Daily Public Ledger

CONFESSIONS
Made by the Quinlans to Chief Badenoch, at Chicago.
In Their Opinion Miss Cigrand, Mrs. Connor and Her Daughter Pearl, And the Williams Sisters Are Dead and That They Were Murdered by Holmes-They Also Believe That Holmes Murdered Pietzel to Quiet Him.
CHICAGO, Aug. 5.--A morning paper gives the following particulars of the confession made by the Quinlans Friday to Chief Badenoch, which was taken down by a stenographer.
They related that in their opinion Miss Cigrand, Mrs. Julia Connor and her daughter Pearl, and Minnie and Nannie Williams are all dead and that Holmes murdered them. Pietzel, they said, quarreled frequently with Holmes because the latter would not act squarely with his associate in the dealings, and they believed that Holmes killed Pietzel so as to prevent any telling of his crimes, which, they believe Pietzel was aware of to some extent. As to whether Pietzel participated in any of the murders they do not know. They believe that Holmes after killing Pietzel felt it necessary to dispose of the dead man's children and that Alice, Nellie and Howard Pietzel were killed by him. As to Miss Vantassel, they know nothing. They never saw her.
Miss Cigrand, Mrs. Connor, Pearl Connor, Minnie and Nannie Williams, they thought came to their death in the Holmes building. Mrs. Quinlan related that one day when her husband was away she saw Holmes poking into the stove in his office, which was red hot, something that looked like a portion of a human body, and that a horrible odor came from the room. Quinlan said that after Holmes had gone away he found a bottle of chloroform in the steel vault. They both said that they saw the Williams girls about July 5, 1893, for the last time, and that they had been put out of the way since that time.