Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-20
the very scene Of the crime, not by one
witness by several.
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- eing due TO the fact that Mrs
. was in the city and might at
- time meet the children on the
= rect Again. Holmes borrowed a
spade on the last day that the girls
were seen alive at the cottage or any
where else, giving as his reason for do
ing so. that he wished TO make bin
for some potatoes. which statement was
shown to be palpably false. All this,
and his going away the next day, are
strongly corrOborated facts from which
Holmes Will find it hard to escape.
The finding of the belongings of the
little girls in the house and their par
italy burned clothing is also another
link i'm the chain
The inquest on the body of Alice, the
oldest girl. was resumed at the police
court tonight William Mcdonald, the
lad who lived with his parents at No. Is
Sc. Vincent street, after Holmes had
left the place, was the first witness eX-
am.ned
He told how he had found the snake
toy which Harold Pie,zel used to play
with. in a satchel in a closet in one of
the bedrooms of the house. He did not
know what became of any other of the
articles. but because OF its peculiarities
DE had kept the toy.
Mrs Pietze was the next witness.
For the first few minutes Of her eX-
animation her voice could hardly be
heard, but as the inquiry proceeded it
gained strength and toward the close
she was speaking clearly. She told the
story
OF HOLMES WANDERINGS
with the children as far as she knew
of them. of her meeting with him, IN
fact the whole story that has been
made public through the press. Her
description of the satChel spoken Of by
Mcdonald tailed with that given by
the lad She also stated that the snake
toy did not belong to Harold, but was
one of the treasures Of thegirlNellie,
who always carried it with her in the
satcheL The doctors making the post
mortem stated that owing to the de-
composed condition of the bodies 1t
was almost impossible to make any deli
mite statement as TO internal violence.
The sOmach had not yet been analyzed.
The inquest then adjourned until the
evening of the oath inst.
While this inquiry was in progress
am inquest was being held al the
morgue on the body Of the child Nellie.
After hearing evidence to show that the
body was the one removed from the st.
Vincent street house, the inquest was
adjourned for one week.
Although the police thing that How
ard Pietzo. the little brother of the
murdered girls, was made away with 10
Detroit. there are circumstances
which win Justify further investigation
inn this city. Mr. Armburst, the tenant
of the house in st. Vincent street. has
made am effort to return to live there.
The house had bcCn thoroughly tunl-
gated by the health department, and
lTr. Armburst was advised that he could
resume residence i'm it, He moved In
again Yesterday. but found the stencil
from the basement still so great that 1t
was untenable. The Od0r. however,
does not appear to come from the place
where the little girls bodies were found
but from the northeast front corner OF
the building. The detective depart
ment has been advised of this circum-
stance. and further investigation OF the
premises is being made this afternoon,
as vet without result.
The stencil referred 70 became so bad
that Armburst and his family were
compelled to- vacaJe the premises again
last night