The evening times., 1895-10-31

Philadelphia, Oct. 31.-The fourth day
OF the Holmes trial opened this morning
with the eprisoneriOokius as Iresn and Drignt
as when NE was first arralgied in court.
Wnen placed III the uock scanned let
ter. aud LnaJ The man Is not wnoiiy ncrVeieSs
was shown by the way the paper SHOOK IN
his hand.
After court opened there wasquite wait
for the distrlcL attorney. Holmes passed
the interval ny CONSULTING Win MS counsel
and chatting ana laughing with the court
officers.
Sidney L. Samuels, a Fort Worth, Texas,
law yer, was the firsJ witness tO-Oay.
He was shown the note IOr $4,000,
signed by Piiezel under the name o, Benton
I. Lyman and 10 take which Holmes got
The $4,000 from Mrs, Pitezel. witness
Identified the hanGw rIttng IN the bOdy OF
the note as his own.
The witness lad strong southern ac-
cent, and spoke with great rapidity IN
giving his ,esumony. He IGentiitu Holmes
las the individual in the case there Who
l knew unGer the name or Pratt
THAT $1,000 NOTE.
Mr.. Samuels' testimony showed that
Holmes nor Pitezel never obtained any
money on the note, but used 1t to extort
the $1,000 from Mrs. PNezel.
Whether ii is possible that Holmes could
have been plotting Piiezefs death in April
or May he only probably knows. but he Ger
| talnfy had some motive FOR obtaining a
regularly drawn up note. ;,
The way he retained possession or IL
the original note, and another one was
drawn up, leaving the first in his hands.
William Z. Geary, the agent of the Fl.
este tester,a s' y was recalled fi 10 the stand.
Mr. Graham put MI. Geary on the stand for
the purpose of proving that the prisoner has
wife in Wilmette III, as well rs the
woman who is In this city now ana whomhe
married under the name of Howard.
AS il was the evident intention or MI.
Graham in proving the Identity OF the Wo-
4 in, HI,tn
iemight thus be free toplace"Mrs. Howard"
on the stand. the defense made vigorous
objection to Geary testifying.
The objection was oyerruled. and Gfary
testified To the fact of seeing and talking
to a woman in. Wilmette who is known
as Holmes wife, and so ackno wledsed To
be by him.
A letter from Holmes to the woman In
wiimet,e, in whic., ne speaks -i their mar
marriage, was read to the jury
HOLMES WEPT.
The defense entered a general obiection
to any Il nd all testimony bearing upon the
question of Holmes marriages.
Just after this Holmes, tor the first time
since the trial, gave way anG so lcutr was
his emotion that he wept. A fair blonde
haired girl was led toward the witness
stand.
when Holmes saw her he started. and
his pallid face flushed and then grew
CHASTITY pale. He beckOned eagerly TO his
attorneys, aud with tears running down
his cheeks talked with great earnestness
to them.
the witness was asked her name md gave
it as Georgianna Yoke. Then the reason
for Holmes cagerness was apparent
the naae @as of Of ri t n. T Inward. d. Holmes ryed
his lawyers to use every means IN their
power 10 prevent the witness from test-
fying. but their efforts we're useless, as
the co;Irt o-eFruled all their exceptions
and ordered the examination to go on
The witness kept her eyes cast down. and,
like Mrs. Pitezel. court officer repeated
var 20
did she glance at tue man she once thought
was her husband. He. on the contrary.
looked longingiy toward her, and occa-
sionaliy wiped a tear away.
Miss Yoke testified that she knew the
prisoner under the names of Holmes and
Howard. She met hnn in ST. LOUIS, ana
while he was in jail engaged Thomas b:
Harvey and Howe as lawyers TO ueiehd
Mr.. Graham made no reference TO any
marriage between the prisoner ana Miss
Yoke hur went on a nd asked her u she was
in Philadelphia with nini III isSl.
She safh She was. and then he asked her
if she remembered Il man calling 10 see
Holmes at No. 1908 North Eleventh street
on Sunday night, September !. THIS man,
Holmes had since told er. was Pitezri
Holmes said at the time that he had an en-
ropement with the men the next day. The
next da Y he was ont OF tnc houseiFoni ~ oo
to 3 80 or O'Clock.
Nr Ro,ap herr. broke i'll and stated to the
court that the prisoner asked PERMISSION 10
Mr.. Graham objected, and the court said
thaTnatIer would be decid ided whenit came up
GRAHAMNETTLEp
When Mr. Graham resumed his eXniiilna-
inn he seemed TO bring out something that
he did not like. He asked the witness
when the prisoner returned on the sunday
arIcrnoon II he said anything about going
away. o,..,,, ,,f .h,s no.
fore. and the only thing II was necessary
to do was to pack up TINS reply seeiheu
to nct,Ie Mr.. Graham. 49,. u,,,a,
when they left this city mat SUNDAY
,icb, they went 10 indianapolis. HOMES
ren,ained with her for day or Two IN
Indianapolis and then went 10 81; LOUIS.
He ret,rrned to Indianapolis, ana from
there went to FRANKLIN. Ind, Tue no,ne
Of her parents. and from there to indianap-
oils again. ,oa -,...iv.d a tele-
ora,n calling him To Philadelphia; 10 ,foSe
x nee,, with the Peunsylvania Railroan'
and he came here. He remained a way ser-
80 5ays This WAS the time homes WAS
i5nnt,fyiug Pitezers body
After Holmes returned from Phiiaue,pni pun,
h, s,e,,, la 81 Louis. While giving ner tesli-
omv u. Miss Yoke occasionally raised hct
hand to her brow as II oe"hoerei VI ''ie'