The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-24
HOLM CASE AGAIN.
some startling Discoveries P,ovIuy u,s
lmnOGence Said 10 Have Been NInsie


some startling Discoveries Proving Iii,
innocence Said to Have Been Made
a special from Indianapolis saws
Interest in the celebrated case of n
II. Holmes has been revived here b,
the employment of II. II. Bullock II
the case. The discoveries which hi
processes to have made, if true, will show
that Holmes is by no means as black
as he is painted. Mr.. Bullock claims
that he has tracted Holmes through
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and
other cities and will be able to show all
the facts in connection with the case a,
chicago and with the mysterious
Hatch, who is said to have figured
with Holmes in various murders. The
evidence thus collected. says Mr.. Bul.
lock, will demonstrate beyond Il doubt
that Holmes was not present at the
times and places where the murders fur
which he is about to suffer were com
mitted. He says the revelations will
be In the nature Of Il sensation, for
they will show that the and
not Holmes have "killed" the victims
attributed to him. a-..
British Schemins in Nicaragua.
1t is reported that Chief Clarence,
the deposed ruler of the Mosquito In
dams has been invited to return to his
charges in the Mosquito district, Nj
caraugua. 1t will be remembered that
It was the deposition of this chief by
the Nicaraguan government, that gave
Great Britain occasion to demand $40,
OOO indemnity. Since that time Chief
Clarence, it is said has been enjoying
a pension from the British government
and ii he is now about to return to his
former %chieftancy, with the consent
OF Nicaragua, we may be sure the
fine diplomatic hand of the British
government is in it.
An Entire Family Poisoned.
Poison was put in the coffee at the
home of Mrs. Mary McGregor at AL
toona, Pa, Wednesday. Her son,
William, drank the liquid and expired
in a short time. Mrs. McGregor. aged
20, Carrie Sill, a six-year-old girl, and
Mrs. Martha Johnson,a friend of the
family, were also dangerously poisoned
and the little girl may not recover.
Minnie Swanger, aged II, a grand
daughter of Mrs. McGregor, is accused
Of putting the poison in the coffee.
She has not been arrested. On Mon
day, it is said, she went to a drug
store and purchased rat poison.
Miss Mary E. Hill, a retired school
teacher of supposed ample means,
known as a poetess whose verse ap-
peared in New York newspapers and
magazines, was found dead IN her cot
tage at Mamaroneck Tuesday under
circumstances indicating hat she
was strangled to death by a robber.
Her arms were tied with a stocking.
her chamber was in IA confusion, as if
she had been dragged out of bed strug
CLING for life. There were bruises on
her throat, arms and body, and her
drawers ramsacked for money which
the lonely woman was supposed to keep
there. The latest theory is that she
starved herself TO death, as she had not
bought any food since Christmas.
4. veritable school of crime, in which
Charles Warner was giving lessons in
thieving TO 20 men and boys, was raid
ed by the Chicago police last Saturday.
A detective attended the school for a
week and learned all about Warmers
methods. Pupils were taught especial
ly pocket picking, and shop-lifting,
did NolhCl lbuoO q Sobt' ii'AhS it'hh
the percentage which he demanded of
all their thefts.
There was a fatal shooting accident
in G%offstown, n. H., Monday morn
ing. when Geo. H. Dow was instantly
killed by his brother, Samuel b. Dow,
while the latter was shooting at target.
Bill Doolin, who was captured by
States Marshal Dix at Eureka
Springs. Ark, last Wednesday, is the
last of the old time outlaws in that
and the most noted desperate
since the days of the James gang. he
killed three of the marshal's deputies
and is known to have killed six other
men. He has robbed 20 trains and 10
banks and has stolen many horses.
A reward of s., 900 had been offered
for his capture.
The bank of IN at Grand
Island, Neb.. was Monday turned over
20 the state banking board and a re-
luest sent for an examiner to take
,harge. The bank is one of the largest
lnder state control in Nebraska, being
capitalized. it is understood, for
800. 600. Senator vest OF Missouri is
Interested in it and his son one Of the
officers.
One person was killed and four
'ataliy injured by an explosion OF nat
,ral gas at Muncie, Ind, T%usesday
light. The damages mounted to
nearly 800, 600.