The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1895-11-02
TOO MUCH FOR HIM
HOLMES RETlREs FROM CONDUCT.
ING HIS OWN CASE,
He Asks That His Attorneys Ne
Pefnittea to Again Assume
Charge Of His Defense, ~ He
IL Afraid That the Strain
WILL BE Too Great.
HOLMES MAKES A GOOD LAWYER
He Handles His Case Most Of the
Day and Examines Several Wit.
nesses Thoroughly.

ueAO man, WslS tue uFbl WltueSS CalleU
in the Holmes case. She is 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-examine," }" said the district at-
torney.
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!'
"As last saw him."
THAT is ALL"
John Townsend, photographer en-
ployed in the detective service, and
William FL. Rau, private photog-
rapher, then identified photographs of
Holmes taken by them after his ar
rest.
Eugene Smith, who found Peitzel's
body in the Callowhill street house on
Sept. 4, 1894. then told a detailed
story of his discovery, which has been
already fully published. He had be-
come acquainted with the dead man
on August %. 1894, through business
concerning patents which Peitzel was
supposed to have held. He saw him
several times during the following
week.
The witness drew packet Of pa-
pers from his pocket when he came to
the date, but Holmes objected to his
referring to them unless they were in
his own handwriting. Smith admitted
that the papers had been prepared,
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 oil or sign to Peitzel,
went up stairs. A moment later PETIT
eel excused himself and followed him.
He returned very shortly, but Holmes
remained up stairs. The witness was
present when
The Corpse Of Pitsel
was exhumed from the potter's field,
and was there first introduced to
Holmes. Lawyer Howe Of st. Louis;
Alice PeitZel, the young daughter, and
body was recognized by the witness as
Peitzel. Holmes offered $50 to have
the corpse cremated, and asked Howe
about 1t. 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.
lie pulled out lance and cut wart
and other marks from the corpse. At
this time witness had recognized
Holmes as the man he had seen go
up stairs III the Callowhill street
house.
Holmes. OH crOss-examination, asked
a number of imnlaterial questions, but
showed much legal skill in their con-
Str,ction. He presented q strange
picture. standing in the dock, with his
pencil leveled at the witness. trying
to confuse him. He asked that the
plan of the house he produced here,
and Witness Smith temporarily made
way for Marshall r. Pugh, an engi-
neer In the bureau of surveyors, who
had drawn the plan, and was called
to identify 1t. Smith then continued
his testimony, and Holmes sought to
prove that he could not, at the place
where he sat, have seen him go up
stairs on the day alluded to, but the
witness adhered to his original state
ment. Holmes subjugated Smith to a
long and searching cross-examinatfon,
dwelling upon every point of the testi-
u'ony adduced by the commonwealth,
but the witness was unshaken.
Holmes Gets Angry.
Eventually becoming exasperated in
his inability in this respect and in
consequence of IN imnaterial word
from Mr.. Graham, Holmes exclaimed:
II object to the blood-thirsty manner
In which the district attorney and this
witness are trying to draw the infer
ence that rushed into this potter's
field and mutilated the dead body Of
my friend"
"You are drawing the inferences
yourself" said Mr.. Graham.
DR.. William J. Scott was called,
when the district attorney arose and
said to the court:
I'm view of the circumstances of
this case aud the evident desire to
create sympathy for the prisoner, I
mean. as matter Of grace to him, be-
ranse lie III without counsel. to ask all
the witnesses connected with any part
If the case to retire. We're he repre-
'ertel by counsel. l would fight such
proceeding Mt every STEP"
After nlc witnesses had all left the
room. Holmes asked If his wife was
to bc IL witness.
again must ask" said the district
attorney. (which wife YOU mean:"
'You KNOW" responded Holmes,
with flush Of anger. 1.-The woman
YOU see fit TO designate as Miss Yoke,
INN, oft oil
self. That woman is my wife"
"You cast a slur on her. Mr.. Ora.
ham retorted. when you married her,
with two wives living. call her by
the name she gives me. which is Miss
Yoke"
''NNell. she is not in the court room,"
concluded the prosecutor, land I de-
cline to say whether or not she will
he a witness"
DIR. Scott was then permitted to tell
his story. which concerned his having
been called In to examine PeitzeHs
body. after its discovery. He explained
the situation Of the room and the ar
rangemcnt Of the windows 30 that the
sums 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-
tion yesterday, that the pipe could not
have fallen from the lips Of Peitzel 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 tie
room, but were inside the jar. The
doctor dwelt upon the discovery Of
chloroform In the stomach and said
large quantities of the drug had been
used.
Re-Eneages His Attorney.
Holmes then subjected DR.. Scott to
Q lengthy and detailed examination
touching the effects OF chloroform.
hut obtained few answers that would
tend to throw the balance In the
slightest degree in his favor. Holmes
arose in the dock, and, addressing the
court, said:
III your honor please, have q re-
quest to make. In consequence Of
the severe physical strain to which I