Show MINNIE WILLIAMS ALIVE Holmes Sheds Tears and Declares He Knew His Story Would be Confirmed Con-firmed Telegram Investigated Philadelphia Aug 20W A Shoemaker Shoe-maker the attorney for II II Holmes accused of a score of murders received a telegram today purporting to come TMI1 TJ Wllllntna nVll nf the iruui luiiiiuu it ivmmiiiD w U nn holmes alleged victims It read as follows fol-lows Providence H I August 19 1835 To W A Shoemaker attorney Phlla iklphlui lHcllurt 1 was murdered absurd Am alive and welt Signed MINNIK II WILLIAMS When the message was shown to holmes he Bald excitedly I knew my story that I did not kill the girls would ho confirmed IK brushed tho tears from his eyes 1 am sorry however that she has made herself no public by telegraphing Slit might as well have written Then Holmes reiterated the statement state-ment that ho has made so often that tho last time he saw Minnie Williams was when he left her at Toronto with the Pletzel children The prisoner has every confidence that Minnie Williams Is the best friend he has and feel assured as-sured that the telegram that was re celvcd here today was sent by her for the purpose of showing loyalty to him Assistant District Attorney Barlow would not soy whether he thought the telegram was genuine or false He admitted ad-mitted however that he would not be astonished It Minnie Williams appeared on the scone at any time Lawyer Shoemaker Is Investigating the telegram which came over the wires of the Western Union Telegraph company Asked an to his belief as to its genuineness he replied My opinion opin-ion Is that It was sent by Minnie Williams Wil-liams It is more than likely that Minnie Min-nie Williams sent the message from Providence and then hurriedly left the town |