The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-27

PHfLADELPmA, Pa, July 2&-LAWYer
William A. Shoemaker, who represents
II. IL. Holmes, made a suggestion to-day:
"Did 1t ever occur to yOu," he asked
an Associated Press reporter. "that tho
Minnis Williams who vas murdered by
Theodore Durant in San Francisco last
April was about the same are aS the
Minnie Williams oil this case; that she
was not known in that city, and had no
solatiVss2 Who kRoRI but that tho
Frisco Minnie might bO the missing
gtrl2 It's true that when the Williams
girl left Holmes she said nho was going
10 Europe, but there iS no positive
knowledge, even to HIN, that she did
60"
Mr.. Shosmakor was shown the story
from Chicago to the effect that Janitor
Qulnluu was Implicated in tho case al.
most as deeply as tho arch.conspiratori
that QuinlAu had kept woman Whose
frat name was Lizzie in the castle, :"
and who had a sister working in tho
restaurant in tho building, and that a
child was born and mystOriously disap'
peared, and that Qututau's vile sud
denly appearing on the scOne, the girl
Hzzfc wat hurried away and 10 now
thought to DO in Omaha, The story
said that under instruction from
Holmes. in this city Quiulan had de-
stE0yed all tho letters, papers, clothing
aud other articles which might aid the
authorities iu tracing his career, and
that q confession was expected from
Holmes involving Quinlan.
Mr.. Shoemaker declared that tho
story was entirely new to him. So Tar
as sending inItructiouS TO QuInIan Was
concerned, no said, HolmeI while in tho
city hall hero, had been permitted to
send aud receive mail.
'tTho public miud had better be dis.
abuVod OF the idea that Holmes will
make q confoSsIon." continued tho NJ.
toruey. "Ho has told all he has TO tell
and has nothing more 10 conieSl. lie
feels confident that he cannot bb con-
Yiclod OF murder. and Just rs confident
that when the times comOs Il will be
proved that the bodies found we're used
In insurance schemes only. Tbs Chi.
caVo peopls have no case at all, and
have merely been cutting u ridiculous
figure before the public.
III know nothing OF Holmes being
triod hero. The first official notice |
would get would bO an indictment, and
10 far as | know no steps in that direc'
tfnn haYB bson takuu.
District Attorney Graham also said
to-day that no decision had be0n
reached regarding the place of trial.
"Tho only diary ] know or" Mr..
Shoemaker wont on, "is on holmes
person. II lie kept by his Wiio, Mrs.
Howard, In her own handwriting, and
shsiA mistaken when she says that he
left her for two days during the time tho
journal was kept in Toronto, lie was
never away from her whole day or q
single night.
"rhere is abaolutely no truth in tho
story that Holmes ia broken down. He
iH in very good spirits aud is busy at
present settling up his business affairs
turning his real estate into caah.
"rhe securities consist oi inrm lands,
town lots aud other properties IN Vasi.
Gus parts Of tho country lle controls
tho castle" block Ia Chicago, besides
tho $4,000 property IN Fort Worth,
Texas. | cav this block last fall whom |
was down there on this case. Holmes
built this block, no having obtained the
ground by trade Of n Chicago proper
~ with Minnie Williams, who had in
herilod 1t from her father"