The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-06
TRAIL OF HUMAN BLOOD.
It Leads Through Several Apart
I ments in Holmes "Castle.p =.
EVIDENCE AGAINST PAT oUINLAN.

Trunks ana other Property That He
ionEsd 90 Minnie Williams Found In
His1 Chicago Police stiIi
unsarthins Convincing Evidence.
CHICAGO, Aug. e.-Human blood was
found yesterday In Holmes castle, bo-
spsttered from one room to another
Science aided Detectives Fitzpatrick and
Norton whore other agencies had failed,
and uncovered more startling evidence
against H. H. Holmes and Pat Quinlan
than has yet been found in the castle.
Vhere was found In the castle by the de-
tsctives and medical expert q trail Of
blood leading from the doorway Of the
dining room OF Mrs. Julia l.. Conner to
the sink In the same room; from there
into tho 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 90 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,
stained with blood; pair Of brown d.
sgonal trousers, stained at the bottom
with blood; tho pocket of a woman's dress,
blood soaked; o handkerchief which had
been used to wipe up blood with, and
various clothes and parts of undercloth-
ing soaked with blood. These articles
were examined microscopically at the
time of their discovery, and the test made
thon and there as TO the stains and
blotohes being human blood. With ono
or two exceptions the experts say they
were all marked with human blood. A
rope was found, and on Its knots blood
was discovered.
In Pat Quinlan's private living rooms
were found two trunks Of the theatrical
typo. One was purchased from Meeks,
In Denver On both trunks were the in
ttials IN. r, W." These initials had been
painted over. The initials are those Of
Minnie r. Williams. Pat Quinlan stated
after 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-
longsd to Minnie Williams. There are
magazines bearing date as late as April,
1884, demonstrating that Minnie Will
tams 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 Badenooh has also secured, in ad-
lition to the above evidence, positive
proof that Benjamin It. Pitezel was at
Dwight as patient whom Emily Cigrand
was there IS stenographer. He went un.
DER the name of Robert e. Phelps. Under
fAst 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-
siss As soon as he left Dwight she came
20 Chicago and entered the employ oil
Holmes. There she again met Pitezel un
&eE the name Of Phelps.
Uhief Badenoch believes all this evil
esncs to be the most important of any
esve the partial confessions Of Mr.. and
Mrs Quinlan, that ho 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 the
dark chamber, dragged from there to the
trap door and thence down the secret stair
way to the basement beneath.