Evening journal., 1895-11-02
FOR HOLMES DEFENSE
His Attorneys Depend on the
Prosecutions Weakness.
NO EVIDENCE WILL BE SUBMITTED.

The Defense Rests Its Case Upon the Ies-
timony of the Prosecution-The Evidence
Has All Been Submitted, and the Argu.
ments Now Begin.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov 2.-Tonight the
world will probably know whether or not
Holmes will hang. Incidentally Holmes.
who Is not now part OF the world, but q
moro shrunkon figure, with a number, a
cage and all mems enmity, will himself
know.
Apart from this a small army Of ex-
hausted men-lawyers, court officials and
newspaper roportors-wil offer up thanks
for the termination Of i'm many respects,
the most extraordinary case tried since
Lady Justice bandnged up her eyes and
started in business.
When the trial began last Monday,
everybody anticipated siege Of at least
two weoks but Tuesday the case took one
sudden turn and yesterday another which
will help TO push it to swift conclusion.
Tho decision Of Judge Arnold that no tes
tmony would be admitted other than
that bearing directly on the murder Of
benjamin Il. Pitezol had the effect OF
keeping out group Of grewsomo exhibits
aud silencing about 30 witnesses brought
here from Canada, Now England and the
west and supported for six days at tho
commonwealth expense. lt prevented
tho offering i'm evidence Of the mOlderod
bones of the boy, Howard pitezel, tho
stove i'm which no was burned the clothes
the little fellow wore whom no had body
60 put inside OF thom and the toys ho
played with and the trunk which smoth-
cred out the lives of the girls Alice and
Nellie. Besides, it put quiotus on De
teotive Goyer, whose detailed narrative Of
his travels ovor the continent in sue
ccssful search for evidences of Holmes do
structiyo movements would have made a
thrilling tale. District Attorney Graham
fought as hard as no knew how TO get this
evidence in, but the law was against him,
and the defense scored its first and proba-
bly, its last victory. Whom he found him
self defeated, he said he would close his
case and he kept his word He did not
even exhibit the skull Of pitezel, thereby
disappointing "a lot Of people who love to
rovol in the horrible.
Thore is an impression that Lawyer y.
O. Moon will do the talking for the de-
fenso and his forensic ability Is of no
mean order IL was he whom Holmes
called upon last Monday when he dismiss
ed his lawyers, Mr.. Moon declining the
task through lack of time for preparation.
lie admitted being familiar with the main
facts and win be we'll qualified to address
the jury
There was no change in Holmes de-
meanor although keen observer might
have perceived q deeper pallor ON his
checks and In his blue eyes the subdued
glare of o wild beast tracked TO earth at
last. But it needed keen eye to detect It.
Was Mrs. Pitezel the svongali?
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moment to tell that she, too, had boon In
jail on charge of conspiracy and had
been discharged In cross examination
the defense said il would show that it was
Mrs Pitezel who had led Holmes about
the country, and not the defendant who
had moved her from town to town.
The district attorney sneerod at that
and spoke OF subiecting the poor woman
on tho stand" to a still greater strain.
MIR. Botan, who Is a hearty honest ana
rather impulsivo young man. blurtcd out
that the prosecuting officer was under
stood that he was simply talking for ef
feet on the jury.
The hlacl, gowncd Judge Arnold want
ed TO know IL tho defense was going to
show that Mrs. Pitozel was the Syengali.
a dappcr young man. wearing a light
suit red necktie and with curly black
hair, came forward when the name of
John King was called. Ho testified to the
fact that he read the manuscript of book
entitled Holmes Own story" He re-
oeivcd the manuscript from Lawyer Shoe
maker, one Of the counsel for.the defense.
He could not say whether IL was written
by Holmes, AS it was typowritton when he
received g.
Tho typewriter. q pale faced, solemn
visaged, spoctacled young woman who
made the copy, was In the courtroom and
was noXt sworn. She gave her name as
Amy Long and acted as III she Thought "A
diro fate was about 20 overtake her at
any momont or that she had committed
somo awful crime in making a copy Of
the manuscript. A copy of the book was
handed to her, and she was asked If she
had typewritten it
She thought sho had. II didn't read
the book she said earnestly. Sho said
the manuscript had been in pencil and
didn't know II she could recognize the
same writing again. Some writing was
shown to her, and she said 10 looked like
the same writing. Sho had secured the
original manuscript from Shoemaker.
DIR. Leifman came back TO tell about
deaths from chloroform. According to
his own statement he has mover seen a
death produced by chloroform. He was
called as an expert by the prosecution.
Suicide Theory Advanced.
Mr.. Rotan wanted TO know from the
witness If it were possible for person TO
take ohloroform without outside assist
ance; that the defense wanted later on
to show that Pitezol had committed sui
eide.
Chloroform, he thought, Invariably pro.
duced Inflammation OF tho membrane OF
the stomach No Inflammation was dis
covered in the stomach Of Pitezol though
more than an ounce Of chloroform was
found there. Mr.. Rotan tried 20 pin the
witness down TO the statement that II the
choloform had been taken half an hour
before death It would not have produced
Inflammation, but the witness wouldn't
say that positively.
Mr.. Rotan did get from tho witness,
however, that chloroform might have been
taken 10 minutes before death and not
produce Inflammation. Mr.. Rotan got
him TO say Also and to Holmes IL was
worth moro than all the rest in his IA
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