The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-22
ALIBI WILL NOTSTAND
HOLMEs's FRANKLIN WIFE SAYS 1T
CANNOT BE PROVED BY HER.
She Will Do All She Can to Convict
Him, and VIII Seek a Divorce II
the Hangman Fails Her.
HAD TWO MORE VICTIMS
DEATH OF MRS. C0NNoR AND DAuGH-
TER CHARGED TO THE FIEND.
They Were Under HIS Protection I'm
Chicago, and Suddenly Disap-
peared Early fn 1903.
HAD TWO MORE VICTIMS
DEATH OF MRS. CONNoR AND DAUGH-
TER CHARGED TO THE FIEND.

Information from most reliable source,
received last night, Is to the effect that
Mrs. Georginana Howard, wife OF Holmes,
alias Howard, alias Mudgett, the confessed
insurance swindler, now imprisoned in Phil
adelphia, and the alleged butcher OF Piet-
zel his three children and Minnie Williams.
has turned against her husband, and that
she is ready TO give evidence which will
do much in securing a conviction. Mrs.
Howard. whose former name was Miss
Yoke, Of Franklin. stopped for a short time
in the city en- route for the East. While
here she was besieged by reporters and
correspondents, who vainly attempted to
learn from her the meaning OF her trip.
She was reticent, but nevertheless 1t has
come to light that she was going to Phila-
delphia to tell all she knows of the mon
ster Holmes, and some of her testimony
will conflict with that given by Holmes.
When Mrs. Howard (for she understood
Holiness name to be Howard at the time
Of the marriage) was a witness in the trial
of Holmes for swindlng the insurance COM
panies she promised the prosecutor that If
needed she would come, and her trip there
was in fulfllment of that promise.
To an intimate friend in this city Mrs.
Howard Is credited with saying that she
Is now firmly convinced that her husband is
a murderer and scoundrel, and that she
had determined to have nothing further to
do with him, and, furthermore, she pro-
posed to render the authorities all the aid
possible in bringing him to justice. The
disappearance Of the Pietzel children end
the subsequent finding OF their bodies at
Toronto convinced Mrs. Howard that her
husband was a murderer, for he had the
care OF the children, and he was known to
have taken them to Toronto.
Until recent developments there was
some doubt in her mind about his guilt as
murderer. for. knowing him. she could
not realize that it was possible. The de-
velopments after his arrest for swindling
the insurance companies convinced her,
however, that he was a villain Of rare de-
gree.
To those who have followed the Incl
dents of the case ii will be remembered
that Holmes, after the finding OF the bod
les Of the Pietzel children in the cellar at
Toronto claimed that he knew nothing
of their deaths. as he could prove an alibi,
for at the time they are alleged to have
been murdered he was hundreds OF miles
from Toronto. In company with his wife.
Mrs. Howard. Mrs. Howards testimony
will ruin all hopes Holmes may have of
proving an alibi by her, for Holmes was not
with her at the tine the two children were
slaughtered. and she has no knowledge
of where he was. The manner of Mrs.
Howard while in this city was such as to
indicate intense antipathy for her hus-
band, and there Is little doubt but what
she can give evidence which will serve as
links to the chain with which Holmes is
being secured.
Were 1t not for the fact that Mrs. How
ard has no residence In this State she
would secure a divorce from the monstrous
man to whom she is bound Mrs. Howard
lacks year and half of securing this
residence, but she believes that before
that time Is passed her hsuband will have
met murderer's death.