Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 28–After weeks of unavailing search for the remains of little Howard Pitzel, supposedly murdered by H. H. Holmes, the notorious Chicago insurance swindler, the charred and blackened bones of his body were found last evening stuffed in a chimney in the cellar of a house which H. H. Holmes occupied two or three days in Irvington last October. The chain of circumstantial evidence connecting Holmes with this find is even more complete than that which was turned up in Toronto, where the bodies of the two Pitzel girls were dug up. There are several witnesses who saw Holmes and the little Pitzel boy at the house, and the child was never seen afterwards. . . [this article is much longer] [The Daily Northwestern [Oshkosh, WI], 28 Aug 1895]
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Indianapolis, Aug. 29--The drug with which Howard Pitezel was killed before his body was burned in the big stove in the Irvington cottage was found to-day. A part of a bottle of cyanide of potassium was found buried in the barn. Boys digging under the Holmes house in an unfinished portion of the cellar found the two feet of Howard Pitezel. They had been burned but not destroyed, and were evidently too bulky to put into the chimney hole. With the feet was found buried a five-quart can. There was some coal oil in it. All the witnesses were before the coroner and the grand jury to-day. The grand jury is hearing testimony, and will return an indictment against Holmes.
Philadelphia, Aug. 29--News from Indianapolis that the supposed body of young Howard Pitezel had been located in the chimney of a house in the suburbs of that city was conveyed to H. H. Holmes by his attorney. Holmes did not waver in his claim that Howard Pitezel had been left in the care of Hatch and Minnie Williams on October 10 last. [Pittsburg Daily Post (PA), 30 Aug 1895]
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Contributed by Indyanna, Oct 2019:
Howard was murdered by H.H. Holmes in the 'neighborhood' named Irvington in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.