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liiitfiiiiB THE ESTABLISHED 1823. INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1895. 1V1UH O VJ!ii AO. )Ttt4IXS AND SUNDAYS CEVTA I 1 r 1 Fclrj nnrmtr, 66 Inquire Within." That's what these Thin Coats and Vests are saying, And here is our way of saying it: $3 French and Outing Flannel Coats and Vests W II $5 to S10 Fancy Flannels, Mohair and Silk Stripe and like quality Coats and Vests at crr crr Th When MURPHY,. HIBBEN & CO. Wholesale Jobbers and Importers Dry Goods, Notions, Woolens, Etc. lusively Wool has 3dvanced'20 per cent, from its lowest point. Now Is the time to buy yarns. Ouf Special Grades Are: SOUTHDOWN (pure wool for hand knitting), BLACK BEAR SPANISH, IMPORTED RED BEAR SAXONY, MARIGOLD AMERICAN SAXONY, ZEPHYR GERMANTOWN, CASHMERE II, MITTEN YARN. Orders for samples and prices assured prompt attention. Drug House, 300 Massachusetts Ave. FRANK H. CARTER. Big 'Route Special Excursions. 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M. and Mosa busfttj ave. at": 10 a. m., returning will LKAVK. CEDAR LAKE AT 1 P. f. Orer seven horrr ran be spent rerr pleasantly AT THIS FAMOUS KKSOKT IN BOATINM. FISIUNO AND DANCING. AMPLE REFRLSHMENTH an.l UXD LUNCHEON' ON il ROUNDS. MAKE YOrR AR RANG EM EN TS TO 00. II TICKETS ONE DOLLAR 91 On rale at Union station, Massachusetts avenue, and x No. t West Washington street, cor. Meridian street. GEO. W. IIAVLER. D. K A. THE I8DIAHAP0LIS Y1REH0USE CO. Wnrehoaiemen, KoPTvardtnsr anil Coinmliilon aierchanta. Sloney adTanenl on ronsljrninents. Registered re ceipu jrien. oa. ii to 13 SOUTH. PENNSYLVA NIA SlltivET. Telephone 1M3. r LN LOVE WITH A MULATTO. A .Cleveland Mnntclnn llrcnme Jealonn, Shot Her and Committed Suicide. CLEVELAND. O.. July 28.-At an early hour this morning Emma Mitchell, a pretty mulatto girl, aged sixteen, was shot and fatally Injured by James Lock, a musi cian, who at once turned the revolver on himself and sent a bullet through his brain. Lock had been paying attention to the girl for some time. Last night he called on rer. It was lonj after midnight when he started to leave her home at 2S South alley. The young people stood at the door for more than half an hour. Then the girl's mother was startled by two re ports of a pistol, doing to the door, she found Lock lying dead and her daughter unconscious with a bullet wound in her forehead. The Rlrl was taken to a hospital, wher she died in about an hour. It is be lieved that Jealousy prompted the crime. CHICAGO WARD HEELERS Fined for Election Frauds and Fines rromptly I'nld. CHICAGO, July 28. Six ward politicians convicted cf interfering with and intimidat ing voters at the November election were aentenced yesterday. Simon McNulta re ceived one year in the penitentiary. Five others were fined funis ranging from 15.000 down. A mysterious stranger with a fat pocket-book was present and promptly paid Li fines. II . V Wholeaole) AA GERMAN KNITTING WORSTED, We study the PRESCRIP TION part of our business very closely. Old' School CIGAR Wnlle not large It "frets there." Fine Havana Filler, Auinairm wrapper, ftttiv Cr. THE TRADE SUPPLIED. wu.j -w. Control In your city. M W. WASHINGTON ST. Entrance Into Bates Hou. Lobby. "DRIEST" ON RECORD XEW YORK SALOONS AXD CLtDS closi:d tight yesterday. Never Within the Memory of luring Polleemen Wan the Snndny Law So VlfforouAly Enforced. NEW YORK, July 2S.-The police made a supreme effort to enforce the excise law to-day, and, to all appearances, they real ized their expectations almost to the letter. To all practical Intent, the law-was so thoroughly enforced that not a saloon was open to the general public, and so fearful had the saloon keepers become of the citi zen spy that it was a difficult matter for even the initiated to get a drink at any place unless the "proprietor or the man in charge was absolutely certain that no dan ger would follow the admission of the would-be customer in the shape of a sum mons tQ court in the morning. Now and then It was possible to see a person walking through the street with what had the appearance of being a pail or other receptacle hidden away within the ample proportions of a basket. As a rule, such persons were followed by mem bers of the force, who were ubiquitous, and extra efforts were made to get into a place thus suspected of doing business un der, cover. In the Jurisdiction of the Mc-Dougal-street police, where violations of the law have been found on many of the preceding Sundays by saloon keepers who have boasted that no power was strong enough to close up their resorts, every thing was especially quiet and only two ar rests had been made up to evening. Within the territory covered by the Mulberry street police, especially In the area filled with-Italians, there was evidence that liquor was being sold, but it was impossible to catch the sellers. It was considered a notable sign that no barroom fights were reported In the Central office slips from any quarter in this city after the stroke of midnight, which shut up the saloons on Saturday. The oldest men about police headquarters could recall no precedent for the lack of dlsordei. At the clubs, also, the excise law was, to all appearances, strictly observed. The pre cinct commanders had strict orders from acting Chief Conlin to see that clubs were dealt with as saloons have been. The bar room In the new Manhattan Athletic Club was not opened during the day. and a great number of the regular patrons who called were disappointed. Policemen patrolled in front of the doors and watched men going In and out. but no violations of the law were reported to headquarters. The Ual verslty and Knickerbocker clubs were un usually quiet and the patrolmen detailed to watch them from the outside had noth ing to do. It was said that a number of Central office men had called and tried to obtain liquor by asking that sandwiches be served them, which was not done. The doors of the City Club were closed and guarded as were those of the Manhattan and Republican clubs, and no drinks were served. At the Manhattan Club a number of persons asked for sandwiches, but as a regular meal was not ordered they were refused. The Casino, at Broadway and West Thirty-ninth street, was tightly closed and the patrolman who did duty at the side door disappeared at noon, there being no further need for his presence. At the hotels It was somewhat different, as the regular guests were supplied with all the refreshments they wanted at their regular meals. At the Fifth-avenue Hotel the wants of the regular thirsty Sunday patrons were attended to In parlor F. where a supply of biscuit was furnished with ev ery order for a drink. POLICE FORCE DEMORALIZED. Impeachment Proceedlntrn Airnlnst Commissioner Strickler of Omaha. OMAHA, Neb., July 2S. Governor Hol combe has asked Police Commissioner Strickler to resign, but he has refused to do so, and Impeachment proceedings have been commenced against him. It Is charged, while acting as a member of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, that he wrongfully, and to the detriment of the discipline and efficiency of the police de partment of saici city, well knowing the fact of the malfeasance in office of Ser geant Henry I). Haze, chief of detectives of the police department of Omaha, sec onded, and aided, and promoted Haxe. and persistently labored for hi retention and promotion on the police force, well know ing that the charge specined against Haze was true and established by competent and credible testimony. Haze was dismissed for a number of questionable transactions, but not till Strickler exhausted his pull to retain him. The charges further allege that, on the 24th day of June, the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners elected Martin J. White, of Chicago, to the position of chief of colice of the city or Omaha: that knowing the action of the board in the premises, the said Strickler did at times 7-. . . . m a a At m after White had enterea on me auties or his position as chief of police, publicly de clared that White had no right to perform the functions of chief or ponce ana nis au thority as such could be legally resisted by police officers and parties arrested for vio lations cf the law. Strickler caused to be published an interview with himself in which he declared that White was per sonating the chief of polica without au thority of law, thereby encouraging and Inciting sedition to the authority of the chief of police by criminals and destroying the discipline of the police force. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Palo Alto Stock to Be. Sold to Keep the College in Funi'.s. SAN FRANCISCO, July 28.-Mrs. Leland Stanford has been at Palo Alto consulting with President Jordan about the opening of Stanford University In September. Mrs. Stanford's finances will not permit of any expenditures that are not absolutely neces sary, but she will be able to furnish money to run the Institution on the same plan as last year. Mr. Jordan has submitted esti mates showing that the university can be conducted without Impairing Its efficiency for $16,000 a month. Mr. Stanford, in order to raise the money, will sell off the stock on the Palo Alto ranch. There are now on the farm six hundred head of fine horses. One auction sale will be held In New York and another in San Francisco. The income from Palo Alto and Vina ranches has not been large enough to keep the university going, and in order to keen It open Mrs. Stanford has been obliged to hypothecate some of her railroad bonds, and the same course will be necessary to secure funds for the support of the university during tne coming year. It is understood that Mrs. Stanford Is now negotiating a heavy loan on bonds of the Southern Pacific of Arizona and New Mexico. Owing to this financial embarrassment Mrs. Stanford Is very anxious to have the government suit against the estate settled as soon as pos sible. It is understood that an agreement has . been reached among the counsel to have the proper papers filed with the Court of Appeals at a very early date. MAD WITH FEVER. A Texan Shoot Hln Wife and Dangh- ter nnd Commlta Suicide. PARIS. Tex., July 28. A horrible tragedy was enacted at the house of Henry Brad- shaw, a wealthy farmer, who lived near the town of Petty, in the western part of this county, this afternoon. While Insane from a spell of fever, Mr. Bradshaw arose from his sick-bed, loaded his gun and slipped out on the back gallery, where his . wife was busy with her churning, and shot a charge of shot Into her body at close range, the wadding being found in the wound and her clothing scorched by the flash of pow der. The charge entered her back under the shoulder and tore a hole as large as a man's fist almost through her body. He then went to the dining room and shot the top off the head of his little daughter, scat tering her brains over the wall and floor. After committing the double murder the unfortunate sufferer went Into a room ad joining the dining room, sat down on a trunk, reloaded his gun, cocked It and fired, the charge entering his face near the nose and tearing off the top of his head, scatter ing blood, brains and particles of skull over the wall and celling. THREE MANGLED BODIES. They Are Found on the B. & O. Tracks Near Washington. WASHINGTON. July 28. Early this morn ing, on the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, near Riverdale Park, a suburb of this city, were found the mangled bodies of three boys, ranging in age from ten to fourteen. They had evidently been run down by a train Saturday night, and had remained undiscovered until this morning. The bodies were identified as those of J. Waters Blundon. son of J. U. Blundon. a prominent contractor and real-estate broker of this city, and Guy Brown, son of W. R. Brown, of 2125 II street, and Charlie Lynch, of Riverdale. It is believed the boys were struck by the fast Western express which passes a local train at this point about the time the accident is supposed to have ocurred. The bodies were found huddled together, and mangled almost beyond recognition. A cor oner's Jury was Impaneled, but a verdict was withheld until the testimony of the train s crew can be secured. A WITNESS FOR DURRANT. Doston Wine Drummer Who Knew Blanche Lnmont. SAN FRANCISCO, July 27. The prose- cutlng detectives In the Durrant case are tracing tho career of Charles F. Clark, the Boston wine drummer, who, the de fendant states, was Induced to leave here in order that he would not appear as a witness for Durrant. It Is said that Clark know.i Durrant and was acquainted with Blanche Lamont. On the afternoon of the murder Clark is supposed to have seen the girl in a car with a young man who close ly resembled Durrant, but was not. If such testimony la to be produced at the trial, it would go to effect the statements of the witness at the preliminary examina tion, wno swore that they saw Durrant and the murdered girl together on the afternoor vhen she disappeared. Clark's deposition will be taken in Boston In Durranfp Interests. The police detectives deny tha they induced Clark to leave town, and say that they never heard of him berore. 200,000 BLAZE IN NEW YORK. Bltr Notion nnd French Millinery llonaen Burned Out. NEW YORK, July 23.-A destructive fir started in the basement of the six-story brick building Nos. 19 and 21 West Twenty second street, fronting on Nos. 23 and 30 West Twenty-third street, to-dav. nnd gutted the establishments of Scharles Brothers, dealers In toys, and Jacquin & Co., dealers in French millinery. The en. tire rear portion of the structure was Daaiy aamagea. Tne stock of Scharles Brothers was completely destroyed and that of Jacauln & Co. wan nn hriiw ased by fire and water that it Is likely to prove a total lo3. Various office establish ments in the upper stories of the building suffered lesser losses. The firemen worked hard and successfully to save the large establishments of Stern Brothers, adjoin ing, xne aamage wju ne in the neighbor hood Of X200.fiOtl. ThA hiHlnl fetern Brothers, was damaged, It -was said. a me exieni 01 a.'U.uw. ATE TOADSTOOLS. Three Dead nnd Tvro Dying: in a Fam ily 01 yi overs. RED BUD, 111.. July 28. A family of movers, while near Anna, made their sup per on toadstools, which they mistook for mushrooms. Three children are already dead and the mother and two other boys are 111 and are not expected to live. They are Deinx sneuerea in a oam ana are be ing carea ror by the farmers in the neigh- oornooa. Ancther Fatal Kentucky Feud. PADUCAH, Ky., July 2S. At n.'rming- nam, Marshall county, twenty miles front here, last night. George Esmtr was fdabbel to death by Simon Adum at a dance. A feud had existed between the two men for several years. At the dance an altercation began, terminating in a general fighL Eg mar was killel ani Aditm and another man named Whitfield fatally wounded. There is great excitement, and more trouble fs tsticipated between the families Interested. LIST OF HIS VICTIMS CHICAGO POLICH CHARGE HOLMES, "WITH TWELVE MURDERS. Reports of Two Additional Crimea Re vealed Yenterday that May Be Fastened on Him. AX DLP0RTANT WITNESS MAX "WHO 3IOUXTF.D SKELETONS OF HIRED BUTCHERED PEOPLE. Pat Qnlnlcn and His "Wife Novr He. licved to Have Been Equally Guilty -with the Arch Criminal. CHICAGO, July 2S. Inspector Fitzpat- rick was to-day put Into possession of facts which weave closer the web of proof around II. H. Holmes, and adds another victim to the already long list. This infor mation was furnished by attorney George E. Chamberlain, general manager of the Lafayette mercantile agency. This murder is shown to have been prior to or during 1801. B. F. rietzel. who later fell a vic tim, waa a participant in the murder of this man, and, attorney Chamberlain soys, equally guilty with Holmes. The crime was committed in Chicago either in 1S91 or early in 1S92. Again the victim was traced to the Holmes' building In Er.glevood. There it was, . Mr. Chamberlain gives the impression, that the crime was committed. The police do not think that thl3 body has -been found. The skeletons that were articulated were furnished a year and two years later. It is the belief that the body waa dissected and cremated, or buried deep in quicklime in the bottom of the basement. The name was kept from the public, the attorney says, to allow the polica to work up further evidence. It is believed that this Is the first victim of H. II. Holmes. The list of his v'ctlms to date are as fol lows: titt.t a TV rnNNER. divorced wife of I. L. Conner and bookkeeper for Holmes. PEARL CONNER, her cnua, ana uaugn ter of I. L. Conner. ' EMELINB G. CIGRAND, daughter of Peter Clarand. of Anderson, Ind., and ste nographer for Holmes. , ROBERT E. PHELPS, supposed to have been married to Miss Clgrand. BENJAMIN F. conuueiiuai agent for lioimes, ana nuieu m Phla. , nf t tt ALICK Vltulru. ua.ugui.ci . . Tietzel. killed in Toronto. NELLIE PIETZEL, daughter of B. F. Pietzel. killed In Toronto. HOWARD PIETZEL. son of B. F. Piet zel. supposed to have been klhed at In- d EMILY9 VAN TASSEL, daughter of Mrs. M. U .Van Tassel, of No. 641 North Robey HORACE WILLIAMS, brother of Minnie R and Ina Williams, of I or orlh, Tex., killed in Denver. - INA WILLIAMS, of Fort orth. Tex., vi;ltlnc her slater when she disappeared. MINNIE R. WILLIAMS, of Fort Worth, Tex., private secretary to Holmes. vft trnce of any of these people has been found, save the charred bones of little Pearl Conner, the bodies ol Annie and Nellie i u zel. and what was unearthed lat night as to the articulation tl skeletons for Holmes Charles N; Chapp-.i. of Ns. m Twenty- ninth street, is the man who gave the po lice Saturday night the information that he had articulated skeletons for H. H. Hojme, and had had bodies taken away from tha castle. Chappell ia a machinist, a carpenter. a painter and engineer a sort of Jack-of all-trades. From the Information which Chappell gave to the police Saturday night and yesterday they learned that Chappell had also been an all-around mechanic for Holmes, and had built two tanks in the basement of- the castle for the destruction of bodies which Holmes might wish to get rid of. These tanks will be opened in the morning. In them went the bodies of that long list of women, once tenants of the cas tie and now numbered with the dead. Chappell's admissions are the most re markable and damaging yet received by the police against Holmes and his confederates. They reveal the existence of -a complete system of machinery in the "castle" for the commission of murder, commencing with the steel chamber, or vault, the dis secting table, and ending in the acid tanks, where all evidences of the deed but the bones were removed. In addition to the confessions of Chap pell, the police also located some of the clothing of Minnie R. Williams and Julia L. Connor, which Holmes gave away after they disappeared. The combination to the steel vault has been found In the possession of Chappell. To-morrow morning Chappell rays he will ler.d Inspector Fitzpatrick to the place where the skeleton of. Anna Williams will be found. He has told the police that it Is in the possession of a West-side medical student who does not suspect Its Identity. It was feared that If the location was published the young man might be moved to dispose of it. Chappell was hired by Holmes to clean the flesh off "this body and "rig up" the skeleton, as he had others, but, failing to get his pay, he kept It. It Was the last work he did for him. In another place Chappell will recover the arm and hand bones of Mrs. Julia L. Con ner. They are articulated and doing serv ice also for the science of surgery. From the same place come the skull which was taken into Central Station by detective Fitzpatrick and Norton Saturday. The po lice thought at first that this was part of the remains of Annie Williams. Chappell does not make plain Just how he knows to the contrary in fact, the police do not see how he will do so without bringing strong suspicion upon himself, but he says un equivocally: "That head belongs to Mrs. Conner I know that absolutely." . Besides these matters, the police have se cured the trunk which Holmes said he had used in sinking Annie Williams in the lake. There are plenty of signs that it once held a body freshly murdered, and Chappell says Holmes brought the trunk to his home with the remains of Annie Williams in it. "In this way," eaid Inspector Fitzpatrick to-night, "we are told four victims of the Englewood house were disposed of. This witness took away the skeletons partly cleaned and asked no questions. He got $36.50 for each Job. One of the bodies was that of a man. We have not been able to conclude who he was. There la only a sup position that this was Robert E. Phelps, who was eupposed to have married Miss Cigrand. Holmes said he wanted him to take care of the bodies of two children, and was so anxious about it that he offered to pay him 1250 for the work. Our wltners says he refused to mount the bodies of any chil dren, but he doe not say anything to ex plain what distinction he saw between chil dren's bodies and any others, if his business was legitimate and he had no knowledge of foul play. You see. it's all very suspicious." It is now believed by the police that Howard Pietzel was killed in Chicago and his remains disposed of In the "castle." , Developments in the investigation in the criminal deeds of H. IL Holmes In Chi cago closed the net still tighter around Fat Qulnlan, and added etill more proof to that already existing that be was an accomplice of the archmurderer and fully cognizant of most, if not all. of his deeds. The name of Milford Cole, formerly of Bal timore, Md., was also added to the list Holmes's possible victims, as was also that or another woman who was for a short time a resident of the "castle" la Sixty third street. The date of the disappearance of Mrs. Julia Conner was to-day fixed as Christ mas day. 189L This Information was ob tained from Mrs. John Crowe, who occupied rooms In the Holmes castle from early in 1891 to September. 1S92, and whose name In connection with the case has never before been mentioned. To-night officer Fitzpatrick arrested a man In Englewood who is believed to be H. S. Mack, who worked for Holmes dur ing the last six months he lived in the Sixty-third-street house. Mack's identifica tion with the druggist s operations was furnished by railroad detective Young, who used to live in the castle. The police have been looking for him since Friday, and now that they have him In the toils they admit unreservedly that they have the most imrortant witness they have yet rounded up. Whether he can tell any thing about Holmee personally they are not certain, but that he knows all about Pat Quinlan and his wife, and their connection with Holmes, they feel sure from certain admissions he has made to friends. The whole trend of the present Investiga-. tlon is not only to fasten the crimes on Holmes, but also on Mr. and Mrs. Qulnlan, so they can be arraigned for murder. Chief P.adehoch says he does not believe the Philadelphia authorities will ever surren der Holmes, and. therefore, he is deter mined that Illinois Justice shall be meted out to his accomplices here. The police are satisfied that the'skeleton which is now safe in the vault of Inspector Fitzpatrick's office is all that remains of Annie Williams, sister of Minnie. They have no means of proving that this is so, because the teeth have been destroyed and the Jawbones broken, but nevertheless they ere satisfied that the conclusion is correct. To-day's . revelations have also convinced the police that the house at Sixty-th!rd street was the scene of all of Holmes's murders, and that the mysterious office on the third floor was employed exclusively for the butchery of his victims. A local newspaper Is in receipt cf an an onymous letter, which says Minnie Will iams, Mrs. Conner, an unknown man and a little boy are living on Wabash avenue, somewhere between Forty-first and PMfty second street. The writer says he is a friend of Holmes, and that he knows Minnie Williams and Mrs. Conner well. He claims to have met them and been recognized by them last week. He says he would have given his information to the police, but he fears the treatment he would receive at their hands, and, besides, does not want newspaper notoriety. He also says Holmes will be able to produce . Annie Williams at the proper time. ( MILFORD COLE ANOTHER. . He Dlnnppeared After Golntc to Chl cnaro to See Holnien. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., July 28. It is probable that John C. Allen,' alias John' H. Caldwell, the associate of Insurance swin dler H. H. Holmes, who is serving a fifteen year sentence In the penitentiary here for horse stealing, may be the means of fixing on Holmes the responsibility for another murder. Sheriff McRae, of Fort Worth, Tex., who was In the city last week, had a long talk with Allen, and in the conver sation the disappearance last year of Mil ford Cole, a wealthy Baltimorcan, was mentioned. Cole came here a year ago last spring as the representative of a Baltrnore lumber syndicate. He at once became prom inent in lumber circles, buying a sawmill near Beebe, north of here on the Iron Mountain road, and contracted for the pur chase of 25,000 acres of timber lands In southeastern Arkansas. In July, 1834, he epent two weeks at Fort Worth. Tex., be coming well acquainted with Holmes, who tried to interest him in some business en terprises. These facts Cole mpnMnne.i t friends on his return to Little Rock. After inree weexs ne was summoned' to Chicago bv a telegram from HnlmM m1 sn story goes, has not been seen or heard ot since. Both Allen and Sheriff McRae, it is said, recalled Cole's, association with Holme3 at Fort Worth last year and Cole's suDsequent disappearance. STILL ANOTHER VICTIM. MIna Emily Van Tael Disappeared After Meetlnjr Holmes. CHICAGO, July 2S. Emily Van Tassel is the name of Holmes's latest supposed vic tim. Her mother, who lives at No. 611 North Robey street, had, another long conference with Chief Badenoch and Inspector Fitz patrick yesterday afternoon. According to Mrs. Van Tassel her daugh ter disappeared from home about the mid die of June, 1802, and since then she never had the slightest trace of her. The girl. who Is described as being decidedly pretty. was between sixteen and seventeen years old . at that time. She was employed at Frank Wilde's fruit and candy store. No 1131 Milwaukee avenue. Two or . three weeks before she disappeared ' she met a man named Holmes at the store. Holmes seemed to take a fancy to the pretty cash ier and on several occasions took her out and treated her to ice cream. On one or two of these occasions Emily's mother accom panied them, having been introduced to Holmes by her daughter. Mrs.. Van Tassel thinks her daughter did not meet Holmes more than four times in all before she left her home. , When Mrs. Van Tassel read of the mvs terious disappearances of women from the Holmes house In Englewood she remem bered the circumstances of her daughter meeting the man ny that name just before she disappeared from home and at once concluded that the Holmes who had paid attention to Emily and the Englewood Bluebeard were one and the same. But nothing she learned from Chief Badenoch and his assistants tends to verify her con victions on this score. She was shown all the pictures which have, been printed of Holmes, but could not say positively that any one bore resemblance to the man she met with her daughter tnree years ago It will probably take a personal Interview with Holmes to settle that question. None of the testimony given by the Quinlans or any of the others who were familiar witn m. m. Moimes s aoings in Englewood throws any light on the case. The Quinlans particularly have stoutly de- nled all knowledge of such a person, al though they have seen her photograph. HOLMES'S BRAVADO DESERTS HIM. He Has Become Scnred by the Arreat of the Qninlatm. PHILADELPHIA, Ta., July 2S.-Holmes, the alleged murderer, has become scared, his bravado has left him, and he is now conjuring his brain to seek some method for meeting the evidence that has been piled up against him in Philadelphia, To ronto and Chicago. Within twenty-four hours a change has come over the condi tion of affairs. The arrest of Qulnlan, the janitor, and the others, who are begin ning to let some light in on Holmes, has appalled him. He looks haggard, sleeps little, and is intensely worried. Wednes day he desired to talk, but was restrained by his counsel. He had a statement of his side of the case written out, but this was suppressed. Friday night a prominent law yer was taken into the case as advisory counsel and the result was to-day that counselor W. A. ShoemaKer announced the following: I have decided to make no further state ments until we are finally called upon to make answer In a court of Justice. All statements made by Holmes in the .past have been made without my consent. Fallowing this statement Shoemaker went to Moyamensing prison and had a two-hour talk with Holmes. He was seri ous when he returned, and Intimated that Holmes had decided to get ready for his great legal fight. An Altoona man went to Hollldaysburg to-night and reports as follows: When seen to-night Wharton Plummer said: "I acted as Holmes's attorney, and as the lawyer I will not say what transactions or dealings I had with him." Plummer Is the man who Identified If. S. .Campbell's signature, whereas Camp bell is a myth. A letter was made public yesterday In Philadelphia reported to have been re ceived by a friend of Holmes under date of July 1R. 10.". from W. H. Mischoff in Chicago. The -letter was-no follows: I have Just returned from Europe and was surprised when I learned that my friend Holmes was charged with killing the children of Benjamin Pletxel In Toronta I hardly think there can be any truth in tho charge. I knew Mr. Holmes's where abouts at the time the little slrls are said to have been murdered. I can say without fear of contradiction that he was not In Toronto or vicinity at the time the mur ders were alleged to have been committed. If the children were killed Mr. Holmes had no hand in the crime. Let me know if I can be of any service in the case. I am writing Mr. -Holmes by this mall. There Is no w. II. Mischoff in tne city directory. "Wanted n IlrolUer-ln-Uw Killed. KEOKUK. Ia.. July 8. George Bowman. a bricklayer, who has resided in Keokuk for several years past, told the Keokuk police to-night he was in Chicago in 1SS3 and helped build the Holmes house In which the recent finds were made. More trusted employes did the chief work on the base ment. Holmes had a brother-in-law accord ing to Bowman, whom he wanted out of the way, and one day he said to Bowman: "Drop a stone on that man's head and 1 will give vou V Bowman says near the house was a h'gh sidewalk under which Holmes frequently dug holes In which he mysteriously burled stuff. Jeptha Howe's Denial. ST. LOUIS. Mo.. July 2S. Jeptha D. Howe explains his connection with the Holmes case as follows: "I have no part in the case save as an attorney who-took a case in good faith. I believe the body identified by Pletzel's fifteen-year-old daughter was that of her father. The marks of Identification were perfect. As to how Pietzel met his death I cannot say. I have no fear whatever of the outcome of the case against me, though I dislike very much the unpleasant notoriety which at taches to my connection with It." t FOOTTIUVT OF A WOMAX. Important DUcovery on the Inftlde Djor of Holme' Blind Vault. CHICAGO.. July 2S. The police yesterday found a woman's footprint on the inside door of the blind vault on the third floor of the "Castle" building. Although the vault had been carefully examined on pre vious occasions the footprint was not found until yesterday. Up to that time the police had been entirely at" a loss to attribute any object for the construction of the vault arrangement other than that advanced by conjecture. Now it Is believed and confi dently asserted that Holmes's victims, or some of them, were inveigled Into the' vault between the two sets of doors and there they were smothered with gas. Holmes hav ing an arrangement whereby he could turn on the" gas in his vault from the outside. They tfere then, it is supposed, carried around the winding hallway to the bath room, which contained the secret entrance to the hidden stairway that led to the base ment. Here, the police think, they were laid upon the dissecting table, which bears evidence of blood and indentures of surgical instruments, and dissected Into parts small enough to allow a ready disposition of them. In the basement the . parts of the bodies were either buried in quick lime or else subjected to the flames of the crema tories or stoves that Holmes had in the upper part, of the building. The mystery surrounding the false vault the police believe they, have solved. Their opinion Is that the victims of Holmes 'were smothered therein and then made away with as described. The footprint is upon the left-side Inner door, about two feet or a little more from the ground. It is that beyond doubt qf a woman, on account of its narrowness, general form and size. The ex act measurements have been taken by the police, and they are making every endeavor to obtain the size of the feet of some of Holmes's victims who are supposed to have met death in his castle so that a compar ison can be made. By this means they expect to prove the Identity of some of the victims and obtain convincing evidence against the chief conspirator." The vault in question-is in" a south -fror.t room on the third floor. In It? construction there is nothing but the' large heavy out side door with combination lock, next to which there arc the regulation two inside doors. Beyond this there is nothing but a plaster wall packrd with asbestos. The space between the two sets of doors is about two feet, allowing room enough for a person to stand and have the outer door closed upon him. in which he would in short order be suffocated. This Is the- the ory of the police, the first that they have been able to advance after a week's Inves tigation, and they admit that in the clew they have one that they consider, most valuable.- The footprint is that of a bare foot, and Is firmly placed against the enamel-finished door's smooth surface. Another circum stance connected with the footmark is that it cannot be rubbed off by hand or through the agency' of a cloth or soap and water. These were tried by the officers, but had no effect upon the marks. The latter show plainly the Imprint of the toes, the ball of tho foot, and the heel, and are directed at a right angle when facing the vault from the outside room. How the imprint could have been made sd clearly and so firmly was a matter that gave the police consid erable bother when first discovered. After a thdrough ' Investigation and con sideration of the probable methods em ployed by Holmes, who was a chemist, it was decided by the dfflcials that before inveigling his victim into the false vault Holmes placed some kind of acid upon the floor between the doors that would, when they were closed. In a few seconds destroy all of the life-giving properties in what little air there were was in this small space. This was In line, the police believe, with the precautionary care that Holmes exercised in all of his crimes to prevent detection. With the acid in the vault, as a dying struggle the victim presumably put her foot up against the door on the inside, attempting to throw her weight against the outside door in a vain endeavor to force it open. With the acid upon the floor and the victim's feet unclad. It Is thought that part of the acid might have adhered to the feet, and when placed against the door the imprint was eaten into the enamel finish and escaped Holmes's attention, and remained intact. Inspector Fitzpatrick now declares the investigation from this time on will be carried on with the point in view that all of the murders of which Holmes is said to be guilty may hav?. been, and In fact most likely were, accomplished by the employment of gas for asphyxiation. "On studying the question I can discover very many cogent reasons why a man engaged In wholesale murder should prefer or de sire to use gas as his agent of murder. When we recall the fact that a person who Is asphyxiated by gas is In no manner mutilated physically we have the one great reason why gas should be chosen as an a?ent for murder. I believe that a large percentage of the deaths from 'blowing out the gas' In cheap lodging houpes and second-lass hotels are murder for no other purpose than robbery, police officials of Chicago know that there are many men in Chicago who would willingly commit murder for $10, especially if the chances of escape are good and if the act of murder may be committed without the use of & weapon." ... "Will you give your reasons, which you characterize as being 'particularly good.' for your belief that Holmes employed gas as an agent for his crime?" "Yes. Gas, when liberated in a room In sufficient volume to asphyxiate, will per meate the whole house, making a dlsagree abl odor that will cau.e Investigation to establish the source of the offending odor. Holmes was a professed expert In gas mat ters, and we know he repeatedly tried to In terest men of wealth in a scheme h had for manufacturing gas with water. Of course, the scheme was a fake. He knew it was a fake, yet he kept all kinds of .i!l-smMHng matrails About the Wentworth avenue house, which he sail were used In connec tion with his experiments in manufacturing gas. Ill-sraelling gas or ill-smelling articles supposed to be usd in connection with his gas bustnees would throw suspicion off If ill-smelling gases from decaving corpses pervaded his establishment. We have al ways heard of Holmes' castle as being the abode of bad odors. I believe now and al ways have thought that Holmes would not undertake a viclent murder himself. In fact. I think the developments thus far show him in the light of a user of human tools for the accomplishment of hi murderom designs. While I believe that Holmes would not dispatch a victim with an axe or other deadly weapon. I fullv believe him capable of sneaking Into a dark room where his vic tim was asleep and turning on the as. But In his own castle it wa not nevary for h!m to enter his victim's room. By blowing through the ra burner frrm th hallwav he could put out a gas flame burn Ins In an adjacent room and not enter th sleeping apartment himself. Just Imagine for a mo ment what a task it would be for a prose cution to prove murder against an individ ual If the murder had been comrherfrd In that way. It seema to me that Hohvn. waa Continued on Crccad Prase.J CUBANS ARE WI1IXG SFAXHH TROOPS CFT TO PIECES IX BATTLE AT YALIISZtCLA. ' Truth Carefully Suppressed and AH Dispatched Have in Inspec tion Before Sent Out. RELIEF FOR INSURGENTS BIGGEST EXPEDITIOX EVER SEAT OIT LEFT SATtltDAY A K.I IT. Arrival of I nlted State Gunboat nt Havana Pnt n Stop to n Scheme to Lynch I'rUonera, TAMPA, Fla.. July 2S.-Passcr.scrs ar riving by the Plant steamship from Cuba to-nlRht state that in the battle at Valenzue- Campos's force numbered 1.6"0 and the umber of Insurgents 2..7X). By the vlgl- of the Spanish advance pickets the .ish troors were not led into the Cuban ongholds, but sheered off to a plain where the forces met. The Insurgents killed all the Spanish horses in order to capture what provisions, arms and ammunition they bore and to cut off Campos' escape. Two mounted pickets arriving, they gave their mounts to Campos and a companion, who reached Bayama at 2 o'clock In the morning. The insurgent losses were between eighty and one hundred, while the Fpanlsh loss is said to have been more than seven hun-J red. In this engagement, Lala Benitz had 200 men under his command, of which but twenty-five . survived. General Maximo Gomez's headquarters are now at Najasa, which is of easy tccess to a number of prirrlpal cltle. Colonel Mirabel commanding six hundred men, hovers between Puerto Principe and Neu vitas, Intercepting all provisions and live stock. He also tore up the rails and other wise destroyed the railroad. It is said that Spaniards in Havana sire Campos to Institute a reign of terror by . slaughtering Cubans indiscriminately. They do not want him to be so conserva tive. About the 20th a small bill was cir culated In Havana, urging that In the re view on the 2-ith. which was the 'Queen' birthday, the proper action would be to visit the Cabanas prison and get Sanguilly. Aguirre and Gomez, to put a rope aroun their necks and drag them around the streets. The Atlanta arriving there on the morning of he 22-1. caused a rusper.sion cf the outrage. The review did not occur. Manuel Sanguilly, now in New York, re ceived a letter from his imprisoned brother, advising him of the contemplated move, and the former at once notified the Secre tary of State. The departure of the At lanta from Key West Immediately followed. When the Atlanta returned to Key Vest she was placed in quarantine. Campos is expected in Havana to-morrow or Tues day. ( ; ' mmpoi "Wn HepuUed. LONDON". July 28. The Times has a dis patch from Havana, which will be published to-morrow, which says: Accounts of the fight on the road between Manianlllo and Bayama (in which General Santoclldes was killed), which have been published hitherto, were under censorship and largely imagin ary. No official account has yet been received from Captain General Campos. The govern ment admits that three officers and seventy men were killed. The general impreteion here is that Captain General Campos met with a distinct reverse. All the mules and horses were killed by his order, so that he lost his baggage train. Campcs himself arrived at Bayama on foot. The dead and wounded were left on the field. It Is j stated In official circles that Captain Gen eral Campos went to Bayama against the .advice of the general commanding at Man- zanillo. Advlcs from the Island of Porto Hlcc stateO that vomito had broken out among the Spanish troops, forming the garrison there. The dally mortality la 20 per cent of the cases. BanBBBBaanaaaaHMn Sx ARMS FOR lXStBGEXTS. Well-Stocked Vessel Left This Coun try for Cuba. PHILADELPHIA. 1M , July 2-Tii Press will publish the following to-morrow: By Tuesday or Wednesday of this ek there will be in Cuban vater3 th- largest expedition from this country that ha yet left. It will be under the command of Col. Enrique Collaze, who arrived In tnia country about July 6, and since that ti:ue has been preparing fo- thi expedit'eu. The ship Is fitted out as u. war v-sel nd Is capable of a speed of seventeen Knots an hour and has mde nineteen. About ten days ago a trial trip was male off Sandy Hook and she was at onc acrti ted and the money paid cr. Clearance papers were obtained and the vosrtl put cut ta tea. A contingent of about 2i-'J Kyal Cubans , skilled shipwrights oni cxp-.Tiuicod n.n-of-war men we're ihlppd on ar.cthcr v.-frd and transferred to her cu tho hlfch cas napld-flrlng four-Inch and i,lx-lnch guns were purchased and th ?e, with tw. Cat ling guns were sent out i t the sur.o vscj and by the time the boat reach-d Cuban waters she would have iu.ie a formidable Lattery in position. What i needed rr.cr than anything clue by the ;n!urnts is said to be aboard tne ves.rL T'ure is raid to have been loaded from iha city three thousand Uer.iington rifles and fifty thousand pounds of ammuaition. The rill- and ammunition are raid to have been shipped to this city by thi manufacturers, or rather to a joint near thU cty and loaded on vessels at ivunts doir. the river and bay. They were then carried out to the hlfih seas and then transferred, to the ves sel purchased by the insurgents. Every thing was completed for sailing on Satur day night and the vessel is now telievel to be on its way to Cuba. There Is but one Cuban In the party. Among" those who are enrolled is a former officer of the United States havyanl om cer of the National Guard, and four or five men who served throughout the late civil war. The names cf these people will not be made known until the vessel lands its men on Cuban so'L For obvious reasons the name of the vesel has also been Kept quiet. As soon as the Cubans are rcccg. r'zod as belligerents by some foreign gov ernment, the vcscl will be purchased by the insurgents. When this la done the Cu ban flag will be raised on hey and she will be named in all probability the "President Marti." in honor of the'late leader of tht Insurgents. Thl3 recogniuoh Is expected from a Fouth or Central -tmrican republic in a very few days. The iflrst step toward this will be taken Ui a dfiy or so. if it has not al ready be?n takf-n. It Is the rurpoe if those on the island to get up a rrovis'.cr.al governnent at fdanxanlllo or Bajama. r some ether pointj In a day or so. If the ad vices received by the local Cubans s cor rect, to the tffjet that General Ilirtiut