Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-01
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MN SIDNEY l.. sAMuELs DESCRIBE
MS TRANSACTIONS WITH "TnE
INDIVIDUAL" II. NJ. PRATT.
me Testimony of niis- Yoke, Whom
the Prisoner Claims us His
wife-unroidinE. i

Philadelphia, oct, 3i.-When the priv
ieged persons had been permitted to
enter the court room In which the
trial OF II. II. Holmes. the confessed
cerspirator and alleged murderer OF
men. women and children. is proceeding
there appeared to be almost as many
women as men present Most of them
had seats In the space usually reserved
for witnesses ana many sat within the
court clerks enclosure.
Holmes az calm and unmoved as
ever, was placed In the dock at 10
o'clock. The counsel. Messrs, Shoe
maker and Rotan, promptly went to
him and long and earnest colloquy
,nsued. Holmes did most OF the talk
ng, hover, and was apparently Offer
Ing suggestions. or perhaps giving his
orders, He appeared to be brighter
and more cheerful than ut any time
hnce the trial began and after his
counsel resumed their seats he chatted
and sughrS with two court officers
Stationed next to the little gold barred
cage In which he sat. The first wit
ness OF the day proved to be lively
one. This was Sidney L. SamueIs, n
member Of the bar OF Fort Worth,
Texas young clcanly shaven man
With ,winkllng eye and the most per.
feet self-oossesslon. He spoke quickly
and sharply and invariably referred to
Holmes ms the Individual" This
amused even Holmes, who smiled
hNadiy whenever the term was used
District Attorney Graham produced
NE note Identified by Mrs Pletzel YES.
'Hday as the one Holmes pretended
~payH the ST. Louis bank and for
hneh purpose he took $4,000 from her
NJ samuels said the body of the
a'N was In his handwriting. In tho
'a'er part of April or early In NAV
wv ne said. there was a man I'm ror,
worm known as II, NJ. Pratt. It was
mulViuual' He was overseeing
Wy Veeuon OF a three-story structure
teh' TOR Ben T, Lyman, the sup-
p''sa owner. Pratt came to the wit.
s'' and tried TO negotiate n loan n,
NN~ Dy mortgaging the nroner,v
some transactions the note
uawn up and aligned Benton n
n sns,s IL was dated May IA, 1894
'uehtiy Pratt claimed to hnve
1, " ana told witness he had drawn
- ,,,. ''hd note similar to thIs. Tbe
vas originally drawn TO the order
4 t,,s Il 4. samuels, brother a, ,ha a,,
n ~ The note wns n,,,,, W the VIII
WIS., made, however. "'i
t,,. "aess Identified botb ,bo out.,,
ana the substitute '"o orisihai
u Tie note ro seeking to prove TINT
", lnspss,o. was m never II legal document
q { tny was 80, VI me insurance com
h ptono,nssc alled, Mr. Graham saving
Holmes wa 70 prove by him that
hat Misa " huch married man, and
"a VIE s Yoke was moi His Ia VII
vi hss,nsss ne asserted. and 10 IL "iu'
n hsss eWnt to testify. MIR Gnry soiJ
- HlIams,,.h az the prisoners hoi,sn in
M iersslf iii woman representln,y
ssntls.S AIRS IL. II. Holmes liz
DecnAs. photograph OF her. Last
st lnen,Ino Witness saw Holmes In Nov
~ th Mn ~ PRISON. this city. when he
~ Holmes N ms visit to Willamette.
BIZ letter 10 u XII SAID he wanted TO write
" vines Wlte, and did so aslSing
~ not addressed tIo,, ne envelope
Nd r1 illness. subsequently, witness
ks. Ioaa 10 Miss Yoke. known as
ia n had ,.u she was not the woman
4 n M, seen in Willamette.
itti' w otsnns fil sue door in the room
eck Hvard ,I and Miss Yoke, or Mrs.
she wy e alleged wife was ushered
: ~ W saye M once called to the stand,
nn kh wa testimony In whisper,
". lfltgrnEAt.I a.
s nv lfst time Holmes broke down
ryd ssss, steadily at her for n few
~ III, n's hands twitched nervo,isly
" " earsbut's opened and closed. but
WI M IL ~, avoided meeting hs eyes.
y I'd, az, as' ,.nly bent forward over his
iickla A. d we dock, ana tears began
4. r. AanStesonwsn his cheeks. He drew
~ at Or , ,.ai out, and for a mo-
assriny H. soDbed. Then quickly
y thowsa hlselt' he dried III" eyes
w, ssslf N, MS head, buslly engaged
~, ,tiy JIM his notes but atiil occa-
Aor,,ny way to sob.
n ~ a. Ne, PIKE for she gave her
\ .h,5 itout ss Is tall, slender woman
hlue A. years, with flaNen hair
..,,t y h blaer she was stylishly at
y, X De i ~. n s., Louis In June. issag"
, ~ isi a'sa know the prisoner"
\ yssat name ?"
&, ~ = Holmes and II. NJ. How
. n " d, was NJ, Ms business theng"
'isslls Ia sass business"
, ~ i a & ~ l Know him when he w.- In
~ "a eAssased his attorneys them"
=. ! " b .r es'led nrst on Mepona,d =
70 " iso w y. they visited him but re-.
mo-, N " s:,.s' se the case because of lack
d. N nl holInes whereabeu.a ON au the
!. sslaS S,ssr is supposed to : have ,
an sp' sunday. September
,.s ~ sssl' = Amy my room on tho evening of
vent ( tbs lYi ,ra l.. l had been nj.
~ s a,sn. Some o one o The prisoner d
WSi 2 see lin, and Owe, wen, d .,avng
Sss,sar y fS same nv up he's he said ia. i