Evening journal., 1895-07-26
HOLMES AGAIN ACCUSED
Is Charged With the Murder of
Julia Connor and Her Child.
SOME MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
bIra. PitzeI says She Believes Holmes Meant
70 Kill Her as She Thinks lie Did Her
Husband and Children stin Making Dis
coyeries In the Chicago House.

1 lOunu tiihb Juilu IL. IOnnOr is dead and
that she was made away with by H. III.
Holmes. Il was determined that she dis
appeared before juno d 1s92-an irnpor-
tant faetor in the search for her AS late as
November, 1892, Holmes, as shown by tho
letters which have been found, was writ
/ ing her parents as TO her whereabouts and
stating that she had gone to st. Louis
But on June ., 1852, he wrote to her
brother-in-law, Ira Yantls OF 82O War
dobe avenue, Waukesha, Wis, giving him
a fictitious address as to her whereabouts
in So. Louis Yantis wrote back TO Holmes
on June 3, and this letter was found
Wednesday,
At that time Yantis had no suspicion
that Holmes had made away with his sis
ter-in-law and supposed him TO be her
friend. This letter was written three
weeks before the one in which l. j.. Con
nor accused Holmes Of breaking faith with
him. The latter letter refers to his daueh-
ter Pearl. From this II would appear that
Mrs. Connor was killed first and the child
afterward.
l. l.. Connor, the husband Of Julia L.
ConnOr and the father of Pearl Connor.
both Of whom arc thought to have been
murdered by Holmes, was in Chicago yes
terday, and Tho Inter Ocean today prints
long interview with him He has no
positive proof that Holmes killed his wife
and child, but says he believes such to be
tho case He does not know when the
erime was committed, but thinks it was
done in this city. Connor's story contains
practically nothing but what has been
published.
Mrs. Pitzcl Feared Holmes.
Mrs Pitzel talked more freely Of Holmes
than at any time since She returned from
Toronto. She is firmly convinced that il
was Holmes intention to murder her.
=" can see II all now, she said. II can
sec why Holmes murdered Minnie VIII
liams and Mrs Connor; why he has done
away with all my family except myself
and my two children. The miserable
wretch only wanted TO cover up his infa-
nous tracks. / may be thankful am sit
ting here today and that my two children
and myself are not in our graves
DO yon think you had a narrow escape
from death 40 his hands at the house in
Buringtong
Yes. am confident that he intended
me % meet the Same fate then as my hus-
band and my babies met
Did you know much OF your husbands
affairsg'
No, He told me little OF them. / knew
hardly anything of the building TINT
Holmes built Whom we came TO Chicago,
we lived the first year and most Of tho sec
ond ~ happy life My husband was d car
penter and had plenty Of work to do.
had been at my old home while my hus-
band was away.
had been in i'll health The coming
to Chicago did me good My husband
drank very little before he met Holmes.
After that l noticed he seemed to drink
great deal
The most important discovery made at
the Central station was the disclosure Of
the identity Of the expressman who is
supposed to have done the trucking for
Holmes He lived in the neighborhood
and pending his examination by the de-
tectiyes the department refuses 90 reveal
his name. 10 IS claimed this man was ac-
customed 10 visit the Hat late at night or
very early In the morning. This was at
% time when Helmos troubles were the
greatest and he. was dividing time be-
tween causing women TO disappear and
lodging all manner Of creditors
The QuinIans Closely Questioned.
The Chicago detectives who are working
on the Holmes case realize that their only
chance of convictng him Of the murder Of
Mrs. Connor is 10 obtain some collateral
evidence in the shape Of testimony which
may be wrung from some Of the persons
who were associated with him at the time
the crime WIS committed
To this end they are making every On.
dcaVor ia their power 10 induce these per
sons TO tell an they know, and feel reason
ably certain that II they succeed in doing
this they can forge a chain strong enough
70 hang their quarry.
Mrs. Quinlan, the wife OF Patrick Quin-
Ian, the janitor at the Holmes castle III
ls98, was admitted Co Inspector McIaugh-
Inns private Office and examined for sew
eral hours. The belief Is gaining ground
that Quinlan knows moro Of Holmes Chi
eago affairs than any other person, and
the hope is entertained that he may have
communicated part Of his knowledge TO
his WIFE and that under the terrible or
deal Of the sweatboN she might be com.
pelled 20 tell what has probably boon di-
vulgcd TO her
The theory was advanced that Holmes
had added another victim TO his list in the
person Of lyear-old Cora Quinlan, daugh-
ter Of tho ianitor, but this is not Thought
" h' AtiANifils MIS- W. -. llNNlH OF IAI
SiNty-third street accompanied Mrs. Quin-
Ian. Mrs Doyle says that she saw tho
Quinlan child three weeks ago at South
Haven, Mich, and that she is still there.
After Mrs. Quinlan has been examined
her husband will be returned 20 tho
sweatboxn
He will be asked many Of tho same
questions put TO him before, and from the
way he contradicted himself then the po-
lice have no doubt he viii repeat the proc
ess, and, on being caught in wholesale
evasions, hope that he will tell the whole
truth and make a clean confession OF the
knowledge of the affair which he is be-
lieycd to possess.
The diggcrs at the castle at Sixty-third
and Wallace streets continued their work
with renewed vigor. Holmes admission
that he buried two bodies in the basement,
which he says We're those of a woman and
child taken from a medical college 20 fool
the insurance agents leads them TO be-
heve that they win shortly disintcr the
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