Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-05
SIGNED THE DEEDS.
SAYS ma SAW MINNIE WILLIAMS
Sign pEEps TO ronr WORTH
PROPERTY.


Little Rock. sept ~. c, Allen,
alias Caldwell. who ls serving u tcn-
/ year sentence IN the Arkansas peni-
ientlery Tor horse stealing II unqura-
uunably familiar with many OF tie
murderouH operations Of II ". Holmes.
nuw uonhnod In The Philadelphia jaii.
| Attorneys Capps aud Humphreys OF
! Fort Worth and Marshal Ren nf the
same city have visited Alien, aud all
Identity him ms the "maReor' "a often
referred TO By the newspapers OF the
country
Warden Il. u. Moore has nnnlly sue.
ceeded IN Obtaining n abatement from
Allen. Aliens language, word for
word, was reduced To writing aud read
10 him by the warden. which h HnyH
~ correct In every particular Here
IN IN substance what he SAYS
In lh9s Hoimcn, Lyman and myself
met az ~. Joe, Mo. Minnie Williams
accompanied Lyman TO 49, joe from
chicago, where she had been FOR some
time living as the wife of Holmes. At
this meeting wnn the first knowledge /
had OF the Fort Worth property deal,
The Minnie Williams property IN Fort
Worth was then ana thore decided to
mo IN The name OF A. a. bond from
Minnie Williams. The deal WINS made
with the distinct understanding that II
was TO be a Hwindling operation. II
was my opinion nt tho time that Minnie
Williams was pcfHuRdcd or scared into
making the transfer OF the property by
Holiness
''ln few days tho property was
transferred by me to Lyman, but was
not present when the dear was made,
Holmes making the transfer without
my knowledge or consent From ST.
Joe Holmes, Lyman ana myself went
10 Denver and Leadvillc, From Lead.
VILE the three OF u.s. with Holiness NO.
called wife. Mrs. Howard, went TO Fort
WORTH to commence operations there.
The Holmes u'rutD transactions at
Fort Worth are already familiar to tho
public
"Lyman'a drunken conduct sc Fort
Worth caused Holmes To send him
away 10 Kansas CITY while In Kan
aan city Lyman wrote several
threatening letters 30 Holmca, In which
he said that he would turn M all their
rneonllly unless Holmes Aont him
money Lyman was furnished money
NJ three different tlmea. gent by me at
Holmes request
while Lyman was In Kansas city,
Holmes. Pat Qninlnnd. who had Joined
ua nj Fort Worth u short time before
we lot that place. ana mynelf had
several talks about putting Lyman out
OF the way because Holmes had be- !
come afraid OF him on account OF his
drinking too much and knowing too
much,
when tho proposition was being
dlacunaed TO dispose OF Lyman Holmes
remarked that about year before he
had planted some pumpkin seed up IN
Gods country" and II was time TO
plant more. u WIS between Fort
Worth and Donlaon that Holmes told
me that must have my life insured
for $4,000 In favor OF my little niece.
Holmes was TO collect the insurance In
his peculiar way and was 90 get $4,000
OF the amount and Holmes 5000 for
collecting Remembering tho large
trunk bought for Lymann body. and
becoming fearful that ! might not be
alive when Iiolmea collected the IN
auranre money, ! determined to part
company with him, which did nj
sDeninon, and ! have never seen him
since, hut received as many as three
letters from him.
'"fhc building In Chicago known as
the castle was erected especially for a
death trap, and during my nnaocla-
ton with ilolinen was In II often. and,
IN fact. occupied room there. Tho
blood OF no one ~ upon my hands,
but ! am satisfied murder was COM
mitted In the house. because I heard
Holmes and Qulnland discuss the
matter OF their taking on
~ stranger 10 the city during the
Worlds Fair was decoyod into that
castle and murdered for his money.
He did not have MS much money az
Holmes thouRht-oniy 1890. A bright
little boy was rntlocd Into tho castle
during the fair and held IN a room for
I'VE days for a reward Tor his recovery.
No reward being offered, they were
afraid 10 turn him out, ana the gaa
was turned into his room at night, and
he was nuffocated.
81 could mention other such caaen OF
crime committed IN the castle and dis
cusHed IN my presence by Holmes and
Qnlnlnnd but these are Huff.Jient except |
one. and that was OF Annie Willininr. |
was not IN Chicago when SHE was KILL
Cd, but was nt the castle two or three !
days afterwards, Holmes and Quinlnnd |
cody discussed tle manner OF her niir- |
der 10 me. Holmes version was that |
she was knocked In the hehd with n |
stool by Minnie Williams aud then |
given nome drug by Holmes 10 make
her die easy
Lawyer Caps and othera declare
that Minnie Williams waa also muir
drrci by Holmes. l know 10 the con-
trnry / know that Minnie Williams
was alive when Holmes was arrested
for His crime. and " dead, she has
died since then. II not dead In the last
few months she can b. found. y those
knowledge Of her whereabouts.
"Quinlnnd II equally guilty with
Holmes In taking human Mo, Holmcn
doing tho planning and Quiniand the
execution, Quinland'n wife knowing OF
all OF their work Of this kind. Aud L
win state here that Pietxela wife,
am thoroughly convinced. knew Of tho
murder Of her husband and children.
Holmes and nhe We're very confidential
and she ignsw Whit was going an"
Allen Agys that, 10 HIS knowledge.
Holmes got only sic0o by mortxuginE
the Minnie Williams property III Fort
Worth. II was IN Pietzefs name uyy-