The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-09-11
.BARTAO[|N'S BODY FOUND
FOUND NEAR L0wTHER, IOWA
In . Field, 400 Miles FROM Chicago
Indications Point to Suioide-A
Confession to the Murder Of His
Mother and Sweetheart Found In
Pocket-Accused Men Innocent.


Mother and Sweetheart Found In
Pocket-Accused Men Innocent.
Chicago. Sept. s.-The body Of q man
thought to be william Bartholin. accused
Of the murder Of his mother and sweet
heart in Chicago a month ago. was found
in field near Lowther. Iowa. go miles
from Chicago. 1t had been shot in the
head and a pistol lay nearby.
In the mans pocket was a letter con-
Tossing 10 the murder of 1.-TWO women
in Chicago. and one signed minnie
A.tchell." the name Of Bartholin's muir
dered fiancee. Nothing was said Of the
death of his mother. Mrs. Anna Bar
tholin, whose body was found in the base
ment Of her residence in Chicago three
weeks after the son fed.
The body was removed to Riceville,
where 1t was recognised as that Of a
man who had been in the vicinity for
some time.
A number Of persons who had talked
with him recalled that he had given the
name Of civilian" To others he was
William Boscoe. At the hotel he had
registered az civilian Edwards" He
disappeared q week ago. and It u pre-
sumed that It was then that he took his
life in despair Of eluding the police ANA
in terror Of being captured.
Tho town authorities at once noted the
panowuhInun> <h> H>oxa~y H,~,,> - ~. A>>~L~
ton Of the Chicago fugitive. It was then
that q more careful examination was
made and the note confessing the MUIR
ders was found. The town authorities
buried the body. but It will be exhumed
to remove any doubt ~ to the Identity OF
tho suicide.
The confession was dated August a
and in It the writer declares that he muir
dered his mother for her money and later
murdered his sweetheart. Barthoin &C.
cuses Minnie Mitchell Of being q party to
the plot to murder his mother.
The murder Of Mrs. Barthohn. the con-
fessdon runs. was accomplished according
to q plot arranged between the lovers and
later Bartholin killed Miss Mitchell.
The confession states that Thompson,
Claffey and Counselman, the other sus-
poets, are guilty Of no completely In the
murders
Bartholin's note referred to the two
murders and declared that NO one e1-
cept himself was concerned in the COM
mission Of the crime. The note hlled
one and a quarter pages Of letter paper.
and was signed Nv illiam Bartholin."
Other Letters.
Other letters found on the body were
written two years ago and were signed
m. NJ" The initials are supposed to
stand for Minnie Mitchell. The body It.
self furnishes several points which are
similar to those in the amended police de-
scription of Bartholin, issued August Ii.
Chief Of these are the upper false teeth.
The undertaken who handled the body
found in Iowa said that the upper teeth
were false, and ''set in a white plate"
A to whether there were two gold
crowned teeth-another means Of Identity
ing Bartholin-the undertaken could not
remember. It was apparent that death
had occurred several days ago and to
this fact Is due the obliteration Of some
Of the points relied on for q full identihca-
ton.
Unable to receive any official Informs
ton from Riceville. Chief O'Neil has sent
two officers who were personally &C
Quainted with Bartholin to the scene to
establish his identity. They were accom-
panied by Robert Mitchell. brother of the
murdered girl.
Riceville, Iowa, Sept. 8.-The body
buried here and believed to be that Of
William Bartholin was exhumed and
positively ientidtified that of the Chi.
cago murderer, who assassinated his
mother an buride her in the cellar and
afterward KILLED Minnie Mitchell, his
sweetheart. The Identification was
made by William Mitchell, brother
Of Minnie Mitchell, one Of Bartholin's
victims, detective Andrew Rohan Of
Chicago, who arriaved here from Chic.
agoand DR.. A. J. Coey a Chicago dem
fist, who had worked ON the murder.
er's teeth. DR.. Coey cut out of the
dead an the lower jaw, which con.
tanned the gold crowned teeth that
have figured so largely in the descrip-
ton OF Bartholin sent broadcast BY tho
police. The jaw was taken to Chic.
ago by the detectives.
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