Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-01

read dispatch from Chicago, last night,
stating body had been found in the
Holmes building which was supposed
to be that Of her graudchild, Pearl
Connor. "The poor child" she sobbed.
Then, picking up an evening paper,
she exclaimed as If she saw CLEAN Of
hope in the printed lines, "Oh. 1t was
only the bones they found, and how
could they tell whether they found my
erandchiln or not? The papers say
nothing about a body"
HOLMES LETTERS FOUND. g
Mrs. Smythe has succeeded in finding
the letters of II. II. Holmes to herself
written he had slain or was plotting to
kill Mrs Julia l.. Common and her
daughter. In the first letter, dated
October 18th, 1899, Holmes invents a
law suit in which his interests are in
volved and wants Mrs. Conner as a wit
ness who would prove valuable to him.
His connection with the law in Chicago
was mostly with regard to judgments
Tor small amounts, and yet he writes to
Mrs. Smythe OF case In which 50 900
depended on her daughters testimony.
Possibly while disposing Of his victims
body, be wrote to Mrs. Smythe.
Holmes had never seen Mrs. or Mr..
Smythe, yet he writes to the latter and
opens his letter with inquiry. He asks
a simple question; "Will you kindly
communicate with Mrs. Connor and say
TO her for me that it is absolutely neces-
sary for US to hear from her with re-
gard 10 the suit in which she is in.
terested as witness
This was the first intimation Mrs.
Smythe had that her daughter had dis
appeared, and the first line she ever re-
ceived from Holmes.
is MINNIE WILLIAMS DEAD?
CHICAGO, ILL, July 25.-Is Minnie
Williams dead, one OF the victims of
Holmes, or does she still live?
Mrs, Jennie Irons of this city fur.
nishes story which upscts theories
heretofore advanced that Minnie
Williams was killed by Holmes soma
time in the summer Of 1893.
minnie Williams roomed with me
for two days and two nights last fall ;"
said Mrs. Irons. II entertained her.
Holmes and two Of the Pietzel children,
the boy and youngest girl Holmes, &C.
companied by Minnie Williams and the
two children, came to my house about 5
O'Clock in the afternoon. lie introduced
himself as Mr.. Holmes and Minnie vii.
liams as his wife, and my children is
the way he spoke Of the little ones. This
was September goth or 30th or October
list Or Cd OF 1894.
II know these parties were Holmes,
MInpta AVi11inftns nd ,af a. II
children because week before last | was
visited by Philadelphia detective and
one from the Central station here. They
showed me photographs of a man,
woman and three children. identified
the mans picture as that of the man
Holmes, who was at my house; the
woman as that Of his wife, and two OF
the three pictures as the boy and girl.
The picture of the older girl could not
say anything about. She was not with
the other children when ] had them as
dodgers. The detectives, after | had
identified them, told me the pictures
were photographs Of II. H.. Holmes
Minnie Williams and the two rietzel
children"
TO TRY TO ESTRADITE HOLMES.
TORONTO, CAN, July 25.-The yer.
dict Of the coroner's jury in the case OF
the Pietzel children was laid before the
Encouragement to-day, and proceed.
ings for extradition of Holmes will be
at once entered upon.
Every effort will be made to have
Holmes tried in this city. 1t is thought
here that Toronto's claim will have pre-.
cedence with Philadelphia authorities
over those of Chicago. The tenant OF
the cottage in which it is alleged the
murder was done, has found Il small
piece Of material, apparently a portion
OF what had been a light.colnred waist,
and scarlet hair string, knotted AZ
though it had been pulled from a plat
Of hair. This furnishes still another
proof Of positive identification of the
bodies as those of Alice and Nellie
PietZel.
MORE BONES DISCOVERED.
CHICAGO, lLL., July 25.-Ihe Holmes
charnel house yielded new horrors to-
day. Several more bones and small
piece OF dress goods have been found
there, The discovery was made when
the search was resumed in the basement
- b'S AANt'AtNs IA tlllo llibi uluHs
Two MORE BONES FOUND.
Before the police had been at work
an hour two more human bones were
found Wondering in the damp earth of
the basement, and with them was a Bit
OF dlscplored cloth, apparently portion
Of a wOman's dress. One Of the bones
found, d shoulder blade, was apparently
that of an adult, while tic other. n
socket bone, was smaller and appeared
to be that of n child.
PROBABLY Mrs. CoNNoR AND DAUGHTER
The police by the discovery to-day
were confirmed in their belief that the
skeletons being uncovered are those Of
the missing Mrs. Conner and her
daughter, Pearl.
CHICAGO, ILL, July 26.-Wlliam
Capps OF the firm of Capps & Cantee
OF Fort Worth, Tex, il III Chicago in
the interest of the heirs of the Williams
sisters. He has obtained copies Of the
deeds by which they transferred their
property, and lie claims that their names
We're forged.
Evidence has been collected, he saws.
which will prove conclusiyely that the
girls were murdered before July 10th.
the date appended to the deeds. liz
thinks they were put out of the way
about July 4th. He has been inyesti-
eating the property at Willimette and
says that it is still in the name Of
Minnie Williams.
Thomas Freeman, agent for the
Chicago Demonstrators Association, said
last night that in his opinion the bones
found in the Holmes castle" in Enrle.
wood were those of persons made away
with on the premises. Or else those Of
bodies that had been shipped to Chicago.
lie said that all the bodies of pauper
dead in the county passed through his
hands, and that it would have been in.
possible for Holmes to have obtained n
cadaver without his knowlege.
CLOSE WATCH ON THE TWO susrl.crs.
luinlan and Owens had another
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