The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-01

phia, saying the copying deal had been
closed. He returned from Philadelphia
about the Gath of the month, and he
then went to st. Louis to meet lawyer
Harvey. After we came back from Phil
adelphia to Indianapolis, he went to st.
Louis, and on one of these occasions, he
said he was going to meet a man from
Fort Worth, who was to buy the block
in that city.
when he returned from this trip he
said he had sold the block for $35, 900,
$4,000 in cash and the balance payable
semi annually. Miss Yoke then told of
Holmes giving her presents and taking
her with him to Detroit, Toronto, Pres
colt, Canada, Burlington, Vt, and Bos-
ton, where Holmes was arrested. y
Ibid you, during all these travels, see
anything of Mrs Pletzel or the children9"
81 did not"
Mr.. Rotan, who had been talking
quietly to Holmes, arose and told the
court that the prisoner insisted on con-
Quoting the crOss-examinatiOn in person.
The court consented and Holmes, aris-
ing, stood in the corner of his dock near
est the witness stand, addressing his
questions tremulously direct TO the wo-
man, he called her his wife, bat she never
raised her eyes and gave her replies in a
whisper to the court crier, who repeated
them aloud.
Holmes asked her a few questions
about the time he had left the house and
returned on September 2, and as to his
| personal appearance on that occasion,
and then told the court he would re
| serve what other questions he had until
he called the witness direct for the de-
| Tense. The court then took a recess
After recess, Mrs. Pietzel was recalled
and identified some wearing apparel as
having belonged to her husband.
Detective Thomas G. Crawford, who
was sent to Boston to bring Holmes here
said he also brought his papers and
effects in two tin boxes
Detective Frank P. Geyer, who traced
Holmes movements throughout the
country, identified a number of papers
taken from these They were the letters
written by the children to their mother
and never mailed by Holmes.
Detective Geyer then related in detail
his travels in connection with the case,
and recited his interviews with Holmes,
beginning with the one in the cell room
in Boston, when Holmes told him he had
brought body from New York to Phila-
delphia to pass as Pietzel's. Later Holmes
told him this story was not true, and
that the body found in the Callowhill
street house was really Pietzel's. The
witness several times referred to the
murder of the Pietzel children, and the
defense objected.
District Attorney Graham contended
that the murder of the children was SO
intimately connected with the killing of
their father that it was part of the same
transaction, and that it was Holmes
purpose to eXterminate the entire fam
lily, including Mrs. Pietzel, Dessa and
the baby.
Judge Arnold caused mild sensation
by deciding that the killing of the chill
dren had no connection with the trial of
| Holmes for the murder of the father, and
that no such evidence could be intro
duced.
Geyer was then put under cross exam
ination. He was asked but a few ques-
tions and corroborated his former story.
Superintendent of Police Linden, of
this city, was put on the stand and cor
roborated much of Geyer's testimony.
Mr.. Graham here said that with the
exception of two or three witnesses, the
commonwealth was ready to close and it
would perhaps be better to go in the
| morning
Court then at $50 p. m. adjourned
until 10 o'clock tomorrow.