Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-13
BARTHoLIN WAS AT GUTHRIE
Proprietor OF Hotel Royal CONFIDENT
that Alleged lineage Murderer
Was There Sunday


GUTHRIE, Okla, Aug. i2.-wifliam J..
Bartholin, wanted In Chicago in connection
with the murder Of his mother and Minnie
Mitchell, was in Guthrie over last Sunday.
This was ascertained tonight when ]. NJ.
Brooks. owner OF the Hotel Royal recognized
the picture of Bartholln as his mysterious
guest OF Sunday. He is positive Bartholin
spent the day at the Royal and his opinion
is shared by both the night and day clerks
ss well as by q number OF the hotel guests.
Sunday evening the stranger suddenly dis
appeared. The hotel men are unable to
Identity any name on the register as that
assumed by Bartholin.
TOLEDO, o., Aug. l2.-E. o. Hunter said
to be much desired by the Chicago police
as a witness in the now famous Bartholln
murder case has as. yet received no. SUM
mons or request to go to Chicago.
He is in delicate health and Is the
guest Of his brother, ex-County Treasurer
Samuel Hunter.
Regarding the. tragedy Mr.. Hunter said;
II saw Mrs. Bartholin. the last time on
July Z. ! paid my room rent. A week
later l asked her son VIII where his mother
WAS as the bed In my room had not been
made. He replied that she was in Michi-
gan. After that my bed was properly taken
LaAG vi IN neat kAAHG - saw nAhl Was
July 20. At that time he said he had
heard nothing from. the old lady and. bor-
rowed some money with which to pay the
gas bills. Thursday. July 81, Oscar Thomp-
son told me he would have to close the
house as VIII Bartholin had gone away
to get married, 30 ] left, ignorant Of the
fact that / was living In the shadow Of an
awful crime.
II heard no unusual noises about the
house on the night of July Is, when the
murder Is, supposed to have been COM
mitted and the . relations between Will
Bartholin and his mother were very pleas
ant. 1 noticed nothing unusual about
Bartholin's conduct between July 8 and the
time / left. / never heard Will Bartholin
speak Of Minnie Mitchell"
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Police ~ofieisls have
been In consultation today trying to formu-
late new theories which may tend to solve
the mystery surrounding the murders Of
Minnie Mitchell and Mrs. Bartholin.
spurred on by offers Of reward for the
arrest Of william ]. Bartholin, the son of
one Of the murdered women and the hance
Of the other. the police In neighboring
towns mad several arrests today, but in
each case the prisoners identity with that
Of the suspected murderer could not be
proved.
Working on the hypothesis that the MUIR
derer had a mania for killing officers today
began systematically to dig up every inch
Of the basement In the BartholiR house in
Calumet avenue. The cement floor is being
broken up and ground turned over to the
depth OF one foot Curious crowds throng
the neighborho0d OF the now notorious
death house and nfhcefs have been COM
So . a - 49, -S---eNa- - a. Z-.a~..
save those whosFhave written permission
from the coroner. 3
At midnight the police declared that they
had not a single reliable elew to the where
abouts Of william BarthoIin, who is wanted
for the killing ofvhis mother and OF Minnie
Mitchell. 8 During, the day Bartholin was
reported from the following places. and in
nearly every Instance the Identification was
positive: .st.sJeaaph Mich; Kenosha, Wis.,
EIkhart. nd; Doris. Ia; Guthrie, Okla.
The poles are ofathe opinion that Bartholin
Is 'stfil In ChAcGko, and that II he has
left he has e0ne h Indian Territory where
he has friends. ~ 3 .r
DENVER, Colo, Aug. I'm. L. r. Ed
wards, wanted IN Chicago In connection
with the Bartholin-M Mitchell murder mus
terry, and who came here from Chicago re-
Gently, left the Hotel Belvidere last night,
giving as his reason that he wished to find
cheaper accommodations. His present
whereabouts are not known.
Edwards called upon the police authori-
ties yesterday and said he was ready to re-
turn TO Chicago at any time, should ~his
presence there be desired, but the police
here claim they have received no word from
the authorities at Chicago.
KENosHA, Wis, Aug. 1.-THE man under
arrest here. suspected OF being William
Bartholin. is not the Chicago fugitive.