The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-11
BARTHOLIN MYSTERY.
Search for the Man Suspected Of
Murder Still in Progress.

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE search for VIII
liam Bartholin, who is suspected of hav-
ing murdered his mother and Miss Min
ME Mitchell. his sweetheart, was con-
tinued today, but no trace of the miss
ing man was found. Oscar Thompson.
who was for Is years the constant
friend of the fugitive's mother. and VINO
was arrested yesterday, stoutly main
tanned his innocence of any knoWleoge
of the murders and pleaded with the
authorities to be released. After long
exam nation, however, thompson was
sent back to his cell, as the police feel
confident that he has not told all he
knows. E. o. Hunter and Milton z. r..
Edwards, former roomers at the Bar
tholin house. are being sought by the
police
arrived from Omaha for r. H. Mitchell.
brother of the murdered Minnie Nit
chell, from Edwards. who wrote the day
after Miss Mitchells body was iden-
titled. stating that he was morally GER
tain that Bartholin had murdered his
mother. Edwards in the letter declared
that he had fled from Chicago because
he feared that he, too. would fall =
victim to Bartholin's thirst for blood
1t was learned today that Thompson
was in the house the night that Mrs
Bartholin was killed Thompson has
admitted that he was in a room d.
rectly across the hall from Mrs Bar
tholin's- The police have discovered.
they say, that the aged woman was
strangled on a couch in her own room
the night of July and her body
undoubtedly for several days before
burial in the basement Evidence of
this was found today by the police,
who discovered Mrs. Bartholin's false
and a large blood-stained area on the
floor of the closet in Mrs Bartholins
ROOM The bloody garment was tucked
away in a corner under shelf. to-
getner with the teeth. but the blood
stained floor revealed that the body of
the murdered woman was first hidden
in the closet and the door to her room
kept locked for several days.
Another suspicious circumstance to
add to the complications of the mystery
developed when it was discovered that
Horace Clark, a companion of young
Bartholin has been missing since the
murder Of Mrs Barthoiin. 1t is now
stated that it was absolutely impos-
sible for Bartholin to have buried his
mother in the basement during the day
tine, because there is no entrance to
the cellar except by way of an outside
door. To get the corpse into the base
ment he would have had to carry IT
from the closet out of doors into a back
yard directly under the South side elc
waited railroad structure where trains
pass constantly. and in view of scores
OF windows on Forty-third street
Thompson, having admitted to the po-
lice that he was in the house every
night for two weeks after Mrs. Bar
tholin's disappearance, firmly denies
that he saw Bartholin from Tuesday
morning, the day after her murder, un-
til Friday evening, and he also declares
that he never heard suspicious sound
or saw suspicious signs during the day
in which the awful tragedy was COM
mitted within his very reach.
Inspector Hunt found a close friend
of Bartholin who saw him last Tuesday.
nearly week after he disappeared with
Minnie Mitchell his sweetheart, who
was killed on the night of JAY 30. Bar
,holin called at the house this friend
rible state of mind, and his actions
aroused the wonderment of his host.