Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-08
The BODY IDENTIFIED
The Louther Sui, ;ide's Remains
Exhumed-Positively linden.
titled as B artholin.
False Teeth AID Gold Crowns
Are Found Just as De.
scribed.
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Text Of the Letter Of Confession
Another Woman in the
Case.
Special to Times Republican.

Especial to Times Republican
Lowther, Sept. S.--The body of Will
lam Bartholin, news of the finding OF
which was announced exclusively in the
Times Republican Saturday evening
has been positively identified by friends
|of Minnie Mitchell whom he killed.
The body which had been buried by the
town authorities at Riceville was taken
up yesterday afternoon in the presence
of Detective Rohan, Of the Chicago
police force, William j. Mitchell, broth
er of the murdered girl, and DR.. Coey,
the Chicago dentist who fixed Barthol-
plete and the Bartholin mystery, which
has kept the police Of the whole con-
tinent guessing for the past month is
solved. incidentally the Times Repub-
lican was the first newspaper to an
nounce the fact to the world and the
only evening paper III the United States
that had the big news Saturday.
| Riceville, Ia, Sept. 8.-The body
which was buried here Saturday morn
| ing and which was believed to be that
OF William BartholIn was exhumed
Sunday afternoon and positively identi-
fed as that Of the Chicago double
murderer.
The Identification was made by Will
lam Mitchell, brother of one of Bar
tholin's victims, and Detective Andrew
Rohan Of Chicago. who arrived here
yesterday from Chicago. DR.. A. j. Coey
of Chicago, who came here with De-
tective Rohan, cut cut the lower jaw
Of the murderer, which contained the
two gold crowned teeth which have
figured so largely In the description
sent broadcast turnout the country for
the purpose of Identification. The jaw
will be taken to Chicago by the de-
tective
Bartholin's body was found ty j. G.
Pratt, a resident of Riceville.
Mr.. Pratt was driving to Ellna and
when passing flax field saw the body
lying. against stack of flax. Thinking
it was a man ASLEEP, he paid no at
tention, but on returning found the
man still there and upon investigation
discovered he was dead with a revolver
lying by his left hard
and the body was removed to an under
taking establishment at Riceville
There J. b. Cook, editor of a Rice
vile paper. discovered that the dead
man bore a striking resemblance to the
published pictures of the Chicago MUIR
derer.
The text OF the confession left by the
suicide. as made public by DIR. 7. S..
Carpenter, coroner OF Howard county
follows:
ITO whom it may concern: want
TO state l am the Bartholin the police
are looking for. Also wish to certify
l had no assistance .,f any kind from
any one. Thompson. Claffy and Coun-
selman are all as innocent as an un-
born child and should be freed at once.
II can not go into details in regard
to the crimes. They We're not planned.
1t was all Minnie and could do My
mind Is wandering. Such q drop in life
in such short time. Two months ago
travelling in the best company. Today
living the Wife of hoboes; murderer.
Il intended to go into details and tell
all, but can not get rny mind centered.
Even my handwriting Is disgraceful.
But, above all things, ask to clear
everybody from under suspicion. There
is no second party; l am the last.
(Signed.) 'W. ]. Bartholin."
Inquiry here develops that Bartholin
came to Riceville August 6, before the
bodies of Mrs. Bart1olin and Miss
Mitchell We're discovered.
Thomas Phee, contractor doing
some work here for the Great Western
for Ia 3y,FC =, ;,,,rr
on August 5, Offering free trans porta-
ton to the place of work. Among, those
who responded was Bartholin who
hired under the name of Geo. Edwards.
He worked at the construction work
for but half day and has since been
working on threshinls machine and in
the harvest fields until last Sunday
morning, when he was last seen leaving
Riceville in the direction Of the place
where his body was found.
The meaning in the confession left by
the murderer and suicide Where he
said, II can not go into details in re-
CARDS to the crime. 1t was all Minnie
and could do" is varously construed
by the officers, some inclining to the
belief that the word Crime" meant the
murder Of Mrs. Ann Bartholin and that
the remainder of the sentence indicates
Miss Mitchell helped in the murder.
In support of this theory they ascribe
the killing of Minnie Mitchell by Bar
tholin to the hope OF shielding himself.
In light of the recent mysterious let
ter seen by Hoeft, Bartholin's employ
err, another conclusion has been each
ed: That Bartholin made Minnie
Mitchell either a tool III or an unwilling
witness Of the murder of his mother,
from whom he desired money, and that
he then killed Miss Mitchell in order to
join another woman, leaving the muir
Edered girls body where it was found
To Indicate suicide on her mart