The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-22
COfORef's Jury Orders BartbOIin
Arrested for Murder
WAS CAPABLE OF ANY CRIME
Mrs. May Brown, a Nelghbor, says
Mrs. BarthoIin Was Constantly
Afraid of Her Son, Who Was
Dissipated N'er Do Well.

Chicago, August H.-The coroner's jury
at the inquest today over the body OF
Mrs Anna Bartholin. brought in a YER
dict recommending that her son. william
Bartholin. be arrested and held as princi-
pal for her murder. and that Oscar
Thompson and Edward Counselman. who
are under arrest accused of completely
In the murder of Minnie Mitchell, be held
TO the grand jury as accessories to the
crime
During the inquest Mrs. May Brown. q
former neighbor of Mrs. Bartholin. testi-
fed that the old lady was suspicious and
lived in deadly fear of her son. Accord
ing to Mrs. Browns testimony. Mrs. Bar
tholin in a conversation a few days before
her DEATH had told the witness that young
Bartholin was nothing but a beast and
that the Mitchell family would regret
the day they allowed Minnie Mitchell
to have anything to do with him. Mrs.
Bartholin in relating her troubles de-
clared that, Barthogin was a dissipated
ner do well. and that she believed him
capable of almost any crime.
Second Decisive Step.
The second decisive step toward un-
raveling the tangle of mystery about the
Bartholin-M Mitchell murder case was begun
today by the police when the postponed
inquest by the coroner's jury to deter
mine the cause of the death of Mrs
Anne Bartholin and the responsibility
therefor was renewed at the Fiftieth
street police station. The police hope for
more substantial results from this In
quest than came from similar proceedings
| yesterday in the Minnie Mitchell case.
Although the result of the coroner's jury
verdict was the holding of three men to
the grand jury for complicity in the
murder of the supposed Mitchell girl,
such grave doubts exist over the identity
of the body that was buried as Miss
Mitchell that efforts were renewed today
to have the Mitchell family exhume the
body for further inspection.
Doubtful Identity the Defense.
Doubtful identity will be the burden Of
defense of Oscar Thompson, John Claffey
and Edward Counselman, who were held
yesterday to answer for the supposed
Mitchell crime. The first two are already
accused as principal and accessory in
the murder of Mrs Bartholin, yet MOTH
ing definite has been heard of the where
abouts Of William Bartholin Much doubt
exists, however, whether Miss Mitchell is
dead.
The Early Testimony.
The early testimony today pertained
largely to the finding of the body of Mrs
Bartholin's body by newspaper men. A
new clew to the possible solution of the
Minnie Mitchell case was found today
when It was learned that a man repre-
senting Counselman had called upon DR..
w. j. Wilgus August II with young
woman supposed to be Minnie Mitchell
DIR. Wilgus said the man wanted him to
take the young woman as a patient. but
he refused. This story together with that
told yesterday by the girl in North
hospital lends further color to the the
ory that the girl may be alive.
Robert Mitchell. brother of the sup
posed murdered girl said today that he
firmly believed that neither Oscar
Thompson nor old Dad Claffy were
responsible for his sisters death A
butcher in South Chicago today said
Bartholin had entered his shop this
morning for matches.