The Evening Herald

THE TRAIL OF HUMAN BLOOD
It Leads Through Several Apartments in Holmes' "Castle."

EVIDENCE AGAINST PAT QUINLAN!
Trunks and Other Property That Belonged to Minnie Williams Found in His Possession-Chicago Police Still Unearthing Evidence.

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Human blood was found yesterday in Holmes' castle, bespattered from one room to another.

Science aided Detectives Fitzpatrick and Norton where other agencies had failed, and uncovered more startling evidence against H. H. Holmes and Pat Quinlan than has yet been found in the castle.

There was found in the castle by the detectives and a medical expert a trail of blood leading from the doorway of the dining room of Mrs. Julia L. Conner to the sink in the same room; from there into the dark chamber, where she and Pearl formerly slept, and from there to the inside of the door opening into the bath room, where the trap door was; on the base board of that room above the trap door, and down on to the secret staircase which led to the false elevator shaft and thence into the basement. The blood was human. A clot of blood mixed with human hair was found.

Also from the debris in the dark chamber, where mother and child slept, there was taken some child's underwear stained with blood; a pair of brown diagonal trousers, stained at the bottom with blood; the pocket of a woman's dress blood soaked; a handkerchief which had been used to wipe up blood with, and various clothes and parts of underclothing soaked with blood. These articles were examined microscopically at the time of their discovery, and the test made then and there as to the stains and blotches being human blood. With one or two exceptions the experts say they were all marked with human blood. A rope was found, and on its knots blood was discovered.

In Pat Quinlan's private living rooms were found two trunks of the theatrical type. One was purchased from Meeks, in Denver. On both trunks were the initials "M. R. W." These initials had been painted over. The initials are those of Minnie R. Williams. Pat Quinlan stated after his being taken into custody that both the trunks belonged to him. Detectives Norton and Fitzpatrick have now the truth that both trunks belonged to Minnie Williams.

Quinlan will be confronted with this evidence. He will also be faced with books found in his possession, and which belonged to Minnie Williams. There are magazines bearing date as late as April, 1894, demonstrating that Minnie Williams was alive at that time. The fact that one of her trunks was brought to Denver was explained by the information, already secured by Chief Badenoch, that after she entered the employ of Holmes, and finally left Chicago, she entered the theatrical business in Denver.

Chief Badenoch has also secured, in addition to the above evidence, positive proof that Benjamin F. Pitezel was at Dwight as a patient when Emily Cigrand was there as stenographer. He went under the name of Robert E. Phelps. Under that name he met Emily Cigrand and wooed her. The girl did not leave Dwight of her own free will, but was discharged for inability to properly perform her duties. As soon as he left Dwight she came to Chicago and entered the employ of Holmes. There she again met Pitezel under the name of Phelps.

Chief Badenoch believes all this evidence to be the most important of any, save the partial confessions of Mr. and Mrs. Quinlan, that he has yet secured.

The inference drawn by the officers from the trail of blood which was discovered was that the blood, being human, came from some person who was killed in the dark chamber, dragged from there to the trap door and thence down the secret stairway to the basement beneath.