The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-01

bowed his head, and busiiv CT age him
self with his notes, but still ..aiIy'
for so she gave her name. is tail slender
woman OF about twenty-five years. with
tiaxen hair and blue eyes. She was stylish
: We're You 'oa ms in St. Louis in June, 1ss4g'
was the hrst question.
Ibid You know the prsonerr'
II did"
by what names?"
n. II. Holmes and II. M; Howard
What was his business them?
''The drug business"
Did you know him when he was in
Jail III, IN a,S s.; Louisg'
Who engaged his attorneys them
II did. I engaged Thomas B. Harvey.
they visited him. but refused to take the
case because OF lack OF funds
In answer 70 further r. questions qstisSs Miss Yoke @
week in August 1894. The prisoner met me
at Broad-street station. and we went to
1905 North Eleventh street Get the boarding
there as long as I was in Philadelphia
four weeks. The prisoner was in the copy
ing business, looking after leases, deeds,
Mr. Graham then put series of questions
to fix Holiness whereabouts on the day
mitted. Sunday. Sept. 2, 1894.
Saturday. Sept. l." the witness said p. II
prisoner was at home. Some one called
during the evening 90 see MIN. ana ne
Went down stairs Mser fron, ne came ah qPP be
sylvania railroad, and he was 10 see ofi-
cials OF that company at the messenger s
tracts for copying. Afterwards, he said
the caller was F. +. Iietzel. This was the
day before we left Philadelphia.
WAS he at home the next day?
AT INDIANAPOLIS AND FRANKLIN.
1f 49, .l.ax- 10 nj nr lr a m
1890 o'clock in the morning. He said he
had been at Nicetown. suburb of Phil
adelphia He had before mentioned going
away and said we would go home TO In
dianapolis. We were known here by the
name of Howard. We left on the 1G:l5
train The prisoner remained with me in
indianapolis for day or two. Then he
went way. saying he was going to st.
Louis When he came back he went with
me 10 my mothers home. in Franklin,
Ind. From there we returned to Indian
apolis and few days afterwards he went
TO Philadelphia. saying the copying deal
had been closed. He returned from Phil
adelphia about the e4th of the month and
he then went to ST Louis to meet lawyer
Harvey. After we came back from Phil
adelpha 10 indianapolis he went twice TO
St Louis and on of these occasions
he said he was going to meet man from
Fort Worth who was to buy the block
in that city. When he returned from this
trip he said he had sold the block for
$s5.oo0--Sl0,0c0 in cash and the balance pay
Philadelphia he told RE he had met
Jeptha Howe OH the train. He had the
little girl with him and was going TO
Holmes told him to call on him If he was
needed for Identification. He told me OF
the. visit to potter's field, in Philadelphia,
marks after the doctor had failed TO To-
cate them. OF the money received for
the Fort Worth property he said he had
sent $500 to his broker. Mr.. glackman;
a number of presents He next left me
about Oct. . or 10 and said he was go-
home. s 60 in franklin, md. ND and N III joined i him
in Detroit. We stopped at the Hotel Nor
mandy until the next night and then went
TO rooming house on Park Place. on
there until the 18th, believe. While there
he told me he was going off on pleasure
trip" =
and Vermont and arrest in Boston she
said that during those travels she had
never seen Mrs pieszel or the children
she had known in Fort Worth as p. T..
Lyman. Holmes was known as IL. NJ.
Pratt and this he explained by. saying
the business arransements about the prop
erty were complicated ana he thought it
best to use that name.
"Cross-examined," said Z District At
u
Mr. Rotan. OF the defense announced
that the prisoner insisted on conducting
the crcss- s-examination In person. The
court consented and Holmes addressed his
questions tremulously direct to the woman
he called his wife. She never raised her
eyes and gave her replies in whisper.
The .crier repeated them aloud. She said
Holmes came in the house Sunday after
noon Sept ?. 1891. looking worried and
disturbed. He explained that he walked
fast. At this point Holmes told the court
that he would reserve what other aues-
tions he had until he called the witness
directly for the defense. The court then
took recess until . o'clock. The first
witness after the recess was VIM. j. Kill
lop. of burlington, VT. from whom Holmes
rented the house on Minooka avenue He
said he wanted il for his sister and her
child He gave the name of Judson.
Mrs. Pietzel was recalled and identified
clothing which belonged TO her husband.
The daughter. Dessa, also identified her
fathers clothing and pictures of Howard.
Nellie and Alice.
Coroner's physician Sedelsbotham testified
he had procured the clothing from Pietzers
hody when ii was exhumed from Mechanics
Cemetery, and DIR. Matthern testified that
the body exhuned from the potter's field
and from the Mechanics Cemetery were
Identical.
William r. Sauer, sergeant of police. who
was one OF the policemen called into the
Callowh whill-street house. also identified Piet-
zel's picture as that of the dead man found
lying on the floor.