The herald., 1895-08-29
0NE OF HOLMES PALS
Convict Allen of Arkansas
Penitentiary
THRILLING STORY OF COMpNC|IY
Engaged in Murderous Robbing
Schemes Together
DATES AND LOCALITIES TOLD
The Whole Story Reduced to Writing
and Verified.
Minnie Williams Property Deals Are Fully
Explained
investigations at Indianapolis Progressing.
DATES AND LOCALITIES TOLD
The Whole Story Reduced to Writing
and Verified.
Minnie v Villains Property Deals Are Fully
Explained
Investigations at Indianapolis Progressing
Mrs. PitzeI Furnishes Information Which
Identifies the Trunk Found Under
the Cottage Porch
Associated Press Sp ecial Wire.

Allan, alias Caldwell, the convict serv-
ing a 1O-years' sentence here for horse
stealing, has made a statement to Ward
en- Moore of H. II. Holmes and his ope-
rations. The warden believes the man
knows great deal more than he has told,
but he had the statement put ia writing,
read to Allen and verified in every par
ticular. Following is the story:
II first met Holmes. alias Pratt alias
Howard in Tennessee in the fall Of 1892.
Soon after that we went together to Hot
Springs. Ark. We remained at Hot
Springs one week, and from there went
to Texas, Holmes going to Ell Paso and |
stopping IN Talyor county. Holmes soon
Joined me at Abilene and fIom there we
went to Kansas City, thence to Hot
Springs. From there we went to Chi
cago. where l renamed seven days.
6In about three weeks thereafter
at st. Joseph, Mo. Minnie Williams ac-
companied the men to st. Joseph from
Chicago. At this meeting was the first
knowledge l had of the Fort Worth prop
erty deal.
Fort Worth was then and there decided
to me in the name of A. E. Rond, from
Minnie Williams; a notary pubic whose
name | have forgotten acknowledged the
transaction. The deal WAS made with
the understanding that it was to be u
swindling operation. 1t was my opinion
persuaded or scared into making. the
transfer of the property by Holmes.
From St. Joseph Holmes, Pitzel and
myself went to Denver. where we re-
mained one day and from there we wont
to Lsadville, where Holmes and Peitzel
had in view some swindIing operation.
but failed in it, From LeadvilIe the three
of us, with Holmes so-called wife, Mrs.
Howard, went to Fort Worth to COM
mence operations there. We arrived at
Fort Worth as entire strangers. The
HolmesPratt transactions at Fort Worth
are already famj jliar to the public.
Pitzels conduct at Fort Worth caused
Holmes to send him to Kansas City.
While in Kansas City Pitzel wrote sew
eral threatening letters to Holmes, in
which he said he would turn up all the
rascality unless Holmes sent him money.
sent by me at Holmes request. Holmes
visited Pitzel at Kansas City to get him
to sign the necessary papers to secure
loan of SIC, 900 on the Fort Worth prop
erty.
Holmes and Pat Quinlan, who had joined
us at Fort Worth short time before We
left that place, had several talks about
putting Pitzel out of the way because
Holmes had become afraid of him on ac-
count Of his drinking too much and know
ing too much. Ut was known to US all
that Pltzel carried a $4,000 life insurance
policy.)
AT our last talk on this subject three
days before leaving Fort Worth, it was
understood that Pitzel was to be killed.
I was selected to assist Holmes in doing
the Job, but in what manner 1t was to be
done it was not definitely settled, only
that Holmes remarked that he had some
hoV vuCuI6 Ca tha work
and large trunk was purchased in Fort
Worth in which to place Pitzeps body
after being killed At this point Holmes
patted me or the back, and said: Mas
cot, it's $40, 900 and trip to Long Branch
and from there to California and moro
buildings.'
"ThaJ night advised Holmes to quit
such business. au he had money enough
not to resort to murder. He replied that
he had been at such business so long that
it had become perfectly natural to him
and he could not quit it.
PitzeI was that we were to meet him in
St. Louis, and together go from there to
Chicago together where he was to be
4 1T was between Fort Worth and Deni-
son that Holmes told me that l must
have my life insured for $l0,0 900 in favor
of my little niece. Remembering the
large trunk bought for Pitzels hody
determined to part company with him,
which did at Denison. and have never
seen him since, but have received as
many as three letters from him.
1.-The last time l saw Mihnie Williams
rs at our meeting in t.Joseph. Holmes
told her that she must leave the United
States fo- period of three or four years.
If everything worked satisfactorily in
Fort Worth, she was to return and claim
her property on the ground that the title
was obtained from her fraudulently, she
establishing the proof that she was out of
the U United States at the time. India
was agreed upon as the country to which
she should 90. I went to the depot with
her while Holmes bought her ticket and
checked her baggage, but where tn did
not know.
"While at Fort Worth I read three let
ers from Minnie Williams to H dimes.
They purported to be from India, the
place have forgotten. l believe Holmes
sent Minnie Williams $500 from Fort
Worth to India. If Minnie Williams is
dead she has been put out Of the way
gard to Holmes.
1.-The building in Chicago known as
the castle was erected especially for a
death trap and during my association
with Holmes 1 was in it often and. in
fact, occupied room there. A stranger
to the city during the Worlds fair was
decoyed into that castle and murdered for
his money. He did not have as much
money as Holmes thought-only $500.
A brigh, little boy was enticed into the
castle during the fair and neld in a room
FIR five days for reward Tor his discov-
cry. No reward being offered they were
afraid to turn him out and the gas was
turned into his room at night and he was
suffocated.