The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-17
BODIES OF TWO MURDERED GIRLS
Found In a Toronto Cellar-The Murderer
Was Native of New Haven.

BODIES OF TWO MURDERED GIRLS
Found In Toronto Cellar-The Murderer
Was a Native of New Haven.
Toronto. Ont. July 16.-The bodies
Of Eta Alice and Nellie Pitezel, the
missing daughters of Benjamin F. Pite-
eel, were found by Detective Cuddy Of
Toronto and Geyer of Philadelphia yes
terday afternoon buried in the cellar of
the house. 16 st. Vincent street. H. H.
phia, is believed by the police to have
deliberately murdered the two girls
after, as the officers allege, he had first
murdered their father in Philadelphia
and their brother in Detroit. Inquiries
begun by the police led to the knowl-
edge that Holmes and the children lived
at the house in question, and a search
was made by the two officers. A pho
tograph of Holmes was shown to Frank
d. Nudel, Of the Ontario Educational
department, who owns No. 16 St. Vim
cent street, and without any hesitation
he Identified 1t as that of the man
who had rented the dwelling from him
last October, and who, after a very
short stay, had departed.
BODIES FOUND.
When the cellar was searched 1t ap-
peared to the detectives that something
had disturbed the cellar floor, and arm
ing themselves with shovels, they be-
gan to dig. A short distance below the
surface they came across the arm and
a portion of the head of one of the
murdered girls. and further work soon
revealed the bodies of two victims. They
were both nude and had lain there
probably since last October. City De-
tective Inspector Spark was communi-
Gated with, and he gave instructions
that the two bodies be removed by an
undertaken. Coroner Orr was informed
of the CHASTITY discovery, and he has
called an inquest, to be held at police
headquarters tomorrow night. 1t Is
understood that the jury will meet pre-
forma, and after reviewing the bodies
Will adjourn for one week to enable the
authorities to work up evidence The
preliminary medical examination show
ed that the children had been suf-
/, focated. There is no doubt about the
Identification, as the neighbors ldenti-
fed the photograph of Holmes, and said
that the bodies found to-day were those
of the children he had with him. The
police are working hard to secure the
evidence necessary to put the crime or
Holmes. AlreadyAthey have discovered
that on the day he left the neighborhooe
Holmes borrowed a spade from a gen
tleman In the vicinity, and this, they
say, was undoubtedly used for the
purpose of burying the bodies.
The bodies of the little ones We're bur
led three feet below the. surface anc
We're In a fair state of preservation
Holmes, the alleged murderer of th
girls Is held in Philadelphia on charg,
of conspiracy and nice legal point nov
presents itself. The murder havin,
been committed In Canada, the accused
must be tried within its boundaries
but as Holmes has pleaded guilty to on,
charge i'm the United States he may in
sist on being sentenced for that.
HOLMES HISTORY.
H. H. Holmes, alias Herman w Mud
gett, alias H. Fl. Howard, was born IL
New Haven, Conn, and attended a med
ical school I'M Burlington, VT, and late,
In Ann Arbor Mich. He was married
at the iaftter place. He and a frient
swindled an insurance company in Chi
cago out of $4,000 soon after gradual
ing. He made another haul OF $1,000
In similar way. Holmes went into tn,
drug business and specurated His wifi
went home and he married another wo
man, with whom he went to California
Returning in about a year he went t,
housekeeping with the typewriter of
company he had formed. He tried t,
cheat a fire insurance company out o
$50, 900, but failed, and learning that hi
typewriter and her sister had inherited
$50, 900. he laid scheme to get the mon
ey. The sister came to live with then
and disappeared, while he and Mimi
Williams, the typewriter girl, took Vi
their abode at the Plaza hotel, Chi
cago
Holmes next appeared in Terre Haute
Ind, where he bailed B. F. Pitezel on
of jail. From there he went to Frank
lin, Ind, where he married Miss Yoke
and they spent their honeymoon in Den
yer, where Holmes made $27, 900 in spec
ulation. In Philadelphia later on h
and Pitezel played the last card Pit
ezel was insured In the Philadelphia
Mutual for $4,000. On September hi
supposed body was found in the hous
| at No. 1916 Callowhill street Pitezer'
wife and children identified the body a
Pitezefs, and $500 of the insuranc
| money was paid over. Then Train Rob
Der Hedgespeth gave the whole cas-
| away to Chief of Police Harrison
Holmes was traced to Toronto, Burling
| ton and Boston, and in the latter cit,
was arrested. Meanwhile the PiteZe
children had disappeared, the boy beinl
traced to Indianapolis and the two girl
to Toronto.
In Favor of Oakland
Oakland, Cal, July 16.-Judge Ogdel