Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07

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| was not aVerSe to engaging in dishonest
| business if it were lucrative
Holmes had been practcing forgery, and
ne 100 ~ 80; 1iie Sailie inc,
| IN January l@''' fitezei WAS arrested IN
| lerre haute' ma Tor passing forged paper.
| 49,, 80 r,it..oI .l, -, 80 7l'-'"
- ,, H. ~, WJ la'' -. "'-'
ur5rr the nam of 8ent"n r IMAM Ha
| had with him a deed to property there
valued a $4,000, which belonged to Minnie
X NHIam5' another o. Holmes victims.
rtaI,I,a,, ,iIu ot''h ne eaL'ed ms VIE
tuehtIE Joiheh MN tlere, ana, CIV
tiiS out t!!dt Tue! INTENDED 70 bulid the
nhe,t ntHulhs IN the tom, the men sue
y yt m hpIr9"lnS Someth!ng nike $4,000
IN ''SS hedr Ai,allhS TWO car loads OF
noi SeS a. they Went anu shipping them to
81 LOUIS.
- w. ditet thtS lhcl1ent that Holmes
COZ 'SiCei the idea Defrhaving PiteZel's life
-, 49, eu' re toia '1teEei now easy 1t was
70 DEL .til ms IRA hes company with a sub
sulute hody, and Iitezel fell into the
~ w - S..."' PoifSy was secured in
~. - " :" ,ll'i-'ioh bile insurance Company
a. ~" i1tk, b1t Tor some reason or other
o.; :, va psiin tten 70 la9Se Then the Fidel
~ 'n.Si was taten out The application
80 80 ~ ~, ~ tns iehicas? agency. Ptezel
MSs ~ .ul! neal N, aud the risk was con-
! S.+ha 81 mrs. rae: hey lett Chicago to-
T;ta, - Seatch Tor body. Meanwhile
! Ct at; .''t ms WE VINO was living in
- ui'' 'ht't M ana Holmes were play
| ms a game on an insurance company. and
70, 70 MS eiaeSt daughter, Dessa. said: IF
49, 49, es.l near mat your papa is dead
| don worry: ana don't let your mother
| VII VIII De All right. and come to
| S0u H'iiie uaE' no mapter what they say
PfteEeFs Death.
| In August $50, Holrnas s,,7 p;.o.o, $780,
| a.et ga II, S,'' anu ''c-ei came
east' anu tioi1'es rented the house 1915 Cal
lo" hih streeet, ramshackle old building
Tor PlteZel to start in the patent rights
| business uader the name of p. F. Perry
In ,ha me,n-i,na I4o,,ro b,
o.,., - ,"d pi'uSht
honntai,, wilpin ne c., ca-leH ms wife. to
,Thr iae 'uee az 40 North iith street.
~, t .lout I,usISt ti1ilHes called on Pit
o'cI,cz nn Sat,,r rlte%el was seen up to 10
| That niebt be- .raS nLsnt. september l.,
| want 70 ~ 49, - a slsat uati helore n,
| him until the foilnwing ,I9 NIL Sen oI
| E,I,-ana c,,ith oio"ins al oIuay, When
| an,,ia,.od ~ a. q -. SenteI, M!o hao been
l4ui h ms o9dy lying on ITS back on the floor
blackened and blstaIed nc T., 80 ne raGe ~, Mas
and near by lay a broken bottle which had
contained benzine. b. the side of the body
vas d pipe: party tlied with tobacco. APP
occurred whla nc ~ al an eAfl3sio.l had
| pipe. The police believed the affair wa
! an accident, and no one for a moment en-
|
| ~. ~ .!iCCts lounI III tne room
! e. 80; q. go iioLh IerfS Wlie IN
| hoe, tor,, t,s Y IT, I'd tules 70 Nnlcn had
| heII a., a,+orr ne 'oi oii1l Hys-Slalls
| cfioroforno ~ RI 80. Vi
gave q vardint IF o rs - Iu'Es; ,i,e JtLs
| fumes of chInroforn, iioi'i i'iidi1iis 'ne
| About tbraa - e.or .h: o.
! Jentha n How 9. ' - o'o ott 49,
| sfter corresrondn,aa u,i.h Cano,' ~ ny
| bridge of MS citv cama boro a,d -,
| serted that the hndy We rbot of Rani,n;,
| +. Piteznl. and MAI h. nweEv,as 80 -
! collect slOGrD Insurance from the F;da1itV
| Cornnanv far u,bi.b er,l,n- '' to,i, ta
| been made ont in favor of Mrs P;tezei in
Chicago year lefoTe. Meanwhile Holmes
who had introduced Pitezel TO the insurance
! agents was induCad nv tham "a CONE : -
| PHILADELPHIA and identify the hody This
| he did positively. and so did Alice ptezeI
| the sxfeen-year-od daughter of the deaI
man. With this uneutiiyocal testimony.
| the insurance comnany maid the money
| Here the first stage Of this extraordinary
affair came to a close.
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treat Detective Work.
| The second opered some time afterward.
whom Marion q ua5sna+b tho notorious
! 49,. oA ~
tialii looper' III JAZZ at 81 LOUIS ueciareu
| that homes, write in an ADJOINING cell, mad
| tolu MIN 81 d conspiracy WIN fiteZel ana
lho"e u s"iluie fhiiaoelphia sura'ce
ooiipa"y 's 'he suost''u'ioii u pouy'
| of Ga+ao+i 49, 70 -. ,irnaI.araa ~
letters were heinz cont 70 him uI,der the
rame of Howard, and in care of a broker
| named Biackman, in Dearborn street, Chi
| caSo. Blacknan forwarded the letters TO
| tIilh:ahton, N.H Holmes birthplace, where
| his frst wife anG bis mother ana tather
| were living. a detective started from Chi
| caSo On the train bearing one OF these let
| tiers, and there wds race across the coun-
| try with the United States mail.
| The detective beat the mail to the New
Hampshire town, ard found that the post