The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-23


shoe was turned up with evidence of fire
on the bottom of the sole. AS the earth
where these articles were found was not
house. no reason for their burial can be
assigned by the police except to hide mur-
der. Close by is the bottom of the shaft
which made quick connection between the
top of the house and the Basement while
just over the spot Is the blind stairway
which leads into the third floor by a trap
door placed under a stationary bath tub.
A meeting of the detectives engaged In
the examination of the house was had to-
night, and they announced that in their
opinion the house had been constructed for
the purpose of deliberate slaughter. More
care than ever will now be exercised in
searching the premises.
The search for the bodies of the miss
ing Williams girls was resumed at
the castle" OF H H Holmes
the. suspected murderer. to-day. and an i'm
portant find was made in a noosed rope
stained dark about the knot. The police
think they have made an important discov-
ery.- The rope. which was found hidden be-
meath a quantity of rubbish. is of consid-
erable length and strong. At one end is
plated. loop and at the other hang
mans moose" About the knot and near
the moose were found several spots which
the police Immediately declared were blood
stairs. The length of the rope is such that
were the plated loop attached to the wall
upstairs, of Holiness secret dumb waiter
Shaft, body hanging from the moose would
just clear the floor at the bottom of the
shaft.
This coincidence convinced some of the
fhof Jol oil
had been pushed through the upstairs door
of the dumb waiter and strangled to death
in the shaft below Others OF the officers.
however, refused TO accept the theory and
the rope was submitted to analysis to
determine the nature or the stains.
Owing to the escaping gas the digging
in the basement was badly delayed, num-
erous efforts to stop the leak proving un-
in the basement, about ten feet from the
west foundation and extending parallel
wi NTH il for about thirty feet was found
ing into the apartment thus created and
each one was securely locked. Rubbish
was plentiful in this place and an effort
was made to discover the use of the cham
ber.
1t was reported to-day that Pat Quin-
land and his wife had been arrested and
given an experience in the sweat box
in an effort to discover just how much
they may know of Holiness Chicago record.
MED by the police. Quinland was employed
as janitor by Holmes during the latter's
residence here. and 1T has been generally
believed that the janitor and his wife knew
more about the alleged murderer's doings
than they pretended.
Holiness house in Sixty-third street was
surrounded by crowd OF several hundred
curious people all day. Several efforts were
made by the throng TO carry the door with
rush and gain admittance, but a strong
guard OF police kept all sighfseers outside.
Hunting for Howard Piet.eps Body.
DETROIT, July 22.-The search for the
missing Howard Pietzel, who is supposed
to have been murdered in Detroit by Fl. n.
Holmes. was resumed here to-day by de-
tective Geyer. Of Philadelphia. aided by
the local force Detective Geyer called at
police headquarters early this morning and
at once consulted with Captain Baker and
detective Tuttle, who assisted him on the
occasion of his previous visit to Detroit.
A consultation with Chief Starkweather
followed, but the plans of the officer were
carefully. guarded The officer stated that
during the recent visit and an effort will
be made to fnd the exprassman who, was
and from the boarding house on Park street
where he and his wife stopped during
the days of'their visit in Detroit AS vet
that the little boy came to Detroit. he
lief exists that the boy was killed before
arriving here. that the body was brought
W '|ctiott aiiN OcStiVycus VI tndl dIter
digging the hole in the rear of the Forest
avenue house, Holmes became frightened
and replaced the body In a trunk. taking
it with him to Canada. Geyer declares
the statement that Holmes has admitted
having killed Howard in detroit are false
and silly.
Holmes Tripped Up Tpy Hts Wife.
PHILADELPHIA. July 22-At his own
request, II. H. Holmes insurance swindler
and alleged murderer. was brought into the
Office of District Attorney Graham to-day
and allowed to make statement 1t con-
sisted substantially of repetition of the
Hatch story and despite rigid cross-ex-
amning he persisted in his previous state
ments. When Holmes was brought into
the room his wife, formerly Georgiana
Yoke, of Franklin, Ind, young and
rather pretty blonde. was present When
their eyes met they seemed to shrink from
each other the woman especially manifest
ing a feeling OF disgust and horror for
the much accused man. To prove his as
sert4ons Holmes produced the diary kept
by himself and wife in Toronto, where he
alleges he gave the Pietzel children to
Hatch.
The diary would have confirmed some
of kis statements had not his wife given
additional information. She declared that
while they were living together in a
Toronto hotel Holmes went away for two
days saying that he was going on fish
ing trip. When he returned he was tired
and there was mud on his trousers.