The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-30
HOLMES BIG CHARNEL HOUSE.
WORINMEN STILL EXPLORING THE
CHAMBER OF HORRORS.

He Is Subiccted-He Il Taken 90
the Cellar to Locate the Hidden
VatS-A Suspicion That a Doctor
Who Disappeared Was One of
Holmes Victims.
Chicago, July 2.-AT c. Chappell. the 1T
tie mechanic who made such startling
disclosures to the police Saturday aud
yesterday in regard TO the skeletons which
are believed to be those of three Of the vic
Tins of Il. II. Holmes. was brought to In
spector FitzpatricEs office early this
morning the intention being to put him
through a thorough examination IN order
to ind out whether the accounts he has
given the detectives are true or not. He
was so much agitated. however. that It
was found to be impossible to go on with
the inquiry. With the assistance of big
glass of raw whisky he was able to leave
the office, supported by the inspector and
his brother, at 1880 O'Clock. It was un-
derstood that the destination of the three
was Englowood. where the mechanics
story as TO knowing the location Of
the mysterious steel vault in which the de-
to have been murdered by Holmes may
have met their death. was to be tested.
The existence of this vault has been
theoretical until to-day Many rumors of
such receptacle have been circulated
but 1t was not till the police found Ma
chinist Chappell that they succeeded in
gaining any idea OF the location of the
vault When Chapel accompanied the
ot1lcers through the Holmes house yester-
day he indicated the location of the vault
in the southeast corner Of the cellar and
early this morning half a dozen men were
put TO work digging in the place indica-
ted. This afternoon at 4:30 o'clock the
officers In charge of the work telephoned
police headquarters that they had reached
and uncovered long strip of the roof of
the vault. Supt Badenock at once gave
orders to get the ground IN such shape
that the vault could be easily opened to-
morrow and then discontinue the work for
the day.
The police theory is that Holmes used
this vault for quickliming the bodies Of
his victims and getting them into such
condition that they could not possibly
be identified, and that Chappell, the ar
ticulator would not suspect that the bod
les were anything more than cadavers Sc
cured at some medical college, morgue
or hospital.
While the police officials are not hope
ful Of finding the bodies of murdered
people in the vault, they are at the same
time hopeful of securing evidence to fully
establish just what the vault was used
| for and what connection, If any, the
vault had with the half destroyed human
bodies that were carted from the char
mel house to the home of the articulator.
The finding Of the vault made the police
much firmer in their belief that Chappell
is reliable and valuable aid to them In
the work they have before them. Dur
ing the afternoon there was on exhibition
in Inspector Fitzpatricks private Office
the skeleton and trunk that contained It,
which was found through the advice given
the police by Chappell. The skeleton is
that Of a woman about % years Of age,
and the police think It is ali that remains
Of one of the Williams girls or Emeline
Cigrand They have not yet identified the
tintype photograph and the silver Scent
piece found with the skeleton but they
established beyond doubt that the sSele-
ton, or half articulated skeleton
was taken in the trunk in
| their possession from the Holmes
house in 1892, and that It was delivered
to Chappell, the articulator, by an express
man named Richardson, who was ac-
companied by Holmes and Quinlan.
Almost every new development lands
Janitor Quinlan more fairly in the police
net much to their satisfaction. They
know he Is unwilling to tell all he knows
and are anxious to secure enough evidence
to force a confession from him in order
to fasten the crimes upon Holmes Sc
curely The skeleton on exhibition to-
day was taken by Chappell from his home
to the Hahne Medical College building
at Thirty fourth street and Cottage
Grove avenue, after he had cleaned and
mounted the bones. Whether or not the
skeletons are those Of murdered people
/ So def 1r Ir41et
rived considerable revenue from the sale
OF articulated human frames 70 medical
colleges.
The police to-day found a man whom
they say admits ne was employed by
Holmes to do all the queer brick work
about the mysterious house. They have
heard his story and declare 1t is Of the
greatest Importance, but refuse to di-
vulge the particulars.
They have also found a man named Cur
It's. who runs a small warehouse, and who
still has a lot of Benjamin Pietzels house
hold goods in his possession. Pietzel stor-
ed them with Curtis before paying the
visit to Philadelphia. which cost him his
life. Curtis had letters from Pietzel CON
cerning the disposition Of the furniture
and the police say they viii make thor
ough examination Of Pietzels effects to-
morrow.
The man Richardson. who helped haul
and the police are looking for him. 1t is
within the knowledge of the police that
Janitor Quinlan is half-accomplished
brick mason and that he laid some brick
for Holmes at the Wilmette house. The
police think ne built the vaults beneath
the floors of the cellar and did other brick
work about the Holmes castle at Sixty
third and Wallace streets.
Charles ChappeH, son Of the latest inn
portant witness. said this morning that
his father had in his life been a very hard
drinker and that this had acted on his
mind to such an extent that he did not
always talk nationally.
IF my father knew Holmes / do not
know anything about it," he said "As
to the trunk about which so much is be-
ing said, and In which it Is alleged a body
came to our house for him TO dissect and
clean. with a view to articulatng the
skeleton / can say that it was never
Holmes trunk at ALL but always did, ami
does now, belong to u.s. Fathers trade
is that OF an engineer, but he was sort
Of iack-of-all-trades and sometimes put
together a skeleton for the students at
the medical college, but 1 do not know
Of his ever doing any work for Holmes lie
may have done some, however"
Chief Badenocn would not say whether