Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-19
GEOGRAPHIC.
IHE HOLMES CASE.
,,n,,, Story About Tho Initial lp'
u.,r,ncs Of His LlTy'L
,ur plvoncr PROCEEDINGS
!, The Enc, that PlIz'l, Sup
' ',.,d to Have ue'n nurd'r'd'
is still Alive

pufiADthi 49, . -. -. -.
.,',,n whispered about sh0. SIM.
hsg ., ,preafance In this es's' a
ln ,,' s,,, year ago, It IL SAID, he hts'
.,~, % Pailadolphl', whones ne
-, no one ,ssmsd to know, 'u'
.'n ,. 10 10 the effect that he had teen
Wv. ' =. inns In n little town In lnii.
W Noon bis arrival here he 1, ,ald
sas ,poKun Of the receipt o. letter
bbs'sesi,on signed "H." IL slated
if'n ~ se,lfed TO retain him ~
hs liz a case which would soon
ecsn' came up In Philaiolphia,
H,i-nIossJ A ono hundred dollar
spi ,e,aining fee. a few dsye
noN.,d. Holmes was arrested in
49, and the story OF hts manifold
.sr,,cAme out. .,,
~" s,e,msker lived was but short
uls nom another town where
lint, had lived and foslored me
n.i,,sflous schemes. IL Is oven eRIi
,s..in shoemakef's Office has been
I'd . map Of the county In which
a ....tro lawns lie, and that n line IL
'a in red ink between ihe places,
49, s,sWp as 10 avoid railroads nnd
s' y, cutting through the bare
.ant,y. This cuflous story 10 not
90 sut oiiiuisliy, but with those
now Of II there In an unnnimlty
Wy. w n. "details. The HOlmos case was
w s,,t Shoemaker tried la Pills
1.i,hla. IL 4, probably also tho last
ruE nuRpEDEs DIVORCE SUIT.
ruoIeo, Nov. lS.-rhs attorneys
,,u "A, Holmes, VINO are trying 10
.,,s mat notorious individual from
s,n,ins. have received transcript
Al he divorce proceedings which
u,lme, began IN 1857 asainst his wife
IA m, superior court Of Cook county.
fbS ,uit was begun In ths name VI
William II. Mudgsit against Clara A.
Mueseii. The charge made against
M vie was lniidelily. Mudgett said
mi be was married at Acton, n. H.,
uJuly 4, ls7s,and lived with his wiis
mali 1858. The case was heard ana
dIul.td By the court for lack Of evil
dlaes TO support tho charges made In
ns bill.
n /, said that Holmes's lawyers
upt the transcript for use In arguing
he motion for q new trial, the pur.
to,s being 10 show that Holmes had
iai one legal lwi.o and that the other
women said 10 have been at times
nlflsd 10 him were not legal Wives.
rIIzEL SAID TO NE ALIVE.
CHICAGO, Nov. ls.-The Daily News
tbs evening publishes the following
rory:
James McNAry, conductor on car
No. 6S5 Of the bixty.t third street line,
ln sprung new spnAation In the
Holmss cA,e,by stating that Benjamin
2. PiiIel 10 alive anu that he recently
hksd with him on his car.
McNafy claims thare could be no
Hi,,ke, a. he worked nine months Tor
Rusl and knows the peculiarities OF
BIZ voice. According to McNary, Pit
rl's tesfd had grown around the great
II part Of his face, 90 that he was COM
Itlsly disguised. When addressed,
bowsyef, he admitted his Identity, anu
nkui a. friend that MoNnry keep
hlsti, a. he was on his way TO Phila-
ddphl1, but MoNary called In Motor
NI he had a cony.T,ation win PilYsJ.
who took A transfer 10 the Cottays
Cove cable lice.
Mf, Robert Cotb.tt. who In. beon
following the o,,e ior months IN bsbsii
q The Farmers anu Merchants Ma
u'nal bank, Fort Worth, Texas, claim,
b has also seen pllzsl.
u never believed PiiEsl was dead, -
not the following reasons, Fitst
vhsu | wGs searching The castI.
month. ago, the man who I.s.mbIss
he man seen by the cond n otor and mo.
bimau, and VINO then ,hought ws,
PIlIs. found ms in ,ha hn,ISinn 49,
log over ,ome paper, He asked m.
u / had seen a TOOL chest 1 toId MIN
there was Que in the iron, RAM Wa