New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-22
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EIGHT VICTIMS ON HIS LIST.
TWO MORE MURDERS cHARGEABLE TO
HOLMES.
MRS. l. L. CONNER AND HER LITTLE DAUGHTER
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY HIM
THE WOMAN HAD BEEN INTIMATE
WITH HIM AND KNEW TOO MUCH
ABOt-T HIS FIENDIsH WORK.

THE WOMAN HAD BEEN INTIMATE
WITH HIM AND KNEW TOO MUCH
ABOUT HIS FIENDIsH WORK.
Chicago, July 2l-To the long list Of murders
and other crimes directly traceable to the arch
hend H. H. Holmes must now be added the
mysterious disappearance Of Mrs. l. l.. Conner
and her daughter. twelve years old. with rea-
sonable certainty that they have been disposed
OF In the same manner in which the rest OF his
victims met their death. Mrs. Conner apd ner
child were last seen in the company OF Holmes
In this city in 1893 Since then all trace OF them
has been lost. and the shrewdest detectives VINO
at the instigation Of the womans family have
been working on the case. are now OF the opin-
lon that the finding of their bodies is the only
possible solution OF the mystery. The hunt for
Mrs. Conner and her child has not. until lately,
been made on the theory that they had been
murdered It was pursued In an effort to locate
the woman and get her away from the influence
Of Holiness and 1t was rot until the disclosures
Of his work in connection with the PietzeI muir
ders were made that her friends began to fear
that the lives Of herself and her child had been
taken.
SHE HAD HIM IN HER POWER
Mr. ard Mrs. I. L. Conner. with their daugh.
ter, came from Davenport, Iowa, to Chicago In
1885, Holmes at that time was beginning to ex-
ecute the swndles for which he afterward be-
came notorious. One OF his s,hemes was the
drug and jewery store in the Englewood Flats.
Conner who was a jeweller. was employed to
conduct the jcwclry store, and moved with MS
family into a fiat above it, When Holmes had
perfected his plan Of robbing his creditors. he
pretended to make a sale Of the store and stock
to Conner. Mrs. Conner, a bright. AMBITIOUS
woman became the bookkeeper. In snort
time Holmes led her astray. and then. wishing
to get rid Of Conner. furnished proofs OF his
wife's infideIity to him.
Conner promptly abandoned his wife. ana
she. IL is alleged. became a counsellor and ad-
wiser. In this capacity she soon learned the
character of the horrible work Holmes had in
hand. and 70 a degree had him In her power.
They had many violent quarrels. and in 1898 the
woman and her child disappeared. The theory
Of the people who have been investigating the
case Is that she was removed" to prevent ex-
posure.
PLAUSIBLE MOTIVE IN EACH CASE.
II Mrs Conner and her child are dead. as now
seems almost certain, the murders with wnich
Holmes Is charged number eighth F. Pietzel.
the three Pietzel children. the two Williams
girls and Mrs. Conner and her chd-and there
Is a plduSlDle tHeOIy lOi eHc Siii'ie IA Se~'' $1,000
P!etzel was murdered TO get the money from
the insurance company into the possession OK
Mrs Petzel: the Pietzel children were killed to
remove three heirs TO the property. and make
the securing Of the property by Holmes just that
much easier; the williams girls were killed 10
get control OF SIS 900 worth Of real estate in Fort
Worth, Tex and Mrs Conner and her little girl
were made away with to get rid Of woman
who knew too much and child whose keeping
would be troublesome and might make necessary
an explanation OF hsT mothers fate.
The rbike fragments found in the asnes uh-
der the stove In the room Of the Holmes ouiio-
ing. In Sixty-third-st.. and supposed to be the
remains OF the two missing Williams girls. were
late last night subjected 10 a chemical test oy
DIR. c. p. Stringfeld and pronounced by MIN
10 be bits OF fre-clay When matched together
the pieces Of fre-clay formed section OF
circle which, II complete. would equal the insioe
circumference OF a large stove.
In the search yesterday for further evidence
of Holiness crimes a handbook was found IN
Holiness office on the third floor OF the building
az S,xty-third and Wallace SITS. by detectives
Eitznatrck and Norton. 1t belonged to Lucy
burbank and was the property OF the First Ma
tional Bank OF this city IL showed that MISS
Rurbank was heavy depostor. putting money
IN the hank every day and sometimes as mucn
az s3 600 II Is not known who the woman 49,
but Detective Fitzpatrick thinks ne VIII De ao's