The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-08-02
HOLMES ENTERPRISES.
Skeletons Discovered Which Have
Been Traced to Him.
SAYS He GOT THEN LEGITIMATELY.
The Chicago Police, However, believe They
Have tho Skeletons of Two of the Alleged
Wholesale Murdcror's Many Victims.

CHICAGO, July 30.-Tho search of the
Holmes building was prosecuted yostcr-
day on the information given to the police
by NJ. c. Chappoll, the machinist, who
says that no articulatcd tho skeletons Of
three of the supposed victims of H. II.
Holmes. Chnppell told the police that
Holmes had two vnts In the cellar Ore,
he said, was In tho southeast corner and
the othor in tho southwest corner of the
rear collar. They had since been walled
up, he said. One of the vats, according to
Chappells statement, was used as vessel
in which tho flesh was eaten from bones
by tho uso of acids. The other was for tho
purpose OF bleaching the bones.
Twelve laborers worked all day digging
out the two corners designated by Chap
poll, and We're about to give up the search
ns unsuccessful whom one of the men Mt
work on the southeast corner struck his
spade against something which gave forth
a metallic sound The metal object
proved to be huge tank in the shape OF u
boiler. 1t was located just outside the
cellar wall, and its top was four feet from
the grounds surface. Work for the night
was stopped before the tank was fully un-
covered, but apparently 1t Is eight foet
long and three feet in diameter.
The police yesterday secured n skeleton
which they believe to be one OF the alleged
victims Of Holmes. Chappell took two
detectives to the house of West Side
physician, where the compete skeleton
was found. Chappell says that he got the
bones from Holmes. After examination
the police decided that the skeleton Is
probably that of Miss Clgrand, the Indi-
ana girl. 1t hai been sold to the Hahne-
mann Medical college iby Holmes, the po-
lice claim. Yesterdays find, with the
trunk discovery OF Sunday, makes two OF
the three skeletons which Chappell claims
to have articulated for Holmes, and the
police are in hopes Of finding the third
very shortly.
Beside these matters the police have So
cured the trunk which Holmes said he
had used in sinking Anna Williams in
the lake. There are plenty Of signs that
1t once held "a body freshly mutilated, and
Chappcll says Holmes brought the trunk
to his home with the remains Of Anna WILL
Jams In IL.
''In this way" said Inspector Fitzpat-
rick, 1--WE are told four victims Of the En-
glewood house were disposed OF. This
witness took away the skeleton partly
cleaned and asked no questions. He got
$50, so for each job. One Of the bodies was
that Of man. We have not been able to
conclude who he was. There is ony a sus-
picion that this was Robert Il. Phelps,
who was supposed to have married Miss
Miss Cigrand. Holmes said4he wanted
him to take care of the bodies of two chill
dren. One witness says he refused to
mount the bones of any children, but he
does not say anything to explain what
distinction he saw between children 8
bodies and any others IL his business was
legitimate and he had no knowledge of
foul play. You soc, 1t is all very sus-
piciors."
One of the many theories that has boen
advanced concerning the Holmes castle,
and the many uses to which it was put Is
to the effect that Holmes was profess
ional ''procurer. The presence of Sc
many young girls about the premises at
various times has led to the suspicion that
Holmes added this to his other nefarious
crimes. In this way the disappearance OF
some of the unfortunate creatures is ac-
counted for.