The Washington times., 1906-01-14
WINS ADMITS He
MURDERED WOMAN,
THEN COLLAPSES
Son of Chicago Carpen-
ter Strangled Fair
Choir Singer.
CRIME IN COLD BLOOD
Gives No Reason for At
tacking Mrs. Bessie
HolliSter.
CRIME IN COLD BLOOD

CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-The most afro
cious murder reYealec since the time
homicides began to sweep Chicago last
August was again uncovered and the
mystery solved this morning. when
the body OF Mrs. Bessie HOllister. wife
Of Frank c HolIster. business man.
was found on a refuse heap at the
rear Of the carpenter shop OF Edward
WINS, 359 Belden avenue north side,
with a copper wire tightly wrapped
about her neck. her features distorted
in death agony and her clothing dis
heVeled-
Confesses the Crime.
Four hours after the discovery OF
the corpse Richard Wins. twenty-f0ur
years old. a son Of Edward WINS was
placed under arrest by Ine police and
taken 10 the North Halsted street sta
ton. where he confessed he killed the
woman
The woman was coming by the
shop" WINS told the police. "and
caught her. Then ] dragged her into
the back yard near the barn. She
resisted me. and I tied the wire around
her throat. Finally I found she was
unconscious and apparently dead So
1 dragged the body back and threw it
on the refuse pile"
For time the young man parried the
fusillade of questions. Finally his re-
serve was broken. Precipitation stood
out on his brow, mis- limbs trembled and
his mouth grew perehed and he was
scarcely able to speak,
"Yes, ! did it," he moaned at last. IT
did 1t, and there is no use trying TO hide
IL"
Then he collapsed completely 4 few
minutes later WINS was debating his
toricaI confession 10 a police officer.
Dragged Into Yard.
cit was csc IN the evening" WINS told
the police. II had finished cleaning up
the horses and vas standing in the gate
near my fathers carpenter shop when
saw the woman coming along. She was
alone and I was slightly intoxicated. As
she passed the gate ! seized her and
dragged her into the yard She screamed
twice, but caught her by her neck and
stopped her screams. She struggled to
get away, but 1 had no trouble in over
powering her.
Il wrestied with her and dragged her
back TO a little place under a shed AT
the west end OF the carpenter shop.
There I tied the wire around her neck.
remained there half an hour. I became
frightened then. and jumped over the
fence and went home.
"In the morning I went 10 the car
penter shop TO clean the horse and saw
the body lying on the refuse heap. L
went back home and told my father.
He went 10 the North Halsted police
station and notified the police. did
not know Mrs. Holiister Any other
woman who had been past there at that
time would have met the same fate.
Clears Up Mystery.
The confession clears up all the mys-
terry surrounding the murder. except the
question where Mrs. HOLSTER was from
10 a. m. when she left a grocery store.
after giving an order. until Gas D. m.
when WINS says he first seized her
The police are still at work trying 10
clear up these circumstances. 1t took
them but a few hours TO arrive at a
conviction of WINS guilt. although he
pretended to have discovered the BODY
behind his fathers carpenter shop.
Mrs. HOIlister was thirty years old.
noted singer of the Wesley Methodist
Episcopal Church choir. and had been
missing twelve hours
Went TO Funeral.
She had left her home Friday morning
TO do some shopping before she was due
to sing In the afternoon at the funeral
of a friend. Mrs. Sarah Semple. Not
returning to her home her husband and
relatives became alarmed. notified the
police. and spent the night in searching
for the missing woman.