Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-08
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More of the MANS yiiBany brought 4
Light-New witnesses Locnted.


More of the Man'a yiiHany brought to
Light-New witnesses Locnted.
Little Rock, Ark, Aug. 1.--There is
hardly doubt that the man Pratt, mem
toned in recent Topeka dispatch as
having lived there, and II. II. Holmes.
are one and the same man. Mascot"
Allen, the convict, says Holmes went by
the name of Pratt in Texas.
Allen spends most of his time berating
the newspapers. 10 an Associated Press
reporter he said, ga reporter who came
out to see me last Friday had me wrongly
reported as saying that Holmes came near
swindling o Jew at Dennison. Pratt,
that being the Texas name Of Holmes,
was afraid TO go to Dennison and left me
~ miles from there. This was early in
May, 1894, and have not him since.
"Fhis man Cole they speak about
never heard of before. The newspapers
are telling heap of lies was hoping
this thing would be kept quiet, and /
expected reward of at least $4,000 to
be offered for information clearing up the
mystery about the Williams girls, d
that l would get it. That was why
wrote to Texas to find out what there
would be in it ii told what knew. l
came right to Arkansas when left
Holmes. / was in Chicago a number of
times before that, but never stayed there
long. The papers say the Chicago people
have collected evidence showing that
both the Williams girls were killed.
These detectives think they are slick
see couple of them are on the way here
to talk to me. Let them come. They
will not get anything out Of me.
II know Pat Quinlan. He came to
Forth Worth when Pratt (Holmes) and
were there, but would not take charge of
things because of the shape they were in
Lyman (PietzeD acted badly there. He
drank great deal and became infatuated
with dashing widow. Pratt had with
him then woman whom he called
jeanette. / knew all the time that his
name was Holmes and knew that he
had five or SIX living wives. travelled a
great deal with him and we both visited
Hot Springs together.
"Holmes had the most winning way
towards women of any man l ever saw
and never mixed up with any that were
not good looking. He was also mild
hammered, courteous and affable toward
them"
There was moments pause and the
"Mascottn continued: "But I'm not going
to tell what know until the thing is
fixed to suit me-"
There is, perhaps, no manner of swind-
ling that Allen is not familiar with. Some
people believe he is now engaged in an
attempt to gain liberty by barterng his
knowledge of Holmes criminal career
knowledge that may be taken with a
grain of salt
Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 3.-Mrs. Pat
Quinlan knew of the disappearance Of
Julia Conner in Holmes castle
and saw the body of the woman after
she was dead She further knew and
has admitted that Pearl Williams dis
appeared mysteriously in the castle"
after her return from trip to the
Quinlan farm at Lakota, Mich.
Chief Badenoch took Mrs. Quin-
Ian and her husband to the "cas-
tle'' yesterday, with Inspector
Fitzpatrick and Detectives Fitzpatrick
and Norton. The object of this trip
was to let Quinlan and his wife meet.
They were closeted together alone for
an hour in the room in which the Julia
Conner carpet lies, and in which the
chair belonging to the murdered woman
stands. What took place between them
no one knows but Chief Badenoch and
his detectives. The chief says he now
has proof positive that Mrs. Conner
and Pearl, her daughter, or Cora Quin-
Ian, were murdered in the building
while the mother was in his employ.
Mr.. Quinlan has given information
within the last "a hours that 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 that 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. Connor
and child were made away with by
Holmes, for the purpose of securing in
surance which Mrs. Connor carried on
her life in favor of her daughter, or
in which Cora Quinlan's life cut an
important figure.
Further Quinlan and his wife have
proved to the police that Mrs. Conner
was so we'll aware of the schemes which
Holmes was operating that it became
necessary for Holmes to put the woman
out of the way.
Mrs. Connor's body was disposed
Of by burial within the castle" some
where close to the spot where Pearl s
supposed body was found. The police
have not ceased their efforts to find the
bottom of the basement and uncover
her remains. The digging, which was
suspended yesterday will continue to-
day and during the coming week.
Pat Quinlan and his wife have adj
mitted partially, the woman more than
the man, that business in receiving
and disposing of dead bodies stolen
from country graveyards was carried
on in the "castlen under the direction
of Holmes. They were disposed of to
medical colleges,
I'VE have sufficient evidence to keep
Holmes in prison for the remainder of
his natural days" said Detective
Geyer, without charging him with
murder. Should he, by technically,
escape the conspiracy charge in
Philadelphia, 20 warrants on other
charges are ready TO be served on him.
The Toronto charge of murder is the
strongest one against him, and if he
is taken there he will probably be
hanged. As to all the Chicago
charges, there is only the proof that
he was swindler. l believe it will
be finally shown that he did murder
Mrs. Conner and the Williams girls. :"
New witnesses in the Holmes case
have been located. jasper Richardson,
the expressman wanted to back up the
testimony of M. G. Chappelle, Holmes
bone rigger. is not dead as reported.
Richardson corroborates Chappelle's
story. He has told the police all he
knows of Holmes traffic in mysterious
packages and boxes, and besides the
express company's receipts in tho
Washington street office show Just how