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

Win MIN at the 18th street boarding house
on the day of the murder. and told how he
had left the house that morning, returning
about five hours later, flushed and excited,
and taking train for Indianapolis with her
that night.
This is the story of the murder of Ben
1amin f. Pitezel, but with 1t is interviewer
the schemes and acts which brought about
Inc killing Of at least eight other victims.
These were Alice and Nellie Pitezel, the
Etne daughters of Benjamin, who We're as
phyXiated in trunk in Toronto, Canada;
Howard Pitezel, the young son. killed in
Indianapolis Holmes cutting up and burn
divorced wife of l. l.. Conner, and a book
keeper for Holmes; Pearl Conner, her
daughter; Emeline G. Cigrand of Ander-
son. Ind, stenoGrapher for Holmes; Minnie
r. Williams of Fort Worth, Tex his pri-
vate secretary, and Ma Williams, her sis
ter.
Murder of the Children.
The murder Of these persons has been
liked upon him almost certainly, but there
are at least dozen other cases which have
been laid at his door.
The murder of the P:tezel children was
probably Holmes next crime after that of
the father. When Holmes was called from
ST. Louis by the insurance company to iden-
tify Pitezers body in this city he prevailed
upon Mrs. Pitezel to allow the child Alice
to go with him.
Hitei tIe departure OF homes and Alice
for Philadelphia, the next time Mrs Pitezel
saw him was September ~. He said he had
lett Alice in Cincinnati in the care of his
cousin, Minnie Williams. Then he in
uuceo her TO let him take Nellie and How
ara there, so that Alice should not be lone
~ she never again saw her childen alive
Some time afterward he took her to Detroit
under the pretense that she was to meet
ner husband there. From that time TO The
DAY OF his arrest he kept her moving from
Place 70 place throughout the country on
some pretense or other. During these
travels Holmes carried with him three
separate detachments-Mrs PiteZel. Miss
Yoke and the children-all within four
docks OF each other in all the different
cites almost travelling together, under
liolmeS leading strings, and vet each de-
tachment ignorant of the presence Of the
other two. Eventually he rid himself of the
lncumbrances by numbering the girls in
ioiohto and the boy in Indianapolis.
The Castle Murder.
me scene of Holmes other known muir
derous operations was the notorious Gas
tle' In Chicago, the building erected by
Elm on the border of the worlds fair
sfCu'ius. Inc pace was fitted up with pad
ded rooms, secret chambers, vaults and
quickLme vats, and this part of the story
smachs Of the romances of medieval times.
Here, ii is thought, sudden and violent
deaths came TO the Williams girls. Emily
C.Srand, Mrs. Julia Conner and her e;pbt
year-ol3 daughter, Perl
Ainhle Williams, when child, inherited
$4,000 from an uncle. When she became of
age she went on the stage In 1882 she
ii'et HclTleS in Chicago, and became his
sIenographer. living with him as his wife,
IN 1913 she invited her sister, Mana then a
IN ba0It tedcHer IN Texas, to visit her at
me castle She did So Soon afterward
both girls disappeared forever. 1t is he
ntFed that Holmes killed them to get The
sto,u,o Inc Chicago police found several
| q n r1a
,hes mink, are all that remain of the han
less Williams sisters F
The murder OF Emily Cigrand comes next
"a interest. She came from Lafayette, Ind
| she was blonde. and the prettinst of
tonnes victims. When nineteen wears aid
SLe was employed as stenographer by DIR
heeiF, the gcld-cure man. Pitezal met her
he ,'Tr, ~. ne vas IN the institution, and when
NJ got out NJ told Holmes. Holmes wrote
10 the girl, offering larger salary than she
was then getting, and she can to the C,s
tle. While in his employ she became en-
gagged TO be married to Robert f PhaIns
a very rich man. much older than hersn;f,
cut one day she vanished, and nothing
has since been heard of her 1t is believed
.nat tonnes forced her to maintain Illicit
relations with him. and that, fnding that
she was learning too much of his affairs, he
killed her. " -'e
The alleged murder of Mrs Julia Com
her and her daughter. Pearl Conner aged
! eight years. should be narrated NEXT The
C"nners Went from Davenport Iowa. Ia
| chicago. about 1880. Holmes was then run
| ming drug and jewelry store at the corner
! or Wallace and SD streets. Conner got q
JOB working in the jewe,ry department az
| Holmes store. Holmes saw his wife who
| was very pretty woman. and offered 10
| give her a place bookkeeper She ac-
| cepted 1T. Holmes made love to her hui
Conner didn't suspect anything
The affair went on for some time and
Conner heard of it indirectly through
| Holmes himself. Conner consulted his
! friends and separated from his wife, leay-
! ing her with Holmes. She kept the child
Mrs. conner was woman of brains and
! Just the kind that Holmes would pick ont
| 70 help him along in his schemes She was
\ last seen alive, still in Holmes employ
about September. 1892. Then she d sap
| peared like the rest of them Her murder
| If she was murdered. Is supposed to have
| been one of the first that Holmes commit
| ted. He wrote several letters about her
| to Mrs. Smythe, who was friend of Mrs
| Conner, which. 1t is alleged, We're intended
| tc divert suspicion from him on account of
| her sudden disappearance. The police be-
| lieve they uneartkei Mrs. Conner's body
| in their search of the Castle. and that the
| Zones of the child they found were all that
| We're left of the little daugher
| Emily Van Tasse!l was the name of a girl
| who. like the others. suddenly disappeared
| haps she, too, fell a victim to his lust for
| blood.
| WOMAN'S PROGRESS IN RUSSIA.