The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-07-30
HOLMES ENTERPRISES.
Skeletons Discovered Which Have
1. Been Traced to Him.
SAYS HE GOT THEM LEeITIMATELY.

The Chicago Police. However, Believe They
Have the Skeletons of Two Of the Alleged
Wholesale murdersr's Many Victims.
The Prisoner Ridicuies the Charges.
CHICAGO, July so.--The search Of the
Holmes building was prosecuted yester
day on the information given to the police
by NJ @. Chappell, the maohinist, who
says that he artioulated the skeletons Of
three of the supposed victims of H. II.
Holmes. Chappell told the police that
Holmes had two watts In the cellar. One,
he said, was In the southeast corner, and
the other In the southwest corner Of the
rear cellar. They had since been walled
up. he said. One of the watts, according to
Chappelps statement, was used us vessel
In which the flesh was eaten from bones
by the use Of acids. The other was for the
purpose of bleaching the bones.
Twelve laborers worked all day digging
out the two corners designated by Chap
pell and were about to give up the search
o. unsuccessful when one of the men at
work on the southeast corner struck his
spade against something which gave forth
o metallic sound. The metal object
proved to be q huge tank in the shape of a
boiler. 1t was located just outside the
suAief WnfiS ahu ite tOp Wts ipui ioos AAo'i'
the grounds surface. Work for the night
was stopped before tho tank was fully un-
covered, but apparently it is eight feet
long and three feet in diameter.
The police yesterday secured skeleton
which they believe to be one of the alleged
yictims Of Holmes. Chappell took two
detectives TO the house Of West Side
pbysioian, where the complete skeleton
was found. Chappell says that he got the
bones from Holmes. After examination
the police decided that the skeleton is
probably that of Miss Cigrand, the Indi-
ana girl. 1t had been sold to the Hahne'
mann Medical college aby Holmes, the po
1ics claim. Yesterdays find, with the
trunk discovery of Sunday, makes two ol
she three skeletons which Chappell claims
10 have artioulated for Holiness and the
police are In hopes Of finding the third
very shortly.
Beside these matters the police have SO
cured tho trunk which Holmes said hi
had used In sinking Anna Williams II
the lake. There are plenty Of signs thai
" once held body freshly mutilated, and
Chappell says Holmes brought the truni
30 his home with the remains Of Anna viii
ssms in Il.
'sIn this way" said Inspector Fitzpat
flCk, We hro bolu lOur NiohihhS "a phS hii
glewood house were disposed Of. Thi
witness took away the skeleton partl!
cleaned and asked no questions. He go
e88. 80 for each Job. One Of the bodies wa
that of man. We have not been able :.
conclude who he was, There is ony sus
picion that this was, Robert 4. Phelps
%ho was supposed to have married Mis-
Miss Cigrand. Holmes said he wante,
him 30 take care OF the bodies of two chill
aren. One witness says he refused e.
mount the bones Of any children, but h
does not say anything to explain wha
distinction he saw between children
bodies and any others If his business wa
legitimate and he had no knowledge o
foul play. You see, it is all very sus
piolous."
One Of the many theories that has beel
advanced concerning the Holmes castle
and the many uses to which 1t was put |
to the effect that Holmes was profess
ional 4procurer. The presence of 9
many young girls about the premises n
various times has led to the suspicion tina
Holmes added this to his other nefariou
crimes. In this way the disappearance @
some of the unfortunate creatures is az
counted for.