The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-31

''In Howe's. She went at Holiness sug-
gestion to Philadelphia TO identify the body:
/ was sick. asked Howe TO take care Cf
Alice. and Holmes said he would. Minnie
Williams, Holiness cousin, he said. would
take care of her, and If / grew very sick ne
would send Benny TO take care OF me- j
next saw Holmes on Sept. q. when ne came
to our house and said he had brought Alice
back to Cincinnati He said he would take
Howard and Nellie to Alice. so she would
not be alone, and had made arrangements
for Alice to meet them In indianapolis.
took Nellie and Howard 10 the depot. hoWe
was there. and said the Insurance money
had been paid. Holmes said 10 me- you
had better give her some money. and Howe
gave me s5. i bade the children good-bye.
and they got on the. car. On Oct. = holnies
came to the house in - Louis and we Went
10 Howe's Office. Holmes was tnere, anu
Howe said the scheme was fraud and ne
washed his hands OF II. They wanteu me
TO sign a paper in regard 10 Howe lee,
and after being assured tnat "ou'u % tfn,,,es
then went under the name OF hoWaFu- re
demanded 500 or 500 OF me, and | gave II,
He wanted to go TO some arsn Samk 10 nronsrtr pSs
got the 5000 and he took IT. We went
around TO the bank. The money was IN
!, Sl00 bills all but one old note. $,co DILL
He took the money and went TO side win
dow Then he came back and brought the
note, saying ii was paid. lie told me 10
take care TO show 1t to Ben when sa"
How much did you get in all of this in
surance money! ,
Il received s9V. lhat was "'i
"After this money transaction. what be-
] came of Holiness" ,,.
| who, he said. would need some money IN
| Indianapolis. He went away, and som.
| time afterwards sent me letter from pe,
| troit to come on there to see my huspahu
Ibid you your husbandE
! mo. He then sent RE 10 visit my parents
at Galya, ILL., ,.
In answer to further questions. Mrs: Piet-
eel went on when ! went to Detroit WITH
| Dessa and the baby he met us and tooh Us
to Geeses European Hotel, s;,drsn saio and e he
| said they would write In a rev uays.
| Holmes registered for me as Mrs Adams-
! We remained in Detroit until oct. s. -
Did he explain why your husoaha WAS
not there?'
| WHO WAS THE INDIANAPOLIS WIDOW
HE said he had looked all over the town
and could not find vacant house where
| it would be convenient for me 10 see Ben.
! On the morning OF the 18th he said we
| had better 60 to Toronto. He thought
Dessa should join the other children in
Indianapolis, where they were in charge
Of widow, he said. According TO his
story he had bought some property there
for his wife's mother, but as she was not
ready to move into 1t / could live there
free of rent. i asked him the name OF
the widow my children were with and he
ii
of it now We went TO Toronto, Where
he also registered me as Mrs. Adams. My
husband. he said. was in Montreal waiting
for word to come on. One day he brought
me a letter from Nellie. II was In cipher
and he read it to me thus:
Dear Madam-We are we'll and going
to school, but Howard won't mind Alice
He will get dirty We have plenty to eat
and the woman is real good to us
We were in Toronto 5,s mt, from Oct ct. Is @ to
house with us. don't know where his
different stopping places were. On the aft
ernoon OF the ssth he came s 10 ~ the IA hotel tel
TO Prescott. Canada. and there cross over
to Ogdensbure, n. y. We went 10 Pres.
until Nov l. From there We went to Bur-
lington. VT. Holmes had there rented a
furnished house on Minooka avenue. He
told me that had worn out the name Of
Adams and to go by the name of Cook.
He claimed to be sending diamond dies
TO Ben in Montreal. The second week we
ing TO stand it any longer. 1 wanted TO
see Ben and told Holmes l believed he
was lying to me. He denied this. said:
i do not hear from my children and you
said | would get the rent from the Fort
Worth property, and ! have not got a
fSatsh eren to show 10 said would go to
Not until you see Ben He said he was
going to take Ben to the States and get
him to sign papers about the Fort Worth
property and sell it.
For two or three days J did not see
him and then he came and told me he
had taken the children to Toronto. He
said he had put heavy coats on them SO
they would not catch cold and that they
were perfectly happy. / never saw him on
| sundays; he never came around He said
he would have TO go to Montreal as Pen
had been drinking and was not taking care
or the diamond dies He told me to go
into the cellar and. under the potato bin.
l would find bottle of dynamite. which
1 snouid carry to the attic. did not
carry 1t up stairs though. Holmes was
| It.Ic
had been drinking and was sick and
asked me what I'd do If he should die
he ne said; L have one grave marked for
him. All my letters were given to Holmes
to mail. He said he sent them TO Chicago
where Pat Quinlan, the janitor of the
castle, took care to get them to my
A PATHETIC INCIDENT.
number of letters, written bv the Wit.
ness. and given TO Holmes to mail. were
Identified by her. None had been mailed
she was shown two others, written by
Alice and Nellie. That from Alice was
marked by childish affection for her absen,
mother. and bore rude drawing of Uncle
Toms Cabin" which the little one had beer
reading. AT the sight of this, the mother.
heart overfowed and she wept bitterly. Tn.
woman who accompanied her and Dessa
arose. and, walking to the witness stand
gave the bereaved woman a teaspoonful Of
hic'iSibt IntTe was no one In the crowded
court room who did not appreciate tn.
pashos OF this scene, but the only change
Il made on Holiness expression was a ma
lcious grin on his thin lips.
Have you ever seen your husband sine,
he left st. Louis for Philadelphia"
II nave never seen him since July %
1894, nor heard from him since Aug %
when got the last letter in his own hand
writing she answered tearfully 'sTha
was from Philadelphia
Have you seen or heard from Alice
Nellie or Howard since this man got pos
session of them?"
IL have not heard from them"
Have you seen them since"'
SoftinS bitterly. the woman answered
} Il saw Alice and Nellie lying side by sid.
In the morgue at Toronto. never saw
. Howard. except what once belonged to him
In Indianapolis, In the coroner's Office"
This ended the examination in chief. III
answer TO questions from Mr.. Rotan, tn,
witness said she was married to Pietzel IN
Galva. ILL.,, in 1873. She did not know wher,
he and Holmes had first met. She though
IL in 1889. She first met Holmes i'm tn.
restaurant at Sixty-third and State streets
Chicago, at the Castle" when she wai
with her husband there, IN 1893. She did no
much of Holmes until this insuranc,
matter came up. A long line of question:
. were put to Mrs. Pietzel, many of which
were ruled out on the ground OF irrelevance
At $50 a recess was taken, and. up TO tha
time. her testimony had not been shaken
! The court reassembled at O'Clock ant
during the few TpomeufS that elapSei be