Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-31

The examination Of jurors was then
resumed.
Att. As p. NJ, the y iurymen had
been selected and the court then took
a recess until 3 P. m.
Lawyer Moon declined to participate
in the case unless continuance was
granted. and as Judge Arnold declined
to do this, Holmes will have to act as
his own lawyer.
Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 29.--It IS |
Holmes everywhere to-day. The whole
cityiis agog over yesterdays sensational
DEVELOPMENTS in this remarkable case.
So, in spite of judicial orders that
those having a business with the case
should be admitted to the court room;
in spite of the presence of a phalanx of
big reserves policemen and an in.
creased force Of court officers to keep
away the morbidly curious, people
surged and struggled and kicked its
way along the corridors of the big City
Hall in an effort to at least cate
glimpse of the outer door of the room
| in which the strangest criminal nara
tive of the age is being gradually un.
folded.
At 10 o'clock tho jury was brought
into the room, and Judge Arnold APP
| pearihg moment later, court was for
mally opened. Meantime Holmes, in
the custody of court officer, was
placed in the dock. He showed no
change in personal appearance or de-
meanor from yesterday, and while the
crier was pronouncing the stereotyped
formula which declares the court open
and concludes with the prayers God
save the commonwealth and this hen
orable Court" he stood up in the
dock, his hands clasped in front of him
and his head slightly inclined. lie
busted himself for some moments after
ward, arranging his papers in lawyer
like fashion on the desk in front Of
him, reading over notes, or perhaps his
defence, so far as arranged by him last
night in the dismal solitude Of his cell.
1 The days proceedings were begun by
District Attorney Graham, who said
III desire to say to the Court, in view
Of what was said last night before the
adjournment of court, that the lady
known as Miss Yoke and Mrs. Howard
was sent for, saw the prisoner, and had
/ ample opportunity for an interview
, with him..
! This is the woman concerning whom
there was warm passage at arms last
! evening between MIR. Graham and
Holmes, the latter declaring that the
woman was his wife, and that Mr..
I Graham had done all in his power to
8 separate them.
7 When Mr.. Graham had concluded,
Holmes said that he had only had q
: three-minute interview with the woman
and asked that it be renewed during
. the noon recess. His request was
4 granted.
. Then the prisoner asked that plar
o be produced of the Callowhill street
n house in which he il alleged to have
murdered Benjamin IF. Peitzel. The
district attorney said such a plan wa'
: in court and would be produced at tn,
0 proper time.
q t'that quantity Of tha liquor which
Mr.. Graham said / tlsed in my effort
n to exterminate tho Peitzel family b.
n submitted to analysis. / want to prove
y that while it contains small quantit,
d of nitro glycerine, 1t is entirely harm
% less and is sold in ekery drug store. y
> "Do you mean the liqour you lief
20 with Mrs. Peitzel in Burlington, Wiz
n "Yea. y
ID ''That has never been in my posses
u sion.''
l. Then came another request from tn
10 prisoner. He wanted to know
uuTlDB Lhb tthtiHlOhs Va phO Nhtiiboo "a
the others should not be excluded fror
" the court room. Judge Arnold an
j. swered that this would be done if thu
u exigency arose.
st Jeanette Peitzel, ODESSA tn
is daughter of the dead, man was the frs
to witness called. She is slender, pal
at girl of about II and was soberly attire
in dark gray. She was called merel
to identify several large crayons of he
to father, which she did.
~ Gross examine, said the Distric
Attorney
9, 81 have no questions now,'' reptile
as Holmes, but when told that NOW {
never'' was the time to question th
n witness at least on the picture oueI
or ton. He asked her:
,k ''Are these good pictures of YOU
i'd father as you last saw him, or tw
years beforeY"
no GAS / last saw him..
al "That is all !"
II. Eugene Smith, who found Pitezel
It, body in the Cailowhill street house {
ny September 4th, 1894, then told d
e. tailed story of his discovery which h;
been already fully published. He hs
'e. become acquainted with Piteze {
IT. August 22d, 1894, through husine
d, concerning patents which Pitezel w
ey supposed to have held. He saw hi
be several times during the followiI
week.
ne Smith said that during his first Wis
Tor to Peitzel, whom he knew by the nan
Ire Of Perry, Holmes came in and aft
giving a nod or sign to Pitezel, we
lr. up stairs A moment later PiteZel e
cused himself and followed him. /
nut returned very shortly but Holmes I
ger manned upstairs.
is The witness was present when q
up corpse of Pitezel was exhumed from I
ed Potter's field and was there first intr
he duced to Holmes. Lawyer Howe,
st. Louis, Alice Pitezel, the you
nit daughter and the insurance office
we're there. The body was recogniz
ell by the witness as Pitezels. Holm
rst offered $50 to have the corpse cremat
ok and asked Howe about it, The lawy
the answered that the widow would fiji
have to be consulted Holmes told
led insurance people Of the marks of iden
'ou fication and after the body had be
TIL dug up, he pulled out lance and C
a wart and other marks from the corp
he At this time the witness had recC
ing / hized Holmes as the man he had Sc
ler- go up stairs in the Callowhill STIR
house.
md Holmes on cross examination, ask
hat number of immaterial questions, /
the showed much legal skill in their CO
struction. He presented strange p
les, tune, standing in the dock with
two pencil levelled at the witness tryi
the TO confuse him. He asked that
plan Of the house be produced he
inv a,,1 ,vitparr Smith ten1norarily m;