Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-25

more thEtlhl fAAlil AaNlVh rANWH hh'Ah
10 10 the pelvic bones Tho child must
have been about s yoars old. The me.
trcspcl bone Ia without doubt that Of
an aIuli person."
HOLMES MAKES 4 STATEMENT
PHILADELPHIA, July 9i-u. II.
Holmes was visited IN his coll today
by his counsel, william Shoemaker.
For two hOuTs or more Holmes spUku
freely Of the bones aud other frag-
mtuis Of human anatomy found In his
"castlen In Chicago. Alter the utter
view, Mr.. Shoemaker told an h,soci.
aled Presa reporter the substance Of his
clients statements.
Mr.. Shoemaker declared that tho
tuft Of human hair found In tue
cbimuoy could not have belonged TO
Mlnnie Williams, tor the reason the
chimney was new one, nut In ter
the giTps disappearance. AS To tue
bones, he Rald they were not those Of
Gertrude Conner, Minnie Williams VI
any other person whom he was charged
with murdering.
"The police simply do not know
what they are tRlkiug about" Holmes
continued, "when thoy cay | mut.
| dered 10 many people and buried their
bones IN different places indi,crimi-
natrly IN every nook ana corner l
| could mud throughout the county.
| Quite "a while ago 1 msde statement
to tbs Philadelphia authorities that
| they were liable - lnl human bones
| In many different places all over the
| continent. / then frankly admit.
ted that had been engaged
| In n number Of insurance twin.
dies which, did net pau cut. one
o! these was Tor II f4O.UJO policy, ami
| had to he abandoned Ia an embryonic
state because OF the officers Of the COM
phny lecomlng suspicious. The iueH
was to have the bodies Ofa woman gnd
boy found IN thoit nome aud alter
wares the corpse OF n man with a bul.
let In his head, TO make II appeAt a cas-,
Oi murder aud suicide. got the
bodies from graveyard to represent
the wife and son, tut tue alleged hus
band's body hau not yet been pro
cured when tho insurance agent
learned OF the scheme, and the boliei
mad to be- disposed OF tho best way
could. | had thrm ombalmed and ia
In trunks, which were sent to n cOlI
storage warehouse, Before my prspa
rRtiOns could be completed, however
tho manager OF the storage house said
Tor me to take the tfuuks away or b.
would sell the contents. did 70, ant
the bUiits were buried IN sspGr q
places. Where they are the polio,
must iini out"
Holmes ndlculed the theory that
suOtUTraussn tank found In tue Chi
cage establishment had been used 10
the secretion Of his violims' oOrpses
and said thal It hEl served Tor nolhin
more harmful than vat for illuminal
ing oil used In the premises. The dunn
waiter was accounted Tor by the fac
that during thew 9rld's Fair there ia
ursn u restaurant IN one OF the uppe
ilOOIH OF The building.
Ia the transfer Of properties betwCe
him and Minnie Williams, IN whiC
he had secured the Fort Worth FT1I
sTty, n note In ghHIc Of "a mortgage WI
given by Minnie Williams suu el
uOfsed "Huface 4. WIllinms,n 6h
was supposed 10 TO her brother. 81
never had brother, however, al
the enayTsyr was hJlmos hIu
seli.
VERDICT AGAINsT HOLMEs.
TORONTO, July gi.-ht the inquo
on tho Duuy ui Alice Piu,Zel tonight
. verdict OF wilful murder was Es,uTnt
J against Holmes.