Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-03
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0IIHLlB CONFESSES'
,.l,Iu Evidence Of tho Rlrd'i o.
BENJAMIN PIsIz'l
opposed 10 De OBTAINED Sow'
aim Concerning the Killing OF
Mrs. Conner aud r'arl-N'w
witnesses Located.

100 Aug, The police have
Vh , ,scsiyed u partial confession
n Pa, Qulnl,u, tho janI'or Of pine ,nS
, uaIm,, castle, and have' they pO,l0VS'
h'' ,,.a .vldencs that BepJsmin f.
r,,,,I VA. murdered in this CITY Dy
asmes and the corpse sent 10 "''"
.slpbis. .,,r,.d out of
,.op,plnns by means ola ZIP given
Wv I'c,I ofiirsrs by Descllvc Eeyer OF
i p's,ScIpnia, VINO arrived in this city
gday. ,.,.,,,,tdb v
-on,pl.p. the police will not re.
.,i and in fact Chiei Badenoeh ana
ts,p.cior Fitzpatrick have oo'h uen''u
,o,i,i,p or hls wits made any CON
WM a. All. Notwithstanding the
I''',.p ,t tbe ppllcr, however, II IL posi.
ys- Snoy,n that Qulnlan made auu
49, conf, Hsion, because II was Ie'
D,inla a'ssignAtuto on toe uOcu-
W, ,7,Id BE- seen, although tue SUP
,l', natter under which he N!ole nus
w could DOT bs ascertainod. To-
''',, b,WevtF, Il was learned that
hb',.ion was made covering all the
.y ',',is If IN, murder Of PioiZcl, win
w. s.rep,lon Of tho aciual place IN
s,oh ihe crime was committed. Tbis
The police declare they VIII nave W.
MORROW $50. ,n,.ir,i from
The Qulnlans only after tue hatusss
und Of work and OF the price OF
f,s,pss Of immunity from punishmen'
sf All pau tne QuinlanH may nave
bofue In the murder OF ilo'zeI OF any
stbe crimes committed by Holmes
Mfs. Pat Quinlan knew Of the dle-
s,psafauce OF Mrs. Julia l.. Conner ~
Hsimss,. castle, ana saw she body OF
ihs woman after she was dead. she
w,th,t kpev and has admitted that
rssTI Conner disappeared mysterious
Iy In The castle after her return from
lin u the QulnlAn farm at Lasevls",
Mich. --,,.
rms chief now has proof positive
that Mrs, Conner aud Pearl, her
laughter. or Cora Quinlsn, were muir.
defed In the building while The mother
vp,iu Holm ,s's employ.
Ouinlan mas given Information
within tho lat twenty f0uE hours
which brings the charge OF murder
uearef To Holmes thnn II has been In
Chicago at any time since tile case
opened. Qulnlan and his vile, while
demonstrating to tbs police that they
were ~ no rme guilty OF the crime OF
murder Themselves, have made Admis.
tious BY vnich tho chief could use
them on the stand as valuable wit
ptsses sgaiust Holmes In proving that
Mn. Conner and u child were made
away with by Holms. for the purpose
Discerning Insurance which Mira. Con.
IercAffieu on her life In faVor OF her
daughter.
Mr. C1uner'a body was disposed OF
by burial within the castle somewhere
close to the spot where Pearls supposed
boy was found. Use police have not
otO,sd their efforts to Mud the bottom
Of tho basement aud uncover her re-
mslns.
QllnlAn and his wife have admitted
that a business In receiving and dis
posing Of dead bodies stolen from cOun'
ny gtGveyards WA carried ON In the
castle uu der the direction Of Holmes
New witnesses In tho Holmes case
have been located.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Aug. AIT
t0ney .. NJ. Humphrey Of Fort Worth
arrived mere today aud went TO tn,
prison, where he and superintendent
Mcconnell were ciOseted for sOm,
time with convict Allen. Mr.. Hum
phtey represents the iutorests h0ldlpa
claims against Minnie Williamh'
property In Fort Worth ON debts oon
uAeled by Holmes and his accom
pllets. After the conference be said
ALLEN undoubtedly knows more thar
Anyb9dy else about the transfer Of tn
Williams property, because ne spoke q
me lntelligentiy about various paper
connected with that deal which al
now Ia my possession, and the con
tents Of which have never been mad
public.
"Do you think Minnie Williams
sull Aliyt2p
VI most atsurodly do. From whs,
Know anu from what Allen said today
am positive that she Ia not only liz
ing but that sbo Ia Ia the Unite
s1aleei and that were Holmes iTse h
would DO with her in less Khan forty
eight hours"