Omaha daily bee., 1895-07-29
STRUNG BONES FOR HOLMES
Story Of Man Who Articulated Three
Skeletons for the Murderer.
BODIES TAKEN FROM THE DARK ROOF
Dishgured Cndnvcrs Found Lying on
the Bench in the cooperating
Room" of Sixty-Third
street Castle.

CHICAGO, July 2S-Tnspector Fitzpatrick
believes 1t to be certain that at least three
murders we're committed in the Castle OF
Holmes, and through witnesses that were
found yesterday 1t is thought now that
Holmes can be convicted of murder in this
city. The police have found man, whose
name they refuse to divulge. He told the
police that he had mounted three skeletons
for Holmes and that the skeletons were
from bodies taken from Holmes Sixty-third
street house. One of these was that Of
man and the others were women. They
were taken from dark room in Holmes
house in the night and two Of the mounted
skeletons were returned to Holmes The
third skeleton is now in the possession of
Inspector Fitzpatrick. The bones Of the bod
les had not been "feshed" when the bodies
were given 70 the new witness, but the
faces were so badly acerated and torn that
Identification would have been impossible.
The police also found an expressman who
was able to give what the police think is
important testimony. The name of the ex-
pressman is Charles Humphrey, and in the
month of June, 1898, he was hired by
Holmes to deliver box and a trunk at the
union depot in this city. The box, according
| to Humphrey, was taken from dark room
and had the appearance of a coffin box
| This was expressed to Philadelphia, while
| the trunk was sent in another direction.
The story Of the man who articuate1 the
| skeletons is to the effect that in June. 1898,
he sent for by Holmes. who at that
time was going under the alias of Gordan,
and asked if he would articuate the skele-
| ton of a nan whose body was in the pos
session of Holmes. He accepted the job and
was taken by Holmes to room which would
to-, JA,,t ,I,nI
out on a table in the middle of the room
was the body Of a man. The skin had been
! entirely removed from the face, but in all
other respects the body was in good condi-
tion. The articulator and Holmes had some
talk as to the best way of taking the body
from the house, as Holmes said he did not
want the neghbors to see the boiy removed.
1t was finally agreed that the articulator
should cut off the arms and Holmes should
provide for the removal Of the rest of the
corpse. This was done, and the articulator
left the house, carrying the arms with him
in a sack He. had just reached his house
and was preparing to go 10 bed. when he
was called to the door by loud knocking
, He went, and found Holmes and another
man. They had the balance of the body
which had been cut in two more pieces aftei
; the articulator had left the house. Holmes
left after remarking that he would have an
other job fol the man in short time.
CARED FOR TWO WOMEN.
q, true 10 MS WOIu, III DeCelllD6T ne sent lOl
! the articulator second time and upon th
arrival of the latter at the house of Holmes
he was taken to the same dark room, where
on the same table where the body of th
. man had lain the occasion of his frs
! visit was the body of a young woman. Tht
face of this corpse had been disigured il
r such a manner that II was impossible to tel
what she had looked like when alive. Ii
January, 1898, the articulator was sent for
| third time by Holmes and in the same room
~ tnlI l,ol
4 second young woman, from whose face al
the skin had been removed The articulato
: had this body taken TO his home, where h
\ | stripped the bones and mounted the skeleton
;. | When he called on Holmes for his pay tn
N latter refused to give II to him. and wa
It moreover somewhat in arrears on the bi
e for mounting the two other skeletons. TIL
Is two men could not come to terms and tn
l. dispute finally ended by the articulator re
y tanning possession of the third skeleton. an
- he still has IL in his house He removed tn
e skull and brought it to the Central polio
> station, where 1t now is.
The articuator will be kept under clos
surveillance for some days yet as the polio
/ do not think he has told all he knows abor
| the murders in the Castle" The police dc
clare now that they have almost positv
proof that the first female body was that
Emeline Cugrand and the second that
Il Annie Williams. 1t is the skull of Ann
\. Williams that is now at the Central station
WHAT The EAfhESSMAN SAW
IS The story Of the expressman is to the effe
% that he hired by Holmes one afternoc
;, and told not to come to the house until aft
t. nightfall. The expressman kept his appoin
x ment He given trunk and box
lt | Holmes and told to take them to the uniC
as depot. When he was putting the box in
| this wagon he turned 1t on end and was
~ once stopped by Holmes, who told him tn
ne he was on no account to keep the box in al
e. other position except fiat on the side. T
L, was ordered to take the box and trunk
d. the depot and leave them on the end of Il
to platform, and was told that they would
ef taken care of. He saw only one man at Il
is depdt who seemed to be interested In Il
m trunk and box, and drove away. Aft
re Humphrey had told his story Pat Quinli
was brought from his cell and the two we
brought face to face. The police will not Il
why this was done, but the general opinit
is that 1t was because Humphrey recogniz
~ Quinlan as the man at the depot,
In prosecuting the investigation of h
nd basement of the big brick house on SiXt
es third and Wallace streets the workmen er
a. ployed by the police came upon a grave T
:, indications are that in the grave were la
=" the bodies of two women. Lime and quic
nj lime had accomplished their work and t
lie bodies had largely turned to native dust, b
l6 there still remained sufficient evidence
e- make the Identification possible. Two 81
in | spots in the bed of hard clay were the sar
r. size of human bodies, and where the hea
lie would have been were mats of long hair. o
as big strand was of light color, while t
he other was of the brown hue of Minnie w