The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-31

to do with it. He said Ben would be
home from the south soon; that he was
SICK down there"
Goa tinuing Mrs. Pitzel said: "I knew
Howe through Holmes. BY his advice
1 employed Eowe and
Gave Him the Power of Attorney
to collect the money. I don't know who
prepared it, but Howe brought it to be
signed.
Il saw in paper that a man named
Perry had been killed by an explosion,
but Holmes told me my husband was
all right
s'In whose care did Alice leave St.
Louise"
In Howe's. She went at Holmes
suggestion to Philadelphia to Identify
the body, because 1 was sick. 1 asked
Howe to take care of Alice and Holmes
said he would. Minnie Williams,
Rolmes' cousin, he said, would take
care Of her, and if grew very sick he
would send Bennie to take care of me-
I next saw Holmes on September II
when he came to our house and said he
had brought Alice back to Cincinnati.
He said he would take Howard and
Nellie to Alice, so she would not be
alone, and had made arrangements for
Alice to meet them in Indianapolis. L
took Nellie and Howard to the depot.
Howe was there and said the insurance
money had been paid. Holmes said to
me, You had better give her some
money! and Howe gave me s.. / babe
the children goodbye, and they got on
the car.
"On October %, Holmes ca1ae to the
house in ST Louis and we went to
Howes office. Holmes was there and
Howe said
The Scheme Was a Fraud
and he washed his hands of it. They
wanted me to sign a paper in regard to
Howe's fee, and after being assured
that l would not be implicated III the
affair I did so. Holmes then went
under the name of Howard. He de-
manded $500 or $500 Of me and 1 gave
it. He wanted to go to some bank to
pay off the note due on the Fort Worth
property. I got the s., coo and we took
Il. We went around to the bank. The
money was in 800 bills all but one
old note, a $1,000 bill. He took the
money and went to a side window.
Then he came back and brought the
note, saying it was paid. He told me to
take care not to show it to Ben when I
saw him.
How much did you get in all of this
insurance money!"
81 received $500 That was all I ever
got"
After this money transaction what
became of HOlmes?'
He took another 500 for the children
who, he said, would need some in
indianapolis. He went away and some
time afterwards sent me a letter from
Detroit to come on there to see my
husband"
Did you see your husband?'
mo. He then sent me to visit my
parents at GalVa, H.
In answer to further questions, Mrs.
Pitzel went on: when 1 went to De-
troit with Dessa and the baby he met
us and took us to Geeses European
hotel. I said I expected to hear from
the children and he said they would
write in a few days. Holmes regis
tered for me as Mrs. Adams He re-
manned in Detroit until October 49,"
Drawing His web.
"Did he explain why your husband
was not there?"
He said he had looked all over the
town and could not find a vacant
house where it would be convenient to
see Ben. On the morning of the 18th
he said we had better go to Toronto.
He thought Dessa should join the other
children in indianapolis, where they
were in charge of a widow, he said
According to his story, he had bought
some property there for his wife's
mother, but as she was not ready to
move into it, 1 could live there free of
rent. 1 asked him the name of the
widow my children were with and he
said It's peculiar name, / cannot
think of it now We then went to
Toronto. where he also registered me
as Mrs. Adams. My husband, he said,
was in Montreal waiting for word to
come on.
'One day he brought me letter from
Nellie. 1t was in cipher and he read
it to me thus: Dear Mamma, we are
Well and going TO school but Howard
won't mind Alice. He will get dirty.
We have plenty TO eat and the woman
is real good to us
We were in Toronto from October 19
to October %. Holmes did not stop at
the same house with US. I don't know,
where his different stopping places
were. On the afternoon of the 25th he
came to the hotel and said he wanted
me to hurry up and go to Prescott
Canada, and there cross over to Og
densburg, n. Y. We went to Prescott
and stayed at the National hotel until
November I.
Mrs. PitzeI Suspects Foul Play.
From there we went TO Burlington
Vt Holmes had here rented furnished
that | had worn out the name of Adams
and to go by the name of Cook He
claimed TO be sending diamond dies to
Ben in Montreal The second week we
were in Burlington. l said l was not
going to stand it any longer. | wanted
to see Ben and told Holmes l believed
he was lying to me. He denied this |
said: l do not hear from my children
and you said [ would get the rent from
the Fort Worth property and l have not a.
scratch 10 show
Il said l would so to the children in
indianapolis but he said No, not until
you see Ben
He said he was going to take Ben 10
the states ana get him to sign papers
about the Fort Worth property and sell
IT. For two or three days | did not see
ham, and then he came and told me he
had taken the children to Toronto. He
SAID he had put heavy coats on them 50
they would not catch cold and that they
were perfectly happy. l never saw him
on sundays, he never came around He
sala ne would have TO go TO Montreal
as Ben had been drinking and was nor
taking care of the diamond dies He
told me TO so into the cellar and under
the potato bin 1 would
Find a Bottle of Dynamite
which I should carry to the attic. did
not carry It upstairs though. Holmes
was there Known as Judson. He told me
Ben had been drinking and was sick and
asked me what / would do if he Should
die. lie said: 1 have one grave marked
Tor him. All letters were given TO
Holmes TO mail He said he sent them
10 Chicago where Pat Quinlan, the iani-
10 my husband
A number of letters written by the
witness and given TO Holmes TO mail
were identified by her. None had been