The record-union., 1895-07-27
Indians in the Hobacl< Basin have been
ambushed and massacred.
ONE OF HOLMES VICTIMS.
Minnie Williams Well known In
Denver.

ONE OF HOLMES VICTIMS.
Minnie Williams Well known in
Denver.
DENVER, July 26.-The unfortunate
girl Minnie Williams, whose life went TO
pay for her affection for the monster
Holmes. was known to considerable
number of Denver people. and is yet re-
mem bered with sad interest by them.
Miss Williams, her brother and sister
came to Denver from Texas in the early
part OF 1928. She and her brother were
seekers after health. They took rooms at
the Devonshire, an apartment-house at
1925 Logan avenue, and very soon became
very popular with the guests ofthe house.
They lived in a considerable degree of
STYLE" and gave evidence, unostenta-
tlously, OF having means. Minnie was
about % CT 70 years OF age, and besides
being apparently well educated, was an
accomplished elocutionist. She had
studied elocution in Boston. She APP
peared. in TACT, for three weeks on the
stage of the old Eifteenth-street Theater,
a stock company then engaged there CIV
ing her the opportunity.
The quality Of her efforts is not very
clear to those who renemb ber her as IA
reciter though she seems 10 have made
vivid impression. She was quiet, pretty,
and women who knew her then describe
her now as "a sweet and lovely girl"
They affirm OF her character that 1t was
gentle and not weak, and that her feeling
Tor Holmes. whom she knew as Harry
Gordon at that time, whatever 1t was, was
not headlong infatuatlon Tor romantic
hero.
The brother died in the latter part of
the winter and the sisters took the body
home to Texas. They were orphans.
They had inherited money from their
uncle. The impression prevails among
those here who knew the girl that she
met Holmes, whom she knew only as
Gordon, In Chicago. Her fortune. though
not very large, apparently was large
enough TO attract holmes and prove her
own undoing. She married him as Cor
don, with what result is weIl known.
He appeared in Denver some time after
the Worlds Fair and told various friends
of the girl that she had married and had
gone to India with herhusband. Whether
this was before or after the murder of the
girl cannot be learned. Holmes married
the girl in Chicago, where she seems to
have known him while studying there
before coming To this city.
GUnTLEsS OF ONE MURDER.
CHICAGO. July 26.-Holmes is at least
guiltless of the murder of little eleven-
year-old Cora Qunlan, whatever his
ter of Patrick Quinlan, one of Holmes
henchmen, and the police feared for her
safety. To-day the following telegram,
which sets at rest the entire matter, was
received by Inspector Fitzpatrick:
"LAkoTA (Mich.), July 25.-Cora Quin-
Ian is at Johnson's and has been for
about two weeks. n. S. TAYLOR,
Justice of the Peaceu
The Johnsons referred to are the grand
parents of the little girl. Mrs. Quiulan
who has always maintained an air of
crafty reserve, was forced to admit to-
day that she had lied to the officers on at
least one point and this had the effect Of
weakening her story. Her husband
spent large part of the day in the sweat
box as result Of tO-day's developments.
Chief Badenoch decided TO formally
hold both for trial on the charge of being
implicated in various insurance swindles
He also believes that they are guilty of
the crime of assisting Holmes, if not di-
rectly at least indirectly, in making away
with some OF his victims, but the charge
of fraud is quite sufficient to hold them
and no other will be made just at present.
Joe Owens was brought in to refute one
of Mrs Quinlan's statements and be told
her f1atly that she lied. Owens will prob
AMY D0 ISlbdSSu NILS. NSulU-
Ian was forced to admit during the course
OF the examination that she had imper-
sOnated dead woman, representing her
self as the beneficiary OF a ire insurance
company in order to gain the money,
which of course went into Holmes
pocket. Little of startling nature was
found by the wOrkmen in the old house
at Sixty-third and Wallace streets. A
stained table which the detectives jumped
to the conclusion was discolored by blood,
was unearthed. They think it may have
been used for the grueSOme purpose of
cutting up victims on. Two or three
more bones, pronounced by competent
authorities 10 be those of human beings,
were also dug up.
William Capps of Fort Worth. Texas.
is here to-day looking alter the interests
of the Williams heirs. He believes the
deeds to the property were forged. He
tells the following story: The two Will
Jams girls were left property by their
uncle, DIR. Williams. While both were
in possession OF it, Minuie was the real
owner. The girls were well educated,
well behaved and virtuous, so far as is
known. 1t is scarcely possible that they
could have been corrupted by Holmes
in SO short time as has been stated.
Minnie, after she became of age started
to organize theatrical com uany, and
sunk $1,000 in the project. She shortly
after that came to Chicago, and there
met Holmes. In June 1893, she wrote to
her sister TO come up and visit her; that
she was very wealthy and was going to
marry Harry Gordon and take trip TO
Europe. After her sister came Annie
wrote n letter to forward her trunks,
which were sent on in June but were
never called for The trunks were finally
] eturned TO her aunt in Mississippi. The
deed to the property was purported to
have been made to one "a Bond" in
April, 1893. The property is worth $50, 900.
This deed purports to have been ac-
knowledged before Holmes as Notary in
May, 1893. An investigation shows that
he did possess this qualification. The
deed was not sent 10 Texas until June,
1894. 1t was not properly acknowledged,
and was returned by the clerk so it might
be made to conform to the Texas laws.
Shortly after this Holmes and Pietzel
appeared in Fort Worth, under the
aliases of Lyman and Pratt. They
claimed part OF the property, and Oh the
rest of it they built a house, which is al
most exactly like the one in Chicago,
evidently made FOR selling purposes only.
Quinlan was with them in Texas
Holmes and Pietzel got in debt to nearly
every body in town, and they left the city.
VIOLENT HURRICANE.
One Reported to Have Swept Over the
Coast of Japan.