Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-15
BARTHOLlN MURDER
toOntInusd trOm Flrst Pase.l

nave eohni1eVu all Dut 4 must CONFESS tnat
It Is all a lie"
Inspector Hunt, WHO has been Iaboring
with Thompson for days, thought for a
moment that the solution Of the. mystery
was pouring from Thompson's lips, but
the next moment he realized that Thomp-
son was endeavoring to pefpetrate a Joke.
In making the bogus confession Thomp-
son said:
Yes, Bartholin made me go to the laun-
dry barn and get the wagon that wednss-
day night. He made me bring It to the
house at 1910 Calumot avenue and back It
up to the curb. Thhh EBartholin came out
Of the house carrying q mysterious bundle.
He put 1t An the .Haeen. Then we drove
to the Engl6yood prairie5and hid the bundle
in the weeds. You hAfetbeen telling me to
tell you that and admit It is the truth.
You have told me the same stories day
after day and have pressed me to confess
! that they are true. I will tell you that all
these things happened but, inspector Hunt,
I will also state to you that every word 1
have spoken Is false. Everything / have
told you is a deliberate falsehood." .
The bogus confession came just at the
very moment when a confession was ex-
pected and Inspector Hunt was greatly dis
appointed. After Thompson was returned
to his cell Inspector Hunt said:
II believe that strange confession Is
Thompson's last card, and that he will tell
a terrible story before long"
Another Link in the Chain.
What the police believe to be another
strong link In the chain of evidence being
forged around the mem under suspicion
was developed tonight when Police Lieu
tenant Backus under Instructions from In
spector Hunt, took the horse and laundry
wagon which Il is thought may have been
used to convey the body Of Minnie Mitchell
to the spot whers n HSe found and went
over the same ground again
Two police oficers who were awa Of
the locality where The Adly Was found were
put In charge Of the wagon. After pro-
ceeding ieisureiy 70 stxtyAeighth and State
streets the horse was turned into state
street and given his head. Slowly he
nmhled along to within use feet Of the spot
where Minnie Mitchsl's body was found.
There he stopped and nibbled a bunch Of
grass growing along the side OF the road.
Then, turning a half-circle, he crossed the
road and stopped at q point directly In
front Of where the police a found a pair
Of bloody GUNS on the prairie a few feet
from the road. which are believed to have
belonged to Bartholin.
At this point the driver t~urnedsthe horse
about and no crossed Seventy-fourth street
and stopped at q point where Minnie
Mitcheil's shoe had been previously picked
up. From this point the horse leisurely
took his way south until within q few feet
Of ssvsrty-nfth street, where he turned
abruptly aud retraced his steps, stopping
about twenty feet north Of s~eventy-fourth
street and about $50 feet north Of where the
body was found.
A second test was made BY Lieutenant
Backus. and upon this occasion the horse
stopped directly. ip front Of the spot where
the body was found.
Witnesses have been produced who viii
testify that oscar Thompson, John Clany
and a third man, supposed to have been
young Bartholin, we're 10 the street with
this horse and wagon at daylight the morn
ing before the disappearance OF Minnie
Mitchell. and the police are now OF the
opinion that the horse and wagon are te
play as important a part In the UnrayeiinE
OF this mystery as aid the old white horse
in the celebrated cronin case.
stery OF wenan AZ mack.
Inspector Hunt Of the HYDE Park police
station today began Systematically to weave
the net Of evidence In the mysterious muir
~ - ~ aAAaNH H. AAU MN.M
Minnie Mitchell faboot Oscar. Thompson,
who for over twenty years vac q roomer Of
Mrs. Bartholin at the Calumet avenue
death house.
The identity 81 the mysterious woman In
black, who last night told the inspector
she had seen william Bartholin. Oscar
Thompson and 'old Dad" clany wrangling
over Thompson's laundry wagon early on
the morning Of the Mitchell girls supposed
murder. was cleared up.
She Is Mrs. Mary TaiIerday. To-day she
positively Identified -Thomps0n's wagon ana
horse a. those she had seen With the man.
An attempt TO wiring. = confession from
Thompson By putting him in Abe Sweat
box Il Is expected viii result In q state
ment thar this horse and wagon we're used
70 convey the body Of Minnie Mitchell to the
lonely held At seyenty-fourth and State
streets.
For several hours this morning Inspector
Hunt tried every DEVICE knoSn to him to
induce the prisoner TO throw some light on
the mystery. All night a "stool pigeon"
had been In Thompson's cell. but nothing
was learned. The prisoner paced his cell
sleepiessly In q nervous frenzy. In answer
% the inspectors queries today h said that
he had no recollection Of What be did the
supposed night Of the Mltchen murder.
He hemembered having eaten hls supper
and that the next morning be fed the dos.
The Interval. however, had been q blank.
Thompson said that EdwandA. one Of Mrs.
Bartholin's roomers. was q doctor ana might
have "doped" himE The prisoner viii be
put throughrthe awessinEgprocePg asain.
Confirmation Of ne story told b. Mrs.
Tallerday came when d. a NeSerssh motor
man Of a Wallace and Center avenue elec-
trio car. told the police that be had seen the
death. Mr.. Meyers id@ntiaed thu horas ana
wagon as Thcmpsoh's. This The police say
satisfied them that AinniS Mitchell was
murdered In the Barlholln mass and eartod
lar out On elala mr.