Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-28
N0RDEROUS CAREER
,.r sr,rrsrsr OF lhE cOS'Icr'
.c,,rs- Erected asa Death Trap
stranger, gni,c'd Lotto It, KILLED
and Robbed.

~. ,,s.l,ny, has made statement 70
wien Moore Of N. n. Holmes and
y, opsraionI. The wsFdsn believes
~. man KNOWS a great deal more
man he ,olI, but he has had tue
,,,,,usut put 10 wtilins, read 70 Al
i,o.ni verified In every par'lcuisr'
To, loilsvlng /. hI'slo'Si
Al a,,t met Hiin.s, alias PTast,
.,,, Hovard. IN Tennes'os IN tho iAll
1ise5 goon after thFt We went To-
m, 10 Hot springs, AK we re.
,tn.d AT Hot Springs q week hnu
u.s., tbefe went 10 rexaf, Holmes go
'n'io M Pa,D and | stopping Ia ray
La.c,unty. HOLMES sDon Joined me a.
,b'i.p.. and from there We went TO
E,n.ss CITY, thence 10 Hot Spring..
r,sm ibste we went to Cnicago, where
/ fsmainsd Ave dsys.
stn Snout thtso weeks thereafter
Holmes, PlstIsl (Lymau) aud myself
ms,al 81. Joseph, Mo. Minnie VIII
Mans accompanied tue men TO ST.
Joeph from Chicago. At this mseilng
/ op,.inei the fir,i knowledge l mad o.
M, Fort Worth propsrty deal,
"Tbs MlBnie Williams property In
P,,t Worth was thon anu there decided
"a me. ia the name OF A. u. Bond,
rom Minnie Williams, n notary public
whose name have forgotten, acknowl'
,jglny The transaction. The deal was
made with tho distinct understanding
mat IL w,s 10 be n swindllng operation.
IA vas my opinion at the time that
Minnie Williams was persuaded or
scared into making the transfer Of tho
ptorsf,y by Holmes. From II. Joseph
Holmes, PietIsl and myself went 10
Denver where We temsined one day,
auI from there wo went TO Lesdyille,
where Holmes aud Pietzel had In view
soms syindling operation, but failed
IN doing 90, From Leadyille the three
Of Us, with Holmes so'cAlled wife, Mis-
Howard, won't TO Fort Worth 10 COM
nence operations there. We arrived
At Fort Worth ~ entire strangers.
The Holmes. Pratt transactions al FsrI
Worth are already familiar 10 the pub
lie. pletIulis conduct NJ Fort Worth
caused Holmes TO send him 10 Kansas
City. While IN Kansas City Pletzsl
wrote several threatening letters TO
Holmes IN which no said that he
would turn up all their Tascality unless
Holmes sent him money. Pietzrl was
furnished money three timcg, sent by
me al Holiness request. Holmes
visited PielEsl at Kansas City to get
him 10 sign the necessary papers to
secure loan Of $4,000 on The Fort
Worth property.
"Whils Plelzel was In Kansas City,
Holmes and Pat Quinlan, who had
Joined W Al Fort Worth y short time
before We left that place, had several
talks shout putting Plslzsl out OF the
way, because Holmes had become
afraid Of him on account OF his drink.
inE too much aud knowing too much.
llI Was known TO US all that PlelEel
carried 10000 life insurance policy.)
"Ai eur lAst talk upon this subj ot,
three days before leaving Fort Worth,
II was understood that pio,Eel was 10
te killed. | was selected 70 assist
Holmt, In doing the lob, but In what
mannef II was 10 DO done was not
etnnlIsly settled, only that Holmes
remarked that ho had something that
vould make the work easy and large
hunk vas purchased In Fort Worth,
10 which 10 place Plelzsls body after
evlng Killed, At this point Holmes
fAlIed ms on The back and sail: Mas.
cot II 10 $4,000 aud trip 10 Long
bnuoh, And from there TO California
AMI more bulldings.'
THAT night | advised Holmes 10
cult such business, as lac had enough
money not TO resort to murder. He
replied that he had been at such bust
he.l 90 long that 1t hAl become per-
leelly natural 10 him, anu no could not
quiIil.
The plan Agreod upon 10 dispose Of
IIeltel YVES that We were 10 meet him
10 b. Louis, aud together 20 from
,seis 10 Chicago, whsTe ne was TO be
"lI was between Fort Worth and
BENSON that Holmes told mo that 1
mut1 have my life insured Tor $4,000
20 laNof VI my little niece. Rpm,ul-
uenhs lhn large ttuuk bought tor Piet-
w, oOlyi determined 10 part com.
l.uy with him, which l did at Dsni-
~, Ahd have never seen him since.
wv received rs many ms three letters
The last time saw Minnie VII.
n,ms was at our meeting Ia st, Joseph.
holnes toll her that she must losye
s' Nhl'ea states for n period Of three
Out years II everything worked
hAoloilly In Fort Worth, sho was
hlufn aud claim her prop rty on
,lo ground that the tito was Oh.
M'nei irom her fraudulsntly,
MY. esAUli.hlng proof that she
OUT Of the United States at the
, aus. lhuia was agreed upon as the
sosh'fy u which shs would 40.
vent To tho depot with her wuil,
iolthes bought hor Ticket AMI checked
Lne' uAggAgv, tut where to / did not
l.,Mhlle Mt Fort Worth | read tbrse
I'VE Ns from Minnie Williams TO
ito'. lhty puTpOrted 10 be from
ta, ths place | have forgotten,
si .oe hoimes sent Minniu William,
.houO from Fort Worth 10 India. 4,
,uhle Williams Ia dead she ma been
Iu' out OF the way siIoe tbis .xo,ts'
Holmes. w :" 'os"'u 10
,,o ins building In Chicago known IA
a s,.l UAs!l." was erected especially for
Ion osth uGp,' aud during my assooia.
sNH WIN Homes | was In Il often
strsna. ,asl occupied u room there. A
Fas 20 we city curing the WOrld,s
mn,t mM ueolytd iuto that castle nuu
b,vs ou lor his money. He diu mi
tbgusbt much money az Holmer
s,y 'nt-only 5000. A bright nttI.
ibS TAe ehllcbl into tie castle dprinv
"a. Pa'f aLd held In a room for Hys
~ IoI reward Tor his recovery.
"A'u being offered, they were