The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-30
CONFEDERATE CONFEssEs
Another Tale of II. II. Holmes Crimes
Charge That Mrs, PietZei Whose Hus-
band and Children Were MUrdere"
Was u Confederate.

Another Tale OF II. II. hoiuvs
band and children Were NiUrdere"
Was u Confederate.
j. C. Allen, alias Caldwell, who is
serving ten years sentence IN the
Arkansas penitentiary for horse steal
ING. has made Il confession in writing
TO the warden of connection with II.
Fl. Holmes various crimes, his Fort
Worth Williams real estate deal and OF
several murders. He says: ut was
between Fort Worth and Denison that
Homes told me that | must have my
life insured for SO, 600 in favor OF my
little niece Holmes was to collect the
insurance in his peculiar way ana l
was TO get g. 600 of the amount and
Holmes 50, 600 for collecting. ke-
Numbering the large trunk bought for
Lvman's body. and becoming fearful
that might not be alive when Holmes
collected the insurance money!, l De
termined to part company with hlm'
which | did at Denison. and | nave
never seen him since, but received AS
many as three letters from him.
"The building in Chicago known as
the castle was erected especially Tor
death trap, and during my associa-
ton with Holmes | was in it often,
and, in fact, occupied room there.
The blood of no one is upon my hands,
but | am satisfied murder was com,
mitted in the house, because | heard
Holmes and Quinlan discuss the
manner OF their taking off. A
stranger to the city during the World $
fair was decoyed into that castle and
murdered for his money. He did not
have as much money as Holmes thought
--onlv 50, 100. a bright little boy was
enticed into the castle during the far
and held in a room for five days for Il
reward for his recovery. No reward
being offered, they were afraid to turn
him out. and the gas was turned INTO
his room at night, and he was sutio-
Gated.
Il could mention other such cases OF
crime committed in my presence by
Holmes and Quinlan, but these are
sufficient, except one. and that was OF
Annie Williams. ! was not IN chicago
when she was killed, but was at the
castle two or three days afterward.
Holmes and Quinlan coolly discussed
the manner Of her murder to me.
Holmes version was that she was
knocked in the head with a stool by
Minnie Williams and then given some
drug by Holmes to make her die easy.
Lawyer Capps and Others declare
that Minnie Williams was also murder
ed by Holmes. / know to the con
trarv. | know that Minnie Williams
was alive when Holmes was arrested
) for his crimes. and, if dead, she can
/ be found if those most interested
will pay for the knowledge of her
whereabouts.
''Quinlan is equally guilty with
Holmes in taking human life, Holmes
doing the planning and Quinlan TIT.
execution, Quinlan's wife knowing. OF
all of their work of this kind. And |
will state here that Pietzel's wife, L
am thoroughly convinced, knew OF the
= murder of her husband and children.
Holmes and she were very cordial CON
= fidential. and she knew what was 60
ing on. -
Women Desperadoes
! Two Young women who had repu'
tation in Indian Territory as terrors
. were captured at Perry, Okla, last
week and have been sent to reform
school. The offences to which they
pleaded guilty are selling whiskey to
Indians and stealing horses. Their
: names are Jennie Metcalf and Annie
; Donla. and their ages are l6 and IA
wears. respectively. Both have been
; accustomed to ride their horses astrldee,
wearing big spurs and heavily armed.
They were captured by federal officers
after a fierce fight in which 20 shots
we're fired and only surrendered because
. their ammunition had given out.
Y Ten thousand persons witnessed d
f bull fight at Gillette, Col, last Satur'
S dav. The exhibition was in violation
q of the law but 5000 armed miners
+ were prepared to resist any attempt tc
: arrest the performers, and though the
t sheriff ordered his deputies to stop the
+ affair they we're afraid to do so.
e Fire broke out in barn at Rosen
r dale, n. y, last Saturday night, anc
t swept through the business portion OF
the village. Twenty five buildings
were DESTROYED. - others damaged
e $50. 600 feet of lumber and $50 tons Of
], coal burned and the total loss is full!
4, Sl25, 600.
e A terrific explosion of nitro glycerin'
n occurred last week Thursday, Just out
a side the limits of the city of Frank
c lin. Pa \ resident of Oil City was
y driving wagon loaded with nitro
o glycerine to the magazine on the TOT
= of Bully Hill and was within 100 fee
n of the building when the stuff eXplod
a ed The wagon and horses were blown
e to atoms and not yestige of Halls re
n mains is to be found. A hole five fee
deep was torn in the earth. The shocE
V was so great in Franklin that windows
:: we're blown out and number of chin
G news were knocked down.
n The Colieium building in Chicago,
:. huge open structure in process OF cree
IS ton by the Chicago Exhibition Com
r panv. was wrecked last week Thursda.
e night. Fortunately no persons wer'
d in the building at the time. with
e deafening sound, the mass. OF debrl
It carried with it the four walls IN
a chaotic heap towards the center, an'
e the work of destruction was complete
The loss is believed to be nearly 500.
r. 600.
:, Rite of a Blue Isummed NegrO-As Ven
10 ernOus rs n Rattlesnaks.
1t Monday afternoon physicians am
s. putated the right arm of Will Fuller
h a negro. at Cordelde, Ga. The ampu
!, tation was necessary on account q
i blood poisoning, resulting from tn
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