The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
Too Much for Him,

Philadelphia, OCT. 81. -
/ Peitzel. "Dessa,' the daughter Of the
dead man. was the first witness called
In the Holmes case. She Is a slender.
! pale girl of about seventeen years, and
was neatly attired In dark gray. She
was called merely to Identify several
large crayons Of her father, which she
| did.
'.Cross-eyamine," said the district at
torley.
II have no questions. now" replied
| Holmes, but when told that now or
never was the time to question the
witness, at least on the picture ques-
| ton, he asked:
Are these good pictures Of your
father as you last saw him, or two
years before?'
las | last saw him
That is all"
John Townsend, 4 photographer en-
ployed in the detective service, and
William II. Rau. a private photog-
rapher, then identified photographs Of
Holmes taken by them after his ar
| rest.
The witness drew a packet Of pa
rers from his pocket when he came To
the date, but Holmes objected to his
| tN.Nl ilif- W Aii'il AIiii''N NV WIZ ~
his own handwriting. Smith admitted
that the papers had been ''prppared,"
and the court sustained the objection.
Smith said that during his first visit
to PeitZel, whom he knew by the
name of Perry. Holmes came in. and,
after giving a Cd or sign to PeitZel.
went up stairs. A moment later Peit-
Eel excused himself and followed him..
! He returned very shortly, but Holmes
remained up stairs. The witness was
present when
The Corpse of Pitzrl
was exhumed from the potter's field,
and was there first introduced To
Holmes. Lawyer Howe of 81. Louis:
Alice rcitzel. the young daughter, and
! the insurance officers were there. The
body was recognized by the witness as
! peitZel. Holmes offered $50 to have
the corpse cremated. and asked Howe
about il. The lawyer answered that
the widow would first have to be con
suited. Holmes told the insurance
people of the marks of Identification,
and, after the body had been dug up,
he pulled out Il lance and cut a wart
II other marks from the corpse. At
this time witness had recognized
Holmes rs the maj he had seen go
up stairs In the CallOwhill street
house.
! Holmes. on crOSS-eXaminatiOn. asked
q number of immaterial questions, but
showed much legal skill In their con-
, Strrctiou
! DIR. Scott vas hen permitted to tell
his story. which concerned his having
been called In to examine PeitZel's
body. after its discovery. He explained
the situation Of the room and the ar
rangement Of the windows so that the
suns rays should fall upon the corpse
and hasten decomposition, together
with the position of the burns on the
body; the broken Jar, pipe, etc. He
verified the district attorneys aSser-
ton yesterday, that the pipe could not
have fallen from the lips Of FeitZel to
the place where 1t was found. and that
the jar could not have been broken by
an explosion, because the pieces OF
glass were not scattered about the
room. but We're inside the jar. The
doctor dwelt Upon the discovery Of
chloroform in the stomach and said
large quantities of the drug had been
used.
hrs. PiiG.. .csthes.
-Four long hours under the scrutinIz-
ing gaze Of a court room crowded with
strangers to her, a pale, worn woman
underwent an ordeal which we'll
might have broken the nerve of many
a strong man. Sha was Mrs. Carrie
Alice IeitZel. With bravery and forti-
tude she stood the test. in spite Of the
fact that her physical condition has
been so shattered by the battalion Of
' woes under which she has all but suc-
pIlnhpI that Shn ",. olIt-z -
terpret her pitiful narrative at fire.
quent intervals to accept spoonfuls Of
medicine from the trained nurse who
attended her. In a voice broken with
grief she told the whole distressing
story. How her husband was spirited
away from her and murdered out OF
sheer greed OF gain: how she babe her
little ones good by, confding them to
the care OF Holmes in all trustfulhess,
little thinking that when next she
should set eyes on them the two little
girls would be lying side by side on n
marble slab or n morgue. cold In
death, n the boy a parcel Of mould
eflna bones. Between her bitter sobs
n related every detail - from the
frst meeting with Holmes almost I'm
to today, and so affecting was the
story that even District Attorney Gro-
ham, lang used TO tales of misery and
distress, paused in the examination 70
wipe away a festive tear. The wo.
mans physical condition was such
that the court crier had TO repeat hc..
Testimony after her, because Of her
weak voice.
Philadelphia, Nov. when the
privileged persons had been permitted
to enter the court room in which the
trial OF III. ". Holmes, the confessed
COnSpi>ntor ard o1I~~OI mu-I,-,. .