The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-08

Holmes castle and saw the body Of
the woman after she was dead. She
further knew and has admitted that
Pearl Conner disappeared in the
castle afterlher return from the Quin-
Ian farm at Lake Michigan. Chief
Radenoch took Mrs. Quinlan and her
husband to the castle to-day with In
spector Fitzpatrick and Detectives
Fitzpatrick and Norton. The object
OF this trip was more for the purpose
OF letting Quinlan and his wife meet
than any other. They were closcted
together alone for an hour in the
room in which the Julia Conner car
pet lies and the chair belonging to
the murdered woman stands. What
took place between them no tne
Knows. but Chief Badenoch and the
detectives are nearer the solution of
the Holmes mystery than they ever
were before. They now have positive
proof that Mrs. Conner and her
daughter Julia or Cora Quinlan were
murdered in the building while the
mother was in his employ. Mrs.
Quinlan has given information within
the last three or four days which
brings the charge of murder near to
Holules. Quinlan and his wife, while
demonstrating to the police that they
were at no time guilty Of the crime Of
murder themselves, have made ad-
missions by which the chief could use
them on the stand as valuable wit
nesses against Holmes in proving
that Mrs. Conner and a child were
made away with by Holmes for the
purpose of securing insurance which
Mrs. Conner carried on her life.
Chicago, Aug. 6.-I. L. Conner, hus-
band Of Mrs. Julia Conner, who is
supposed to have been one of the
Holmes victims at the Englewood
castle, claims that he has discovered
considerable that the police know
nothing about, and that he is con-
WINGED that Holmes murdered his
wife and little girl, and that Quinlan
was an accessory. He bases his opin-
ion OF Quinlan's guilt on the fact that
considerable Of the furniture that the
Quinlans have been using was the
former property of Mrs. Conner Con-
| ner says he will insist that the war
rants be served at once so that there
may be no possibility of Quinlan get
ting away.
While searching through a collec-
ton. of rubbish in the dark chamber
in the Holmes castle to-day Detec-
tives Fitzpatrick and Norton found,
under pile of dirt, a pair of bloody
overalls. They could not determine
to whom they belonged, but they will
be brought into the central station to
see if they fit Quinlan. A more
thorough search of all the debris in
the castle will be made tomorrow to
discover other articles of clothing
which Holmes OF Quinlan may have
hidden.
A letter from A. L. Jones to II. n.
Holmes was found yesterday and, on
its face, makes it appear that Jones
knew more about what was going on
in the castle than he has admitted in
the past.
Part of dress or a wrapper be-
longing to Mrs. Julia Conner has
been found and identified. The man
ner of Identification was peculiar.
Mrs. Conner was a Miss Smythe of
Davenport. She and her sisters were
expert dressmakers, and had a Pc
crlllar method of finishing up the I'M
| NtoA SAuC VI Scd1llS III their dresses.
The seam sewing on the gown found
has been closely compared with other
work Of Mrs. Conner, and has been
found to be IDENTICAL The sleeves Of
the garment have been badly cut. An
effort will be made to prove that it
was the gown worn by Mrs. Conner
on Christmas day, 1891, when she
was last seen alive 1t is thought
Mrs. Grow and Mrs. Lawrence can
identify it as have been worn by her
that day.
Chicago, Aug. 7.-Human blood was
found to-day in the Holmes castle be-
spattered from one room to another.
Science aided Detectives Fitzpatrick
and Norton where other agencies had
failed, and uncovered more startling
evidence against Holmes and Quin-
Ian than has yet been found in the
castle.
There was found in the castle by
the detectives and a medical expert
a trail of blood leading from the
doorway of the dining room of Mrs
Julia l.. Conner to the sink in the
same room; from there into the dark
chamber where she and Pearl slept
and from there to the inside of the
door opening into the bathroom
| where the secret trap door was To-
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