Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-29
7BIBGRAPHIC.
VICTIMS OF HOLMES
M, l3isd 10 tho Long Ll'' OIL
Supposed Murders
-. SYSTEMATIC DurcHEnY'
E,ld,uc, Woven Around the
j" I,,urau,' swIudI'r aud Al''S'u
Murderer

..,oo. July gs.-DovSlopmonls
81 '.. investigation Of tue crlm'hAl
bS ,, Of II. II, Holmes Of Ch''s '.s'
d''a, ,,VS'.pst,tll tighter around fa'
el'fi ,, w. and added still more PROOF 10
Sa ,,l,,,Iy existing ,hat he was an
'a~ ',arlIcs Of the aIeh'mu'ds,er, SUI
Il'.,ni,,p, Of most, II not ALL Of
Bio assis ,,,,,.., c,,.. f,tmerly
r,tImofe, Md, was today added
s',l, M Of Holmss's possible vic.
=. v,s also that OF ano'hef
W., who was Tor a time u res.
,,r. o. the "ca'iI'' IN s'A'y''n'''
street -, a.. Ji.appsnrnnce Of
I't ,it, Conner was t0day liked as
MIMI, day, 1891. This Information
-a,.,iisiprd nom Mfs. John CtOWe'
w ,,rpried rooms In the HOlmes
vi w, ,,om early In 1891 to September,
issJ ami whose lame IN conhev'lon
vi,6 lho case has never before ue0n
H1 r.nigbt Oficer Fi'slatfick arrested
an IN EuglrwOOd, who Ia believed 10
"a :. MacR, who worked iOr Holmes
S.,'ss tbs last six months hu lived IN
H"s,,ty.thiri street house. Msek's
,l.suBc,tiln with tho druygisp1 oper-
lava, furnished by Railroad De-
,',nyg Young, who used ~ live IN toe
tiille. -, ,...t,u Tor
,n ,inee Friday, anu nov that they
l,v, him IN tho loils, admit unTe'
rfytiIy thst they nave the most im-
tgn,niwiluefs thry have yet rounded
M Whether he can toll anything
,igul Holmes pursUnally, they are not
s.,l,lB. but that hp knows all about Pat
OsiBlau and his wife, anu their COM
Teton With H0lmuS, they feel sure
h5m certain admissions no has mhie
% ii.oEds,
TotA,'s revelations have also con-
WINGED tue police that the house at BIZ
ly.,hifd street was the scene OF all of
Hllmtss muriers, and that tue mys'
i,ricus Ulllcb on the third nOOr was
Employed exclusively iof the buiohtry
o. his victims.
CHARLES NJ. Chsppol, Of 100 Twenty.
nisIh street, h tbu man VINO gave the
police Saturday night the information
That no hal atllculatoI skeletons for
II. II. Holmes, and has had bodies
taken away from the castle. lie built
lSo lauks IN the basement Of the
castle Tor the destruction OF bodies
which Holmes might wish 10 get rid
o. These tanks viii bo opened In the
morning. In them went tne bodies OF
that long let VI women once tenants Of
tue castle, and now numbering with the
dead.
Chappolib admissions afe tho most
remarkable nnu damaging yet Te'
etlyei BY tue police against Holmes
aud bic c1n'tdugatts. They reveal the
tIislSnee Of complete system Of
machinery In the castle for the com-
mtslon VI murder, commencing with
the steel chamber or vault, tue dis
Nellng table, and ending ia the Roil
tanks, where all evidence OF the deed
tulihe b0nea were removed.
In addition TO tho confessions oil
CaAppsll, tho police located some OF
toe clothing Of Minnie Williams and
julia j.. Conner, which Holmes gave
away after they disappeared. The
e0mblpallon 10 the steel vault has been
lslhd In the possession OF Chappell. II
!, now believed by the police that
hoSAii Plelzsl was killed In Chicago
and hlsIemaiua disposed VI.
IlNtUnli F.Nn La a. An 1.aN T.-....t 20,
EhlyAIiiek 10 the pace where the
tEsitign OF Annie Williams will be
loahl' lie has tOld thu police that II
"a ~ Tue possession OF West Sid,
medical student, who does not suspect
W. Identity. II was feared II tho .Oca
uon was published tho young mar
might be loi TO dispose oft. Chappol
vas hliod by Holmes TO clean the
ne'a OIL the body nud orig up" thu
htlslOni As no had others, but lailinI
70 get HI pay, ho kept IL. IL was tn
A,' work Ls did for Holmes.
smother place Chapel will re
cover Tue arm aud hand bones Of Me
!llA H. Conner. They are articulRle,
lhl uoing service also TOT the sclenct
surgery. From the sam0 place cam
MssEull which was taken into Cen
Val salon by Detectives Fl,gpatricl
aai Norton Saturday. Ihe lOlie
.lought at nnt that this WIS part o
ns remains OF Annie William,
Shappvll does not make plain jusI nov
aeAhoWs To tho contrary, but, In fact
'ue police do not see now lao vii
70 70 without bringing suspicion
wen himself. But no says un
lNoeAlly; THAT head belonged {
Mia Conner"
heslles these matters the police hav
reaiei The trunk which Holmes saI
sult used Ia sinking Annie VII
rams ~ The lake. There arc plenty {
ssa' mat u once held body frsshl
.uuIAIei' ana ChRppell says Holme
vuslt the trunk TO his nom
init " n "' "h'Shi
r,, IN lhla way" said Inspector Fiji
sIuicA tonight, tive are told fou
suhs OF tho Edglewood house wer
,vhmposel Of This witness took ava
Nv ,AelelonB partly cleaned, and aslte
~ ~ gusslons-sa6.50 for each lob. On
sue uollos was that Of man, w
~ ,e not been able TO conclude who b
MI. There Is only a suppohtion tn.
,nn , was Robert h. Phelps, who WI
,spPPO'sl TO have married Mlsl Ci,
,ssI' Holmes said lao wanted him
"n "p gNe OF the bodies Of two chillrel
og. was 10 anxious about II that h
On, u 70 pay him $3.50 for the fol
tba h illness says no refused 10 mOui
Iot , LUZ OF any children, but he do
unc, any Thing TO explain what di
boS,a'.o nc saw betweon children
W. ~ ana any others II his businel
~. 'Slllmate and hs had no know
very susPiCluus.U
blsApPEARANCE oF corr