Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-12

and whenever I broacned the subject OF the
welfare OF his mother OF her whereabouts
be would Immediately change the subieot.
OF course, I had no specific grounds on
which 70 base my information for the police,
but on the night Of the slst, az I femember
II, I spoke TO several Of the neighbors Of
my suspicious. Among those friends was
q Mr.. Purd. who was an intimate friend Of
mine. Mr.. Hunter, who was roomins at
the house, also left and ne went to Toledo.
o. On that same NIGHT Mrs. Mitchell. the
mother OF the murdered girl. and her
dauehter-in-law, Mrs. Robert Mitchell. were
callers at the house. and they wanted 70
know about William. who had not been seen
for several days. and where Mrs. Barthoiln
was. At that time I told them Of what I
feared and advised them 70 get a detective
on the trail OF Bartholin. IL had known
that the body OF Mrs. Barthoiin was then
lying under the floor Of the basement OF
the house ! should certainly have informed
the police.
Il did not know Bartholin very well. be.
cause he was rather u-ncommunicative. He
was. IN fact, more repellant than anything
else, and, so far as ! know, had no large
Following Of friends. ! know of no motive
that could have prompted the commission
Of the crime.
II have made no effort to conceal INV
identity and l have uniformly, since / ieft
Chicago, registered my correct name
wherever I have stopped. II the police of
Chicago desire my return. ! am perfectly
willing TO 60 back.
Since ! have left Chicago I have been
more or lees III, and this was enc Of the
reasons why / left Omaha. / am now IN
Denver for the purpose OF securing employ
ment. Since I have heard Of the denoue-
ment Of the mystery l have suffered no lit
tie from mental anguish.
Il have letters here from some Of the in
%huentiai men of Chicago and other credsn-
tials showing my character, / served in
the spanish-American war and am 4 mem
Der Of the Independent Order Of Odd Eel
lows, Lakeside lodge. No. 49,"
story Told By Hunter.
TOLEDO. o.. Aug. Ito. r. Hunter. a
former roomer with Mrs. Annis 5arthoiln.
found murdered In Chicago, 10 now in this
city. He talks IN a straightforward man
ner concerning his tenancy
Of the Bartholin house. He left Chicago
on Friday. August 1. coming here In re-
Spouse to a letter from his brother, ex-
County Treasurer Samuel A. Hunter. HIS
story is this;
ITO the best OF my recollection, the last
tins / saw Mrs. Bartholin was on July 4,
when I paid her my rent. l hardly ever
saw her except on pay day. / often met
young Barthoiin at a cigar store. He ap-
peared to be a popular young fellow, well
esteemed In the neighborhood.'
Mrs. Barthoiin disappeared on July 8.
and two or three days after that he met
viii, the son, and asked where his mother
was, as his tHunter's) bed had not been
made. Young Bartholln said she had gone
to Michigan and that he would bee that the
room was attended to regularly, which was
done.
July 20 was my next meeting with Bar
tholin.' continued Hunter, who said his
mother had not yet returned; that ths gas
bill was due and requested come money.
paid him ~. This was the last I saw OF
BarthoIin.
o July 81 q Mr.. Thompson. who rad
been roominR 10 the .iniias for savantsAr !
years, notified me that WIN had gone away
to get married: that as nothing had been
heard Of the old lady he would close Up the
house, and requested me to get another
room. l left the next day for Toledo.
The relations between Mrs. Bartholin
and her son appeared all right during the
time / was in the house"
RACINE. Wis. Aug lift Is believed
enat Wilhelm oafaH0un pt GnisaBos VINO 10 i
wanted on the charge 81 having murdered
his mother. Mrs, Anna Bartholin. ana his
sweetheart, Miss Minnie Mitchell, was In
Racine on the afternoon Of Thursday, Au-
gust 7. registering at the hotel Racine a.
Robert Miller.
The stranger arrived on the Northwestern
road, and when be registered appeared
nervous and Ill at ease.
HIS IL supposed Ia have taken the evening
train for the north.
GUTHRIE. Okla, Aug. 11.-There has
been much teleEraphing tonight between
Guthrie and Chicago by the Chicago au.
thorities, trying to locate William ]. Bar
tholin, who they believe came to Guthrie
to join Harry Church. a former bOarder at
the Bartholin home in Chicago. II the
men are here they are using assumed names,
but the local poliee are exerting every
effort to locate them.