The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-07-26
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chapel Crimes No more Horrible In Their
Nature
CmcAGo. July 2a-To the long list
OF murders and other crimes directly |
trnceable to the arch-hend Holmes, |
must now be added tho mysterious
disappearance OF Mrs l. L. Conner and |
her l2-year-old daughter, with
q reasonable certainty that
they may have been disposed
Of in the same manner in which the
rest Of his victims met their death.
Mrs Connor and her child was last
seen In the company Of Holmes in this
city In 1904 Since then all traces Of
them has been lost, end the shrewdest
Of the detectives who, at tho
instigation Of the woman's family,
have been working on the case
are now Of the opinion that the find
ing Of their bodies Is the only possible
solution OF the mystery. The hunt for
Mrs Conner and her child has not.
until lately, been made on the theory
that they had been murdered II was
pursued In an effort 10 locate tho
woman and get her AWAY from the
influence Of Holmes. In whose net she
had been trapped. and II was not until
the disclosures Of his work in connec-
tion with the Pietzel case were made
that her friends began 10 fear the
lives Of herself and child had been
taken
CHICAGO, July 23--Itis the intention
Of the Chicago police 10 mako every ef-
fort TO have II. II. Holmes tho insur-
ancc swindler, brought here TO answer
the charge Of having murdered the
Williams sisterR The local officers
are convinced that the murder Of the
Williams girls was the first committed
by Holmes, and they argue that In
consequence he should be required TO
stand trial for it first They will also
insist that they will be able 10 produce
evidence that he did murder the sis
terS II developed that the substance
on which the first report Of the finding
Of the bones OF Minnie Williams was
hinged, was in the hands Of Detective
Geyer Of Philadelphia. II was said that
he visited Chicago o week ago, and
when he left, carried with him posi-
tive evidence that body had been
burned In the big stove In Holmes Of
fee. II was also learned that Detec-
tive Geyer would come 10 Chicago after
he completes his search for the re-
mains OF Howard Pietsel In Detroit,
and will cooperate with the Chicago
officers In whatever may be done here
after. In police circles II was said that
the only hope Of convicting Holmes
was in Chicago. Il wns said
that the Philadelphia authorities
could convict of nothing more
serious than insurance swindling,
and that the Canadian authorities
would not go TO the expense OF extra
ditinR and trying him. In the event
that Detective Geyer fails TO locate the
body of Howard PictEel In Detroit,
everything will depend on the work OF
the Chicago police The tank in which
the explosion took place Saturday has
been filed with water, and Il will re-
| quirc the services OF q fro engine "a
pump Il out before the investigation
can proceed
Clarence A. Phillips, now in the gro
Gerry business, says he helped build the
tank which exploded Saturday II
was first used in the glass bending ex.
periments, and later in the expert
ments in making illuminating gas.
Phillips acquaintance with Holmes
cost him 81, 400 and his wife
Evidence that Holmes committed the
murders attributed 10 him Is rapidly
accumulating. Eighteen inches be-
meath the uneven surface forming
the floor TO the basement of the
Holmes building in Englewood was
discovered Monday evening a blood
stained under garment supposed to
have belonged TO Minnie Williams DO.
fore her disappearance. The Chicago
police now believe that Holmes built
his Chicago house for tho sole purpose
Of killing people for Insurance.
DETROIT, Mich. July 23.-Deteotive
Geyer Of Philadelphia Is In the city
and will make further effort to flnd
the body Of the missing boy, Howard
PietzeL Geyer has all along held that
the hoy was murdered In Detroit, ant
has several clues. but what they art
he is not yet ready to tell.