The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-24
mo EXHTNE THE BODY.
Mrs, Pitezel Will be Given an 0p-
portunity to Identify 1t,
HUNTING THE ALLEGED DEAD MAN.

The Chicago Police Believe They Have n
CIew That viii Lead to the Discovery Of
PitezeI-The Philadelphia Prisoners Now
In Moyamensing.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24-The Pitezel-
Holmes Howe conspiracy murder mystery
has taken an interesting and important
turn by the announcement from an official
source chat the body of Perry, or Pitezel,
will again be exhumed and another effort
made to identify it,
1t will be remembered by those who
have followed the history Of this extra
ordinary case that Mrs. Pitezel never saw
the dead body Of the man who was said to
be her husband The identification was
made by her daughter, and it was stated
| that within the last few days the daughter
had expressed her doubts as to the con-
| clusiveness of the identifying marks.
So that all doubt in this connection m
be removed, the intelligence comes fl N
an authoritative source that the body will
be re-exhumed so that Mrs Pitezel may
be given all the facilities possible for de
termining whether or not it is the body of
her husband. The body is buried in Me
chanics' cemetery.
Yesterday Holmes and Mrs. Pitezel were
committed to Moyamensing prison, there
to await trial Secretary Grew, of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, volunteered to take care of the
| 16-year-old daughter and the l-year-old
baby, but Mrs. Pitezel objected to having
her baby taken from her. DIR. Andrews
expressed the opinion that the mother s
physical condition would not permit her
| to care for the baby unassisted, and it was
finally arranged that the children should
accompany her.
Lawyer Harry Hawkins has been re-
| tanned to defend Holmes, the money being
| furnished by a mysterious friend from
| Chicago To Hawkins Holmes earnestly
| declared that he had never been guilty of
| murder Lawyer Hawkins says that
Holmes complains bitterly of the spiriting
| away of his wife He has not been per
mitted to see her since he was locked up
| at the Central station, and he does not
| know where she is. 1t is the intention of
the lawyer to go into court and apply for
a writ of habeas corpus, and demand that
Mrs Holmes be produced.
Holmes has retraGted many of the state
ments made or alleged to have been made
10 q detective when coming TO this city
from Boston. He declared that beth the
Williams girls are alive, and that Anna
was recently paid 81, 900 by PiteEel in New
York city. The story of her murder and
numerous other crimes with which his
name was linked he characterized az
| rot, invented to throw the detectives of
| the scent.
There was new development yesterday
when 1t was learned that the detectives
are looking for an expressman who ha6
been seen with Pitezel and who disap
peared about the time the body was found
The theory is that either he had something
to do with hauling the body or that ht
| himself was murdered.
| Holmes lawyers state that they viii
show by documents on record that al
the time Of the alleged Identification o
] Pitezel that shadowy individual was per
sonally conducting real estate transae
tion in this city.