Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-30
HOLINESS BIG VAULT.
II Is Found Underneath the CnaFnel
House in Chicago.
FOR aUIcK-LuMING VICTIMS
That Is the Police TheorS-A
cbtnist Who Articuinted ske'e'""'
Aha uuItI-Nurdcrer-Mo
Bones Turned Up.

CHICAGO ILL. July ON u 'n"p
no, the mechanic who made suoh
/ ung disclosures to the police SUNDAY -
cord 70 the supposed victims oil hoiin'.
- hropqht 10 Inspector fltSpa'''
m, aorlv this morning, the lh'ei''
-, 90 mt him through a thorous"
'.9,,,or 70 find out whether the acSo'"'
he has given the detectives az how
NOT He was so mucn as''" '.',.s,,,le
- that it was found to De mn ., ,ho
- 40 ON with the inquiry VIZ -,
,..,,co Of a big glass OF IA"
nj, f. leave the ONCE. !. -
i'' ", Tho destination was Ehsie"0y
,t. abatement Will be tes'eu' 49,,
a,-oodv opened the vault pu' ~
A"' Tin his ear TO it ana h'a''"s
50 ~ -, i,st as an expert machihls'
might 90 anywhere ~, tho latest
charles N. Chappeh' son u ~ g. bis
.,.,,nose said that his fa'her ii'U - ~,
~, hoen q very hard drnker' "n ',.t an
80, nal acted on his hilhu W III "a
Tent that he DID not always
uo .nsi.,,. cathcr knew Holmes did nov
IL i,s hing ABOUT IT," he sara. -
/ know any 49, Int which so much Is be-
! 10 ~. "a md i'm which IL - an .beu
/ ne me-. c,ne TO our house Tor MN ~ -.
po.' - clean. with view 10 alu'uia'll7
eteioton. | can say that IL WIS AN
/ tIolroes's trunk at all bul a'"r; ',,,.r,e
ana does now, belong 10 u. as
trade is that OF an engineer ~ .o,,o-
a SORT OF jack-ol-a ll-ll' ies' W" co. III.
/ ttr~es nut together sktlel'" 40
1-,r,s al the medical COLLEGE put !
! - ~, ~ his ever doing any "oi a 80
~, - lie may have done sohle' ~"
oTcvn;.e padenoch would not say whet 'ii,,
no thought Cbappell had any &c, In
/ t,rovrledee of Holiness mlsl''n' 80 t-iie,,e
snector Fitzpatrick is lncl,' ~. ~ ,',,etber
,.r,s story about putting ''s'.,'
inc I'M. tor Holmes. but believes lhd'
On IA II in a perfectly innocent ~,
~. thinking for an instant -
~ ,,,.,,oesd ..s,lbiects" were really p'u't
/ 20 ,sreors who had been foulIy u,"'N -,
srha skeletons are not peiieCt' bc
t,itznatricI; said this morning nc
l,','actod IN get the remainder Oh mem
49, ,vould not tell from what sui.
MEDICAL experts pronounce the sN0i 80.
az having belonged TO TWO EirIs -" -
| tho age Of -. and woman Vi No. -
- Not al the teeth We're removed an"
{ sor, Of Identification from those NhicH
81, II * not at all certain that tne
80 baicnc. TO Holiness victims. AS
an Insurance swindler, nothing Wou.N
rava been more natural than for him 70
bave procured bodies with the intention
If deceiving the companies ana lheh l"
nave their skeletons articulated as an
extra source OF revenue.
QUINLAN.
Patrick Qulnlan still maintains sturdy
front He Is as cool as 4 cucumber ana
has more nerve than most persons IN MS
The worlmen found half a dozen more
bones. four Of which are supposed 10 Dc
human bones.
Most of the day was devoted to trying
TO locate the hidden vaults IN Which
Mach!nist Chappell told tn police Holmes
was accustomed to boil bodies. The WORK
was very slow, and was still further de-
layed by the crowd, which had TO be o.
| casionally driven back by an extra d.
tail of police, which was called out Tor
the purpose. The secret tunnel described
by Mrs. Shriyer, OF Kansas city, was
also looked for but has not been found.
People who knew Or. Russier in Engie-
wood say h. disappeared suddenly In lst-'
and some adhere 10 the theory that he
met death in the ch1rnel-hOuse. lie had
D
an Office in Holiness building. ana the
two men were often seen together. IHe
Doctors disappearance was not explained
at the time, and he has not been seen
since.
pr. Robinson found to-day the sigma
ture of Minnie Williams on several notes
he has at his store, and they VIII be used
bv the police in the investigation OF the
alleged transfer Of Fort Worth Tex
property by the Williams girls. by these
the police hope 70 settle the disputed ques-
ton as to whether the deed was forged.
HUGE VAULT.
The huge brick vault underneath the
Holmes charnel-hOuse was uncarthed by
the police to-day. The existence Oh this
vault has been theoretical until to-day.
Many rumors Of such a receptacle have
been current, but 1t has not been until
the police discovered Chappell that they
succeeded IN gaining any idea Of the loea-
ton. When Chappel accompanied the
officers through the Holmes house yester-
! day he indicated the location of the vault
I'm the southeast corner of the cellar and
early this morning half dozen men were
put 10 work digging in the place indl-
Gated. At 40 o'clock the officers in
charge of the work teleph0ned police
headquarters that they had reached and
. uncovered a long strip Of the roof Of the
, vault. Superintendent Badenoch at once
, gave orders to get 1t in such
snaps that the vault could be
opened The police theory is that
Holmes used this vault for quick
lining the bodies of his victims and get
ting them in such condition that they
; could not possibly be identified, and that
! Chappell, the articulator would not sus-
/, pect that they were anything more than
! cadavers secured at medical colleges or
: | hospitals
While the police are not hopeful OF ind
ing the bodies OF the murdered people IN
the vault, they are at the same time hope
ful Of securing evidence to fully estab-
20 lish Just what the vault was used for, ard
: what connection. If any the vault had
| with the half dozen human bodies that
were carted away from the charnel-housc
TO the home OF the articulator. The md
2 ing Of the vault made the police much
firner in their belief that Chappell is a
, reliable and valuable aid 10 them IN the
work they have before them.
During the afternoon there was an eX-
hibltlon In Inspector Fitzpatrcss private
Office OF the trunk and skeleton which
we're found through the advice Of Chap
70 nell. The SHELTON is that Of a woman
1 about % years Of age, and the police think
n il Is all that remains Of one Of the VIII
Hams girls.