The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-08-03

CHICAGO. Aug. 2.-There were no i'm
portant developments in the Holmes case
to-day. Geyer, the Philadelphia deiec-
tive. arrived this morning, held confer
ence with the police, and left again for
Philadelphia tonight. his conference
with the police was in the presence OF Pat
Quinlan and his wife.
In company with the police officials
Mrs. Qunlan went TO the Holmes
"castle'' to-day. and gave the officers con-
siderable information. Some of the fur
niture in the Quinlan apartments there
was identified as having once belonged to
Julia Conner, who with her daughter are
thought TO be dead, victims of Holmes.
Mrs Quinlan gave the police this much
information.
After the police had talked with Geyer,
and permitted Geyer to talk with Quin-
Ian and his wife. the two became very
communicative. The police became mys-
teriousIY alert, and 1t was at once an
nounced that important information had
been received.
To a press reporter Chief Badenoch
said: I'VE have secured some new and
very important information from Mrs.
Quinlan. She has given US some very
strong evidence against Holmes"
''Does it relate TO the charge OF forgery
or murder?'
That l will not say at this time. We
are using the information, and adding to
it by new discoveries made by the use or
her evidence. We are not through yet.
and will not give the information to the
press until we are"
"Is it not true that the Quinlans are
staring a twenty-year sentence in the
in no w
template change and requlsltlon TO
Texas?"
..Yes. that is true. We have undis-
puted evidence that will send Holmes
and Quinlan to the penitentiary for
twenty years, and | think Pat will soon
be placed in the net"
You are using this as lever to make
them talk?"
''Our information is coming from Mrs.
Quinlan. She is the one who forged the
signatures to the notes and to trust
deed secured by the notes. The limit for
this crime in Texas is twenty years"
Mrs. Quinlan is more willing TO talk
then?''
'Y es, she has already talked some"
"a bout Hatch, or Holmes?'
mo and yes. But will not say what
she has told us about Holmes. We be-
lleve she has told the truth, but we will
know absolutely whether she did or not
before forty-eight hours"
Ibid Detective Geyer give you any in
formation ?"
Yes; he did. Geyer aided US materi-
ally"
From the fact that Gever has gone to
Philadelphia and that Lawyer Capps has
also gone there, it seems probable that
there will be a convOcation of Holmes
accusers in Philadelphia some time next
week, and that it will then be decided
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and arrangements Will be made for requi-
sition.
To-day Detective Geyer said: The
Toronto authorities are anxious to get
Holmes. l know they can prove the
identity of the Pietzel children, whose
bodies were found III the cellar of the
house in Henry street. The Texas people,
l mean the faction represented by At
torney Capps of Fort Worth, can send
Holmes to The penitentiary for twenty
years easily enough. Holmes would
rather go to - than to Texas. and l
don't blame him so much for that"
When asked what has been the result of
his search for the body OF Howard Pietzel
in Indianapolis, Geyer said: Thus tar
there have been no results; but have
not given up. l think that the body is
buried somewhere in Indianapolis"
'Do you think either of the Williams
sisters is allve"'
mo. If either were alive Holmes
would not attempt TO explain how one OF
them was killed. Ii their blood was not
on his hands, he would have no story of
blood 10 tell about either one of them."
Chief of Police Badenoch left the city
tonight, saying he was going to his sum
mer home in Wisconsin, and would not
return TO Chicago until next Monday. He
has not been in the habit of going there
until Saturday evening, and it is believed
he is on his way TO some other part to
verify evidence given by Mrs. Quinlan
against Holmes.
A significant remark made by Lawyer
Capps while he WAS here is recalled by
the developments of the day. The re-
mark was: Mrs. Quinlan's head is in
the noose-I mean she is guilty of crimes
In Texas that will land her in the peni-
tentiary there. AS for Holmes, l can say
that we have evidence that will place him
behind the bars for twenty years in Texas
unless he proves that the Williams sisters
are alive He can't prove it; he can
prove they are dead. though. lie wishes
he could prove they are alive. He would
much rather do so than return to Texas"