The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-31

out the intensely dramatic ana patnetlC recital of the viewing of her children's bodies by Mrs. Pietzel Holmes retained his lmmobile aspect. He busted him self while Mrs, Pietzel was giving her testimony in making notes fwor the use of his counsel in the cross-eXamina- tion.
 The cross-examination covered much the same ground as her direct testimo- ny and developed nothing favorable 70 the defense, but if anything strength ened the story of Holmes cold-blooded knavery.
 Mrs. Pietzel was still on the stand when the court took recess.
 After her ordeal on the stand this af- ternoon Mrs. Petzel was prostrated, but under a physician's attention she recovered sufficiently to be in court again at o'clock She resumed the stand and her cross-eXamination was proceeded with. Before MT, Rotan be- gen his examination Holmes talked eag- erly with him for some time and was evidently advising him as to his line of questioning.
 The witness was asked several ques- tions concerning the insurance money, the object being to show that she paid out but SS,OOO of the $9,9OO insurance, and that she got $1,70O instead of only $500, as she stated this afternoon. It was indirectly shown by the testimony of the witness that Holmes had several times paid the rent for the Pietzel fam lily and grocery and provision bills, |. T l., T E11.1 her that Holmes owed him this money, By indirect admissions Mrs. Pietzel showed that Pietzel was practically de pendent upon Holmes for support. Piet- gel she stated, told her previous to it's carrying out of the scheme to defraud the insurance company, but he did not tell where it woul abe perpetrated.
 At this point Holmes coached MT. Ro- tan again about the line of examina-
 tion. Mrs Pietzel was shown a note for S16,OOO. signed with the name of Benton F. Lyman" an alias of Pietz9l, and she identified the signature as that of her husband It was to pay this note that she gave Holmes the $5,000 and in return she was to have full possession of the Fort Worth property. Holmes supplied the money for Pietzel to set up
 in business. Here Holmes interrupted
 the proceedings by advising with MT,
 Rotan.
 The witness repeated her testimony as to Holmes borrowing the big trunk from her in Detroit Mrs. Pietzel was asked if she did not see it at Prescott At first she said she did not but under pressure said she did see it at Prescott on the platform as she got off the train. The cross-examination ended MT Ora ham again took the witness in hand,
 She identified the portrait of her hus-
 band and the yalise he had when he left home. After being on the stand
 for an hour this evening Mrs. Pietzel'9
 examination was ended and she stag gered to her seat with the assistance of
 two officers, and in a few minutes left
 the court room.
 Jeanette CDossie") Pietzel was then
 called to the stand
 She corrobated her mothers testimony that it was Holmes suggestion that
 Alice was sent to Philadelphia. The girls testimony was in the main corro- bative of her mothers testimony, as il
 bore on their journeying. Dossie was remarkably possessed and she con stantly shot glances toward the prisoner that seemed venomous.
 While Dossie was giving her evidence Mrs. Pietzel returned to the room and took a seat back of the witness stand The witness said that when the party was on the way to Philadelphia after
 teh arrest in Boston, Holmes told her
 tht she would probably meet her father in Philadelphia and that they would
 have to suffer the penalty for their crimes. Under cross-eXamination Dos sic admitted that her father had in. structed her to use cipher in writing to him and he wrote to her in cipher He did this in the event of their mail being tempered with as he thought h. diana detectives were after him. Her father told her he expected to make some money by fraudulent scheme
 but he did not tell the nature of it. Dossie was on the stand for fifty minutes and then her mother was re called by District Attorney Graham
 In rely to questions she said Holmes came to the house at Burlington and went down in the cellar. She went with him. Holmes tried to get her tC go up stairs on the ground that she would catch cold. When she said tha she would not catch cold he got her tc leave the cellar to procure hammer and some nails with which he proposed to fix broken window. When she re- turned Holmes had raised some boards that were on the floor.
 Here the defence entered an objection The court sustained the objection anC MT. Graham attempted to explain that he proposed to show that Holmes had dug what was believed he intended fol grave in the cellar of another house and that it was probably what he in. tended doing in this case. The de. fence objected to Mir Graham making his explanation within the jury's hear ing and the court sustained this. The court then adjourned.