The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-31
M ANY EYES M0ISTENED
MOST AFFECTING SCENES 1T THE
 TRIAL OF HOLMES.

Mrs. Pieizel Had Never Seen Her Children Since Last July Until she Saw Them Lying Side by Side in the Morgue mt Toronto-More Than One Eye Was NIois- tened While the Woman Was Speaking. Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 3O-The Holmes trial was resumed to-day and to-day Holmes had counsel again, the same that he had on Monday. The court room looks like a museum of anatomy and chamber of horrors. The head and one leg of Pietzel are in the court room and are to be produced in evidence later. Holmes was in a state almost of mental collapse from trying to conduct his own case yesterday and from loss of sleep in sitting up all night Monday night to prepare it. Messrs. Shoemaker and Rotan, counsel for Holmes, were on hand this morning when court was opened and held a consultation with Holmes prior to the resumption of the proceedings.
 Miss Alice Pierce was the first wit ness. She keeps a cigar store at 1904 Callowhill street and Pietzel bought cigars of her.
 Pietzel, she said, had been in her store on the Saturday night prior to the finding of his body. The body was found on the following Monday. It was about 10 o'clock that she saw him. He bought some cigars and gave her quarter.
 Though it happened more than year ago, she remembered it distinctly and was sure it was none other than Pietzel. She identified the picture of Pietzel, and the picture was placed again in such position that the eyes were right on Holmes all the while. So far as that aristocrat in crime was concerned, it might just as we'll have been picture of William Penn, for Holmes had re- covered his sang froid.
 o. DeForest Perry, the first witness to part his name in the middle, assistant treasurer of the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance company, was called and es- tablished the fact that a policy of in surance had been issued to Pietzel. The policy was taken out in 1893 for $l0,- 000
 BEGINNING OF THE INvEsTIGA-
 TION.
 The company, MT. Perry said, had in stituted an investigation of the death Of Pietzel, largely because of letter re- ceived from the chief of police of St. Louis The company employed private detectives to look up the record and doing of Holmes, and on the strength of what they discovered Holmes was arrested in Boston. He made state ment there The witness was not pres ent when the statement was made, but told who were there at the time.
 Those he mentioned will be called as vvitnesses later. Cross-examined by Lawyer Shoemaker, MT. Perry said that it was Holmes who first told of Wart on the neck of Pietzel and mark on one leg. The witness was asked also on what charge Holmes had been ar rested in Boston-on what the warrant had been granted. Perry didn't know, and as the chief of police of Boston was on hand, it made no difference any way.
 Counsel for the defense put questions to the chief of police. District Attor- ney Graham got an inning then, and brought out a smashing piece of eVi- dence against the prisoner.
 SAID HE HAD SENT THE CHILL
 DREN TO LONDON.
 It was after Holmes had been arrest ed in Boston. which followed the iden- tification of Pietzel by Holmes.
 q asked him." said Perry, where Pietzel was He told me that Pietzel was in South America
 And the children?" MT. Graham asked "He told me he had sent them to London in care of a Miss Williams.
 That was the strongest bit brought out So far. It was the only strong fea- ture brought out by the examination of the witness, and he gave way then to William E. Gray, detective for the insurance company.
 He told how he went on to St. Louis and got the statement from Hedge meth. the convict in the jail there who was the confidant of Holmes, and who subsequently, "squealed" when he failed to get a share of the proceeds.
 There was no cross~eXamintion at the time. and so Orrin M. Hanscom, deputy superintendent of police of Boston, was called to the stand. He identified Holmes as the man he arrested in Bos- ton on a telegram from Fort Worth, Tex.
 HOLMES ARREST IN BOSTON.
 When Holmes was placed under ar rest in Boston, according to the wit ness, he told the witness that he didn't care about going to Fort Worth, but he was wanted in Philadelphia for de- frauding an insurance company.
 He told me-" said the Boston man, ''that the insurance company supposed he had substituted a body"
 The policeman from Boston gave way to a stenographer from the same town, Miss Anna M Robbins. She took the statement made by the defendant in Boston and identified it. District AttOr- ney Graham was about to introduce 1t in evidence when the defense asked for time in which to examine it.
 That was granted, and considerable time was consumed while counsel ran over the many typewriter pages. Holmes sat perfectly still and watched