Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-12
Where Murdered Mother Was
Eound, Bartholin Was
Seen.
eHICACO'S STRANGE MURDERS.
The Same Evening Rartholin and Min
ME Mitchell Left Her home-9revi'
ously He Was Seen Near Spot
Where Girls Body Was Found.

Chicago. Aug. 12.-An important
development in the Bartholin-h4tchell
murder mystery was made yesterday,
when it was discovered that Bartholia
hsd been surprised, July 80, while
standing at the cellar grave. OF his
| murdered mother, by a real estate
agent
Peter Van Vlissingen, who holds
mortgage on Mrs. Bartholin's home,
and who sent his agent to the Calu-
met property to appraise it the after
noon of July 80, furnished the police
with the information about Bartholin
working on the grave of his mother.
The agent called and rang the front
door bell repeatedly. No one an
swered, and he went to the rear Of
the house and looked through base
ment window. There he saw man
standing in one corner, looking at the
foor, apparently absorbed in thought
| Suddenly the maA in the basement
| looked Up and saw the agent Peerins
in. 4 moment later Bartholin came
| tS the rear door and asked the agent
what he wanted. The latter replied
| that he wanted to see Mrs. Bartholin.
Said His Mother Was In Milwaukee.
Bartholin told the agent his mother
| was in Milwaukee, and she would not
,eturn for several days. Shortly after
| mis- conversation he was seen to
isave the house, and the same even
iIg he called at Minnie Mitchell's
home. The couple left together and
the girl did not return.
Inspector Hunt, when shown the
Toledo interview with E. o. Hunter,
said that Oscar Thompson, former
ledger in the house, and who is now
under arrest, denied hiving told Hun
ter that William had left the city to
be married.
The inspector further stated that
Hunter will be brought to this city,
| together with Milton l.. r. Edwards,
| another roomer in the Bartholin
fouse, who is now in Denver,
Later developments yesterday in
| aicated that Bartholin may have made
a careful survey of the field where
Minnie Mitchell's body and clothing
were found. William Waldrop told
| the police that Cn Wednesday, July
80. he met William Bartholin st Sew
opty-fourth and State streets. within
] few feet Of the spot where the dead
rody Of the young mans fi9sce was
found Waldrop talked with R-r
| thUlin, whom he knew personally. the
last he saw of Bartholin was when
| The young man boarded Horthbound
s;leet car. 1t is supposed that the
| murder of Minnie Mitchell took place
the same night Bartholin's presence
dt the field where the body was later
found gives color to the theory that
tae murder was planned in cold blood.
Trying to Force Thompson to Talk.
The police are using all their In
senuity to force Oscar Thompson,
Mrs. Bartholin's principal roomer, to
give additional information about the
crime or crimes committed in the
Calumet avenue house. They have
been working on the theory that the
itltchen girl may have been killed
there and taken in Thompson's laun.
dry wagon to the lonely field. A test
is to be made to prove this theory.
The horse is TO be started south and
left to its own instincts, in hopes that
it will stop at Seventy-fourth and
State streets.
Residents of the, neighborhood Of
Forty-third street and Calumet ave
nue. yesterday filed a protest with the
police department., stating that the
crowds of curiosity hunters and the
rubbish occosioned by ransacking the
Bartholin house were becoming a
nuisance.