The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-01

had the little girl with him and was
going to identify the body OF his
clients husband. Holmes told him to
call on him IL he was needed for iden-
tification. He told me OF the visit to
the potter's field In Philadelphia and
Of the finding Of the identification
marks after the doctor had failed to
locate them. or the money received
for the Fort Worth property ne gave
me $4,000 and a number Of presents.
He next left me Oct. . and said he
was going to Cincinnati. went to
my mothers home In Franklin, Ind.
and Joined him in Detroit. On Oct. Is
We went to Toronto. We remained
there until the 26th."
She identified Pitzels picture as q
man she had known IN Fort Worth as
B. T. LYMAN. Holmes was known AZ
8. II. Pratt
Mr.. Rotan Of the defense announced
that the prisoner insisted on conduct
Ing The cross-examination In person.
The court consented and Holmes ad-
dressed his questions tremulously to
ths woman he called his wife. She
said Holmes came in the house Sun
day afternoon. Sept. %. looking wor-
ried and disturbed. At thisr point
Holmes told the court that hswould
reserve whatever questions he md un-
tll he called the witness direc1ly for
The defense.
Detective Geyer was recalle1. He
said he had an interview with Holmes
In the cell room Nov. 20 about II body
found In the Gallow Hill street house.
Holmes said 1t was not Pitzer1 body.
but a substitute. He told me be left
the Eleventh street house on Sunday.
Sept. 20. in the morning and went to
New York. where he went TO a medical
student and procured corpse. He
by cart to Jersey City. where II was
shipped on the same train to Phlladel-
phia that Holmes came over on He
reached this city about 4 o'clock In the
afternoon and met Pitzel and gave
him the check for the trunk. Then
he went up to the Eleventh street
house and that night went West. He
refused to give me the name Of the
student from whom he got the corpse.
saying the student was supposed to be
dead. as years before he and Holmes
had swindled an insurance company
out Of $4,000. besides the student was
q prosperous man of family. He said
he had told Pitzel how to prepare the
substitute body. to place 1t on the fioor
with the arms on the breast. put the
LIQUID In the mouth and set fire to'it.
"A few days before his arraisnhent
for conspiracy to which he pldhded
guilty. I saw him In the cell rooml and
he said the story he had told me bout
the substitute Of q body was not Sfue.
and that the corpse found was that OF
Pbzel. I said: Well, Holmes, In this
case you murdered Ritzel and the chill
dren.' He said NO. did not"
The detective then related how
Holmes found Pbtzel's body az already
published in a statement by Holmes.
Detective Geyer was temporarily with
drawn and Mr.. Graham offered to
prove the finding Of the bones OF How
ard at Irvington. a suburb of Indian
spulis. and the bodies of the girls In a
cellar of house in Toronto. The de-
Tense objected and the jurymen were
taken to their rooms. while lengthy
argument on both sides took place.
Judge Arnold caused a sensation by
deciding that the killing of the child
rem had no connection wsth the trial OF
Holmes for the murder of the father.
and that no such evidence could be in
troduced