The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-26
oIWEs' CELLAR A GRAVEYARD
POLICE OFFICERS BRING TO
ii' LIGHT MORE BONES.

unable Letter From Holmes
- II. II. Howard Also Unearth-
,-,nother Victim Added TO the
-, of Holmes Probable Victims
,be Person of Miss Cigrand,
,,,,b whom Holmes Lived for
,.srIv six Months.
-.,seo. July 25.-Not so sensational a
--..s that of yesterday was made by the
5ieging in the basement of the
-,-as building to-day, but it was one
-.s NAV 90 much farther towards Sc
linz the conviction of the murderer
~. If the workmen found in a pile of
.,ssb a letter signed III. H. Howard"
= lated May 5. 1895. The signature is
- q the many aliases used by Holmes.
"A one Of the commonest of the lot The
-...sr is in his well known handwriting
"a is addressed 10 an occupant of the
..a5,nc. 20 whom the detectives who took
session of the letter before reporters
.,l5 get hold of II, refused TO state. 1t is
Slowed. however. that the letter is to c.
Davis. the jeweler. who occupies the
,alliug with Druggist Robinson.
The letter inquiries particularly as to
.a doings of Janitor Quinlan and asks
uAars he now is. 1t then goes on in a
ocular manner to discuss the fate of the
Williams girls, and asks of the recipient
vbether he has seen them or their ghosts
.sout the building. Special inquiry is
made as to the partitions in the house.
and in it the writer expresses the belief
that he will not have to stay in Jail much
5nger. 1t was at first reported that two
stters had been found, but Detective Nor
ION. who has charge of the material found
n the cellar, denies that this is so. He
declares that the two supposed letters
we're only parts of the same letter.
A new accusation now rests against
Holmes, that he made away with a Miss
rigraud. with whom he lived in the house
Ct slxty-third and Wallace streets, just
before he had had the Williams girls
there The neighbors remember little of
the girl, not even her first name. She
was a stately looking blonde, about %
years of age and lived with Holmes some
thing less than six months. When she
went away Holmes told Jeweler Davis,
as the latter claims, that he had sue
Cseded in marrying her off" 1t will be
remembered that this is very much like
what he told concerning the disappear
sncs Of Mrs. Conner. He said at the time
hat he had married her off in California.
Mss Cigrand came to Chicago from In
dana. She associated but little with the
inmates of the building. and they were
20 complete ignorance concerning her hab
!s Holmes was not often seen with her,
and on these occasions he kept aloof from
his acquaintances and introduced her to
no one. Mrs. w. L. Doyle of 747 Sixty
third street knows more about this girl,
& is believed, than any one else, but the
Central station officers will not permit
her TO talk about the case.
The building in which Holmes Chicago
crimes were probably concocted and ac-
will not be pulled down. Pres
dent Chandler a broker. who holds j
on it for $1,000 advanced to
Holmes with which to build, was told by
the building inspector that all that was
necessary was to improve the upper por-
ton. This will be done at once. An order
% foreclosure has already been secured
from the court, and tomorrow or next
day an order will be asked for allowing
the improvements to be put on.
The property is now worth $4,000 Be
SIDES the principal there is $4,000 back in
tsrest and taxes due on 1t.
A few more bones were found to-day In
The same hole from which those were
taken yesterday. They were vertebrae and
a portion OF a human shoulder blade. The
force of men was doubled to-day, and the
work is progressing much faster.
The belief is gaining ground that
Holmes wife, who lives at the suburb Of
Wilmette, knows much more of the crimes
q her husband than she cares to tell. 1t
IS probable that she will be put in the
sweat box.
Mrs Quinlan and Mrs. Doyle, who were
examined to-day, are still under police
Nstraint, as are Quinlan and owens,
though none actually under arrest.
Toronto, Ont. July 25.-In accordance
with the finding of the coroner's jury,
charging II. H. Holmes with the murder
Of the Pietzel children, Attorney Dewa-t
laid the verdict and warrant before the
attorney general this afternoon and ask
ed for a requisition for Holmes.
Every effort will be made to have
Holmes tried in this city. The evidence CT
murder is thought TO be much stronger
here than anywhere else. 1t is thought
here that Toronto's claim will have prccc-
dence with the Philadelphia authorities
over those of Chicago. The tenant of the
cottage in which the murder was done
has found a small piece of material, APP
parently a portion of what has been a
isht-colered waist and a scarlet hair
string. knotted as though it had been
pulled from a plat of hair. This md
furnishes another proof of the positive
Identification of the bodies as those of
Alice and Nellie Pietzel.