The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-30

PHILADELPHIA, July o9.--The Bulletin
today prints the following:
An entirely new statement has Just
been made by II. H. Holmes, the supposed
murderer of the Pttzei children. In it the
man of many crimes gives in detail his
version of how Pitzel came by his death
last September, ami also states his
Nolmes) connection with the tragedy.
The statement was given to ii close
friend of Holmes IN Philadelphia, who
gave it to a. Bulletin reporter. Holmes
says that on Satui day night preceding
the death of Pitzel, tho latter came to
his house on North Eleventh street, where
he was staying with Mrs. Howard"
Pitzel told Holmes Il Ileartrending story
of his pecuniary difficulties and OF the
sickness of his daughter in st. Louis.
Holmes an Angel.
81 must have money! ne said, or words
to that effect, ito send 20 my wife in
st. LOUIS
Holmes demonstrated with Pitzel as 10
his spendthrift habits. and spoke sub
substantially as follows:
mine; I'll admit that have made lots of
money through YOU, but | cannot keep
this thing up. Where is that $50 I gave
drinking, you and I will nave TO separ-
ate'
This conversation is said 10 have been
carried on along Eleventh street, the
men walking north until Morris street
was reached. When they arrived at the
corner, Pitzel exclaimed: Il am of no
my difficulties. Life has become nui-
Sance to me-"
Holmes then AYERS that he iokingly re-
marked TO Pitzel: We'll. YOUR nody is as
good as any other, but would not advise
you to do anything rash.
He Accounts For 1t.
Holmes accounts for makin. this re-
mark by saying thar he and Pitzel had
under consideration the defrauding of the
Fidelity Mutual Insurance company.
again avowed that ne would commit sui
eide. Holmes then explains that Pitzel
left him with the intention Of going home
Holmes says he gave him no money that
night but promised ID meet him at the
Callow Hill street house the following
morning; 1t was about TO O'Clock the fol
lowing day Sunday. Holmes goes on TO
say, that he went 70 visit Pltzel at the
Callow Hill house. When he reached the
place, no one vas Apparently o9 t5y about
twenty minutes waiting for 2itzel. The
latter. Holmes supposed, had gone our
for breakfast. Time wore on and Ben
was not TO be seen. The cCnspirator then
says that he became anxious about his
friends whereabouts. ard began to
search the house for Rim.
A Note in n Bottle.
GAS I rose to go up stairs" says the
criminal. Il noticed a note lying on the
counter in the front part of the house.
It was addressed 20 me Holmes explains
that he tore the note open. 1t directed
him to go on the second floor ana open
closet in which he would ma 4 large
blue bottle containing another letter ad-
dressed to him. Holmes followed the d.
rections. He found the note in the bottle
as described and was Mortified when he
read it, 1t was from Benz. Pitzel, aIG
advised Holmes that his (Pitzels) dead
body could be found in the house The
letter pleaded that Holmes look after
PitzeI's children, and suggested THAI there
would be no difficulty in getting the in
surance money from the Fidelity com
pany. now that the dead body OF P1tzel
could be produced in evidence. Holmes
then told his friend Of the appearance OF
the corpse, and said he sat in the room
with the body for over an hour He was
daZed and hardly knew what course to
follow. He finally made up his mind that
since Pitzel had taken his life, there
dence of suicide. that he might be able
to get the insurance On ms hIe without
difficulty.
Blew Up the Body.
Holmes has confessed that he then drag
eed the dead body 70 the second floor.
laid the corpse IN the floor, pried open
the mouth of the dead man and poured
in a quantity of explosive chemicals; He
then says he placed a lighted match TO
sion which so disfigured the corpse follow
ed. To give the forcible impression that
Pitzel came to his death by an accidental
EXPLOSION Holmes stated to his friend
that he got a. pipe of his, filled II with
tobacco, lighted it, then Llew out the
flame after the tobacco had been partly
consumed and placed the pipe beside the
dead mans body. 1t was nearly o'clock
in the afternoon before he left the Cal
IowhiU street house. lie put on a hat of
PitZeTs to partly conceal his identity
and placed mis- own hat, which was felt
one under his coat. The criminal went
directly 10 the Bread street station, SO ne
alleged and inquired at what hour the
first train left for Chicago. Holmes says
he does not distinctly remember at what
hour the railway officials told him Chi
capo train would leave, but believed it
was between s and 9:30 o'clock at night
He then went % the house where he was
staying and made preparations 70 leave
Ieges. left for Chicago that night. It is
Understood if the prosecution concludes
IN indict Holmes for the murder of Pit
zel in Philadelphia, they will produce a
Witness who i IS said heard the con-
versation between Holmes and PitZel On
that eventful evening, when the latter
threatened TO do away with his life
Another Witness.
Tt has also been learned that the state
has another witness who was on the train
on which were Holmes and wife. en-
route 10 Chicago. This witness, it is
understood can testify that Holmes sat
in apparent stupor on his way 10 the
west. that he had a novel before him for
dazed that during that time he never
turned a page Of the book.