The San Francisco call., 1895-07-29


ging for them early in the morning.
Chapman's transaction with Holmes
seems to have been quite extensive. He
admits making trip to Davenport, Iowa,
to do some work for Holmes, but says that
after he arrived in the Iowa town he was
unable to find Holmes, and came back to
Chicago without doing anything. This
was before the disappearance OF Mrs. Con-
ner, and it is believed that Holmes orig
inal intention was to murder her there, but
his plans miscarried at that time.
Chapman further says that Holmes
offered him $3.50 to set up the skeletons OF
two children, and that he refused to do 1t.
When asked his reasons he became con-
fused and said he disliked the job. There
is no person who was ever connected with
Holmes at the Englewood house whom
Chapman does not know. When brought
into the presence of Pat Quinlan this after
noon he greeted him very cordially and
said:
Hello, old man, how are your"
Chapman says Quinlan was not impli-
Gated in any of Holmes fendish crimes.
This statement, however, only adds to the
belief that both men are guilty, coming
from the source IL Goes.
AS to Quinlan, Inspector Fitzpatrick
claims to have sufficient evidence already
to hang him. He says he could go to trial
with Holmes and Quinlan tomorrow and
hang them both.
Quinlan was questioned again to-day.
He admitted some things to-day which
yesterday he denied, and other matters
which yesterday he admitted to-day he de-
MED. He is greatly confused, and has told
so many stories that he cannot now re-
member what he has said. Quinlan has
not told all he knows, but there is new evil
dence to present to him, which, 1t is be-
lieved, will cause him to break down. If
he confesses and tells straight story with
details it will clinch what is already
thought to be complete case.
Inspector Fitzpatrick tonight said he
was on the track of some of Holmes 60
betweens in Chicago. He further said
that there were number of women who
were morally pure when they met Holmes,
but who are to-day outcasts and who do
not come forward because they do not
want to show up their own disgrace.
The inspector has about reached the con-
clusion that Robert E. Phelps who, it is
said, married Miss Cigrand, is not among
Holmes victims, as reported. but that
Phelps is Holmes himself. No record
could be found of the marriage of Robert
Phelps and Miss Cigrand, but a woman
brought to the police tonight an engraved
invitation to such a marriage, and the
license may have been obtained under still
another alias. 1t seems likely that Miss
Cigrand did marry somebody.
The assistant chief of police was asked
tonight how he accounted for Holmes
making away with the Van Tassel girl, if
he did, as she had no money, and it is not
known that there was any insurance on
her life. He said:
at do not know that the Van Tassel girl
was murdered. She is, however, missing,
and believe Holmes was the cause. That
scoundrel was, it seems, irresistible to
women, and I think that the Van Tassel
girl now stays away from home on account
of disgrace, or that there was an insurance
on her life. The insurance idea is far from
the impossible"
The insurance companies do not seem to
be working in harmony with the police
and are giving out no information. A
meeting of representatives of insurance
companies and individuals swindled by
Holmes was held yesterday in the Office of
Lawyer Chamberlain. The Chief of Police
received information that such meeting
was to be held and sent a man to Mr..
Chamberlain's Office with request that
he be admitted as a representative of the
Police Department, but the officer was not
allowed to be present at the meeting and
was refused information at its close. The
police are unable to account for this.
The trunk that contained or is believed
to have contained the body of the Williams
girl, was tonight carefully examined. 1t
is a cheap affair, but of good size. The
lining of it is covered with bloodstains.
STILL ANOTHER VICTIM.
Mrs. Lee Thought to Haze Died f,s the
Chamber of Horrors.
AURORA, ILL.,, July 28.-Albert Phil