El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-12
NELMS SISTERS
BODIES SUPPOSED
TO Be IN FL PASO
Trunk Sent Here and Off
GERS Believe 1t Contains
Parts of Bodies.

Perhaps the dismembered bodies or
Eloise and Beatrice helms Of AtIant,
Ca, were disposed of in Ell Paso ate
their murder in san Antonio.
Discovery has been made in Sa, An
tonic that leads TO the belief that III
Two women were killed in a boUss
there at l2Q Wilkens avenue, and fbe
police there have unearthed Do~+ior,c
of a human vertebrate buried in he rear
Of the house. Further investigations
are being made.
The house in the rear Of which The
discoveries have been made was oecu-
pied by Victor E. Innis and wife. who
are being sought by the police Of two
states in connection with the disan-
pearance Of the two girls.
Proof that the helms girls arrived
and were taken to the Wilkens ave-
nue. house was obtained in San An
tonic, says the Express of that cfty-
when il was learned that two Erf1s
belonging 70 the young women We're
of June Is. Mrs. Wilson. who resides
next door, says that she saw a young
woman answering the description OF
Beatrice in the back yard on the morn
ing of the 18th.
She also says that that night she
heard several unusual noises. partfcu-
larry some hammertng, and was unable
10 sleep because OF the activity in the
house. The hammering is accounted
Tor by the presence Of nails above the
windows OF the house. Heavy canvas
and comforts had ben tackled in front
OF the windows and behind the blinds
on the rear porch. One small opening
In curtain was found covered with
cOurtplaster.
Annie Alexander, who cooked for
lines and wife when they first took
the place. says that on the morning
OF June 10 she called at the place and
lines would not allow her to come up
on the back porch, but talked to her
through the screen.
Nothing belonging TO the Illnesses
was left in the house excepting a large
quantity Of wood alcohol, considerable
cleaning compound and some bromo
seltzer-
One Extra Trunk.
On June q three trunks instead of
the two which lines brought to the
house when they moved in, were taken
to the san Antonio railroad station and
checked TO FL Paso. One OF the trunks
weighed $50 pounds. II cost more than
s. in excess baggage to send the trunk.
The whereabouts Of the trunk is a
mystery, but IL is thought that il has
been hauled to the outskirts OF FL
Poso and destroyed or thrown into
the Rio Grande. A Mexican is reported
10 have hauled the trunk from the
station in FL Paso 10 the river. An eff
fort is being made here to trace the
trunk
The trunks were checked on two
tickets purchased by lines. one to Sc
attic, Wash, and the other to Portland,
Ore
It IS the theory that while lines
was taking the trunks TO FL PasO Mrs.
lines went to Houston June q and
sent the telegram which stated that
Eloise and Beatrice were to stay an
other week in that city. Beatrice was
to have returned to Atlanta TO look
after some pressing business matters
that day.
Starting West.
On June 20 a telegram was sent
from New Orleans. It stated that I'VE
have arrived; are leaving for the
West" 1t also was signed ElOise and
Beatrice
On June % Mr.. and Mrs lines sur
rendered possession Of the Wilkens
street home and departed for the west
They went through FL PasO and arrived
In Sacramento about the first Of July
On July 8. the death letter was mailed
from San Francesca and received in
Atlanta by Mrs. NelT.s July s. The
letter was supposed to have been writ
ten by ElOise while in demented state