The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-01
HE TRIAL SENSATIONAL
HE COUNSEL FOR HOLMES MIXING
 AFIGHT IN HIS BEHALF.

Benalt or Oilcnl-hOiHles
 a Lump in His Throat.
 A Philadelphia, Oct. S1.-An analysis of N erer is of interest. Holmes the fin M le secle annihilator, the quiet, shrink x ng man who toys with chloroform, eX- N Blosive compounds, the lancet the axe, N luicl1lime, fire and dynamite, to accom- N 5Hsh his end-that of removing from
 he face of the earth people who might
 the future tell something that would N tause him trouble-Holmes is the pos
 sessor of but a very small proportion
 pf the intelligence which has been at " rihuted to him. Of low, animal cum # hing and vanity, he has an amazing \ lbundance; of real intelligence but lit ' le. This is the plain estimate of Holmes
 by calm, sensible judges.
 Holmes went at the laborious work of
 aking copious notes when the proceed 3 ngs were resumed this morning. X PIETzEL's VISIT TO FORT WORTH.
 The first witness of the day was Sid- hey L. Samuels, a lawyer from Fort X Worth, Tex. He was typical man of aw from that part of the country and N estified with characterist tic breeziness and a briskness of manner that was eX- pected when he stepped on the stand. \ He was smooth-faced, sharp featured, x and had great wealth of curly black Z hair.
 { He said that one H. M. Pratt called x on him in his office in Fort Worth. The caller said he was interested in the con- $ struction of three-story building. The X property was owned by Benton T. Ly- X man PietzeD, and he had a power of X attorney from Lyman. Samuels drew N up the note. He said he had done it to E his sorrow.
 Sl Were you there?" he was asked. st 'Well, should say I was, sah," was Y the indignant answer.
 N And who was that Pratt?" asked X the district attorney.
 < The lawyer from Fort Worth, Tex, pointed one long index finger at,HoImes
 land said: "He was that individual sit K ting in that cage. His features are now ff embelished by beard, but I recognize X him readily"
 EE The note was one on the strength Of fssw'hich Holmes secured '$5, ,0o0 of the in N surance money from Mrs. Pietzel The note was at no time legal obligation. SWINDLED OUT OF $16o0o The witnessssaid that there were two \ notes, one for $5, 900, the other for $16,-
 OOO He lost $16,000, and as he told 1t he Y exhibited considerable feeling against G1 Holmes,iwho seemed amusedby the tes- x timony of the lawyer.
 N Detective Gary, of the insurance com- 5 pany which paid the death claim to $ Mrs. loietzel, who was on the stand be- N fore, was recalled. He told of having sf been at the home of Holmes in Illinois, I5 and having seen Mrs. Holmes there. He ss saw another wife of Holmes. The sec- # ond one was Miss Yohe, who has been < referred to before.
 When Holmes was in jail in December < last Holmes asked the witness to send .| a letter to his wife in Willamette He # took the letter. District Attorney Gra- ham showed him the letter and asked if # it was the same. Gary said it was. The ~ letter was offered in evidence. E Mr. Graham read it to the jury. It # was addressed to Mamma, and went on 8 to state that it was Thanksgiving day # q don'tlknow that I have anything to be thankful for" he wrote to Mamma,
 mot even my life. took chances and < failed"
 He added that he was sorry for the suffering he had caused her, and expect ed ito be sentenced for two years on a I oLa nf c,oiro Ia would be necessary for her to come on to Philadelphia because of property in- terests He said allawyer, one he nam- ed, would explain her position as mar
 ried woman.
 Two more letters,were introduced and
 read by the district attorney. They
 were from Holmes to MT. Cass, Chicago
 agent of the insurance company They
 were written on September 1T and 19 last, one from Columbus, O., the ether from Cincinnati.
 Tn them he said the body found in
 Philadelphia could be none other than
 that of Perry. He knew it was that of Pietzel at the time ,and then came the
 event of all the trial
 HOLMES BREAKS DOWN.
 Miss Georgianna Yohe was called,
 and a tall, blond young woman, with
 a German cast of features and modest
 demeanor stepped to the witness stand
 She was rather dignified, but not pretty
 At sight of her Holmes began to tap
 nervously on the desk in front of him.
 Tn a minute he bowed his head and
 reached down into one pocket of his
 coat
 Hes crying" whispered one of the
 guards in attendance on him.
 It was true enough. Holmes was
 crying. He had apparently broken
 down at last-that man of reserve and
 sang froid had been penetrated, it
 seemed.
 Holmes pulled handkerchief from
 his coat and brushed the tears from
 his eyes with it. Then he snuffed loud
 ly. Three times he brushed the tears
 from his eyes, once with the back of the
 hand. His nose got red and he got red
 also about the eyes
 He stopped taking notes and tapped
 the desk with his fingers instead. He
 only looked at her steadily as she tes-
 tified against him. She never looked at
 him. Her words were adding weight to
 the coil of rope that was to swing him.
 Miss Yohe told how she had met
 Holmes in St. Louis. He kept drug