The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-31

PHILADELPHIA, PAn Oct, Sl-touF
long hours to-day under the scrutinizlnS
gaze Of court room crowded with
strangers, a pale, worn woman un'
dsrWeut an ordeal, which well might
have broken tho nerve Of many q strong
man. She was Mrs. Carrie Alice Plot
zel, With bravery and iorlitudO, shc
stood the test in spiIe Of the fact that
her physical condition has been 80 chat
tered BY the battalion Of woes under
which she has all but IuCcumbed, that
she was obliged to interrupt her pitiIul
narrative at frequent intervals to accept
Spooniuls Of medicine from the trained
nurse who attended her. In a voice
broken With griei shO told the whole
distressing story. How hor husband
was spirited away from her, and muir
dsred out of sheer greed Of gain; how
she had bade her little ones good bye.
eonHdipg them TO the care OF the man
Holmes in all trustiulness, little think
Ing that when che should set eyes on
them the two little girls would be lying
side BY side on the marble slab OF q
morgue, cold in death, aud the boy q
parcel Of Wondering bones.
Between her bitter sobs, she related
every detail-from the first meeting
with Holmes almost up 10 to-day, and
10 affecting was the story that even
District Attorney Graham, long used TO
tales Of misery and distress, paused to
wipe away furtiye tear. The woman's
physical condition was such that the
court crler had to repeat her testimony
alter her, because Of her weak voice.
Throughout II all the shrpnkon pallid
figure In the docket-Who, 70 ono I'M.
familiar with the shocking atory, would
never ba taken for the arch-criminal Of
The age-sat unmoyed. Not a muscle
Quiyered, not a lash moved, even when
the strain became 30 great that the
hearing halted TO give the wretched wo'
mlu an opportunity TO recover herself.
Indeed. once or twice, as some state
nent from her lips struck chord in
bis breast-ii chords there be in such q
nlu-A malicious sneer played around
his thin and bloodlebs lips. But never
once did the woman look towards him.
During every moment Of the long exam.
ination che kept her eyes riyeied on the
commemorative officers or counsel for
the defense, as II fearing TO shift them
to either side, lest 10 their course they
should fall upou tho iaco OF tho man in
the dock. There we're other witnesses
called, but naturally Mrs, Pielzeps tes'
timOny was tho feature Of the day. sho
went on the stand at 2;o0 In tho after
noon, Immediately upon the Teaisom'
bling Of tha court, and remained thOre,
evcep. for the evening inLermislion, un'
I'll $50 o'clock tonight.
The wonder continues at the exhibit
ton OF coonosB ard nerYo mndO by tho
man Holmes. Not change passed
over his features during the day, and at
many critical points Of the testimony he
Iat carelessly reading q newspaper.
There will be q ptolly point Of law In
the case preSently-if anything assoc
cilied with It can be called 40. There 10
q Law here that q wife cannot testify
against hor husband. In spite OF this
VT. Graham declared that ho would call
tie alleged Mrs. Holmes, or Howard, to
tho stand, This is why ho has been
combating Holmes assertion that this
woman, whom Mr.. Graham insists In
calling Miss Yoke, 10 his full wife.