The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-28
This Victim Was a Beautiful
Brunette Who Worked as
a Cashier.
BREAKING DOWN OF oUINLAN.
Stories Of the Suspected Accom-
pllce of the Swindler Are Con-
tradicted.

pOTIdnt ueVelOpnenC To-Day IN the holmes
mystery was the announcement by the
Police Department of the identity of the
young Chicago girl who has been missing
for over year. The announcement was
not made until the department. felt that
the girls disappearance was in some way
connected with Holmes. The conclusion
could no longer be withheld that the
swindler had enticed her away from her
home and perhaps made away with her,
or, at the very least, sent her to some re-
mote part of the country where she will
be very hard to find in order to get insur-
ance money on her life.
The name of the mysterious beauty was
Emily Van Tassel. With her mother,
West Side at GAL North Robey street. Her
occupation was that of cashier in res
taurant at ISL Milwaukee avenue, and it
was here that she met Holmes. All that
the police are able to ascertain about her
connection with Holmes is that he saw
her Oh four different occasions. The first
time Holmes also met the girls mother
and together they ate ice-cream at the
restaurant.
Emily Van Tassel was young lady of
much more than ordinary beauty. A pic
ture in the Office of Inspector Shea shows
her to have been typical brunette with
short, curly hair, clean cut, aristocratic-
looking features and a general air of
sprightIiness and vivacity. Her figure was
slender, her age Is and her weight bout
100 pounds. She was a Sunday-school
teacher at an adjacent church, and Frank
Wild, the proprietor of the restaurant with
which she was employed. says she always
bore good reputation, so far as his knowl-
edge extended. She disappeared Wednes-
day, June 1, 1892. and has never been
heard from since. OF course it is by no
means certain that she went away with
Holmes, but she showed remarkable lik-
ing for him, and her mother and STEP
father believe. in the light of the recent
revelations as to Holmes character, that
she went with him. She was seen at Sun
day-school by number of persons on the
Sunday preceding the day she disappeared
and seemed to be in her usual good spirits,
chatting with all her acquaintance and
having word to say to all her scholars.
Not single clew to her has ever been re-
ceived since she left home, and whether or
not she went away with Holmes, there is
little doubt in the minds of her friends
that she is dead.
This afternoon was spent in examina-
ton of Clarence A. Phillips, groceryman,
who at one time worked for Holmes, and
afterward bought out the business. He
told little that the police did not know
already, but his testimony is regarded as
valuable because of some contradictions to
statements made by Janitor Quinlan. The
police hope to confront Quinlan with
enough contradictions to cause him to
confess all that he knows, and they GER
tainly have formidable list of refutations
of his testimony now. He was not exam
ined to-day, but will be given until Mon
day to think the matter over. Mrs.
Holmes will also be examined Monday.
A clothed mass, which the experts pro-
nounce to be human hair, was the only i'm
portant find at the castle to-day. 1t is now
certain that the bones found to-day were
only soup bones.
Chief Badenoch left tonight for his sum-
mer residence at Brown Lake, Wis,
taking with him great pile of documen-
tary evidence which he has not had
chance yet to look over. He will return
Monday and resume active investigation
of the case.
The workmen digging in the cellar of
Holmes house in Englewood this after
noon unearthed two brick vaults, three
and half feet beneath the surface The
vaults are feet long and feet wide and
just deep enough to make grave for
single body each. Both were filled with
Job Inv
bunch of hair clotted with blood
The indications are that in the graves, or
vaults, were laid the bodies of Minnie and
Annie Williams. Time and quicklime had
accomplished their work, but there still
remained sufficient evidence to make the
Identification satisfactory.
Two soft spots in he'd of hard clay were
the size of human bodies, and where the
heads would have been were mats of long
hair. The hair found is of two shades, and
the position of it would indicate that the
BODIES of the owners were laid side by SIDE
the heads but few inches apart.
By far the most important person found
by the police to bring the crime of murder
home to Holmes appeared at police head
quarters to-day and told startling story,
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human skeleton, supposed to be that of
Miss Emeline Cigrand or Miss Anna Will
liams. His name is kept secret, but this
is his story in substance:
About the time of the disappearance of
Anna Williams and Miss Cigrand from the
.'castle" of Holmes at Sixty-third and
Wallace streets man answered an adyer-
tisement in the Chicago papers in the
name of Harry Gordon, which was one of
the names Holmes assumed The adver-
tisement was to call at Sixty-third and
Wallace streets. The man went there and
was given the body of man to articuIate
by Holmes. He performed the work and
was paid for it. Then he was given the
body of a woman with the flesh of the face
torn off. He articulated this body and re-
ceived pay for the work from Holmes.
He was given third body, which was
that of woman, and the flesh of this one
was also torn off. Holmes did not pay the
man for doing this last work and he re-
tanned the skeleton. To-day he brought
the skull of the woman, which he had
kept in his possession, to Inspector Fitz-
patrick.
Detectives were at once sent TO the man
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