Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-22
Bartholin Called Yesterday.

The leading tip today on the missing Will
liam Bartholin came from a butcher. in
South Chicago, who said the man had en-
tered his shop this morning and had asked
for matches.
Doubtful identity will be the burden o.
the defense of Oscar Thompson, John Olaf.
fey and Edward Counselman, who were held
yesterday to answer for the supposed
Mitchell crime. The first two already stood
as principal and accessory in the murder Oh
Mrs. Bartholin. AS yet nothing definite has
been heard Of the whereabouts Of William
J. Bartholin. Much doubt exists, however
as to whether Miss Mitchell is dead.
The early testimony today pertained
largely to the finding Of the body of Mrs.
Bartholin by newspaper men. Reporters
who searched the basement Of the Calumet
avenue house told again the story Of dig
glng up the body, Of calling in DR.. Noel to
establish its identity and Of the later iden-
tihcation by an acquaintance of Mrs.
Bartholin. some interest was aroused
when the inquest was temporarily sus-
pended in order that the Mitchell family
might produce a witness. The police did
not know who the witness would be.
A new clue to the possible solution OF
the Minnie Mitchell case was found today,
when 1t was learned that a man resemblins
Counselman had called upon DR.. J. L. VIII
gus on august IL, with a young woman
supposed to be Minnie Mitchell. DR.. VIII
gus said the maj wanted him to take the
young woman as a patient. but he refused
This story, together with that told yester-
day that the girl was in a North Side hos.
pital, lends further color to the theory
that the girl may be alive.
Another Body Found.
This morning the body of a girl was
found upon the beach in Rogers park, the
northern limits Of the city. II was at frs
supposed to be that Of Minnie Mitchell
but the description does not tally with
that OF the Mitchell girl.
The body may be that of Nellie Hughes
who disappeared a week or ten days age
from the deck Of City Of Grand Rapids
near Waukegan. The police are investi.
eating.
The new witness discovered by Roberi
Mitchell is Mrs. j. Brown, a friend OF Mrs
Bartholin. Her daughter, Lottie Brown
was intimate with Minnie Mitchell.
During the morning Milton L. r. Ed.
wards, a former roomer OF Mrs. Bartholin
went on the stand and told Of his fearl
after Mrs. Bartholin had disappeared, O
how Oscar Thompson came into his room
one night In q suspicious manner and o.
his own subsequent departure through feaI
OF being murdered had gone to Omaha
Lieutenant Backus told OF an interview
with Oscar Thompson, In which the latter
had told him that William Bartholin hat
sent word to Thompson that his mother
had gone to Milwaukee.
Testimony in the afternoon was largel,
routine and a repetition of stories told tc
the police in the past fortnight. Mrs
Brown testified that Bartholin had fire.
quently quarreled with his mother and
struck her. She said Mrs. Bartholin hac
a considerable amount OF money just be.
fore she disappeared. Later in the day
the coroner's jury returned a verdict thAi
Mrs. Bartholin came to her death on JULY
8 from strangulation and recommended thai
Oscar Thompson (who is already held al
principal in the murder) and Edward Coun.
selman be held to the grand jury until dis.
charged by due process Of law. The jur,
further recommended releasing John Olaf.
fey I'm this case and that William Barthollr
be apprehended.