The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-28
BONES AND HAIR FOUND.
CHASTITY Evidence UNCOTERED
IN THE HOLMES Castle.
The Hair Was That of a Woman-Soap
Bones Mixed with the Hemains-Did
Holmes Kill Horace Williams;

CHICAGO. ILL. July N.-The working
men who were digging in the cellar or
the Holmes Castle. where yesterday they
found bones and tufts OF hair (human).
a. II o'clock this morning came upon adj
ditisnal bones. and those working in the
ash-heap under the tin-shop dug up
large bunch of human hair. the length
averaging from ten to twelve inches.
An examination Of the relics was made
by Dr.. Robinson. and he expressed the
opinion that the hair was from the head
of a female. and that it was brown. IL
is now discolored with mud, and quick
lime has caused IL 70 decay.
The bones. which We're az first sup
posed 10 be from the body of an adult
We're pronounced soap-bones. and the de-
tectves say the butcher distributed them
TO confuse the police. should they ever
make an investigation.
Chief Badenoch has detailed men 20 IN
vestigate the suspicion that Horace WI
liams, brother of Minnie and Annie WI
lams. was murdered by Holmes. There
is every reason TO believe that this -
true. because the young man had MS
life insured for S2.Jp. IN favor OF ms
sister Minnie. which was equivalent 10
making Holmes the beneficiary.
William Capps. the Fort Worth attorney
now in the city. advanced this thesry this
morning He thinks Horace was killed
In May or June 1898. before the sisters
disappeared. lie lived I'm Denver and
it is believed that Holmes and Minnie
visited that city several times
FORMER PAL OF HOLMES.
ST. LOUIS. Mo. July "a special 10
the POst-Dispatch from Little Rock, Ark,
says
IL was discovered AZ Fort Worth. Texas.
few days ago that the Arkansas peni-
Tertiary holds a former pal OF II. II.
Holmes. the alleged murdcrr OF Pletzel
and others. and that he is in possession
Of valuable Information. His name rs
John G. Allen, alias John H. Caldwell,
alias John C.. Caldwell. and he is serv-
ing a hfteen-year sentence in the Ar
kansas pentertiary for h0rsc-stealing.
IL was learned that he knew Holmes.
Last night w. NJ. -Rea of Fort Worth,
arrived IN the city. and this morning had
a long conversation with Allen. Tine
latter. so the sherln SAYS, declined 20
give any information. except TO say that
one OF the Williams girls Is dead. but that
the other is alive. Which one is alive,
and which is dead. ne declined 20 say.
Ni'flU Is't gays me Will remain lN lstANlt
Rock two or three days longer and init
mates that n Allen win give him the
Information he wants. he viii have ac-
complshed more than an the detectives
I'm the country who save been working
on the Holmes case.
KNowN ~ DENVER
DENVER, July THE unfortunate
Minnie Williams and her sister, whom
Holmes is accused of having murdered,
came 20 Denver in 1872. with their
brother. who was IN poor health. they
took rooms at the Devonshire an apart
ment house at l425 Logan avenue. ana
soon became very popular with the other
guests. Minnie was about twenty-five
or tWonty-sx years OF age. and besides
being apparently we'll educated. was an
accomplished elOcutionst. She studied
elOCution in Boston. She appeared for
three weeks OF the stage OF the old Eff
teenth-Street Theatre. as a member OF
a stock company. Those who knew ner
affairs said that her feeling for Holmes.
whom she knew as Harry Gordon az the
time. whatever IL was was no hcadlong
infauati0n fsr a romantic hero. The