The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-19

Philadelphia. Nov 1s-The evH spirit
that pres.ces over the dest-u.es Of r. IT.
Dimes, king Of murIerers. and cventu-
Ally destroys ell who ally themselves with
nm. found another victim today The
hfst swift turn this extraordinary case
Took was on the first Gay 0f the recent
trlai, when the arch-cr.m.naI dismissed
rs lawyers and the prisoner az the bar
became counsel for the defense. Today
the tables we're TUNED. and the senior
counsel Of the defense became prisoner
al the bar William Shoemake the young
attorney whose first ASSOCIATION with the
case is obscured in the mystery which en-
Nelopes its every detail. passed through an
oFCeai today as severe as any his client
has been called TO face. and the crisis
came when he was held under 81 Jg1 bail to
answer charge OF subornatson of per-
jury. This means that evidence was man
utaetured tending 20 prove that Ben niamin
r FltZeI for whose murder Holmes was
convicted two weeks ago. committed SUI
eide. and that he, Shoemaker paid \
woman so 10 sgn and swear to this. But
the commonwealth had supplied the
woman although Shoemaker was igno-
rant OF this until after he lad p~1dIecd
this 'after-d.sCovcred evidence" and read
-
and asked that the argument on the mo-
ton for new trial. whica nad hcea fxed
Tor today. he postponed to give nim and
his associate counsel Samuel J., Rotau.
time TO run out this and other cues re-
Gently obtained. Then Il was that District
Attorney Graham arose ana exposed the
plot.
His declaration came Ike tEprd5rbolt.
The court stared n wide-eysd am5zameut;
the spectators turned IN their cla'rs and
gasped; the accused lawyer sank back IN
his seat. livid and tremulous. while his IN
nocent associate glared at him with un-
veIed horror but the prisoner In the dock
rested his cold blue eyes on the Shrinking
hgure OF his legal repres sn.ative and
smiled with scorn. Briefly told. the details
OF the charge are these:
The trial for the PitZei murder was no.
two days old when Shoemaker approached
a private detective named J. Schwe!ckler
ana asked him 10 procure a woman VINO
Lived around Fourteenth and CalloWhil or
Vance streets, who would swear "a certain
facts in connection with the finding Of Pi;-
zeFs body. Schweickler asseutcd. but, In
stead or straightaway getting the woman.
he told his tsory 20 Detective Geyer, who.
for INC commonwealth brought u ligat the
evidence Of Holmes murder OF the children
Geyer submitted 10 20 the district attorney,
and most skiilful trap was prepared. a
trap which has brought about the ruin
Of the opposing attorney. Under iustrIc-
lions Geyer went 20 Mrs Margaret Reah.
matron OF the Fourth district police sta
ton. and she. under the name OF Blanche
a. Haunigan WAS taken 70 Shoemaker by
S'hweicEler. Meantime Shoemaker had pre-
pared an affidavit stating that the depa-
men, had known Pitzel and that 10 her he
had expressed his intentions OF commit
t4ng suicide. Mrs Harnigan readily sign
Cd and sWore 20 this and Shoemaker gave
her TWO $40 bills for doing So. on each bill
she marked the initials "B. \. H." and
TODAY she exhibited them IN court Shoe
mlkcr walked into the trap bIndfoldad.
When he read the affidavit 20 the court.
he declared that .ts contents had been dc
taxed 90 him hy woman a moment after
ward irrefutAhle testimony was produced
showing th3t he had himself made up the
aiiidavit and dictated IL - a stenograph4r
before he had asked SchWe.cller 10 pro
cure a woman 20 sign %, and that he had
not 50 much as read or explained its pur-
port 20 Mrs Hannigan Judge Arnold.
who was upon the bench during The trial.
had called in Judges Thayer and Wilson
n hear and decide with him on the merits
81 to3ay's arguments for a new trial. As
thc strange revelation came. The three
judges dd NOT hesitate br their bearing
ard words 20 manifest thelr sense of tie
gravity of the accused lawyers situation.
Rotan. BIS associate. expressed his conN-
ifn04 ln hts colleagues dnal exoue-atian.
but he admitted that the evidence Of hiss
guilt was rNcrN heluing Batan himself
was Ursu he'd The witnesses thc lis
tr3.t attorney and the court We're careful
20 make that clear and the Young bar
r.Ster. who has fought prae-ea ally single
handed "A pa .le against tremendous 90 IS
with some skin and some for.tUta. MAS
V;s,biy affected
\ strange story IS whispered about shoe