San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-29
HOLMES HORRORS.
TWO IMPORTANT WITNESSES Sc
CURED.
ONE OF THEM,THE MEN WHO TOOK
AWAY THE BODIES AND MOUNT
ED THEM AS SKELETONS.

Pat Quinlan and His Wife Implicit
ed-Two More Victims of the Cas-
tie Brought to Light-Testimony
is Being Multiplied to Show That
All the Murders Were Committed
In Chicago.
CHICAGO, July 2S.-Develop-
ments in the investigation OF the
criminal deeds of II. H. Holmes In
Chicago close the net still tighter
around Pat Quinlan, and add still
more proof to that already exist
ing that he was an accomplish of
the murderer and fully cognizant
of most il not all Of his deeds. The
name of Milford Cole, formerly OF
Baltimore, Md, was added to the
list of Holmes possible victims,
as was also that OF another
woman who was for short time a
resident of the "castle" in Sixty
third street. The date of the dis.
appearance Of Mrs. Julia Conuor
has been fixed as Christmas day,
1891. This information was OBJ
tanned from Mrs. John Grove, who
occupied rooms in the Holmes
castle from early in 1891 to
September 1892, and whose name
in connection with the case has
never been mentioned.
Last night Officer Fitzpatrick
arrested man in Englewood, who
is believed to be II. III. Mack, who
worked for Holmes during the last
six months he lived in the 63d
street house. Mack's Identification
with the druggists operations was
furnished by Railroad Detective
Young, who used to live in the
castle. The police have been look
ing for him since Friday and now
that they have him in the tolls
they admit unreservedly that they
have the most important witness
they Have yet rounded up. Whether
he can tell anything about Holmes
personally they are not certain;
but that he knows all about Pat
Quinlan and his wife and their
connection with Holmes they feel
sure from admissions he has made
to friends.
The whole trend of the present
investigation is not only to fasten
the crimes upon Holmes, but also
upon Mr.. and Mrs. Quinlan, so they
can be arranged for murder.
Chief Badenoch says he does not
believe the Philadelphia authori-
ties will ever surrender Holmes
and therefor he is determined that
Illinois justice shall be melted out
to his accomplice here.
The police are satisfied that the
skeleton which is now safe in the
vault of Inspector Fitzpatrick's
office is all that remains OF Annie
Williams, sister of Minnie. They
have no means Of proving that this
is so because the teeth have been
destroyed and the Jaw bones broke,
but nevertheless they are satisfied
that their conclusion is correct.
\Recent revelations have also con-
WINGED the police that the house at
Sixty-third street was the scene of
all of Holmes murders and the
mysterious office on the third floor
was employed exclusively for the
butchery of his victims. Charles
NJ. Chappell, 10th street, is the
man who gave the police the in
formation that he had articulated
skeletons for 81. H. Holmes and
had taken away bodies from the
"castle." Chappell is machinist,
a carpenter, q painter and en-
gineer-a sort of Jack of all trades.
From the information which
Chappell gave the police they
learned that Chapel had also been
an all around mechanic forHolmes,
and had built two tanks in the
basement of the castle for the des.
truction of bodies which Holmes
might wish to get rid Of. In them
went a long list of women, only ten
ants of the 'castle"and now they are
numbered with the dead. Chappells
admissions are the most remark
able and damaging yet received by
the police against Holmes and his
confederates. They locate the ex.
istence of complete system OF
machinery in the "castle" for the
commission OF murder, commence
ing with the steel chamber or
vault, the dissecting table and end
ing in the acid tank, where all
evidences of the deed, but the |
bones, were removed. In addition |
to the confessions Of Chappell the
police also located some OF the
clothing Of Minnie Williams and
Julia l.. Conner which Holmes |
gave away after they disappeared. !