San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-26
MORE ABOUT HOLMES.
AND STILL ANOTHER VICTIM is AD-
DED TO THE LIST.
A Letter Which is Considered An
Important Clue is Discov-
cred in the Basement of
the Holmes House.
ANOTHER VICTIM DISCOVERED.


CHICAGO, July 26.-That the po-
lice regard Mrs. Doyle as an ex.
ceedingly important witness is evil
denced by the care with which
they guarded her while she sub
mitted to q newspaper interview.
1t is evident that through her the
police learned Of another Of
Holmes alleged victims, who had
not heretofore been heard Of. In
talking to the reporter Mrs. Doyle
said that one Of the prettiest women
who ever came under Holmes in
fluence was also missing. "Her
name is Miss Cigrand, and she was
originally from Indiana" said Mrs.
Doyle, and she was on the point Of
giving further Information, when
the police CURLY ordered her to
cease talking and ended the inter-
view.
A LETTER FROM HOLMES Is FOUND
CHICAGO, July 26.-What prom
ises to be an important clew was
discovered yesterday by one OF the
men searching the basement of the
63rd street house. This was let
ter addressed to one Of the occu-
pants of the apartments adjoining
the drug store. 1t was dated at the
Philadelphia prison May l, 1895.
The letter was signed "H. III. How
ard" which name is an alias as
sumed by Holmes, and asks the
person whom it Is addressed IL the
Quinlans still lived in the flats.
The writer is also solicitous about
the condition Of certain partitions
which the police have not yet To-
Gated, and asks II the ghosts Of the
Williams sisters had been seen in
the hborhood. The letter was
turned over to Officer Norton, who
declined to give any information
concerning 1t or the person to
whom 1t was addressed. 1t is said
Holmes in writing took an opti-
mistic view of his situation and de-
clared he would soon be out of the
trouble.
AN IMPORTANT WITNESS.
CHICAGO, July 26.-Mrs. Pat
Quinlan, wife of Holmes ex .janitor,
was found by the police today, and
given a severe cross-eXamination.
She has been reported as missing
but declared that she made no at
tempt to hide herself. What evil
dence she had given against
Holmes the police refused to say,
aud Mrs. Quinlan had evidently
been instructed by the detectives
to maintain strict silence regard
ing the case.
The story that Quinlan's 1l-ysar
old daughter had been murdered
by Holmes was disposed of today,
when Mrs. Doyle called at police
headquarters and declared the girl
is nov with her fathers parents
nine miles from South Haven,
Mich. Mrs. Doyle said her mother
owned the house in Toronto in
which the bodies of Pietzel child
rem were found. Her apparent IA
milisrity with the case is consider
ed strange, but nothing regarding
Holmes record could be learned
from her. The police, after an ex-
tended interview with Mrs. Doyle,
became convinced that she is inn
plicated with the witness, but she
denied any particular knowledge
of the case, but in an unguarded
moment remarked that the photo.
graphs Of the Pietzel children, pub
lished in the Chicago papers were
good ones. When her attention
was called to this statement, Mrs.
Doyle hesitatingly acknowledged
that she had met Pietzel and knew
the family slightly. All efforts to
get her to talk freely were unvail-