Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1895-07-31

criminal case in the history of the cour
try, compared with which the Duran(
case in San Francisco ard the crimes o.
the Bender family in Kansas fade into
nothing.
A SCIENTIFIC BRUTE.
Holmes brought his victims to him by
artfnl business methods from far away
points; he summoned one man by tee
gram from Arkansas; he enticed tive
women from Fort Worth; he operated al
Leadville, Colo, in Canada, and in
Europe. He obtained not merely the
personal effects of his victims but their
real estate; he arranged insurance on
their lives and then obtained that; and
finally, after their painless and bloodless
death by the use of gas, he had their
skeletons mounted for sale to medical
students.
HOLMES VICTIMS.
The list of Holmes possible or prob
able victims is now as follows:
Julia l.. Conner, who lived with Holmes
rs his wife. Supposed remains found in
basement of the Holmes building, 7Ol
Sixtythird street, Chicago.
Gertrude Conner, daughter of above.
Supposed remains found in basement of
Holmes building.
Amelia Cigrande, Holmes secretary;
disappeared.
Benjamin F. Pitzel. Dead body found
at 1916 Callowhill street, Philadelphia.
Howard Pitzel, 11-year old son of Ben
jamin F. Pitzel disappeared. Supposed to
have been murdered in Indianapolis.
Alice Pitzel, daughter of Benjamin i.
Pitzel, dead body found in the cellar of
st. Vincent street house, Toronto.
Nellie Ptzel, daughter of Benjamin f.
Pitzel, dead body found In the cellar of
St. Vincent street house, Toronto.
Minnie Williams, disappeared from 70l
Sixty-third street, Chicago, where she
lived with Holmes. Supposed to have
been murdered and cremated.
Annie Williams, younger sister of above,
disappeared as did her sister.
Miss Wild, formerly clerk in Holmes
employ at the "castle" She disappeared
two years ago and has not been heard
from.
In addition to this, Holmes is believed
to have been concerned in the murder of
Mrs. Cron, the old woman, who was so
ruthlessly killed at Wilmette two years
ago.
Other persons known to have been
identified with Holmes at Englewood and
other places have disappeared, but as yet
little evidence has been found to show
that Holmes had hand in their retire
ment from their usual scenes.
MORE ARRESTS.
The police have arrested II. S. Mack,
who worked for Holmes during the last
six months of his stay in the ''castle." He
is supposed to know all about Pat Quin-
Ian and his wife. They think he is a most
important witness. They also have in
formation that Mrs. Julia Conner disap-
peared on Christmas day, 1891. Charles
M. Chappell, who articulated skeletons
for Holmes, has given the police much
information about the removing of bodies
from the "castle."
The search of the Holmes building was
prosecuted on the Information given to
the police by Chappell. Chappell told the
police that Holmes had two watts in the
cellar. One, he said, was in the southeast
CUTneT anu LHe Oluct III uno eOutiWobGoTH
corner of the rear cellar. They had been
since walled up, he said. One of the vats,
according to Chappell's statements, was
used as vessel in which the flesh was
eaten from the bones by the use of acids.
The other was for the purpose of bleach
ing the bones. Twelve laborers worked
all day digging ont the two corners desig-
mated by Chappell, and one of the tanks
was found four feet from the ground sur
face and was forced open, but nothing
was found but few inches of petroleum
in the bottom.
A number of bones were found in the
basement yesterday and examined by
Robinson. He pronounced them parts
of a human body. 1t was thought an en-
tire skeleton had been found, but an ex-
animation showed that most of the bones
were from the butcher shop. The mix
ture of human bones and butcher shop
refuse is popularity of several finds
that puzzle the police.
TESTIMONY OF CONVICT.
Arrangements we're completed to-day
for taking the testimony of John G. Allen,
a Little Rock, Ark, convict, which is ex-
pected to convict H. H. Holmes of mur-
der. Attorney VIM. Capps, of Fort Worth,
Texas, who representa- the heirs of the
Williams girls and who discovered Aliens
alleged connection with Holmes, will
leave for Little Rock tonight with
propioo of immuuitp fnr the cnn nvict