The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-11
BARTHOLIN MURDERS
Terrible Story From Chicago of a
Series of Crimes.

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE body of Mrs.
Annie Bartholin, who, it is believed, was
murdered by her son, William Bartholin,
also wanted for killing his sweetheart,
Minnie Mitchell, was found late Saturday
in the basement of her home at 431O
wrapped in quilt and we're in a fair state
of preservation. Every garment that she
would have been likely to take had she
gone on visit to Milwaukee, as her son
declared she had was placed above her
body. A little earth was then shoveled
on, the concrete loosely put in place and
number of boxes dragged over the spot.
The search for Bartholin has continued
steadily, but no trace of the missing man
has been found. Oscar Thompson, for
eighteen years the constant friend of the
fugitive's mother, stoutly maintained his
innocence Of any knowledge of the mur-
ders and pleaded with the authorities to
be released. After a long examination,
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 E. R. Edwards, former room
ers at the Bartholin house, are being
sought by the police.
Late yesterday a special delivery letter
arrived from Omaha for R. H. Mitchell,
| brother Of the murdered Minnie Mitchell,
| from Edwards, who wrote the day after
| Miss Mitchells body was identified. stat
| ing that it was morally certain that Bar
tholin had murdered his mother. Ed
wards in the letter declared that he had
fed from Chicago because he feared he,
too, would fall victim to Bartholin.
1t was learned yesterday that Thompson
was in the house the night that Mrs. Bar
tholin was killed. Thompson has admit
/ ted that he was in a room directly across
the hall from Mrs. Bartholin's. The po-
lice have discovered, they say, that the
aged woman was strangled on "a couch in
her own room the might of July I, and
her body thrown into closet, where it
remained, undoubtedly, for several days
before buried in the basement. Evidence
of this was found by the police, who dis
covered Mrs. Bartholin's false teeth, a
nightrobe covered with blood, and large
blood stained area on the floor of the
closet in Mrs. Bartholin's room. The
| bloody garment was tucked away in a cor
ner under shelf, together 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 he1
q room kept locked for several days.
i Another suspicious circumstance to ado
to the complications of the mystery de-
veloped tonight, when it was discovered
that Horace Clark, a companion of young
Bartholin, has been missing since the
murder of Mrs. Bartholin. =
Inquest Over Mrs. BarthOlin.
Chicago, Aug. 11.-Developments to-day
led the police to double their efforts tc
locate William ]. Bartholin, respectively
: fiance and son of the two murdered WON
en-. At the inquest over the body of the
older woman, which was found Saturday
night cramped into a hole in the cement
floor Of the Bartholin house, neighbors
readily identified the corpse as that o.
Mrs Bartholin. A complete hearing was
postponed by the coroner until Aug. q
in the hope that additional clues may be
obtained. .: szz@zg.. sEs- < :.s:ses....
I To-day 1t developed that young Bar.
tholin had quarreled with his mother JUS
before she disappeared, over the question
of bringing his prospective wife to live
at his mothers house.