New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-07-31
The MOOSE TICHTENS
Latest Developments Prove
the Most Damaging
to Holmes,
ADMISSIONS OF CHAPPELL.
How Bodies of Several of the
Victims Were Dis
posed Of.

0d4NA0O, u1y Nv no udy u0"
velopments in the investigation into
the criminal deeds Of 81. H. Holmes in
Chicago closed the net still tighter
around Pat Quinlan and added still
more proof to that already existing
that he was an accomplice of the arch
murderer and fully cognizant of most,
if not all, Of his deeds.
Officer Fitzpatrick has arrested a
man in Englewood who is believed to
be II. S. Mack, who worked for
Holmes during the last six months he
lived in the Slxty-third street house.
Is an Important Witness.
Mack's Identification with the drug
gist's operations was furnished by Rail-
road Detective Young, who used to live
in the Castle. The police have been
looking for him since Friday, and now
that they have him in the tolls, they
admit unreservedly that they have the
most important witness they have yet
rounded up.
Whether he can tell any thing about
Holmes personally they are not certain,
but that he knows all about Pat Quin-
Ian and his wife and their connection
with Holmes they feel sure, from GER.
tain admissions he has made to friends.
Charles M. Chappell, the man who
gave the,police the information that he
had articulated skeletons for Holmes,
and had had bodies
Taken Away From the Castle,
was an all-round mechanic for Holmes,
boI l,,,i}t w.
ment of the Castle for the destruc ton
of bodies which Holmes might wish to
get rid Of. In them went the bodies of
that long list Of women, once tenants
of the Castle, but now numbered with
the dead
Chappells admissions are the most
remarkable and damaging yet received
by the police against Holmes and his
confederates. They reveal the exist
ence of a complete system of machinery
in the Castle for the commission of
murder, commencing with the steel
vault, the dissecting table and ending
in the acid tanks. In addition to the
confessions Of Chappell, the police also
located some of the clothing Of Minnie
Williams and Julia Conner which
Holmes gave away after they disap-
peared.
Human Boues and Butchers Refuse.
A number of bones were found in
the basement, some of which DR.. Rob-
inson pronounced parts of a human
frame. 1t was at first thought that an
entire skeleton had been uncovered,
but examinations showed that most of
| the bones were from the butcher shop.
The mixture of human bones and
butcher shop refuse is a peculiar feature
Of several OF the finds that puzzle the
police. Careful search for the acid
proof watts in which bodies were said te
have been placed was made, but up tc
2 o'clock nothing had been found
Chappell, who told the police that he
had constructed the watts, was taken tt
the house and it was expected that he
would readily point out their location
unless, as his son declares, he is insane
It is probable that all of the 'secre
passages and rooms in Holmes house
will soon be revealed, as one Of thu
brick masons, who claims to have dom
all the queer work about the place
called at police headquarters and of
fered to tell all he knows. He wa
promptly taken care of by the officer
; and is expected to prove an importan
witness.