Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-01

said be bad on y Que dsy's Hcquaiut.
ance with Allen. ana on The following
day lie started Tor F0ttWoflh. Qulnibu
had previously claimed that he nad no
knowledge ~ any OJimes committed by
Holmes, although he uumiuod that IN
Fort Worth he met and knew mau
called "MRecoi." Now that Allen and
"Mnscow nre practically proven 10 be
| ono aud tho same man, Qli1ihu's con
Trajectory stories have placed MIN In \
s,ill worse light with the police.
Tho police discovered today the
means by which tho mark OF a
woman's foot became printed on the
inside VI the vault door. Whiie eE.
aiming the oil undot tbs microscope
| the oKreft got come Of ihe oil on HE
hand, aud later placed two OF hln
| fiuusfs ON IA iron plate In the labofa-
tory. A thOrt time Afterwards lie
| noticed that IN marks OF hH fugers
were distinctly s.ble ON the Iron, aud
oil efforts to rub 1t III were iutilB. a
test Of acid was then made, but with.
out result. a finer tost ON thiB point IL
10 bC applied.
| This discovery will clear away n
good deal of slTmss on the part OF
| the poles rs ~ the theory Rd.
vaucod by the export that Holmes got
o small quantity VI tnis oil IN a bowl,
added elmer petroleum or benzinc,
gasoline or even common kerosene ~
1t, aud placed 1t In tho vault. a
deadly gas would he given Oh immcdi.
ately, anu nil HOlmus had 10 do was 10
slut the doog. Death would soon 10.
suit. The explanation Of tue footprint
on the iron door ~ that Oue ~ his al.
legged victims, Ia nor sirugglta, upset
the bowl Of oil ami placed her foot Ia
the liquid, which had run over tbs
floor, anu theD, IN her sltugglte,
placed her foot aghinet tue door, leav.
ing the tclltalc mark.
This police we're today Informed that
at the iimo Holmes was first supposed
to have lett Chicago no did not 90 any
farther away than the Safeguards
district, where he opened n restaurant
under the name Of II. II. Howard. He
employed n number OF young women
ne wnitfessts, aai 10 suid u have hal
new force nearly every DAY. Among
them were two lifl8 VINO came from
Wisconsin. a few uigutn after they
Uegan work the neighbothU0J was
startled by female screams coming
from the Howard restaurant. Several
men raB to the building aud were Ia
time to meet tbs two girls as thoy Tsn
out U; tho hallway leading into Ihe
house. They were clad only Ia their
night. clothes and II was some minutes
bO,Ore they could be quieiui sufficient
/ ly ~ tell their story. They SAID they
had b1au HlorpiIg together sad had
been awakened ny man who gained
nn entrance tO their room ami VINO had
I placed a white CiJtn over their faces.
} ! lhsy thought tue cloth lad been
I sbtuIateI wItu chilrOi1fm. NuighbOTs
, took tBo two girls In ana cared foT
, ! them, and before tho police had an
) opportunity VI Rtgestiug Howard he
ditspD,Aftd.
Harry Walker, OF GreensbuTg, Ind,
, 10 now believed by bis irienuu 10 have
teen a victim OF Holmes. walker, II
{ In said, was induced 10y Homes 10
. nave his life Insured Tor $4,000 In
: HOlmtG's favor, lie came ~ Chicago
. aud Ia November, 1893, wrote u
, ifieuds that he was ~ WORK for
I Holmes. suddenly nis Letters ceassd,
but search revealed no trace OF him IN
= Cnlcag0.
D Convict Allen persists IN tho asaet-
D tiOh that Minnie Williams was alive
= Dix months ago anu IL VI tile belief
{ that -he IN alive now.
PniLADELrmA, July 3l.-H. IL.
J, HOlmes was stsu Ia his cell ny fe-
= porter today, Rnd talked freely about
a the charges made HgainsE hIm, aud
n especially those Rotating ~ Emily
o C,gtand. lilo admitted h5 mad be-
0 lrayed the girl Ia Chicago, anu that
sue Afterwards told tnis iAcI 10 Il priest
who insisted that n marriage ceremony
be performed. HOLMES rays no Iooa
n her to an obscure place Ia Minuesyti
and married her under an assumed
4 name, the ceremony being irsuduisLt
o Pat Qululan, he declares, knew Q
a HOlmgt's relation with the giFl, havln,
). found her IN his room ono night wheI
3 there was a nfu hvag tho castle. II
, May, 1892, tue prisoner Continued
a Miss Cigrand LETT his employ nnd wen
g " n convent, where che now Is.