The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-06

Police Believe They May Tell the story of
the Mysterious Disappearance of Mrs.
Conner and Little PearI--Theatrical
Looking Trunks Found in Pat Ouinlan's
Rooms with Minnie Williams Initials
on Them-Books Discovered which
Throw Light on the Time of Her TAX
ing On-Peitzel at Dwight.
Chicago. Aug. 5.-Human blood was
found today in the Holmes castle be-
spattered from one room 10 another.
Science aided detectives Fitzpatrick and
Norton where other agencies had fail
ed and uncovered more startling evil
dence against H. H. Holmes and Pat
Quinlan than has been found in the cas-
tie.
There was found in the castle by the
detectives and medical expert a trail
OF blood leading from the doorway of
the dining room of Mrs. Julia L. Con-
nor to the sink in the same room; from
there itno the dark chamber where she
and Pearl formerly slept and from
there 10 the inside of the door opening
into the bath room where the secret
door was: on the Dashboard of that
room above the trap door. and down
on to the secret staircase which led
TO the false elevator shaft and thence
into the basement. The blood was
human. A clot of blood mixed with
human hair was found.
Also from the debris in the dark
chamber where the mother and child
slept there was taken some child's IN
derwear stained with hood, a pair of
brown diagonal trousers stained al the
bottom with blood; the pocket Of a wo-
mans dress bloOdsoaked: ahandker-
chief which had been used to wipe up
blood with and clothes and parts of I'M
derclothing spotted with blood These
articles We're examined miscroscopical-
ly at the time of the discovery and the
test made then and there as to the stain
showed IL to be human blood With
but one or two exceptions the expert
decided that they were all marked with
human blood. A rope was found in
the dark chamber and in its knots
blood was discovered.
In Pat Quinlan's private living rooms
were found two trunks of the theatre
cal type. One purchased from Mekks
in Denver. On both trunks were the
initials NJ. r. w. The initials had
been printed over. The initials are
those Of Minnie r. Williams. Quinlan
stated after being taken into custoday
that both of the trunks belonged TO
him. Detectives Moron and Fitzpatrick
have now the truth that both trunks
belonged to Minnie Williams.
Quinlin will be confronted with this
evidence. He will also be faced with
books found in his possession and
which belonged to Minnie Williams.
There are Lippincott magazines bearing
date as late as April 1894. demonstrating
that Minnie Williams was alive at that
time. The fact that one of her trunks
was bought in Denver is explained by
the Information already secured by
the employ of Holmes and finally left
Chicago she entered the theatrical bus
mess in Denver
Chief Badenoch has also secured in
addition to the above evidence which
his detectives brought TO him tonight
positive proof that Benjamine F. Pet
eel was at Dwight as a patient when
Emily Cigrand was there as a stenog-
rapher. He went under the name OF
Robert Phelps. Under that 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-
ties. AS soon as she left Dwight she
came to Chicago and entered the en-
ploy OF Holmes. There she again met
Pietzel under the name OF Phelps.
Chief Badenoch believes all this evil
dence to be the most important Of any
save the partial confession of Mr.. and
Mrs. Quinlin that he has secured.
The inference drawn by the officers
from the trail Of blood which was DIS
covered to be human blood, came from
some person who was killed in the dark
chamber, dragged from there to the
trap door, thence down the secret stair
way to the basement beneath.
Chemical analysis of all the blood will
follow. The bloody doors
Were taken off and the baseboards.
also portions of flooring of the dark
chamber and boards from the secret
stair case.