The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-09-04
A DEEP DYEDVILLIAN.
The Chain of Convicting Evid ence About
Complete Against Holmes.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. N.-In-
dinapolis will claim the right to try
H. II. Holmes for murder. This
claim will be based upon the horrible
developments Of today. which in
clude the finding of the charred re-
mains of nine-year-old Howard Piet-
eel and evidence which before any
jury in the country would convict
H. H. Holmes of having murdered
him and then partially burned his
body in stove
Detectives Geyer, of Philadelphia,
Richards, of Indianapolis, and Inspec-
tor Gary, of the Fidelity Insurance
Company have been at work for weeks
hunting for traces of the boys body.
He was traced here with Holmes and
disappeared. The city was secured,
and work began in the suburbs, hunt
ing for house rented by Holmes on
October 1C, II Or II of last year. This
morning the detectives went to Gov
ington, a pretty suburb of the city and
the seat of Butler College, and before
they had been at work an hour their
attention vas called by a local real es-
tate dealer to a small vacant cottage
situated in the woods at the edge of
town and far from any other dwelling
The party went to the house, and a
few minutes later the officers founds
beneath the side porch the miss
ing trunk which was taken from the
side door of the Circle House in this
city, October 10, by H. H. Holmes,
which was thought to contain the body
of the boy.
Great excitementfo followed, and hum
breads hocked to the scene as soon as
the discovery leaked out, although the
officers endeavored to keep the matter
a secret. The house was guarded and
work began searching for additional
evidence. Developments followed
thick and fast, and the chain of ev;.
dence is damaging.
In barn connected with the house
was large stove of cylindric shape,
OF the same pattern as Holmes brought
in Cincinnati. He rented the house
under an alias. The stove had been
moved from the house to the stable by
the owner of the house after Holmes
vacated. It was at once concluded
that the body had been burned in the
stove, and search began for the re-
mains. DR.. J. f. Barnhills attention
was called by small boy named
Walter Jenny to the stove hole where
where the stove had been.
1t was filled with refuse. This
was pulled out, and the remains of
the boy we found.
Physicians and dentists were there,
and in this pit of refuse hundreds of
peaces of charred bones were found.
The teeth showed that the body was
that of boy between eight and ten
years of age. All the other bones con-
frmed this. All were charred and
pieces of flesh clung to some of them.
The skull bones and pelvis added to
the same convicing truth.
The body had evidently been burned
in cob fire and in the huge stove
found in the barn. Howard's overcoat
was found at a grocery store near by,
Wnere hOlmeS udo le1L II, Sdy yluS Lue
bov would call for it. He never
came.
Owners of the house recognized
Holmes from the picture shown them.
All identify him as the man who last
October rented the house, with the
same story he told in Toronto and
other places. He came with the body
and the big stove, washstand and bed,
stayed two days and then disappeared.
Several people have identified him
and all doubt is removed.
Other Developments are expected
tomorrow, and with this evidence In
dianapolis will demand Holmes for
trial.