The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-01
FIRST CLEAN OF HOPE
For Holmes Broke Yesterday Through the
Rift Of Dark Clouds Which Surround Him.
PROSECUTl0A THROWN INTO CONFUSION
Miss fHhc. enc OF the Women De-
ccircd by the Prisoner. Tcsfiftcs
Against Rim, nnd All Testimony
tn Reference 10 tl,c Murder oft
PietzcI children IL Ruled out.

Philadelphia, Pa. oct Sl.-Thc first
CLEAN of hope that has come Ia Holmes
since he was arraigncd for the murder
of Benjamin +. Pieizcl to-day, broke
through the rift of dark cloud of dam
aging evidence In which he has been
envelopcd. His attorneys this after
noon succeeded in keeping from the
Jury all evidence bearing directly t,pon
the murder OF the Pict"cl children.
Thc decision of the Court ruling This
evidence out. left the prosecution in
trtct attorney asked for time in which
to rtarraugc his case rho (,ourt
granted the request and the regular
nlSht session WAS not held and the case
went over until tomorrow.
Despite the decision of the Court In
refusing TO admit testimony showing
that Holmes killed the l'ietzcl chill,
dren, District Attorney Graham is con
Nlnccu that the evidence he bu. al
ready presented will convict HuImes.
Notwithstanding the decision of
Judge Arnold to-day much indirect cvi
dence has been introduced. showing
thai Holmes unquestionably made wav
with the l'iet2cl children and This in
every probability, will have weight
with the jury and even ir uncunscinI,.,
~; Will, in all likelihood, influence their
minds in arriving ut Il verdict in thr
case before them.
Inc decision OF Judge Arnold and The
concentration In the witness box of
iioilneS Ivy the woman whom he do
ceivcd into believing she was his loyal
Wic' ana the breakdown of the pIis-
ohcr that followed. were the lradIn-
features of the proceedings TODAY a.
Yer several witnesses had testified mi.
morning the name of "Aiss' Yohc ,vnu
called Holmes had expected tina, I'm"
M,ll,;'h ,, whom he had lured into mar
rage Win the belief that he was sin
Slc would be called upOn 10 ciyc ,asti
mohy against him. hut the prospcrt or
her appearance in the witness bo,,
completely unnervcd him He colIa5
ehScrlJ To his counsel and urged them
WIN cafneSlncss to object to the VIII
t'sS. W, II me meantime. however Miss
zone had taken her place i'm The wiz
ness stand " w
from MS behavior, as she did so n
would seem as If Holmes really loved
the woman. AS she came forward bis
i,hlio race flushed TO the brows, and
m ,men me mood rctreated, leaving him
bhoStly white. He looked appealinejv
ht hcr, but she carefully avoided ria NJ
ing III his direction. When the ,"Iri g.,
evidently avoided. even so much y :
looklilG at him. Holmes bowed his hoa a
ana struggled with IL sob tb,t shoo,,
,is i,i iarne, while he wiped the tears from
ms iacc. lie appealed pitcous,y 10 bi.
lawyers 70 have the witness taken from
inc stand They Icombatted as woIi a :
,hoy could the evidence of the Dist,ic
;Ilt4rhey mat Miss Yohc was moi his
icsal WIG, and was, therefore. comnc.
tent under the statutes of this St.ta -
.estiiH against the prisoner. The tcsti-
lIonE that there was at least one ana
nrobably two other women with whnn,
aiolh'eS i had gone through n legal mar
ImEc ceremony with was convincjnp
TO testify. "He
Heiorc she began her testimony
iipimea' counsel stated to the Court ,hat
ine prisoner would cross examine Tho
witness himself Miss Yoh. u,,. -
of the star witnesses for The con,r,' o,,e
Wcaiih. but beyond proving that Pint-
"cl called on Holmes the night bs fore
me day he was killed and that uoImas
,niu ~ hcr mat he had an engagement with
itt"tt on me next day and was a absent
from the house from IO::i0 i'm the morn
lns until 4:30 in the afternoon on SIM
uhS, her evidence was not so damaging
10 the prisoner, as those i'm tho ron,t
room expected No"i
one seemed To have no knowleClCe or
any ol the events bearing directly unon
the murder of PietZel or the childra,,
hrousiiout the reriod of the time In
Whlch these events occurred she va.
constantly with Holmes, but he raodiJ,,
,nSreiNGu hcr as To the reason for their
hurried movements from city IN ni,,
by specious lies During Misc yot,n;s.
testimony Holmes recovered his coi-,nn
sure anu when lie arose to cross eyon,
me her, his voice was steaGjer and
iouG"I' than il had been at any time
since Ihc trial began. His examina-
non "i the witness was not long, and
ne succeeded in abstracting from her
some statements that were favora bIe
10 himself. Holmes did not concI,iJa
ms examination Of Miss ,Yohe b,,t
gave notice that he would call her 10 q
witness for himself.
Al this afternoons session Detective
Gcyer. who traced Holmes movcmnnte
with the Pietzel children and discov.
stand va '''e
When AIr. Graham started 10 have
the witness tell of the finding of the
nodies or the PietZel children, the de-
tense made the most stubborn fight
mat 1t has waged since the trial be"an
he jury was sent from the room and
the question of the admissibiliy of tho
evidence argued. Mr.. Graham made
an impassioncd and really eloouent
speech for the introduction OF Geycr's
testimony, and Mr.. Rolan replied in a.
remarkably able manner for a young
and comparatively Inexperienced law
yer.
Judge Arnold, without hesitation. de-
cided that the killing OF the children
had no direct bearing upon the murder
of Pietzel He said that IL Holmes was
acquitted here he could be taken
either to Toronto or India nopolie m I,a