Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
CHILDREN KILLED.
PlTzEL GIRLS WERE MURDERED AND
 THE BODIES BURIED.
The Convicted Insurance swindIer to Be Charged With Making Way With th. Daughters of the Man whoss life Is- suranos He Tried to Collect.

Charged With Making Way with th.
 Daughters of the Man Whose Life Is-
 suranos He Tried to Collect
 TORONTO, July ie.-Found buried in the cellar of the house 10 St Vinoont street wcro the bodies of Alice and Nellic the two missing daughters of Benjamin K. Pitzel, Detectives Cuddy of Toronto and Goyer of Philadelphia made the dis. covory, and all tho doubts as to thoir fate have bcon set at rest
 It Is now regarded as almost beyond doubt that IT. II. Holmes when hero last October, deliberately murdered the pair, and thus rid himself of two troublesome young beings after he had murdered their father in Philadelphia.
 Tho inquiries begun by tho police led to tho knowlcdge that Holmes and tho chill dren lived at tho house In question, and search was made by the two officers. A photograph of Holmes was shown to Frank N. Nudel of tho educational depart ment, owner of No. fo, and without any hesitation he identified it as that of his tenant.
 Holmes Took Them Away.
 When they reached the cellar, it appeared to the detectives that something had dis turbcd tho cellar floor, and arming thcm- selves with shovols they began to dig. A short distance below the surfnoe they oano across tho arm and portion of the head of one of the little murdered girls. Fur ther work soon revealed tho entire body not only of tho first, but of hor sister. They were both naked, and had lain there in all probability since last October. Tho last trace the officers had of tho children was at Detroit. They were taken thene from Chicago, where they had been at- tending school. They boarded on West Congress street one week i'm 1894. Holmes secured possession of Alioo. aged ia, first taking her to Philadelphia to Identify hor fathers body.
 Then he went to St. Louis and told the mother that ho would put Howard and Nellie in a good school In Indianapolis. This was on Sept. es, 1894 Mrs. Pitzel received two letters from Holmes In In- dianapolls, and netting on his advice she went to her parents homo in Illinois. Be- coming worried about the children, she went to Chicago, where she received word from Holmes to go to Detroit. She met him in that city and demanded tho ohil- dren, but was induced to go with him to Toronto nad then to Burlington, Vt. So far as known the boy was never seon in Detroit.
 Asphyriatcd Them Tn Trunk.
 There were no traces of violence on the bodies, and it is thought that Holmes de- coycd tho children into a trunk under some prctext and took thcm to the house. Thcn gas was inserted by means of tube through small hole Tho trunk, with hole in it, neatly covered and with n strap tackled down, was found in one of Holmes rooms. The littlc girls whom found wcro naked and had boon buried without a cof- fin of any kind.
 No traoo of the boy Howard, a lad of &. has been found, but he Is thought to be undoubtedly dead.
 Tho St. Vinoept street house has been taken possession of by the police, and m inquest will be held tonight at $ o'clock. As the crime was evidently committed in this country, it will be necessary to extra- dite Holmes and put him on trial for the murder hore.