Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-08-08
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A8Dk01t Htm-Soys the Police Can Prove
1so<AiaE-Quinlan VIII Not Talk and Hia
Wws Has No Knowledge-Batcht the Only
- NE Fears-Attorney Capps Goes ia
KAG&ae Rock.
FhELADELPHIA, Aug. al. III.
Holmes, who is charged with about
every crime in the calendar. has made
= statement regarding the latest de-
ve4opments in the series of murders
with which he is accused.
The Chicago officials, "he said. ''may
-eaasm that l am responsible for the
death OF Minnie Williams. Emily
CsGr1nd and Mrs. Connor and little
Julia. but can show conclusivefy that
these people have not and could nS<
have been done away with by meal
=2m willing to admit that EmilySc
grand was employed by me as clerk
aud typewriter for quite awhile, but
cannot say where she is now"
Holmes declared that Minnie Will
Iiams is alive.
"A few days after leaving her in De-
troif. he continued. 81 sent II oward
Pictzei to her from Indianapolis, and
both of them came east. Since then I
have seen neither she nor the boy
Regarding my acquisition of her prop
erty, all 1 can say is that 1 traded a
piece of property in Wiimette. ILL.,,
with her for a dou ble-corner lot in
Fort Worth, Tex"
When Holmes was asked about the
identity established between Allen.
alias Caldwell. and Hatch. who is now
confined in the Little Rock (Ark) pen
itentiary. and the imminent confess
- he co;1 ho
disposed to discuss that matter at
present
II will say. however" he went on.
-'that the police out west are away off
IN this case. They do not know what
they are talking about. / will tell
you frankly that 1 do not care what
number ot confessions Allen makes.
They cannot harm me. But Hatch is
the man fear. He is responsible. or
at least can account for the disappear
.ance of the Pietzel children. He took
them from Toronto, and l have not
seen them since. Should the police
find Hatch. he is liable to turn around
and accuse me of numbering these
children. As long as Hatch keeps out
Of the way they cannot prove that 1
murdered them, but If he is found and
accuses me of that crime, 1 do not
know what to do. 1t would be a case
OF dog eat dog, for can swear just as
strongly as he can"
Holmes persistently refused to dis
cuss the report that Allen and Hatch
are the same person. Then, touching
the Quinlan end of the case. he said:
This talk about Quinlan making
confession and duplicating me in all
these horrible crimes. is the veriest
nonsense. Quinlan will not confess,
and his wife does not know anything
ca confess. Even if Quinlan did know
some things bout me. he is not the kind
Of a man to shoot off his mouth to
those Internal fools of police, and the
Fact that he cannot tell them anything
enakes my mind much easier. / don't
Tear Quinlan, and whatever confession
he makes to the police cannot injure
me
ia relation to the aggregation of
charges made by the Chicago police, L
will say that they cannot prove any
ching positively against me. The
bones that they claim to have un-
earthed in my building do not mean
anything. That place was originally
a dumping ground. and all kinds of
rubbish was deposited there. / conf
IDENTIFY say that neither the police in
Chicago, Toronto, Philadelphia or any
Where else can produce evidence to
show that I ever murdered anybody"
An officer of the Fidelity Insurance
Isolation positively said Hatch
could not have been in Toronto at
the time Holmes took the PietZel
children. for he is thought to have
chen been an inmate of the Little Rock
pcaitentiary, where he had been SEN
senced to fifteen years for horsesteal.
Eag.
Attorney Caps. of Fort Worth. Leaves
Chicago for Little Rock.
CHICAGO. Aug. 2.-Attorney William
Capps. of Fort Worth. Tex, who was in
Chicago representing the heirs of the
William sisters, left last night for Lit
tie Rock. He goes with a letter from
States Attorney Kern. of Cook county,
him to represent Kern in
The negotiations concerning Caldwell,
a1ias Hatch, alias Allen, now in the
Little Rock penitentiary.
At best the Chicago authorities do
not believe Allen, alias Hatch can give
Information that will develop evidence
chat will prove murder, and they say
ais statements are contradictory and
tssat the evidence OF his having had
absolute knowledge of murders COM
1itfed by Holmes is decidedly weak.
Attorney Caps has convinced them,
R.owever, that there is proof of the
izentity of the prisoner as A. E. Allen.
alias A. E. Bond. alias Mascot.
1t is now clear that the police have
heen comforting or attempting to con-
Aer with the life insurance companies.
In inadvertent remark from an Of
theiai at police headquarters was: You
can bet they (meaning insurance COM
paniesl will not admit having paid
ssssses to Holmes or upon any of his
alleged victims until they have proof
fssAat will convict every conspirator
ayainst them"
The foregoing remark was called out
In discussion over Holmes statement
tissAt he is worth S2oO. 900. it being be-
@eved he collected insurance upon the
EEves of many persons supposed to be
his victims.
A8sat Ready to Give Up the Search Fol
Howard Pietzel.
CHICAGO. Aug. "A special from In
s2ianapolis says: Detective Geyer is
sabout ready to give up his search in
Indianapolis for a clew to the missing