The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03


from Pat QuinIan, the janitor of the
Holmes castle, and have, they believe
positive evidence that Benjamin +.
Pietzel was murdered in this city by
Holmes and the corpse sent to Phila-
delphia.
The confession was wormCd out OF
the Quinlans by means Of tip given
the local officers by Detective Geyer, Of
Philadelphia, who arrived in this city
today.
The exact nature of the story told by
the Quinlans, the police will not reveal
and in fact Chief Badenoch and In
spector Fitzpatrick have both denied
that Quinlan or his wife made any con-
fession at. all. Notwithstanding the
denial of the police, however, it is
positively known that Quinlan made
and signed a confession because If was
left where QUinlan'S signature on the
document could be seen, although the
subject matter under Itch he wrote
his name could not be ascertained.
Tonight, however, it was learned that
a confession was made covering all the
details of the murder of Pietzel with
the exception of the actual place in
which the crime was committed This
the police declare they viii have to-
morrow.
The confession was obtained from
the Quinlans only after the hardest
kind Of work and at the price of pro-
mise of immunity from punishment for
all part the Quinlans may have borne
in the murder OF PietZel or other
crimes committed by Holmes.
Mrs. Pat Quinlan knew of the dis
appearance of Mrs. Julia L. Conner
in the Holmes castle, and saw tie
body of the woman after she was
dead. She further knew and admitted
that Pearl Conner disappeared mys-
teriously in the castle, after her return
from trip to the Quinlan farm at
I4akeview, Mich. Chief BadenOch took
Mrs. Quinlan and her husband to the
castle today with Inspector Fitz-
patrick and Detectives Fitzpatrick
and Norton The object of this trip
was more for the purpose of letting
Qunlan and his wife meet than any
other The chief now has proof posi-
tive that Mrs. Conner and Pearl, her
daughter, or Cora QUinlan, were muir
dered in the building while the
mother was in Holmes employ. Quin-
Ian has given information within the
last twenty-fOur hours which brings
the charge of murder nearer to
Holmes than it has been in Chicago
at any time since the case opened.
Quinlan and his wife, while demon
strating to the police they were at
no time guilty Of the crime of murder
themselves, have made admissions by
which the chief could use them on the
stand as valuable witnesses against
Holmes in proving that Mrs. Conner
and a child were made away with by
Holmes for the purpose Of securing
insurance which Mrs. Conner carried
on her life in favor of her daughter.
Further. Quinlan and his wife have
proved to the police that Mrs. Con
ner was so well aware of the schemes
which Holmes was operating, that 1t
became necessary for Holmes to put
the woman out of the way
Mrs. ConnOr's Body.
Mrs. Corners body was disposed of
bv burial within the castle somewhere
close to the spot where Pearls sup
posed body was found. The police
have not ceased their efforts to find
the bottom of the basement and un-
cover her remains. Pat Quinlan and
his wife have admitted partially, the
woman more than the man, that a
business in receiving and dispOsInS OF
dead bodies stolen from country grave
yards was carried on IN the castle IN
der the direction of Holmes. The grave
Yards of the western portion of Michi-
gan-Grand Haven, South Haven,
Nuskegon Holland, St. Joseph, The
Raw. Lekota Ancient places with
venerable graves were despoled OF
bodies and collins. The bodies were
brought to the castle, chemically treat
ed and then disposed of to medical
colleges. The collins were made by
Ouinlsn. which Pitzel and Holmes re-
tanned and disposed of to undertakerS
at a fair profit.
we have sufficient evidence to keeI
Holmes in prison for the remainder OF
his natural days said Detective
Gever today. without charging hin
with murder Should he. by techni
calitv escape the conspiracy charge II
PHILADELPHIA, twenty counts on the
.,ther charges are ready to be served
The Toronto charge of murder IS the
strongest one against him and II he IS
taken there he will probably bF
hanged. As TO all the Chicago charges
there is only the proof that he was {
sUindler. 1 believe it will be finally
shown that he did murder Mrs. Con
ner and the two Williams girls. Min
ME Williams, 1 think, was Killed las
fan at the same time as Howard Pit
eel
New witnesses in the Holmes case
have been located. Jasper Richard
son. the expressman wanted to bach
mn the testimony of Chappell, Holmes
.sbone rigger'' is not dead as reported
ChappeII's story COrrOborated.
Richardson corroborates Chappelri
story. He has told the police all M
knows of Holmes NrdInc III ulySlefl
Gus packages and boxes, and besides
{he express company's receipts in thl
washington street Office, show JUS
now much work Holmes had done II
taa years Of 1898 and where the
.'naei,ages" he handled were de
hvered-
The new witness said that he dix
NOT know what the packages con
tanned at the time they were handled
To the police he made no reservations
bur since Chappell says this traffic
was in dead mems bones, Richardson
saws he is quite prepared to believ'
II. The number of these trips to tn
wallace street house, he adds. can
not be contained in twenty calls no
thirty.
II remember this special, patronag
very we'll" said Richardson. "Holme
sent these boxes all over the city a
times to physicians and medica
students and again to the hospital
direct a good pant of the stuff w
took 10 various depots. Re receive
q good many consignments himsel
from other points The boxe
handled were strong and tight an
there were also well headed barrel
.n numbers.
KILLED A BOY.
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