Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-25
THE HOLMES VICTIMS
Story that Upsets The Theory Re.
glrdIDg tho Williams Girls,
THEY wErr nor DElDLAsr FALL.
Letters from tile Accused Man 20 Mrs
Smythc showing the Depth Of
Ills NillalBy.

CHICAGO, July g5.-ts Minnie WI.
llsms IUAs2 IL sue one Of the inuum.
cradle victims VI Holmes, OF does the
still liyt2
Mrs. Jennie Irons Of this city iurn.
ishes As,ofy which upsetl the theories
heretofore advanced that Gho ami her
sister were killed by Holmes come time
In the summer Of 1898.
"Mlnnie Williams roomcl with me
for two Gays aud two nights last fall"
said Mrs. Irons, with the positive
declaration that there could DO no
mistake about her story. 81 outef.
tainod her, Holmes AMI two Of the
Pie;zsl children, tho boy nui yourg,r'
girl. Holmes, accompanied by Minnie
Williams RnI the two Uhildtuu, came
~ my house about 8 U'slYuK In the
Afternoon. He Introduced himself ~
Mr.. HUl.Hes' ADD Minnie Williams gs
hi. wife, ani my children" ~ ;hu
WY he spoke OF the little ones.
III know thUre parties Nusu H9lwUt,
zul children, becauHs week before last
Nna visited by Philadelphia dutor.
tlvsEud one from the central station
here. Iuuy showed mo phJlOgr. Yhs
~ "a ntr, woman aud thtUU children.
1 Identified the mans picture A. TINT
VI the man Holmes, VINO was at my
houtt; the w8man's, "a that OF HE
wife and two Oi three piclurgB OF the
40 N.H
gifl who were AZ my house. The pie.
tufe u the older girl / could not cay
anything about, as she Wa not win
the other cbl lfcn When | kep! turm
~ lOdrvIf. Inc detectives, alter / ua b
identified them, told me tho pictures
were photlrtG hs Of II. n. Ho.mts,
Minnie Williams anu tho tw9 P.c,zul
/ children.
A LETTER FRON HOLMES.
DAvESrJRI, lows, Juiy g5.-rcsrs
| came 10 AlTs. smy thu's eyss when she
/ Tcni u ui-palCh from CblcagU isst
| night stating thst bIdy had tnrn
found Ia the Holmes building ~ Sky.
third anu Wallace street which was
supposed 10 br that OF her ETnudCui'd,
! Pearl Conner. "rhe poor chilu! Tue
picking up an evening paper che cN.
claimed, o. u che saw a CLEAN ~ huIg
In tue printed liue., "Oh, suto Il was
only bones they found Aud now could
they tell whether they were my grEul.
chila's " no.? Tho pepen fay nothing
about n body"
Mite. smytho has at last suocee Ird
Ia nnding the letters Of II. n. H..
Holmes 10 herself, written at the time
wnen the murderer had oithor slAiu
OF was plotting the killing OF Mts.Julil
! l.. Common anu her daughter Pearl. In
the Hrst letter, ualoJ October /, lsJ-,
Holmes SHOWS Communicate skill Iu
eliariug himself irm anything Ia
connection VITA himself lilo invent,
law cut Ia wuiCI ul, Interests are
evolved anu claims he wgnts MTs
Conner as, u wliu,s., vino would prov,
valuable 10 him. His connection
with the law IA Chicago was mostly
with regard 10 Judgments iOr rmul
amounts, Rud yet no writes 20 Mrs
Smytuo Dfa case In which $1,000 ur
pended ON her dAugntrT's testimony
Possibly wuile dHp0Ilug 0t his victiu.'
body he wrote L. Mrs. Smy the
Holmes mad never seru Mt. or Mrs
SmyIhe, yet ho wri,c. TO tue latter io
tho nTsi time In his NE auI opens III,
! letter n nn innocent strain Of inquiry
II was iust liEe an ordinary tuslueg
letter. Holmes asks simple question
"Will you KINDLY commuuioato witt
MIs. Conner AMI bsy 10 her Tor me- tina
II Is absolutely Necessary for us to hea
from hor with regard TO the suit n
which she II interested asa wilnots.'
This was the first inlmltiOn to Mn
Smythe that her daughter hal dis
appeared aud tho nfsl line she ever 70
ctivsd from Holmes, The arch mur
= dcrsr used tho letter paper OF the iiC
E titious Campbell.Yates company, q
No.'s sUl.SO3 SiXty.thitd street
Chicago, AMI datus his letter ocsObe
81, 1892.
MORE RlNEs FOUND.
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