El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-01
NELN5' s LIFE
TASK, VENGEANCE
Brother of Missing Women
Thinks He Yet VIII
Convict Slayer.

Completing his third transcOntinental
! journey in search of the slayers OF ms
Two sisters, Marshall helms was IN III
faso Monday He was accompanying
MI and Mrs Victor lines, who were
crested In Eugene, ore. on an extra
uillon warrant alleging their cOnnec-
non with the disappearance Of Nelms
Two sisters, Mrs. Eloise helms Dennis
: ana Miss Beatrice helms.
The story of the young San Francisco
insurance mans quest for the murder
SIs or his sisters reads like a romance
Ile'FlhS left his home in Atlanta Ga
on account of i'll health he was en-
6dseu IN business in san Francisco
1 "Ieh his mother. Mrs John W Nelms.
1 teIeSraphed him from Atlanta that her
Two daughters had mysteriously dis
appeared and no trace Of them could be
5S1id. This was in June. and young
-NSl4Iis resigned his position and
Started an Investigation which swept
me country and started the wheels OF
the state and federal departments OF
yusuce 10 grinding on the case When
ne received his mothers message he
hurried to Atlanta for conference
win her, went from there to Washing
SoI, Wnere he interested the Georgia
ueIesaIlon IN congress in the case and
succeeded IN having the department OF
Jusuce start an Investigation, which
was largely responsible for the arrest
OF Innes on the charge Of having a con-
nection with the case.
Follows Couple to Oregon.
Young helms then returned TO At
lanta, went from there 10 san Antonio
70 make an investigation Of number
OF clews there and finally went to Eu-
gene, ore, where lines and his wife
were arrested after a careful investiga-
tlon or Innes's journey from san An
tonic TO Eugene. including his stop in
II Paso between trains and the sending
OF four trunks which play a prominent
part IN the mystery. helms returned
from Eugene with Mr.. and Mrs. Innes
stopping in FL Paso. when they asked
to be taken from the train here for a
day of rest He ACCOMPANIED them
from here to San Antonio. where he will
continue his investigation of the case.
Says Plot Originated in Nevada.
The case involving the disappear
ance. and I am firmly convinced. the
murder. Of NY two sisters. had its ORR
Sln IN carson City, New Nelms said
MONDAY afternoon My older sister,
Mrs Dennis. went to lines in Carson
CITY as a client, to have him obtain a
divorce for her This was the start OF
an acquaintanceship. He was an as
sistant United States attorney there al
the time. Later. through the friend
ship he had formed with my older
sister. we think he persuaded her to
invest $4,000 in lands in Mexico or
some place else He denies this but
sent him large sums Of money by tele-
graph He afterwards came TO Ell Paso Z
where he was looking for a place to
locate ard then went to Devine. Texas !
about the middle OF March and then
went 10 San Antonio. He made a trip |
east and returned to San Antonio on |
June 1st.
Disappear in san Antonio.
"Eloise and Beatrice left Atlanta on /
June 18th for san Antonio. At that time 4
lines was engaged 10 marry Eloise and 4
my sister Beatrice, who was engaged i
in the real estate bushes in Atlanta 1
and was keen business woman. went i
along with her sister to investigate the 4
lands which lines offered Mrs Dennis.
They took dinner in New Orleans with /
some friends. stopped in Houston and /
were seen TO leave the train at San An
tonic and were later seen in company 4
with two others believed to be Mr.. and /
Mrs 1nnes- That was the last we have /
heard Of them except two letters that /
came from San Francisco TO my mother.
One was written with a pen and the i
other on the typewriter. These let
tiers were supposed 20 be from Mrs. i
Dennis. in which she said that she had /
killed Beatrice at New Orleans. would 4
kin me IN San Francisco and she would 4
then end her life Handwriting i
experts have declared these letters for
geries. after comparing the signatures
with those known to have been signed 4
to checks and papers IN Atlanta
TN the meantime. lines have i
learned. rented a cottage at 100 Will 4
5ins avenue in san Antonio. into which I
he moved. II was discovered that the
windows had been nailed down canvas
tackled over them and two stoves In
the hon Je were kept going for four
days. although II was in the middle OF
The summer When an Investigation
was made Of the house. the bottom had
been burned out Of one OF the stoves
and great white spots were found on I
the floor as If acid had been used 10
erase spots bottle with an Atlanta
druggists name blown in its side. was
found In the back yard half filled with
perfume Two trunks were sent to the
lines home, but we have evidence thu ]
four were sent awav from there and
shipped through FL Paso to the coast
Two trunks were located in Portland.
Ore. but the two others have not been
discovered yet
Young NeITus's Theory.
"Our theory is that nv two sisters
we're done away with, their bodies cut
nto pieces. ground in a meat chopper
md either burned or buried. The defin-
lie proof OF death has not yet been
made but we have some good men
working on the case and am expect
ny some startling developments soon
The government worked up the case 10
he point where the state could issue an J
xtradition warrant for Times and ms
wife and has assisted materially In OBJ
aiming valuable evidence. 7 intend 10
tav with this case until the person or
,ersons who murdered my sisters are
.anEed and will not rest until have
one that much for them"