Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-07

Pltzel ana Howe TO awindlu n Phlla.
| delphia Insurance company by the
substitution OF = body. Holmes wss
captured after a long chase py the de-
tectlves.
From the moment OF his arrest,
Holmes has been telliGg Stories
ingeniously conflicting. Fret he de.
clated that the body found was not
that OF PItEol, but subtli.
tule, and that Pilzsl was In
south America. Ho then toitacted
this statement and avsTod that the body
was Pilzrps and that no had committed
suicide while respondent, aud that ho
| (HOlmee) In order to secure the insur.
anco money, had given II as u case Of
accident.
Holmes was placed on trial In this
city for Pitzel's murder on Monday,
October gSth last. The trial ended on
Saturday night In verdict VI guilty
Of murder In the frst degree. The Jury
was cut two hours and half cor tho
Eako Of Appearances" rney had agreed
upOn Their verdict Ia ono minutes
time. The trial was one OF the most son.
sailonal known In this or IN ans other
city.
This is the story OF the murder Of
Benz. l.. PnzSl, but with II was inter.
woven the schemes AMI acts which
brought about the hiIliug Of ut least
eight other victims. Thee we're Alice
and Nellie PilEel, the little daughteta
VI Benjamin, VINO were asrhyxiated In
a trunk Ia Toronto, CanAda; Howard
Pltzrl, tho young son, killed IN Indian.
apOlif, Holmes cutting up anu burn
Ing the RENAME 10 stove; Julia l..
Conner, divorced wife OF A. l.. Con.
ner AMI bgokkeeper for Holmet;
Pearl Conner, her daughtuT Emlline
q. Cigtande OF Anderson, Indiana,
htenogfaphet for Holms.; Minnie X.
Williams Of Fort MoTtn, Texas, his
private secretary, and Mana William,
her sister.
The murder Of thc'o persons has
been fixed upon him slm1st certainly
but there arc at leAft dozen other
cases which have been laiu at bis
| door.
Holmes wAs born at Gilmanton, n.
H., thifiy-oight years ago, His par.
cuts wUrB among the mott respected
bufsono In their part of the state. HIS
father had been postmaster Tor more
than twenty.i0ur year,. Holmes hal
two married sisterl, living In BoBt1n,
and one brother.
Holmus was drst married 10 Mics
CLARA A. Lowering Of L9niou, n. A.,
In 1875, He afterwards studied mudi-
cine aud lived with hia vile but little.
Later he married Mis- Myrtle u.
BuIknap Of Williamelte, q suburb ~
Chicago. His third wife was Miss
GooTgiana Yoke OF Franklin, lndlAnn,
whom he married In Denver.
To, facilitate hiA business Of murder,
Holmes built his celebrated "CAstluD
In Chicago, three story building,
ostensibly for stores and living apart
mentH. IL was fitted up with padded
rooms, secret chGmbers, vaults and
quioklime watts, aud n part OF tho story
smAcks OF the romAnces Of medieval
times. Here II II thought sudden and
violent deaths came 10 the Williams
girls, Emily Cigandc, Mrs. Julia Con.
ner anu her eighi-year.olt daughter
PoArl.
Minnie willlrms, when a child, IN.
hsritOd $4,000 from an uncle. Whom
she became Of age the went ON the
stage. In 1892 she met Holmes In
Chicago anu became his stenOgupher,
! living with him Ha his wiig. In
1898 fhe invited her sister Nina,
tutn school teacher In TeKae,
10 visit her at the castle. She did no.
Soon Afterwards 10th girls difapprnted
forever. IL 10 believed that Holmes
allied them 20 got the $4,000. The
Chicago police iound several skeletons
In Ihe castle, and two Of them they
think ATe all that Tomaina OF tbs hap
Ices Williams sisters.
Holmes making a trade Of murder,
employed private Articulation, aud
had his victims mounted, And then
sold for cash.
Emily Cigraude was another em.
ploysd ~ Htenogfapher by Holmes
who suddenly disappeared. Mrs, JudA
Conner was the wife OF a lsweleT who
worked tor Holmes. Through Hoimus'B
attention TO the wife the two were
separated and afterwards both the
woman and her little daughter disap.
peaTed.
Recently Holmes evolved so.called
cohesion, detailing with horrible calm
ness how he had extorminAied twenty.
sovsn fellow creatures, and coldly soi.
ting forth tho varied aud bloody tor
lures he employed.
hut the man was IN atr0ciOus lar,
anu several Of those with whose muir.
der he charged himself have since dc.
MED his story with thsir own lips.
However, II ia certain that the dis
tincIipn no 30 obviously coveted OF
being the greatest monster OF modern
times was fairly earned by the crimes
that have been proven.
ms LAST SPEECH,
Holiness speech on tho scafiold vas
as follows
"Gcntlemen, have very few words
to say, In fact, would make no re-
marks al this time, except shat by not
speaking l would appear TO acquiesoe
IN my execution. / only wish to say
that the eAtout OF my wrong doing la
taking human life, consisted In the
death OF two women, they having died
at my hands rs a result OF n criminal
operation. / wish 10 state here ~
there eau DO no chance OF a misun-
derstanding, that l am not guilty OF
taking the lives VI any OF the PIiZ,l
family-thTee children aud Benjamin,
the iRthoI-Of whore death | was con.
viotod, anu for which | am 10 be
hanged. That 10 all nave ~ say"
40 FIGHT FOR CUDA.
An Expedition consisting Of Members
of the National Guard,
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