The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-01
CONFESSIONS BEGIN TO COME.
THE QUINLANs BREANING DOWN
UNDER THEIR STRAIN.


Believed to Have Made IA Partial
COnfessiOn-rhe Convict at Little
Rock May he brought 90 Chicago.
Chicago July 3l.-That Mrs. Quinlan.
wife Of the janltor who is supposed TO
know so much about the misdeeds of II.
II. Holmes. made partial confession to
the police this morning is almost GER
tain. although Chief Badenoch ana In
spector Fitzpatrick refuse TO say whether
or not this was the case. At an early
hour this morning the two principal in
vestigators Of the case gave the reporters
the slip, and instead Of coming to The Gen.
tral station, as is their daily custom wen.
to the Harrison street station. where Mr..
and Mrs Qulnlan have been confined ever
since they were suspected Of knowing
more than they cared TO tell, taking with
| them stenographer.
They first devoted themselves to the
man. About an hour was consumed n
his examination and when the interview
was over It was noticed that the steno-
grapher carried under his arm voiumin-
Gus notes of interview. Chief Badenoch
] QtNAul tA AllhA u0tulib HAA iihAaAiAAHA
which he could give to the press without
! injurng the police status of the case lie
| admitted that Quinlan broke down com
| pletely and wept like a child. but denisd
| that he had said anything which would
/ implcate either himself or Holmes In the
/ various murders which have been laid at
/ their doors. He was confronted with the
new information given by Lawyer Capps
| in regard to the identity of the man Allen
| or Hatch, now I'm Jail at Little Rock, bur,
/ while admitting that he knew Hatch,
/ which In itself is considered very impor-
tant by the police, he refused TO acknowl-
| edge him either as an accomplice or j
/ friend.
The interview with Mrs. Quinlan, which
| followed. was sensational I'm the extreme,
and the police are very reticent about 1t.
Mrs Quinlan was very much affected"
/ said Chief BadenOck. 'She not only wept
throughout the whole interview, which /
need not say was unusually severe, but she
/ said: / call on God to witness that know
nothing more of the murder than ! have
| already told. If Pat says I know anything
more about 1t, he simply lies, that's all
This remark was called out by the decoy
statement made to her that her husband
had confessed everything, At least, this
/ is the story the police tell, but II is believed
| from the whole circumstances of the m
| terview and the way the police conducted
- 7-ss l-.aa afi hrrug out that much
more was said than the inquisitors cared
to give out, for the very good reason that
| a premature publication of their plans
would, in all probability, spoil everything.
| Lawyer Capps was present at both inter-
views, but refused to say what had taken
place. He says he will remain in Chicago
| three or four days before going to Little
| Rock to further look into the knowledge
of the man, Allen.
I'VE shall not all go to Little Rock at
all" said Inspector Fitzpatrick. 1--WE are
going to bring Allen here If possible. No,
we cannot bring him here on a requisition,
as he is already confined on an offense OF
which he has been convicted, but think
we can get him here all right on a parole. d"
Chicago, July 81, 1880 p. m.-Chief Bade-
! noch confided to a friend tonight that the
| principal admission Of Quinlan to-day was
| in reference to Allen, now in Jail in Ar
| kansas. Allen, who has also been known
/ as Hatch and Mascot, and by several
| other names, was not only q friend OF
| Holmes but was doing business on his
| own account, so Quinlan said. Quinlan
also admits that he was hired by Allen TO
| do a job in Fort Worth. He went 10
Texas, but Allen did not appear. There
! he met Holmes, who was then known as
| Pratt What the job was that Qulnlan
was to have done in Fort Worth is not
| known, but is supposed to have been
| fraudulent insurance deal. The statement
of Quinlin to-day is considered important
\ in that it verifies the statement that Al
len was intimately connected with
! Holmes.
Chief Badenoch said this evening that
he believed Holmes had corrupted Quin-
| Ian, who was known as an honest man
! before he met Holmes. Quinlan worked
| for Holmes as a laboring man and latterly
! drew 81 a day. but he never did any labor
| and acted more as a confidential agent.
/ 5c orslsr
that he knew that his employer was com
/ mitting murder. 1t has been daily expect
! ed that Quinlan would make a confession
| that would implicate both himself and his
| wife, and to-day it was believed the time
| had come, but it is now certain that what
ever the man may have said to implicate
/ others, he has not confessed to commit
/ ting murder.
A sample Of the oil found in the cellar
| had been submitted to the city chemist
and it Is found that the fumes from It in
a closed vault would suffocate a person In
| less than a minute. The oil will be an
alyZed tomorrow. IL is also believed from
an experiment made by the chemist that
the foot print in Holmes air tight vault
was made by foot which had been In this
deadly oil. The chemist put some Of the
oil on his hand and then placed il on the
bottom of a metal pan The iron was i'm
mediately corroded where the oil touched
pan. The theory Is now that the oil was
used by Holmes In numbering his victims
The police are not communicative after
their work of the day. They held an
other long session with Quinlan this after
noon, and declared they got but little in
formation from him. 1t is generally be-
lieved that Quinlan has given Information
implicating Hatch in the murders.
The police are playing Quinlan and
Hatch, one against the other, for informa-
tion concerning all parties, and Il Is be-
lieved Quinlan told them several import
ant facts concerning Hatch to-day.
Despite Quinlans denial, II can be proved
that he went to Fort Worth with Holmes
Pietzel and Hatch, and that he was In the
Fort Worth bank with Hatch when the
bank loaned $1,000 on the Williams prop
erty which had been transferred TO Piet-
eel under the name Of ID. b. Lyman.
Qunlan admitted that he was in Fort
Worth with Holmes and Pietzel in a talk
with Attorney William Capps last Satur-
day. He said at the time he had nothing
to do with the forgery.
An Embnnimcnt Gives Way.
Geneva July 8f.--A portion of the en-