The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-23

the floor to the basement of the Holmes
building in Englewood, was discovered
the blood-stained undergarment sup
posed to have belonged to Minnie Viii
liams before her disappearance.
1t was dug up by Detectives Horton
and Fitzpatrick a few minutes after
in excavating had abandoned their
task for the day. In consequence of
the find, the theory of Minnie Williams
having been murdered received added
{ force, and the work of eXcavating will
be pushed with fresh impetus tomor-
row. This evening when the workmen
piled their tools in a corner and left
the gloomy subway, the officers re-
manned. There was one corner which
/ had not been touched. 1t was the
northeast corner of the section of the
basement beneath No. 703 Of the build
/ ing on the Sixty-third street front.
BIoodstained Garments.
Let us see if we can find anything
over there" suggested Fitzpatrick
Horton proceeded to thrust his pick
into the ashes. Finally the pick struck
something in which it stuck. A piece
OF muslin cloth was drawn out. It
was stained. When carried to the
light it was found that the clothing
was half of a suit of underwear made
for a woman. 1t was taken to Inspec-
tor Fitzpatrick, who made a careful
examination and expressed the opinion
that the stain upon the garment was
blood.
During the day second wall in the
basement was found by the detectives.
There are two doors leading into the
apartment thus created. and each one
was securely locked. 1t was reported
TODAY that nr,i.
mad been arrested and given an ex-
perlence in the sweat box" This re-
port: however, was emphatically de-
MED by the police. Quinlan was en-
ployed as janitor by Holmes here.
ana IS believed to know something
ABOUT the alleged murderers doings.
Mrs. Pitzel is back in Chicago after
ner trip to Toronto for the Identified
ton OF the bodies of her children. She
IS now ready to tell all that she knows
regarding the swindles, and the mea-
sures TO carry them out, but saws she
was Kept IN ignorance that any of them
entalled much loss.
Bones and Other Things.
Bones and particles of clothing were
turned up in the basement of Holmes,
mouse today. Some of the bones were
rom the butcher shop, but others re-
sempIed those of a human foot. Tn
q Ghest holding secret belongings of
1olines, the police today found a vest
Identified as one long worn by Holmes
Upon which were stains resembling
piood. In box were found Iinao
snlrt and other articles of underwear.
Inc shirt had the initials &c p n;
worked IN red letters. The box was
Iouho under the floor and was covered
~ Win layer of fire brick. In the
Cellar near where the bones u,ayo
round, a woman's shoe was t11rned M
VIII. Win evidence of fire on the botton, ~
.he sole The detectives announce r..
III thelr opinion the house had baar
constructed for the purpose of de1iharl
dte slaughter. More care thar 60.
VIZ De taken in searching the premises
tho IL tonnes VIII be charged with
tne crime of murder in CHICAGO -
morrow. A warrant for his aTSest ~ "
III sI@t charge will be sworn out bv a
NIlnler nephew of Julia L. Connor Of
W uscdt ine, Ia. Holmes will be charor-
ca IN Ghe warrant with having murd-
81 GU MRS. Connor some time between
the first of August and the first oe
November, 1892. The warrant viii ~
served the instant Holmes is freed IN
Philadelphia. III
From JuIia's Father.
Mr.. Miner was moved to swear ont
a warrant by a letter from the father
OF Julia Conner, addressed to Holmes.
This letter is as follows:
DAVENPORT, Ia, Nov. l. 1892
60 h. H. Holmes: Yours of
October 1, at hand and contents
carefully noted, and it astonishes ms
very mucn that you write to US max
ing inquiry about our Julia L. Con |
nor. We thought you knew all about /
her whereabouts and were thinking
ABOUT writing to you to know where /
she was. We have never heard from /
her since last December. She then /
wrote US that she was going to leave /
Engiewood on account of Conner /
making threats that he would take his /
child away. He said he would take 1
her by fair means or by foul Mr.
Holmes, we were in hopes all the |
time that you were in communication
with her and if anything was wrong
we would hear from her through vou
By your letter we are thoroughly
astonished as we know nothing CT
her whereabouts. We know not that
she is dead or alive. Your letter
makes us very unhappy. Mr. Holmes. {
if you should hear anything of her
please let US know and relieve the
present unhappiness Of an old father
and mother
"a. sMYTH."
This letter Holmes received, but con-
,ealed It was written in reply to one
sent by him or one of his confede-
'ates to Mr.. Smythe. In a letter sent
rom Englewood, the handwriting of
lula Conner had been initiated and
Ter name forged at the bottom. The
etter contained the statement that she
vas going to st. Louis.
Searching for PitzeI.
DETROIT, July 22.-The search for
he missing Howard Pitzel, who is
to have been murdered in