The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-31
READY TO TALK.
One OF Holmes Assistants" Sdid to
Have Been Located.
CASTLE vATs REVEAL NOTHING.
Holmes Had a Bad Record In
Plattsburg, N. Y.

CHICAGO, July 3l.-lawyer Cappa, tno
Fort Worth TEX attorney. who is here at
the instance OF the heirs Of Minnie Will
Jams, states that he Is prepared 10 prove the
murder of Minnie and Annie Williams.
He insists that IL was ds by Holmes,
Quinlan and another man W~oSe identity
he refuses to reveal. This man has been
located by detective whom the heirs OF
the Williams girls put upon the case eight
month ago. "He is ready TO confess,
says Mr.. Cappa. "on one condition. That
is, that the police guarantee him immunity
from punishment. My detective says the
man knows that the Williams sisters were
killed In tho Sixty.third street house, ana
that he knows when they were buried"
Peter Cigrand, father Of Eiline Cigrand,
who Is said TO have been murdered by
Holmes. arrived In Chicago yesterday
with Philomena Cigrand, sister OF the
missing girl. With DIR. b. j. Cigrand,
relative, they went TO police headquarters,
where secret conference was held with
Chief Badenoch and Inspector Fitzpatrick.
Account Book Unearthed.
A private account book kept by Holmes
has been discovered in CRATE at the
Sixty-third street house. The book was
found with bundle Of letters addressed
by various women TO Holmes, which had
been evidently placed there for burning.
The accounts. which date back TO May l,
1885, show dealings with various people,
and an entry regarding insurance shows
the existence of insurance deals as early
as 1885. A mysterious Dora" is men
toned as tho recipient of numerous small
sums which are carefully recorded, and
the minutes Of the Englewood company
are also given, with the election Of direct
ors and transaction of ether business.
e no Acid In Watts.
The search for the acid vats in the base
ment of the Castle" was continued yes
terday. The tank which was unsovered
on Monday was forced open, but nothing
was found but few inches Of petroleum
In the bottom of the vat. Chappelfs
story that the tanks were used for dissolv-
ing human bodies was largely disproved
by yesterdays investigation. Search for
tho other watts was continued, as IL was be-
lieved that Chappell might have been mis-
taken as TO their .ocation. ~
In the course of the further excavation
in Holmes Sixty-third street building, the
police unearthed parts Of two thigh bones,
piece of skull and four smaller pieces of
bone.
A Record In Plattsburg.
PLATTsBURG, N. ", July 3l.-Herman
W. Mudgett, alias Holmes, went to Mooers
In 1888 in company with another man
and canvassed the town, selling nursery
stock. While there he was engaged by tho
school trustees at Mooers Forks and
taught term at their school. At the
close he went east and soon returned with
a little boy, who remained but q short
time and disappeared. A little later he
settled down at Mooers Forks In practice
as a physician and conducted the practice
about year. He was very enthusiastic
fellow, and during the presidential cam
paign OF 1884 bet heavily on the result, all
that he had in ready cash and all he could
borrow being staked on Republican vic
tory. Shortly after this his true nature
commenced to develop and the people
commenced to question his honesty. He
left for Chicago, owing some bills, but a
year later he returned for weeks visit
and settled some Of them up. He spoke
very glowingly of his business ut Chicago