The San Francisco call., 1895-07-31
TIGHTENING THE MOOSE,
Holmes Accomplice Found in
the Penitentiary at
Little Rock.
Convict Hatch VIII Give Information
of Seven Murders to Secure
Pardon.

CHICAGO, ILL, July 30.-There is now
little doubt that the Chicago police will
convict II. Fl. Holmes, alias Mudgett, alias
Pratt, alias Gordon, now in the Philadel-
phia jail, of the murder of at least seven
persons. They know the name of man
who can hang Holmes by giving his testi-
mony, and that man is in their power.
His name is Hatch, alias Bond, alias Mas
of ten years in the penitentiary at Little
Rock, Ark, for horse>stealing.
He is as close to Holmes in all his muir
der plots as Janitor Quinlan, and is ready
to tell all he knows. This includes the
pointing out of the resting place of the
bodies of the Williams sisters, whom he
himself assisted in secreting after they
were murdered. He will tell how they
were murdered and exactly how all their
bodies were handled. He will also give
full and explicit information concerning
the murder of Pietzel and his two chill
dren, and of Mrs. Julia Conner and her
daughter.
In short this man is the only living per-
son, aside from Quinlan, who can tell the
story of the murders in the charnel-house
at Sixty-third and Wallace streets. Aside
from Quinlan he is the only man who can
tell of Holmes crimes in way that will
bring forth evidence Of Holmes guilt.
The mention OF his name by the police to-
day made Quinlan turn pale and refuse to
talk further, and a confession from Quin-
Ian Is almost assured, but will come too
late, as Hatch is to be the States witness.
1t has been arranged to request his pardon
from the Governor of Arkansas if he will
give his testimony, with the understand
ing that he will not be prosecuted in Illi-
nois for completely in Holmes frauds and
crimes.
1t is suspected that Attorney William
Capps of Fort Worth gave the police of
Chicago valuable information concerning
Hatch. In fact, it is definitely understood
that Hatch was discovered in the Little
Rock penitentiary by Attorney Capps,
who is in Chicago for the purpose of prov
ing up the fraudulent transactions of
Holmes with regard to the property of the
Williams girls. He declared to-day that
the Williams girls were both dead, and
that he could offer sufficient proof to
civil court to secure setting aside of the
title of their property (now in the name of
L ACeICA 40 O' IL 0y man oO bLde tAIC ACl1S
of the two girls could secure the property.
But he refused absolutely to say what his
evidence of the murder was.
Hatch has assured the Little Rock Off
cials that he knows the Williams girls
were murdered by Holmes; that he knows
where their bodies were concealed, and
also that he could show that Pietzel and
his two children, as well as Mrs. Conner
and her daughter, were killed by Holmes.
He said he knew where the bodies were
located.
The police are in full possession of in
formation showing that Hatch, alias
Allen, has been longer and better ac-
quainted with Holmes than QuinIan. He
placed his liberty in jeopardy for Holmes
in 1893, when he accompanied Holmes to
Fort Worth in the transaction whereby
the property of the Williams girls passed
into the hands of Pietzel. He is the no.
torious Hatch whom Holmes has been
talking about as having taken the Pietzel
children away from Chicago, and Holmes
has always said he could not tell where
Hatch was; that Hatch had disappeared
and that he (Holmes) had lost track of
him entirely. Undoubtedly, Holmes
knew all along that Hatch was in the Ar
kansas penitentiary, but as Hatch could
be made witness against him Holmes
did not care to tell where Hatch was and
M fho1 l.