Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-06
PAT QUINLAN.
Two of Minnie WilliamSS Trunks
Found in His Possession - Has
Magazines of HerS---The Letters on
the Trunk Painted 0ver---BlOOd
Stains Found in the Castle.

Chicago, August 5.-Human blood
was found to-day in Holiness castle be-
spatterad from one room 10 another.
Science aided Detectives Fitzpatrick
and Norton where other agencies had
failed. and uncovered more startling ev-
idence against II. II. Holmes and Pat
Ouinlan than has been found in the
castle.
There was found in the castle by the
detectives and a medical expert, trail
of blood leading from the doorway of
the dining room of Mrs. Julia l.. Conner
tOthe sink in the same room; from there
into the dark chamber where she and
Pearl formerly slept. and from there
10 the inside of the door. opening into
the bath room, where the secret trap
door was: on the base board of that
room above the trap door and down on
To the secret stair case. which led 70
the false elevator Shaft and thence into
the basement The blood was human.
A clot of blood mixed with human hair
was found.
Also from the debris in the dark
chamber where mother and child slept,
there was taken some child's under
wear stained with blood pair OF
brown diagonal trousers, stained at
the bottom wi blood. the pocket OF a
wOman's dress. OlOod-sOaked; a hand
kerchief which had been used 10 wipe
up blood with, and various clothes and
parts of underclothing soaked with
blood. These articles were examined
microscopically az the time OF their
discovery and the test made then and
there as to the stains and blOtches be-
ing human blood With but one or
TWO exceptions the experts said they
were all marked with human blood. A
rope was found IN the dark chamber
and I'm It's knots blood was discovered.
In Pat Ouinlan's private living rooms
were found TWO trunks of the theatrical
tvpe. One was purchased from Meeks
i'm Denver. On both trunks were the
initials m. r. w These initials had
been painted over. The initials are
those Of Minnie r. Williams Pat
Ouinlan stated after his being taken
into custody that both the trunks be-
longed TO him. Detectives Norton and
Fitzpatrick have now the truth that
both trunks belonged TO Minnie Will
iams.
Ouinlan Will be confronted with this
evidence. lie will also be faced with
the books-found in his possession and
which belonged to Minnie Williams.
There are IiDpincOtt's Magazines bear
ING the date Of April. 1894, demonstrat-
inc that Minnie Williams was alive at
rb9t time. The fact that one or her
trunks was bought in Denver is eX-
nlained bv the information already Sc
curad bv Chief BadenOch that after sne
entered the employ Of Holmes and hnal-
lv left Chicago, she entered the Cned'-
rical business in Denver.
Chief BadenOch has also secured IN
addition TO he above evidence, Whlcn
his men brought TO him tonight posi-
live proof that BENZ. F. Pietzei was at
Dwight as q patient when Emily Clg-
rand was there as sten0grapAer. ne
went under the name Of Robert h.
pbalDs Under that name he met Emily
0rrand and wo0ed her. The girl ana
not leave Dwight of her own free VIII
5u- WAS discharged for inability TO
1r9Derlv perform her duties. As soon
us She left Dwight. she came TO CHICO
go and entered the employ Of Holmes.
/ There She again met Pietzel under the
name Of Phelps.
Chief BadenOch believes all THIS eVl-
I dence to be the most important OF any,
save the partial confessions of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Quinlan, that he has yet secured
/ The inference drawn by the officers
from the trail of blood which was dis
covered was that the blood being hu-
man. came from some person who was
killed in the dark chamber, dragged
from there 20 the trap door, thence down
( the secret stairway to the basement be-
Meath
Chemical analysis of all the blood
Will Immediately follow. The bloody
doors We're taken off and the Dashboard
also portions OF the flooring in the dark
/ chamber Ond on the secret stair case.