Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-08

One Of these letters Bartholin accidentally
dropped from his pocket and Charles Hoeft,
the farmer for whom Bartholin was working,
read a few lines of 1t. Bartholin, however,
took the letter from him after he had read
the first few lines. Hoeft states that the
letter was addressed to George Edwards"
the name by which Bartholin was known
here, but that the letter began my Dear
est WILL As he remembered it, the letter
read:
my Dearest WIN: Lay low and get along
rs best you can" Then came a reference to
some money matters not yet settled In Chi
cago, for which the receiver Of the letter
had evidently been looking. Continuing, 1t
said: Keep a stiff upper lip and I'll be
able to help you as soon"
Hoeft had read no more when Bartholin
appeared and seized the letter. This was
about August %, and the following day Bar
tholin left the Hoeft farm.
IN impression had gained ground here
that an immense reward had been offered
for the body OF Bartholin. dead or alive.
Some placed the figure at 81, 500. When the
coroner's jury yesterday returned u verdict
that the suicide was Bartholln q frantic
effort was made to secure the reward. These
endeavors prompted efforts to conceal the
facts of the suicides identity. Coroner Car
penter lives twenty miles from here and
the notes found on Bartholin's body were
taken to his home. Today detectives and a
number OF newspaper men arrived from Chi
cago with the brother Of Minnie Mitchell
to confirm the Identification Of the body. 1t
had been presumed that Bartholin might
have killed a man and deposited notes on
his person in order to end the search for
htr..alR NTH 4hn i1pragaIoo that ha nod
committed suicide But Lieutenant Of De-
%tectives Andrew Rohan, DR.. COey and Will
liam Mitchell are convinced that the body
is Bartholin's.
After the removal of the suicides jaw
for purposes of identification by DR.. Coey,
the remains, blackened by decomposition,
were reinterred.
Bartholin's remains now rest in a pauper's
grave. The revolver with which he com.
mitted suicide is a 32-calibre pistol, known
to have been in his possession in Chicago,
and said to be the same weapon with which
he killed his mother and sweetheart.
Certain IL Is BarthOIin.
CHICAGO, Sept. Z.-Chief Of Police
o'Neil says there is no doubt as to identi-
1cation of the body found in a field in
Iowa as that of William Bartholin. Coey,
the dentist who filled Bartholln's teeth,
was taken to lows last night with De-
tective Rohan and has fully identified his
work on the teeth. Letters from Minnie
Mitchell were found in the coat pocket Of
the suicide.
The following kilograms have just been
received at police headquarters;
RICEVILLE, Ia, Sept. Z-Francis O'Neil.
Superintendent OF Police. Chicago: Coro-
ner lives twenty miles from here; body
buried here Yesterday, Coroner on his wlV
here. VIII have body eXhumed this after
noon. Letters supposed to be written by
found on body OF the dead man. DR. An
drew Coey is here with me and will ex-
Csigned) ANDREW RoHAN.
Lieutenant of Detectives.
ROCKVILLE, Ia, Sept. 7.-Francis o,Neil,
Superintendent Of Police. Chicago: Have
animation, found the upper teeth false and
lower right teeth crowned as description,
also the corns on left little toe. No doubt
as to the Identification. Will leave here
tonight.
(Signed ANDREW ROHAN,
Lieutenant OF Detectives.
Other Suspects VIII he Held.
THE charges preferred by the police
against Claffy, Thompson and Counselman
will be heard by the next grand Jury,
which conyenes one week from Tuesday"
said an attache Of the states attorneys
once tonight. "The confession OF Bar
tholin is not a ukase guaranteed to free
everybody. The fact that Bartholin killed
three people, including himself, will add
no great news to this piece OF written
testimony he left behind. There may be
many strong evidences involving these
three men. The evidence must be heard,
wherefore the accused must remain in
Jail In default Of bail. unless released on
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