The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-06
THE TRAIL OF HUMAN BLOOD.
1t Leads Through Several Apartments in
Holmes "CaStle."
EVIDENCE AGAINST PAT QUINLAN
Trunks and other Property That Belonged
to Minnie Williams Found in His
Possession Chicago Police Still
Unearthing Evidence

CHICAGO, Aug 6.-Human blood was
found yesterday in Holmes castle, be-
spattered from one room to another.
Science aided Detectives Fitzpatrick and
Norton where other agencies had failed,
and uncovered more startling evidence
against H. II. Holmes and Pat Quinlan
than has yet been found in the castle.
There was found in the castle by the de-
tectives and a medical expert a trail of
blood leading from the doorway of the
dining room of Mrs. Julia i. Conner to
the sink in the same ROOM from there
into the dark chamber, where she and
Pearl formerly slept, and from there to
the inside of the door opening into the
bath room, where the trap door was; on
the base board of that room above the trap
door, and down on to the secret staircase
which led to the false elevator shaft and
thence into the basement. The blood was
human. A clot of blood mixed with hui
man hair was found.
Also from the debris in the dark
chamber, where mother and child slept,
there was taken some childs' underwear
stained with blood; pair of brown dl-
agonal trousers, stained at the bottom
with blood; the pocket of woman's dress,
blood soaked; a handkerchief which had
been used to wipe up blood with, and
various clothes and parts of underoloth-
ing soaked with blood. These articles
were examined microscopically at the
time of their discovery, and the test made
then and there as to the stains and
blotches being human blood. With one
or two exceptions the experts say they
were all marked with human blood. A
rope was found, and on it's knots blood
was discovered
In Pat Quinlans private living rooms
were found two trunks of the theatrical
type. One was purchased from Meeks,
in Denver. On both trunks were the in
itials IN. r. W." These initials had been
painted over The initials are those of
Minnie Il. Williams. Pat Quinlan stated
aIUer his being taken into custody that
both the trunks belonged to him. Detec-
tives Norton and Fitzpatrick have now
the truth that both trunks belonged to
Minnie Williams.
Quinlan will be confronted with this
evidence. He will also be faced with books
found in his possession, and which be-
longed to Minnie Williams There are
magazines bearing date as late as April,
1894, demonstrating that Minnie Will
Jams was alive at that time The fact that
one of her trunks was brought to Denver
was explained by the information, already
secured by Chief Badenoch, that after she
entered the employ of Holmes, and finally
left Chicago, she entered the theatrical
business in Denver.
Chief Badenoch has also secured, in ad-
dition to the above evidence, positive
proof that Benjamin f. Pitezel was at
Dwight as patient when Emily Cigrand
was there as stenographer He went un-
der the name of Robert e. Phelps. Under
that name he met Emily Cigrand and
wooed her. The girl did not leave Dwight
of her own free will, but was discharged
for inability to properly perform her du-
ties. AS soon as he left Dwight she came
to Chicago and entered the employ ol
Holmes. There she again met Pitezel un,
der the name of Phelps.
Chief Badenoch believes all this evi
dence to be the most important of any
save the partial confessions of Mr.. and
Mrs. Quinlan, that he has yet secured.
The inference drawn by the officers from
the trail of blood which was discovered
was that the blood, being human, came
from some person who was killed in tht
dark chamber, dragged from there to the
trap door and thence down the secret stair
way to the basement beneath.