Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-11-16
ACCUSED OF TRIPLE MURDER
AND BURNING HOUSE TO
HIDE GUILT.
WOMEN DIE MYsTERIousLY
VARIOUS ALLEGED WIVES De
PART LIFE IN SUSPICIOUS
MANNER.

Holmes, the arch-murderer Of Chicago.
who few years ago startled the en-
tire country with his awful crimes.
may have set the example for DR.. Oil
yer Haugh of this city, who is now con
fined in the county Jail on the suspi-
cion of having murdered his father.
mother and brother and then burned
the house in an effort to destroy ALI
evidence of his guilt.
Holmes was a physician, as is
Haugh, although the former was not a
practitioner. Haugh also, as. was the
case with Holmes, is accused of using
his scientific knowledge in the exter-
mination of his family and several
women with whom he is said to have
lived.
Is Also Bieamist.
The developments late Thursday
and early yesterday morning indicate
that in addition to being accused OF
numbering his parents and brother at
their home near Chambersburg, north
Of this city, last Sunday, he may be
charged with responsibility for the
death of at least two and probably
three other persons. Two of the sup
posed victims were women with whom
he lived, and if reports are to be re-
lied on, he was married to both even
while he was living with his present
wife, who now lives in this city SO.
in addition to being an alleged murder
err, with which crime he now stands
charged, he was also bigamist, ac-
cording to the police theory.
To Accuse Haugh.
One of the alleged victims OF Haugl9
was the sister of DR.. Herman, well
known physician of Lima. In an in
teryiew Dr. Herman said:
= 81 am satifed that my sister was
murdered by DR.. Oliver Haugh by the
administration of hyocine and other
drugs. The crime was committed one
year ago last April at Lorain. My sis
ter was at that time living with DR.
Haugh Her name was Mrs Mary
Twohey. She was widow and had
some money, jewelry and considerable
property. This Haugh obtained when
she died, but he was cut out of the
realty.
Calls Him Degenerate.
81 had an intimate acquaintance
with DR.. Haugh for several years and ]
can say that lave never known
more thorough degenerate in all my
life. He has no hesitance at murder
or crime of any sort, while he has
been known to boast of terrible crimes
claiming that he was always released
upon the plea of insanity"
Besides having murdered Mrs. Two
hey of Lorraine, it is said that the wo
man with whom he was living in To
ledc several years died under naysteri-
Gus circumstances.
After his marriage and separations
from his present wife, he went to Chi
cago, where, it Is said, he married a
woman named Patterson. He Hve0
with her until her death, which, the
police say, was also attended with mys-
FERROUS circumstances.
Can't Remember Marrying.
In an interview with Coroner Kline
Haugh is said to have admitted that
he had lived with a woman in Milwar1-
kee but said he did not know whether
he had married her or not, assigning
as the reason for his lapse of memory
that he was so strongly addicted to the
morphine habit that great portion OF
the time he was not responsible for
his deeds.
At II o'clock yesterday morning
Haugh was arraigned before Magis-
trate Holderman on three charges OF
murder in the first degree. He plead
ed not guilty to each of the charges,
and, waving examination, was bound
over to the grand jury without bond.