Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-01

porous man or IdIQlly. he WOulu Only
give his name in the event of being
brought up for murder He said he
had told Pietzel how to prepare the sub
sututed body to place it on the floor,
with the arm on the breast, put the
liquid in the mouth and set fire to it.
The liquid had been used for cleaning
clothes.
a few days before his arraignment
for conspiracy, to which he pleaded
guilty,I saw him in the cell room, and
he said the story he had told me about
the substitution of a body was not true
and that the corpse found In the house
was that of PietZel. l said: Well, HOl-
mes, II that's the case, then you muir
dered PieJZel and the children He
said: No, I did not
The detective then related how
Holmes found Piezels body, as al
ready published in the statement by
Holmes.
q asked him where the children
We're" continued the detective, "and he
said Minnie Williams had them in Lon
don. The last time l saw Howard he
said to me, was in Detroit the Wednes-
day preceding my departure for Toron-
to. Minnie Williams took dinner with
me at Giese's Hotel, and gave Howard
to her. Then I took the girls TO To-
rontO. l put them on a train here and
left them at the first station outside
the city Before leaving Alice, l PIN
ned $4O0 in her breast. Alice was to 90
to Niagara Falls and wait for Minnie
Williams and Howard, when they would
all 20 to London. If you 90 to New
York the shipping department viii
show you that two boys, a girl and a
woman went to London. I told Minnie
TO cut OH Nellie's hair and dress her as
boy so as to avert suspicion
Il asked him what he did with the
children's trunks, and he said that
when he left Indianapolis to take the
children to Chicago he left the trunks
IN a hotel on West Madison street and
never took them away.
In June, in company with Mr.. Perry,
1 saw him In prison, and then he told
us he had given Howard to a man
named Hatch in indianapolis. and that
was the last he had seen of him. The
last he saw of the girls was in Toronto" "
Detective Geyer was here temporarily
withdrawn, and Mr.. Graham offered to
prove the finding of the bones of How
ard in Irvington, a suburb of Indianap-
oils, and the bones of the girls in a
cellar Of the house, No 6 st. Vincent
street, Toronto
The defense objected, and the jury
were taken to their room while a
lengthy argument OF the admissibility
Of their testimony was made on both
sides
Judge Arnold caused a mild sensation
by deciding that the killing Of the chill
dren had no connection with the trial
Of Holmes for the murder of their
father, and that no such evidence could
be introduced
This was the first turn in favor OF
Holmes since the beginning OF the trial
and decided setback for the Common
wealth The prisoner, however, made
no sign when he heard the decision.
! Geyer was then put under crOss-eXamin,
alton.
He was asked but o few questions,
and corroborated his former state
ments.
Superintendent of Police Linden, of
! this city, testified Holmes made a state
ment TO him in his Office about January
6 last Holmes had requested the priv
ilege of making the statement without
the knowledge of his counsel. if possi-
bic. In this, he said that having failed
to get a body in New York, he came
back to Philadelphia, and on Saturday
night, September I, he met Pietzel.
The latter was respondent, spoke OF his
sick children, and said there was Moth
ing for him to live for, or words to that
effect.
Nr. Graham here said that with the
exception of two or three witnesses,
the Commonwealth was ready TO close,
and it would perhaps be better 20 90 on
in the morning
Court then, at 5:25 2. m, adjourned
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning,