The herald., 1895-07-25
MORE BONES DISCOVERED
The Place at Englewood Was a Charnel
House
Holmes Tells Ridiculous Story to Account
for Them-Another rarder Charged
to Him

quest over the body of Alice Pitzel to-
night q verdict of wilful murder was re-
turned against Holmes.
CHICAGO, July 24.-Police assistants
at work in the basement of the Holmes
building, under the drug store. today un.
covered what they think are parts of a
human skeleton. One piece they say
held two teeth. They think they have
parts of number of ribs.
Chief Badenoch this afternoon pro-
nounced the bones found in the Holmes
basement those of child TO l0;years of
! age. The surmise is that the skeleton is
that of little Howard Pitzel or Mrs. Con-
nor's little daughter, Gertrude.
| The workmen, continuing their search
| in another portion of the central base
! ment, found second bed of quick lime.
| In this, Just before their labors ended for
| the day, they discovered one of the meta
carpel bones of a human body. They ex-
| pect tomorrow to uncover other bodies
| buried in the house in Englewood.. The
! body found early in the day is supposed
to be that of Pearl Connor, the daughter
of Julia /. Connor. Both mother and
| child have been missing since the sum-
mer of 1882. The woman was betrayed
| by Holmes, her husband securing di-
| vorce from her. She lived with Holmes
at the castle. and some time in July or
August, 1892 she and the child disap-
| peared. That il was the body of a child
found yesterday there can be but Little
! question.
AS the result Of finding human skele-
| ton, believed to be that of little Gertrude
Connor, in the sub-cellar. Chief Badenoch
! has decided to hold Joseph C. Owens and
| Patrick Qulnlan, the two janitors OF the
| building, for further investigation. From
| their answers to questions, Chief. Baden
| och believes both men have knowledge of
the criminal operations of Holmes, and
| the finding of the bones now leaves no
doubt that in additions to his known
! swindling operations, Holmes is also
| guilty OF murder in Chicago.
| \. MINER. the nephew of Julia l.. Con-
nor. who swore out the warrant Tuesday
| for Holmes, on the charge of numbering.
| his aunt. will now take out second war
| rant charging him with the murder of
! also taken today to secure warrants on
| the charge OF numbering the Williams
! sisters. The hunt is from now on not to
| end until Holmes is either taken to Tor
! onto or brought to Chicago.
! DR.. Strin gheld made an examination of
the bones tonight and decided that they
were those OF human being.
| INDIANAPOllS. Ind. July 24.--De-
teetive Geyer arrived here this afternoon.
| lie says he is satisfied tha howard Pit
that Holmes followed his plan in other
cities, rented hon G here il which he
mrtuered the boy and bur him, prob
ably under it. 1t IS upon this theory
that he will work here, and although he
does not admit it, he evidently has some
| important information which he is not
yet willing to make public.
PHILADELPHIA,. July 2.-H. II.
Holmes was visited in his cell today by
his counsel, William Shoemaker. For two
hours or more Holmes spoke freely of the
bones and other fragments of human
Ia a1f ir,f hi
cago. After the inderview Mr.. Shoe
maker told an Associated Press reporter
! the substance of his clients statements.
Mr.. Shoemaker says Holmes declared
| the tutt of human hair found in the
chimney could not have belonged to Min
ME Williams for the reason the chimney
was new one, put IN after the girls
| disappearance. AS to the bones, he said
they were not those of Gertrude Connor,
| Minnie VILLAINS, or any other person
whom lie was charged with numbering.
! The police simply did not know what
they we're talking about, II Holmes contin-
ued, when they say | murdered so many
! people and then buried their bones in
! different places indiscriminately IN
every nook and corner | could find
! throughout the country. Quite a while
! ago | made statement to the Phlladel-
! phia authorities that they were liable to
! lind some human bones in many differ
| emit places all over the continent. | then
! frankly admitted that | had been engaged
| in numbe of insurance swindles which
| did not pan out. One of these was for
! $40, 600 policy and had to be abandoned in
an embryotic state because of the officers
| becoming suspicious. The idea was TO
have the bodies of woman and a boy
! found in their home, and afterwards the
corpse of a man with bullet in his head.
| to make it appear case of murder and
suicide. | got the bodies from a grave
| yard to represent the wife and son, but
! the alleged husbands body had not yet
| been procured when the insurance agents
learned of the scheme and the bodies had
! to be disposed of the best way ] could.
! | had them embalmed and put in trunks,
which were sent 60 cola storage ware
| house. Before my preparations could be
! completed, however, the manager OF the
storage house notified me to cake the
trunks away or he would sell the con-
! tents. | did so and the bodies were
| buried in separate places. Where they
| are the police must find out.
Holmes rdIculed the theory that a sub
| terranoan tank found in the Chicago es'
tablisnmont had been used for the secre-
| tion of his victims corpses, and said that
| it had served us nothing more harmful
than as q vat for Illuminating oil. The
! dumb waiter was accounted for by the
fact that during the worlds fair there
| lad been a restaurant on one of the upper
floors OF The building.
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