The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-06

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Human blood was
found today in Holmes castle despatched
from one room to another. Science aided
Detectives Fitzpatrick and Norton where
other agents had failed and uncovered
more startling evidence against II. II.
Holmes and Pat Quinlan than has been
found in the castle.
There was found in the castle by the
detectives and medical expert d trail OF
blood leading from the doorway of the
dining room of Mrs. Julia J.. Conner TO
a sink in the same room; from there into
the dark chamber where she and Pearl
formerly slept and from there to the out
side of the door opening into the bath
room, where the secret trap door was;
on the Dashboard of that room above the
trap door. and down to the secret stair
case which led to the false elevator shaft
and thence into the basement. The blood
was human. \ clot of blood mixed with
human hair was found.
Blood Everywhere.
Also from the debris in the dark cham
Der where the mother and child slept
there was taken some child's underclothes
stained with blood, pal Of brown dag
Onal trousers stained at the bottom with
blood; the pockets of a Woman's dress
blood soaked; handkerchief which mad
rious clothes and parts of underclothing
spotted with blood. These articles We're
examined microscopically at the time OF
their discovery and tests made then and
there as TO the stains and bIotches showed
IL 10 be human blood. With but one or
Two exceptions the expert decided that
they were all marked with human blood
a rope was found in the dark chamber
and in its knots blood was discovered
In Pat Quninlans private living rooms
were found two trunks of a theatrical
rF-rs1,ea a NJ
IN Denver. On both trunks were the in
lualS M r. W. The initials had been
painted over The initials are those of
Minnie *. Williams. Pat Ouinlan stated
after his being taken into custody that
both of the trunks belonged 10 him De-
tectives Norton and Fitzpatrick have now
me truth that both trunks belonged 20
Minnie Williams.
ouinian and Minnie Williams.
Quinlan will be confronted with this
evidence. He will also be faced with
books found in his possession and which
belonged TO Minnie Williams. There are
LlpplncOtt Magazines bearing date as late
as April, 1894, demOnStra ting that Minnie
Williams Was alive at that time. The
fact that one of her trunks was bought
IN Denver is explained by the iDfOrma-
ton already secured by Chief Badenoch
that after she entered the employ OF
Holmes and finally left Chicago She en-
tered the theatrical business in Denver.
Chief Badenoch mas also secured in ad-
dition to the above evidence which his
detectives brought 10 him tonight, posi-
tive proof that BENJAMIN F PietzeI was
at Dwight as a patient when Emily CT
grande was there as 4 stenOSrapher . lie
went under the name of Robert p.
Phelps. Under that name he met Emily
Cigrande and Nooed her. The girl did not
leave Dwight of her own free will but
was discharged Tor inability 20 properly
perform her duties As soOn as she Left
Dwight she came To Chicago and entered
the employ of Holmes. There she again
met Pietzel under TN" lame of Phelps.
Chief Badenoch believes all this evil
dence to be the most Important of any
save the partial confessions of Mr.. ard
Mrs. Quinlan that he has vet received.
The inference drawn by the officers
from the trail of blood discovered
which was that the blood being human.
came from some person who was killed
in the dark chamber, dragged from there
to the trap door. thence to the basement
beneath. Chemical analysis Of ali the
blood will Immediately follow. The bloody
doors were taken off and the base boards.
also portions of the flooring of the dark
chamber and boards from the secret
staircase.