The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-10
A BLOODY TRAIL
IS FOUND BY DETECTIVES IN THE
| HOLMES CASTLE.
The Trail Leads From Mrs. dOn
ner's Room to the Secret Trap
DOOr-BlOOdy Garments Are
Also Found in Mrs. Con- ~
ner's Bed Room. 8
EVIDENCE AGAINST PAT aUINLA
In the JanitOr's Private Room Are
Found Two Trunks That BE. ,9;
lOnged to Minnie Williams.

rOunQ to-day IN the Holmes castle D6- 4
spattered from one room to another.
Science aided Detectives FitZpatriek j
and Norton where other agencies lad
failed, and uncovered more startling !
evidence against Holmes and Quit-
Ian than has yet been found in the I
castle. Ss
There was found in the castle by
the detectives and a medical expert
a trail of blood leading from the
doorway Of the dining room Of Mrs.
Julia L. Conner to the sink in the
same room; from there into the dark
chamber where she and Pearl slept,
and from there to the inside Of the
door opening into the bathroom
where the secret trap door was lo-
Gated, and down to the secret stair
case which led to the false elevatorl
shaft and thence into the basemelt.
The blood was human. A clot OF
blood mixed with human hair was
found.
Also from the debris in the dark
chamber where mother and child
slept there was taken some child's
underwear stained with blood; a.
pair of brown diagonal trowsers,
stained at the bottom with blood, the
pocket Of woman's dress, blood
soaked; handkerchief which had
been used to wipe up blood with.
and various clothes and parts of un-
derclothing spotted with blood
These articles were examined micrO-
scopically at the time Of their dis
covery and the tests made then and
there as to the stains and blotches
being human blood. A rope was found
in the rear chamber and on its knots
blood was discovered. @
In Pat Quinlan's private rooms
were found two trunks of the theatri-
cal type, one being purchased FROM
Meeks in Denver. On both TRUNKS
were the initials IN. Il. W." These
letters had been painted over, Ths
initials arc thuse~ofs Ainnie RriWiksa
= Jams. Pat Quinlan stated after his
being taken into custody that both of
the trunks belonged to him. De-
tectives Norton and Fitzpatrick have
now the truth that both trunks be-
longed to Minnie Williams. Quinlan
will be confronted with this evidence.
He will also be faced with books
found in his possession and which
Belonged to Minnie Williams.
There are magazines bearing date as
late as April. 1894. demonstrating
that Minnie Williams was alive at
that time The fact that one Of her
trunks was bought in Denver is ex-
planned by the information secured
by Chief Badenoch that after she
entered the employ of Holmes and
finally left Chicago. she entered the
theatrical business in Denver.
Chief Badenoch has also secured. in
addition to the above. evidence which
his detectives brought to him to-day
. which proves that Benjamin +. Piet-
Eel was at Dwight as patient when
Emily Cigrand was there as
stenographer. He went under the
name of Robert Phelps. Under that
g name he met Emily Cigrand and
: wooed her. The girl did not leave
Dwight Of her own free will, but was
discharged for inability to properly
: perform her duties. She then went tO
: Chicago and entered the employ OF
! Holmes. There again she met Piet
l eel under the name Of Phelps.
: Chief Badenoch believes all this ev
: idence to be the most important OF
any save the partial confession OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Quinlan that has yet
: been secured The inference drawn
by the officers from the trail Of blood
which was discovered was that blood
being human. came from some per
son who was killed in the dark cham
. ber dragged from there to the traI
door. thence down the secret stair
way to the basement underneath.
Chooico1 apa 1vSiS of all fho hlOOC
will Immediately follow. The bloody
doors were taken off and the base
board. and also portions Of the floor
ing in the dark chamber and on thu
secret staircase. s