St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-20
4 WONAN'S HSHES
HORRORS REVEALED BY A
SEARCH OF HOLMES, CHI
CAG0 RESIDENCE.
HIS CREMAToRY OPENED.
CHARRED BONES OF 4 FEMALE
FOUND IN THE FIESDsS Of
FICE STOVE.
Fate OF Minnie Williams Estab
Iished by Buttons and Pieces
pf Clothing.

CHICAGO. July 19.-Another ap-
palling crime is laid at the door of
H. H. Holmes, the notorious in
surance swindler and the alleged
murderer OF the Pietzels. That Min
ME Williams, OF Fort Worth. Tex.
met her death at the hands OF
Holmes there is scarcely a doubt.
That she died in this city in a vio-
lent manner has been proven almost
TO a certainty Late tonight the
police found in a stove in the three
story brick building at 707 Sixty
third street, which was built by
Holmes, and in which both he and
the Williams girl lived. a quantity
OF charred bones, buttons known TO
have been on a dress owned by Min
nie Williams, and a partly melted
portion OF a watch chain which was
positively identified as having been
the property Of the girl. The chain
was instantly recognized by c. E.
Davis, who occupies a portion OF
the store formerly used by Holmes
when ne was in the drug business as
one he had seen Miss Williams wear.
and which he had on two separate
occasions repaired for her. Davis
also claimed to recognize the but
tons as those he had seen on a
dress worn by Miss Williams. The
ghastly discovery was made tonight
by a force OF detectives working
under the command of Inspector
Fitzpatrick. who had all day been
searching the building from cellar
to garret. The floors were taken
UP in parts, the walls were sounded.
and the big iron vault carefully in
spected- The walls OF the vault were
found TO be heavily packed with
asbestos, which the police believe
was placed there for the purpose OF
deadening sound.
HUMAN BONES IN A STOVE.
The search OF the house was under
taken by the police, who this morning
received a communication from the
Philadelphia authorities. The build
ing was carefully gone over. and the
dummy elevator. which ran from the
top floor OF the building. where Holmes
had his Office, 10 the basement. with
out exit on the intervening floors. was
tried and worked in every possible
manner. On the top floor. in the room
which was used by Holmes as an
Office, stood an immense stove. fully
eight feet high and three feet in
diameter. with a door sufficiently
large for the admission OF human
body into the interior. This stove had
in the former examina tons of the
building been entirely overlooked and
no examination of its contents had
ever been made before Inspector
Fitzpatrick opened the door and poked
carelessly among the debris with his
cane Almost the first thing he turned
up was human bone. badly charred-
He hastily jerked it out and found
that ii was beyond all question a hu-
man rib Of an adult. The contents OF
the stove were then quickly dumped.
and other portions of bones. too badly
burned 10 admit of positive identifi-
cation as belonging to any particular
portion Of the body, were also found.
a number of small buttons. said TO
have been worn on the front of Miss
Williams dress, were picked UP. as
was also about six inches Of a golden
watch chain which she wore. The but
tons were of a peculiar make. with
strands Of twisted wire running from
the head up into the shank which pre-
vented their falling apart in the flame.
All Of the ashes and debris removed
from the stove were carefully pre-
served and taken TO the police station.
where a more careful examination will
be made Of them tomorrow.
PERHAPS THREE VICTIMS.
The police are now OF the opinion
that not only Minnie Williams. but her
younger sister Anna and the boy How
ard, both met death in this house. To-
morrow morning at o'clock they will
renew the search OF the house. begin
ming with the basement, which will be
carefully dug up. They are OF the
opinion that they viii find either the
body of Anna Williams or that of
Howard Pietzel before they have con-
cluded their work.
AT TORONTO.
The inquest over the body of Alice.
the elder girl. was resumed al the DO
lice court tonight. William Mcdonald.
the lad who lived with his parents at
No. Is st. Vincent street after Holmes
had left tAS place was examined He
which Howard Pietzel used TO play
with. in a satcheI in a closet in one
of the bedrooms of the house He did
not know what became Of any other ar
ticles. but because OF its peculiarly he
had kept the toy. Mrs. Pietzel was the
next witness. For the first few min
utes Of her examination her voice could
hardly be heard, but as the inquiry pro-
ceeded il gained strength. and towards
the close she was speaking clearly.
She told the story OF Holmes wander
ings with the children as far as she
knew OF them; of her meetings with
him, and, in fact, the whole story that
has been made public through the
press. Her description of the satchei
spoken OF by Mcdonald tailed with
that given by the lad. She
also stated that the snake toy did not
belong TO Howard. but was one OF the
treasures of the girl Nellie. who al
ways carried it with her in the satcheI.
The doctors stated that owing TO the
decomposed conditions OF the bodies il
was almost impossible TO make any
definite statement as 10 internal vio-
lence- The stomach had not yet been
analyzed. The inquest then adjourned
until the 24th-
FLIGHT. CAPTURE SUICIDE