Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-23
HOUSE Bl;iL i i FEuii CRIME
Holmes Chicago Home Had All Conveniences For Murder.
DISCOVERIES MADE IN THE CELLAR

 by Detectives-A Formal Charge to Be Made Against Him by Mrs. Connor's Rel- atives-Mrs. PltzeI Returns to Chicago.
 CHICAGO, July 23.--H. H. Holmes will be charged with the crime of murder in the city of Chicago today. A warrant for his arrest on that charge will be sworn out by A. Minier, nephew of Julia l.. Connor 6f Muscatine, Ia.
 Holmes will be charged in the warrant with having murdered Mrs. Connor some time between the 1st Of August and tho 1st of November, 1899. The warrant will be placed in the hands of Inspector Fitz- patrick by MT. Minier, and while it can- not be served at the present time it will be acted upon the instant that Holmes is freed from the charges pending against him in Philadelphia.
 Mir. Minier has been moved to the point of swearing out a warrant by the discov- cry of letter from the father of Julia l.. Connor addressed to Holmes. This letter is as follows:
 ''DAvENPoRT, la, Nov. 1, 1899.
 'H. H. HokMEs-Yours of Oct. i at hand and contents noted carefully, and it astOnishes us very much that you write to us making inquiry about our Julia l.. Connor. We thought you knew all about her whereabouts, and were thinking about writing to you to know where she was. We have never heard from her since last De- cember. She then wrote us she was going to leave Englewood on account of Connor making threats that he would take his child away. He said he would take her by fair means or by foul means. Mir. Holmes, we were in hopes all the time that you were in communication with her, and if anything was wrong we would hear from her through you. By her letter we wero thoroughly astonished, as we know noth- ing of her whereabouts We know not that she is dead or alive. Your letter makes us very unhappy. MT. Holmes, if you should hear anything of her, please let us know and relieve the present unhappiness of an old father and mother. Respectfully,
 "A. SMYTHE.
 Holmes Concealed the Letter.
 This letter Holmes received, but con- ccaled. It was written in reply to one sent by him or one of his confederates to Mr. Smythc. In a letter sent from Englewood the handwriting of Julia Connor had been initiated and her name forged at the bot tom. The letter contained the statement that she was going to St. Louis.
 Mrs. B. F. Pitzel is back in Chicago aft. CT her trip to Toronto for the identifica- tiOn of the bodies of her children. She is now ready to tell all that she knows re garding the operations of Holmes as an insurance swindler. He made important statements regarding the swindles and the measures to carry them out, but she says that she was kept in ignorance that any of them entailed murder.
 Bones and articles of clothing were turned up in the basement of Holmes house Monday. Some of them were from the butcher shop but others of the bones resemblcd those of human foot.
 In chest holding secret belongings Of Holmes the police found vest, identified as one long worn by Holmes upon which were dark stains resembling blood. In a box were found a linen shirt and other articles of underwear.
 The shirt had the initials 'G. B. D. '' worked in red letters The box was found under the floor and was covered over with layer of firebrick In the cellar, neal where the bones were found, woman g shoe was turned up, with evidence of fra on the bottom of the sole.
 As the earth where these articles were found was not removed in laying the foundation of the house, no reason fol their burial can be assigned by the police except to hide murder. Close by is the bottom of the shaft, which made connec, tiOn between the top of the house and the basement, while just over the spot is the blind stairway, which leads into the third floor by a trapdOor placed under a station. Rry bathtub.
 A meeting of the detectives engaged in the examination of the house was held last night, and they announced that iu their opinion the house had been con. structed for the purpose of deliberate slaughter. More care than ever will now be exercised in searching the premises.