all of
hsYjourneys into the st. Vincent street
house, and this man had no difficulty in
picking out Holmes photograph from
number OF others. Detective Grayer
thinks he has clues that will lead to the
discovery of the fate of Minnie r. Will
Jams, Holmes Chicago stenographer.
whom Holmes says went to England with
the two children, but whom Grayer be-
lieves Holmes to have murdered.
CHICAGO, July 16.-Mrs. Pitzel the
wife OF the man said TO have been killed
by Holmes, resides in this city. at 6036
Sangamon street. She is very i'll now
and barely able to talk, but consented to
a short interview tonight. She said:
.'Of course / know nothing about the
matter, as | have no means of acquiring
any information. | have no doubt all
my family have been killed. ] made up
my mind long ago that they were dead.
and the news from Toronto is no surprise
to me. l believe the boy was m ordered
also."