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Here And There

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Day
1
Month
August
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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The awful record of H. H. Holmes the now famous murderer of the l'ietzel family, Mrs. ('onner and dangliter and the Williams sisters, eontinues b grow blaekrr and blaeker as the in vestigation of the otlicers on the ease proceed. Holmes' caree r in Chicago is novv the principal point of interest after the above eight murders have been secnrely fastened upon him. Holmes residence in that city was in a doublé th ree-story building called the 'castle,' in which he had his offices. He had ñtted up the rarious floors with trap doors, secret rooms and hiding places and in the basement had placed two acid or quicklime vats and a fnrna ■ to dispose of his victims. The j. olice now believe that they have evidence enough to hang not only Holmes, but two, and possiblv three, other persons who were connected with him in his frightful business. At least two more murders are quite sure to be charged against Holmes. Üne was Miss Emeline Cigrand, of Dwight. 111., who was supposed by her friends to have married amannamed Phelps(probably Pietzel). Miss Cigrand wasemployed by Holmes in his insumnce swindle office in the "eastle' and is stipposed to have becorae too well acqnainted with his affairs for his comfort. Alilford Colé, a wealthy citizen of Haltimore, became acquainted with Holmes while the iatter was settlingf the Williams sisters' estáte in Fort Worth, Tex. Cole went to Chicago, presumably visited the "oastle," and disappeared. ,Tohn H. Caktwell, a eonvut in the Arkansas state prison, has furnished the anthorities with t-hat incident. There are some who believe that Horace Williams, who dieil at Denver in 1893 shortly before the murder of his sisters, was also a victirn of Holmes. The Chicago pólice have arrested Mr. and Mrs. Pat Quinlan as witnesses against Holmes and they claim to have evidence enoiigli against them to hang them also. Quinlftn was janitor and conüdential man to Holmes at the "eastle." Ie carried the 37 keys which opened the various doors, secret and otherwise, in the chainbers. To Qninlan, it appears, were sent the orders froin l'hiladelphia to destroy all of Holmes" papers, clothing and other articlea which niig-ht aid the detectives in tracing his careei". How faithfully Quinlan did this is to be seen iu the little of Holmes" eiïects to be found in tlie eastle. A man named H. S. Mack, wlio was also etnployed by Holmes was arrested with serious evidenee against him. At least he has said that he eould Quinlan and his wife if he eared te. C'hief of Pólice Badenoch says he does not believe the I'hiladelphia authorities will ever surrender Holmes, and therefore he is determined that Illinois justiee shall be meted out to his aecomplices. Hut the most startling evidenee ag-ainst Holmes. Quinlan, et al. was obtained by the arrest of Charles Dhappell, a machinist and jack-of-alltrades.who has confessed that he articulated skeletons for Holmes and had jodies taken away f rom the "eastle." fie had removed the flesh from the jodies of two woinen and one man and ïad "set-up"' their bones for Holmes. ,'happell's admissions reveal the exstence of a complete system of machinery in the eastle for the commission of murder, commencing1 with the steel chamber or vault for smothering the victims, the cüssecting table and ending in the acid tanks, where all evidences of the deed but the bones veré removed. Chappell turned over o the pólice one of the skeletons vhich is said to be that of Minnie Villiams. It is now believed by the olice that little lloward Pietzel was ulied in Chicago and his remains disposed of.

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