The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-20
MORE Clues.
Another Link In the Chain OF Evil
dence Against Holmes.
CHASTITY FIND OF DETECTIVES.
Mrs. PitzeI Identifies the Re-
mains Of Her Children.

CHICAGO, July 9o.-Another appalling
crime will be laid at the door of ii. IL.
Holmes, the notorious insurance windlcr,
and the alleged murderer Of the Pitzels.
That Minnie Williams of Fort Worth
met her death AZ the hands of Holmes
there Is scarcely "a doubt. That she died
in this city in "a violent manner has been
proven almost conclusiyely.
Late last night tho police found In
stove in the three story brick building at
70l Sixty-third street, which was built by
Holmes, and in which both he and tho
Williams girl lived a quantity of charred
bones, buttons known TO have been on
dress owned by Minnie Williams and a
partly melted portion of watch chain,
which was positively identified as having
been the property of the girl.
The chain was instantly recognized by
G. +. Davis, who occupies portion Of the
store formerly used by Holmes when he
was in the drug business as one he had
seen Miss Williams wear, and which he
had on two separate occasions repaired for
her. Davis also claimed TO recognize the
buttons as those he had seen on dress
worn by Miss Williams.
The ghastly discovery was mado late
last night by force of detectives working
under the compand of Inspector Fitzpat-
rick, and who had al day been at work
searohingthe building from cellar to gar
ret. The floors were taken up in parts,
the wall were sounded aud the big iron
vault carefully inspected. The walls OF
the vault were found to be heavily packed
with asbestos, which the police believe
was placed there for the purpose OF dead
ening sound.
Aided by Philadelphia Authorities.
The search Of the house was undertaken
by the police, who yesterday received
communication from the Philadelphia
authorities. The building was carefully
gone over, and the dummy elevator which
ran from the top floor OF the building,
where Holmes had his Office, 10 the base
ment without exit on the intervening floors,
was tried and worked in every possible
manner.
On the top floor, in the room which was
used by Holmes as an office stood an i'm
mense stove, fully eight feet high and
three feet in diameter, with u door sufii-
ciently largo to admit of the admission OF
q human body into the interior. This
stove had in the former examinations been
entirely overlooked
Inspector Fitzpatrick opened the door
and poked carelessly among the debris
with his cane. Almost the first thing he
turned up was n human bono, badly
charred. He hastily jointed il out and
found that IL was, beyond all question, q
human rib of an adult. The contents Of
the stove were then taken out All Of the
ashes and debris removed from the st ovo
were carefully preserved and taken to tho
police station, whore more careful ex.
animation will made of them.
The police are now of the opinion that
not only Minnie Williams, but her
younger sister Anna, and the boy Howard
P1tzcl met death in this house. They will
renew the search of the house, beginning
with the basement, which will be care
fully dug up. They are Of the opinion
that they will 1nd either the body of Anna
Williams or chat Of Howard Pitzcl before
they have concluded their work.
Bodies Identified by Mrs. Pitzel.
TORONTO, July 20. - Mrs. Pitzel has
identified the bodies of the two children
found Monday night last in the cellar OF
St. Vincent street as those Of her girls,
Alice and Nellie. The latter she identi-
fed by her hair and the former by pecul-
iarity of the upper front teeth Mrs
Pitzol broke down completely ond sobbed
and cried throughout the trying ordeal
Detectives Geyer of Philadelphia and
Cuddy of the local staff and the doctor
were perfectly satisfied with the identifi-
cation.
The case which the Canadian authori-
ties now have against Holmes is very
complete, and many here believe that the
prisoner will certainly be extradted.
The inquest on the body of Alice, the
eldest girl, was resumed at the police
court last night, and after several wit
nesses had been examined, was adjourned
for week.