The Dickinson press., 1895-08-31
BONES ARE FOUND
CONCLUSIVE PROOF THAT HOLMES
IS A MURDERER,
The Charrea Remains of Little How
ard P1et1al, for Whom Detectives
Have Long Been Searching,
Are Found In q House
In Indianapolis
HOLMES SURELY HIS SLAYER.
1t Ii. Known That Holmes Occupied
the House for . Few Days and
That the Boy Then Disappeared.

indianapolis, Aug. 29.-Indianapolis
will claim the right to try Ill. H.
Holmes for murder. This claim will
be based upon the horrible develop
ments Of today, which include the
finding Of the charred remains Of nine
year-old Howard Pietzel, and evidence
which before any jury In the country
would convict Holmes of having mur-
dered him and then partially burned
his body in a stove.
Detectives Geyer of Philadelphia,
Richards of Indianapolis and Inspect
or Gary, of the Fidelity Insurance
company, have been at work for
weeks hunting for traces Of the boys
body. He was traced here with
Holmes and disappeared. The city
was secured and work began in the
suburbs hunting the house rented fly
Holmes on Get. 10, IL or II Of last
year. This morning the detectives
went to 1rvfngton, a suburb of the
city and the seat Of Butler college,
and before they had been at work an
hour their attention was called by a
local real estate dealer to small va
cant cottage In the woods at the edge
OF town and far removed from any
other building. In n few minutes af-
ter the officers had entered this cot
tage they found beneath the side
porch the missing trunk which was
taken from the side door of the Circle
house in this city Oct. 10 by H. II.
Holmes and which was thought to
have contained the body of the boy.
Great excitement followed and hum
dreds flocked to the scene as soon as
the discovery leaked out. The house
was guarded and work began search
Ing for additional evidence. Develop
ments followed and the chain of evil
dence Is dalnning.
In barn connected with the house
was a large stove of the same pattern
as Holmes bought in Cincinnati. He
rented the house under the same alias,
The stove had been moved from the
house to the stable by the owner 81
the house after Holmes left. Seirch
Tor the remains began, for it was con-
cluded that the body had been burned
In the stove.
Later DR.. j. +. Bannhill's attention
was called by small boy named
Walter Jenny to the stove hole where
the stove had been. 1t was filed
with refuse. This was pulled out and
the remains of the boy were found.
Physicians and dentists were there
and In this pile of refuse hundreds Of
pieces of charred bones were found.
The teeth showed that the body was
that of boy between eight and ten
years of age, and all the other bones
confirmed this. All were charred,
and pieces of flesh clung to some of
them. The skull bones and pelvis
added to the same convincing truth.
The body had evidently been burned
In n cob fire and in the huge stove
found in the barn. Howard's over
coat was found at grocery store
near by where Holmes had left it,
saying the boy would call for it.
Owners Of the house recognize Holmes
from pictures, and several neighbors
distinctly remember his face. All
identify him as the man who last Oc.
tober rented the house with the same
story he told in Toronto and other
places; came with the boy and the
big stove, wash stand and bed,
stayed two days and then disap-
peared. Several persons identified
him and all doubt is removed. Other
developments are expected tomorrow,
and with this evidence indianapolis
will demand Holmes for trial.