San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-25
HOLMES MURDER MYSTERY.
MORE EVIDENCE SECURED TODAY.
Minnie Williams Was Alive Last
Fall, Says Jennie. Irons-Fate of
Mrs. Conner and Pearl.

CHICAGO, July 25.-Is Minnie
Williams, one of the innumerable
victims Of Holmes, dead or does
she still live? Miss Jennie Irons,
OF this city, furnishes story
which upsets theories heretofore
advanced that she and her sister
were killed by Holmes some time
in the summer of 1898.
minnie Williams roomed with
me two days and two nights last
fall" said Miss Irons, with the posi-
tive declaration that there can be
no mistake about her story. 81 en-
tertained her, Holmes and two of
the children of Pietzell. Holmes,
accompanied by Minnie Williams
and the two children, came to my
house about 5 o'clock in the after
noon. He introduced them as
Mr.. Holmes, Minnie Williams, his
wife, and two children. This was
September 80 or 80, or October or
2, Of 1894. 1 know these parties
were Holmes, Miss Williams and
two Of the Pietzel children, because
week before last l was visited by a
Philadelphia detective and one
from the central station here. They
showed me photographs of a man,
woman and three children. / iden-
titled the mans picture as that Of
the man Holmes, who was at my
house, the woman as that Of his
wife and two Of the pictures as the
boy and girl. The picture OF the
older girl / could not say anything
about, as she was not with the
other children. The detectives,
after | had identified them, told me
the pictures were photos OF III. HI.
Holmes, Minnie Williams and the
Pietzel children"
CHARGED HOLMES WITH MURDER,
TORONTO, Ont, July 25.-The ad-
journed inquest on the body OF
Alice Pietzell was concluded last
night. There was very little evil
dence submitted, and nothing OF a
new or startling character. The
coroner charged very strongly
against H. II. Holmes and after
ten minutes absence the jurors
brought verdict against Holmes,
alias Mudgett, alias Howard OF
numbering Alice Pietzel lin the city
Of Toronto, on or about the 25th,
day Of October 1894. After the re-
turn OF the verdict the coroner
made out warrant for the arrest
OF Holmes. The warrant will be
placed in the hands OF the attorney
general in the morning and the
necessary papers will be made out
demanding Holmes extradition.
THEY WANT TO TRY THE FIEND.
TORONTO, Ont, July 25.-The ver-
dict OF the coroner's jury in the
case of the Pietzel children is be-
fore the attorney general today
and proceedings for the extradi-
ton OF Holmes will be at once en-.
tered upon. Every effort will be
made to have Holmes tried in this
city.
BONES, BUT NO BLOOD.
DAVENPORT, Iowa, July 25.-
Tears came to Mrs. Smythe's eyes
when she read a dispatch from
Chicago last night stating that a
body had been found in the
Holmes building which was sup.
posed to be that Of her grandchild
Pearl Connor;. "The poor child"
she sobbed. Then picking up an
evening paper, she exclaimed as IL
she saw a CLEAN Of hope in the
printed lines, "Oh, sure it was on
ly bones they found, and how
could they tell whether they were
my grandchild's or not. The pa
per says nothing about body"
MORE DAMNING EVIDENCE.
CHICAGO, July 25.-The Holmes
charnel house yielded new horrors
today. Before the police had been
at work an hour two more human
bones were found mouldering in
the damp earth OF the basement
aud with them was bit of dis
,olored cloth apparently portions
Of a woman's dress. One OF the
bones found is a shoulder blade,
apparently that OF an adult, while
the other is a socket bone, smaller,
and appeared to be that OF child.
The police by the discovery today,
are confirmed in their belief that
the skeletons now being uncovered,
are those of the missing Mrs. Con-
ner and her daughter Pearl.