Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-27

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peth train robbery gang. which suspic-
ion led to his discharge by the railroad
company. The fact that Hedspeth was
instrumental in giving Holmes record
90 the police lent some color to the
opinion, but his connection with the
gang could never be established.
Philadelphia, July 26-District At
/ -0rney Graham has announced that II.
II. Holmes viii be tried in this city fol-
the murder Of Benjamin F. Pitzel in the
CaIloWnlll street house. In view of the
fact that the district attorney has said
/ that Holmes would be tried wherever
lne strongest case could be made out
against him, il is believed that the au-
Jhoriues here have recently learned
I more important details of the crime.
which insure his conviction.
Lafayette Ind. July 26.-Emeline
/ Cigrande was well known here. She
went 90 Dwight Ills, in 1891. where
/ She was s,en0grapher Later friends
were informed by her that she was with
@ copying company in Chicago. and was
soon 90 marry the manager. Robert r.
I Phelps This marriage, according to
cards received here took place in De-
cemoer 1892. Since then Lafayette
friends have had no trace of her.
Denver. COL July 26.-The unfortun-
ate Minnie Williams and her sister
[ whom Holmes is accused of numbering.
came TO Denver early in 1892 with
their brother. who was in poor health
| They took rooms at The DOvenshire." "
/ an apartment house az 1925 Logan ave-
nue. and soon became very popular
| with the other guests Minnie was
about % or 26 years of age. and besides
being apparently well educated was an
accomplished elOcuJiOniSt She studied
/ elOcuriOn iu Boston. She appeared for
I three weeks on the stage of the old
| Fifteenth Street Theatre as a member
I OF stock company. Those who knew
I her affirm that her feeling for Holmes
\ whom she knew as Harry Gordon al
I that time, whatever it was, was no
I headi0ng iufauuatiOn for q romantic
| hero. The brother died in the latter
| part of the winter and the sisters took
| the body home to Texas. The impress
/ sion prevails among those here who
u hALNN AalN -AAA NLlaI size AAlrl IAUlllANC at
/ Chicago He appeared i'm Denver some
time after the Worlds Fair and told
various friends of the girl that she had
married and had gone to India with
her husband Whether this was before
or after the murder of the girl cannot
/ be learned.
Philadelphia, July 26.-Lawyer VIM.
A. Shoemaker. who represents II. II.
Holmes made a suggestion to-day:
"Did it ever occur 10 you,' he asked
an Associated Press reporter, that the
Minnie Williams who was murdered
by Theodore DWant in San Francisco
last April was about the same age as
the Minnie Williams of this case; that
she was not known in that city and had
no relatives2 Who knows but that the
Frisco Minnie might be the missing
girl2 To is true that when the Williams
girl left Holmes she said she was going
To- Europe, but there is no positive
knowledge even to him, that she did
GO
Mr.. Shoemaker was shown the story
| from Chicago to the effect that Janitor
Quinlan was implicated i'm the case al
most as deeply as the arch-cOnSpirator,
that Qunlan had kept a woman whose
first name was Lizzie i'm the Castle,
and who had a sister working in the
restaurant I'm the building and that
child was born and mysteriOusly disap-
peared and that Quinlan's wife sud
denly appearing on the scene, the girl
Lizzie was hurried away and is now
thought To- De i'm Omaha. The story
said that under instruction from
Holmes i'm this city, Quinlan had de
s,rOved AN of the letters. papers, cloth
ing and other articles which might aid
the authorities in tracing his career ana
that a confession was expected from
Holmes involving Quinlan.
Mr. Shoemaker declared that the
story was entirely new 10 him, so far as
sending instructions to Quinlan was
concerned. He said Holmes, While IN
the City Hall here, had been perIhllleu
90 send and receive mail
..The public mind had better be dls-
abusad of the idea that Holmes Will
mako n confession. continued the at
tornev "He has told all he has 20
te1 and has nothing more TO confess.
He feels confident that he cannot be
convicted of murder. and just as cohn-
dent that when the time comes IL VIII
Boz proved that the bodies found We're
psed I'm insurance schemes only. Inc
/ Chicago people have no case at an ana
have merely been cutting ridiculous
figure before the public.
III know nothing of Holmes being
tried here. The first official notice
would get would be an indictment ana
SO far as know no steps in that dlrec-
tiOn have been taken.
District Attorney Graham also salu
to-day ,bat no decision had been reacn-
ed regarding the place of trial
The only diary I know Of, MT.
Shoemaker went on. lis on Holmes
person. It is kept by his wife. Mrs.
Howard. i'm her own handwriting, ana
she is mistaken when she says that he
left her for two days during the time
the journal was kept in Toronto. He
was never away from her whole day
or a single night
There is absolutely no truth in the
story that Holmes is broken down. He
is i'm very good spirits and is busy at
present settling up his business affairs
turning his real estate into cash.
THE securities consist in farm lands,
town lots and other properties in vari-
Gus parts of the country. He controls
the Castle" block in Chicago besides
the $4,000 property in Fort Worth,
Texas. I saw this block last fall
when L was down there on this case.
Holmes built this block. he having OBJ