The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-29
HOLMES GRIMES.
Chappelle's Story Contra
dicted by His soma
Shivering Wreck.
STORY OF THE SKELETONS
Little Reason to Think That Will
fred H. Cole Was One of
the Victims.
STORY OF THE SKELETONS

CHICAGO, July %, 1S95.-M. G. Chap
pelle. the little mechanic. who made sucn
startling disclosures to the police Salur-
Cay and yesterday in regard to skeletons
which are believed to be those of three
of the victims of H. H. Holmes, was
brought to Inspector Fitzpatrick S once
early this morning, the intention being
to put him through thorough eXamln-
alton in order to find out whether the ac-
counts he has given the detectives are
true or not. He was SO much agitated,
however that it was found to be inn
possible to go on with the enquiry. With
the assistance of a big glass of raw
whiskey he was able to leave the office,
supported by the Inspector and his
brother at 10:S0 1t is understood the
destination of the three is Englewood,
where the mechanics story as to knowing
the combination of the mysterious steel
vault in which the detectives think some
of the persons believed to have been muir
dered by Holmes may have met their
death. will be tested. He has already
opened the vault. but ne did so by put
ting his ears to the lock and hearing the
tumblers fall, just as an expert ma
chinistl might do anywhere.
Charles VI. Chappell. son of the latest
important witness. said this morning
that his father had in his life been a
, very hard drinker and that this had
acted on his mind to such an extent that
he did not always talk nationally.
IF my father knew Holmes, I did not
know anything about It," he said. "As
to the trunk about which SO much is
being said and in which it is believed
body came to our house for him to
dissect with a view to articulating the
skeleton, I can only say that it was
never Holmes trunk at all but always
and does belong to u.s. Fathers trade
is that of an engineer, but he was Il
sort of jack-of-all trades and sometimes
put together a skeleton for the students
at thte medical college, but I do not
know of his ever doing any work for
Holmes. He may have done some, how
ever"
Chief Badenoch would not say whether
he thought Chappell had any guilty
knowledge of Holmes misdeeds or NOT.
Inspector Fitzpatrick is inclined to be-
.lieve the mans story about putting to-
jgether skeletons for Holmes, but be-
9ieyes that he did It in a perfectly in
noeent way, not thinking for an instant
that the supposed esubjeets' were
really bodies of persons who had been
foully dealt with.
The skeletons are not perfect. Inspec-
tor Fitzpatrick said this morning that he
expected to get the remainder of them.
but would rot tell from what source.
Medical experts pronounce the skele-
tons as having belonged 10 TWO girls
about the age Of twenty and a woman
of middle age. Not all the teetl. were
removed and the police hope that there
may be some sort Of Identification from
those which remain. He IS not at all
certain that The bones belong to Holmes
victims. AS an Insurance swindler moth
ing would have been more natural than
for him to have procured bodies with
the intention of deceiving the companies
and then to have had their skeletons
artfeulated as an extra source Of rev
enue. The market price of human
frame when neatly mounted ranges
from $40 to $50, and the furnaces IN the
cellar which it is believed were used
for bending plate glass, would have been
good places to boil the bodies and dis
pose of the aesh. Patrick Quinlan still
maintains a sturdy front.
"Quinlan breaking down. said the In
spector n answer to an inquiry, "well,
/ should say not. He is as cool as
cucumber and has more nerve than most
persons in his position. We have not
seen Mrs Quinlan for a day or two now
and do not know how she is holding
out"