Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-31
Holmes Confidential Man Promises
to Reveal Everything.
STORY OF MANY CRIMES TO COME OUT
The Horse Thief in the Arkansas
Prison After Pardon.
WHAT QUINLAN SAYS

CHICAGO, July S1.-An officer from the
central station will start for Little Rock,
Ark, commissioned by Chief Badenoch to
interview the convict Allen, who claims he
can relate the secret chapters of H. H.
Holmes career of murder and fraudulent
actions. Attorney William Capp of Fort
Worth, Tex, who has been in Chicago for
nearly three weeks endeavoring to obtain
proof that Minnie and Annie Williams
were murdered, and who has pursued lines
of investigation separate and distinct from
the police, has made partial investigation
of CoEvict Aliens stories, and is SO well
convinced that the man was really wit
ness of, if not an actual participant in, 1.-The
crimes of Holmes, Pitzel and others that
he can reveal the whole story if he wants
to do SO.
Will Reveal Holmes Crimes.
The mar confined in the Little Rock PEN
itentiary claims to be able to give the his
tory of Holmes deeds from first to last,
but insists that he be pardoned out first.
kilograms have beer sent to Gov. Alt
geld apprising him of the situation con-
cerning the transfer of Convict Allen to
this jurisdiction, and asking him to Off
cfally request the governor Of Arkansas TO
deliver Hatch to the Illinois authorities.
Within ten days. unless the present plans
cial disturbance, Allen will arrive in Chi
cago in custody of Attorney Capp and the
proper officers of the law.
Attorney Capp, in an interview late last
night, after his consultation with the chief
of police said:
There is no question in my mind that
this man Allen can tell about the murder
of the Williams girls. Mrs. Connor and her
daughter Pearl by Holmes, and can direct
us to where the bones of these four are
buried AS to the Cigrand girl and others
whose disappearance AMI death has been
charged to Holmes, cannot say at this
time. Allen was the confdant and asso-
ciate of Holmes for a long time, and we
know enough of his knowledge of Holmes
affairs to safely count on his being able to
tell the story of the crimes.
"Wo will prove absolutely that Holmes
murdered the two Williams girls, Mrs
Ccnnor and her daughter Pearl. We will
bring Allen to Chicago, and he will tell the
story of the murders as they We're COM
mitted, and polnt to the place where the
bodies were disposed of after Holmes had
performed these terrible deeds of murder"
Quinlnn Accuses Allen.
Pat ouinlan. Holmes janitor in Chicago.
under the questioning of Chief of Police
BadeEoch, has stated that Allen was
Holmes confidential man. He engineered
all the big deals for him. said Quinlan.
II was not good enough for the fine work"
From further questioning the police be-
1ieve that Hatch, A. E. Bond Ghrough
whom Minnie Williams property in Fort
Worth was conveyed to Benton T. Lyman),
John c. Allen, A. C. Caldwell and Mas
cot" who figure IN different times and
places in the Holmes case. are one and the
same man.
Holmes not long ago asserted that the
man Hatch took the Pitzel children to
Toronto, in company with Minnie williams,
and that If he could be found he could
clear up the mystery of their death. De-
tectives who are working on the case in
hot oh
west after the visit to Toronto, and was
caught stealing horses in Arkansas.
Quinlan, who has not been disturbed in
his solitude since Monday night will be
conducted to the sweat box" in central
station today and be given another chance
to explain some of the accusations that
are made against him.
Rather significant bit of information
has come to the police by Mrs. Strowers
of 61st and Morgan streets, who informed
the police that Holmes had persisted in her
taking out $4,000 life insurance. Not only
did Holmes beg her to take out the policy,
she said. but he also offered her $4,000 for
1t. Her friends, she said, dissuaded her
from taking Holmes advice, and she hever
saw him afterw ard
Immunity for Allen.
Arrangements were completed today for
the taking of Aliens testimony. Attorney
Capp will leave for Little Rock tonight
States Attorney Eern gave Lawyer Capp
an agreement toCay, Wnlcn promises free-
dom from prosecution here providing his
story will convict Holmes. Allen is to be
released on parole, and If his statement
proves correct Kern promises to do all pos
sible to secure an unconditional pardon at
Little Rock.
A dispatch from Little Rock, Ark, says:
Superintendent Mcconnell said last night
that Convict Allen stated to him during
the evening that he declined to say whether
or not his name was Hatch, but one thing
was certain, that he was in possession of
facts which would save the heirs of the
Williams girls $4,000 and explain the
whereabouts of the missing girl.