Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-08-01
GREATEST VILLAIN.
HOLMES HOLDS THE RECORD AS A
PRODIGY IN CRIME.

Not tnsfilaCi with Rood-Murder ot
! Another Man suspected and Two More
/ Women ON the Roll.
CHICAGO, July - AS the result Of
finding part OF human skeleton, be-
! lieved thar OF little Pearl Conner, in the
subcellar at the Holmes Castle" ON
Sixty.third street, Chief Badcnoch has de.
cided 10 hold Joseph G. Ovens and Pat
rick Quinlan the two janitors Of the
building, for further investigation. Tho
chief Of police came to the conclusion to
hold the men after an examination which
was conducted in his office. and which
lasted nearly five hours. From their am
swerS to questions Chief Badrnoch be-
lieveS both men have guilty knowledge
OF the criminal operations OF the man
Holmes, and tho finding of the bones now
leaves no doubt that in addition 10 his
known swindltng operations Hn.mes is
also guilty of murder in Chicago.
Found Another Quicklinr BED.
Tho workmrn ut tho Castle cnntinu.
ing their search i'll another portion OF tho
basement, found II second bed vt quick
lime. In this, just before their lahorS
ended for the day, they discovered ono OF
the mctacarpel bones OF II human body.
They expect today To uncover other bod
les buried in this charmed house ot Englc-
wood The body found carly IN tho day
is supposedly that Of Pearl Conner,
daughter of Julia l.. Conner tho former
wife of {, l. Conner once OF Mu>chunc,
IL Both mother and child have been
missing since the summer ct lS13 Tho
woman was betrayed 10y llolmcs, her hus-
band secured adivurtc, and she lived with
Holmes, AND some time III July or Au.
gust. 1892 she and tho child disappeared.
Holmes says III" Police Are "un."
| PHILADELPHIA. July p Ill II, Holmes
was VlsltoI IN his cell by his counsel,
William a. Shoemaker For two hours
or moro holmes spoke freely of the bones
and other fragments OF human anatomy
found in his castle" i'll Cntcago Aftur
The interview Shoemaker told an Asso.
cinted Press reporter the substance of his
clients statements He said tho bones
were not those of any of the persons he
har boon od OF killing. He had boon
engaged i'll many insurance swindlos, no
sNid, and ono OF these the insurance COM
panles got onto. Tho police were
away off "
Explains Abou' the Bndtes.
| His plan VAS to procure bodies from
graveyardS which were tN be passed of
us the bodies of tho lnsarrd persons. ono
of these schemes required the bodies OF II
man, II woman, and Il boy. He got Thorn
and had them emhllmei, put thom in
trunks and stored them in II warehouse.
! Before he could u-o them tho warehouse.
man notified han that the trunk must be
taken away or he would sell them.
| Holmes took them away and buried them
| in separate places Said he: Where
| they arc the police must find out
CHICAGO, july >G.-Moro proof has been
found that Mrs. Julia l.. Conner is dead
and that sho was made way with by
| II. II Holmes AS late rs November,
| 1892, Holmes, as shown by lcttcrs which
have been found, was writing her parents
rs to her whereabouts and stating that
she had gone To ST. Louis. But on juno
| 3, 1872, he wrote to her brother-in law,
Ira Yantis, ut Waukrsha, Wis, giving
him a fictitious address rs To her where
abouts. In digging mt tho castle" the
shoulder blade of an adult human being
mas DSCn louhu, ana u SOChbb zone, sup
posed To be that of n child.
Two well dressed women have called ON
the chief of police and told him that a
l6year-old girl, daughter OF wealthy and
respectable parents became acquainted
with Holmes during the fall of 1893 and
afterwards disappeared. This makes the
seventh woman, as follows: KITTY Kelley, a
stenographcr who worked for Holmes;
| A
eel, Julia Conner and daughter and tho
girl just heard of Conner, the divorced
husband of Julia Conner is here.
CHICAGO, July %7.-Mrs Patrick Quin-
Ian has lost her defiant spirit in the po
lice inquisition. Two days of Sweat
box" experience proved more than she
could bear with cquanimty, and she told
the police things which before had not
been acknowledged. 1t resulted in max
ing the police moro than ever suspicious
Of her husband and the part no took in
Holmes mysterious business Chief Of
Police Badenoch last night snid: "Tho
evidence secured from Mts. Quinlan is
hig ly Impo>tant. She confessed To abct,
| ting Holmes in Insurance swindles, and
that is a step in the right direction. Pat.
rick QuInlan up to this hour firmly pro-
tests that he was mere "A hlrling and did
not know Of Holmes affairs at nil
Mrs. Quinlan's evidence was that after
Mrs. Conner disappeared 1T became neccs-
sary for Holmes to produce her TO collect
some insurance. Mrs. Quinlan consented
to act in her place. Sho went to the in
surhnce office and swOrc she was Mrs.
Conner and signed that name. | think
She was wanted in the collection Of fire
insurance that was secured by fraud
This opens the way TO ofIcr DEALS, which
it is necessary To know To fasten the guilt
Of many Of the supposed murders. Mrs.
| Quinlan Is locked up N cell at the Har.
rlson street station.
| According TO the statements OF Jona-
than l. Belknap it was Christmas night
| four years and six months ago that Mrs.
Julia l.. Conner was Killed. He believes
she was asphy xiated IN her room while
she slept Her room was "A small one ad.
joining the dark bath room IN the
Castle When all was still In the
house Holmes switched on the gas When
Ina deed accumulated HaItups