The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-30
ROUNDING UP HOLMES PALS
The Chicago Police Make Still An
other Arrest.
VISITORS SWARM THE CASTLE
Scheme Of an Enterprising Jewelor.
Weaving tho Nets Of Evidence.
Lawyer Shoemaker Threatens an
Altbi-ThO Canadians Slunbcr.

Chicago, July 29-,Fully 5000 curious
people visited Sixty-third and Wallace
streets yesterday and sought admission
to Holmes castle. Enterprising Jewell
er Davis, who occupied part OF the drug
store in the building, had made ar
Lrangements to admit visitors on pay
ment Of l0-cent fee and expected to
reap rich harvest, but the police
heard OF II and forbade admission to
the building above the first floor.
The information given by the me
chanic, Charles NJ. Chappelle. who was
examined by the inspector yesterday.
is undoubtedly the most valuable
which the detectives have yet obtained.
Another arrest was made yesterday.
that OF II. 8. Mack. who worked for
Holmes during the last six months he
lived in the Sixty-third street house.
The police have been looking for him
since Friday, and they admit that they
have the most important witness they
have yet rounded UP. They are certain
that he knows all about Pat Quinlan
and his wife and their connection with
Holmes from certain admissions he has
made to friends.
The inspector and Chief Badenoch
cay they have sufficient evidence to
convict Holmes and Quinlan. and as the
present grand jury will be the last one
until September, every effort is being
made to get the evidence in shape to
present to that body before its adjourn
ment. From present indications it is
likely that the matter will be laid be-
fore the gnand jury tomorrow.
Summing up the gist of the police
work yesterday. it may be said on the
authority Of the police that they ex-
pect to hang Pat Quinlan, H. H.
Holmes, the man Harris. alias Ziegle.
and james c. Allen. the Little Rock
convict before they finish with the
| castle
Skeletons Not Perfect.
The skeletons mounted by Chappelle
are not perfect. Inspector Fitzpatrick
| said this morning that he expected to
get the remainder of them. but would
| not tell from what source.
Medical experts pronounce the skele-
tons as having belonged Ito two girls
| about the age of 20 and a woman of
middle age. Not all the teeth were re-
moved. and the police nope that there
may be some sort of Identification
from these which remain. He is not at
all certain that the bones belong to
Holmes victims. AS an insurance
swindler nothing would have been more
natural than for him to have procured
bodies with the intention of deceiving
the companies and then have their
skeleton articulated as AN extra cource
| Of revenue.
The market price Of a human frame.
when neatly mounted, ranges from $40
70 $50. and the furnaces in the cellar,
which 1t Is believed were used for bend
Ing plate glass. would have been good
places to boil the bodies and dispose of
the flesh. Patrick Quinlan still main
tains sturdy front
An Important Development.
Philadelphia, July 29-The confession
OF Cephos Humphrey. the colored Chi
caso expressman, made yesterday to
the police In that city. in which he
stated that he had been employed by
Holmes to remove several packages
bodies. Is accepted by the authorities
here as an important development in
the mysterious case and one that Is apt
to upset several Of the theories of the
police and the district attorney.
Correspondence Is going on between
the district attorney and the authori-
ties at Chicago, but the Toronto end of
the case Is about dropped, as the
chances Of securing conviction there
are considered to be far less than at
Chicago. Lawyer Shoemaker, who rep
resents Holmes. stated today that he
had visited his client at the county
prison and conversed with him.
| Can Prove an AIibi.
II had long talk with my client," "
said he, and while 1t would be unwise
and unprofessional to make public the
result Of the conference, can say tha,
II the western authorities do not dis
continue making charges against
Holmes he will soon be charged with
having been directly responsible for
every mysterious disappearance OF
man, woman and child that the police
|
are prepared at this moment to prove
an alfbi In every case thus far brought
against Holmes, and both myself and
my client would welcome any legal &C.
tion that would place him on trial to
answer the charge of having murdered
any one In this city or elsewhere. Chi
cago seems to be anxious to secure him
and any case that the authorities there
have against him we can meet"
Holmes and his last known wife are
the joint owners Of several pieces OF
property in Chicago and elsewhere, and
Mr.. Shoemaker, at their request, is ne
gotiaJting to convent this into cash for
the purpose Of being prepared to meet
the expenses Of trial.
| Discovery Ia the Cellar.