Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-09-07
Ia ths twentieth Griffin changed

tried hard for knockout, but did nut s coeet. The remaining Iuuods were
 comparatively taGe, and It was apparent
 that Or fiin hsd lots of fight ip hIm.
 For the preliminary there were eight
 roucds of hard hx bting between Johnny Briggs of Walthsm and Mick Doherty
 of BosteD. In the seventh Doherty w2s knocked down twice, but es both men
 were up ct the end of the eight the bout 1 was declared draw.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 2S-Indian- apolis will claim the right to try II. H.
 Holmes fer murder. The claim ia based
 upon the horrible developments yester- day, which include the finding of the charred remains of nine yea. old How ard Pitzel and evidence which it is be-
 lieved will convict Holmes of having
 murdered him and having burned the hody in q stove. Detectives of Philadel-
 pnia and Inspector Gray of the Pniia- delph,a Insurance company, have bseD
 at V crk for weeks hunting for trC cee of
 the tors body. H. w-s t,acsd here
 with Holmes and disappeared. The city was secured GDd work began in tLc sucui Og huUtirg tor house rented by
 Holmes October 10, II or F of -st year.
 This morning Iste.tives wsnt to Irv- ingtO3, suburb O. ths city, a-l sat of Butler college, end bsfore tEey had
 teep tt work an hour, found .e1eath d side porch of a small vacant house in
 the edge Of town tEe his ing tsunK which w6s taken from the sjiN dco- of l the circle house in this city October 10 by Holmes end which was thought to contain the body of the boy.
 l Developments followed and the chain
 of evidence is damaging. In the barn connected with the house was large stove of cylnderical shape, the same pattern as Holmes boughtIa Cincinnati. He rented the house under the same alias The stove he'd been moved from the house to the stable by the owner of the house after Holmes left. Where | the stove had been the remains of the body were found. The teeth showed | that the body was that of n boy between | eight and ten years, and all other bones confirmed this. Ali were chaired and ] pieces of il sh cluug to soma of them. | The boy had evidently been burned in 8 cob fire. The owner of the house recog- nizsd Holmes from the pictures, ard | several neighbors distinctly remeu Der his tac". Several people hare identified
 him. Other developments Ire expected | today.
 l Sinclair Oliver whose illness was noted in the CITIZEN about ten days or
 two weeks ago, died at the San Xavier hotel yesterday morning. Ills father and wife who were with hitn Iu hls ili- ness, will accompany ths remains to Los Angeles to which place they will be
 taken tonight. Walter Vail will also be of the sad party.
 l Supervisor Finley is in the city from La Osa. Be reports that rein com menced to fsll on August 7th there | abouts and more or Jess has fallen every | day since. South of BueEos Ayres the grass is over feet deep ard raln has fallen in that direction almost continu- ously since the rainy season ses ID. Col. J. $. Noble stands high iu the ee- timution of the eynployes of the railroad and whenhis departure to another field of of labor was announced they decided to make him handsome present. l. was I finally decided that diamond ring would
 be the proper thing to do, and one was accordingly sent for. IL was to have | been here this eveping but it WAS learn ed this morning that it was not on the train and Supt. Noble may be induced to defer his departure another day. Born, on Sunday morning, August 9, | to Prof. and Mrs. Stowe Devol, B son. | The new comer is bouncer, not overly | fat but built for sprintipg and long on the reach. Unless reports belle him l he will teach bis dad rew step and a new song, for night use only. He weighs 915 pounds avourdupoiss and stands twenty inches high in his bare feet. The professor wac seen on the streets today, but his boots were away above the mud. He looked we'll but little wild frcm overjoy.
 A party of prospectors, three in num- Der, came in from Sasabe last night. They drive four burros abreast in light wagon. They came from Albuquerque N. M., and sre en route to the petrifed, forest iu Northern Arizona.
 Charley Ezekisls is in the employ of "The Mazs' as salesman. The Maze IS said to be one of ths largest dry goods houses In San Francisco. Charley is soliciting orders for hIs firm.
 The CITIZEN is ID receipt Of an invita- tion to attend an electric carnival to be held in Sacramento on Septemhe 9;h I in the history of that city and the night following will be a blaze of electric lights
 Dr. Pease is slowly cOEvalescisg from his late wheel engagement and will in the course of few days, again ba pree- entable to the public The doctor has host of friends in Tucson who sym p8thized with him in his misfortune and ,x,fn -,%H x,Ia -f l. -loS recovery.
 The Italian Opera company has writ ten Manager Reid an offer to play a week in Tucson for the small sum of S2S00 ''pesos de oro." The euterpFisiug manager told them to come on, "the bills are full of 'em," but the toot of the maccaroni horr will not be heard in Tucson for some days to come.
 Prof. Forbes, Of the university, cross ed the Rlllito on his bicycle yssteruay and was obliged to stay crossed till this morning. The rainfall in the afternoon, in the foothills of the Catalinas, swelled the usually mild hammered Rillito iuto Q fosming torrent and as he rode "dry" wheel it refused like typical Arizonan to take water hence the sCjOurn of it's rider in the brush.
 J. E. Tallmadge and wife are back from Los Angeles.
 Ex-Attorney General Frank Heney left for Aransas Pass this morning.
 The Eagle Fiouring mills received 15,- 000 sacks of California wheat few days since.
 A ''grau baiIe" will be given in Vas quez hall on Meyer street in few days.
 There will be business meeting of the Congregational church this evening ct 7:30.
 Invitations are out to the wedding of of Capt. Gray and Miss HittinGer. ! he event is set down for september , at 7 p. m.
 Supt. Randolph and wife cf the South ern Pacific railroad, arrived this morn- ing and are domIciled for the present