The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-11-07
HOLMES IS GUILTY
One Minutes Dslib ration Pro-
nounced HIS Doom.
WERE UNANIMOUS FOR DEATH
The Man Of IRON Nerve stood Up TO Hear
the Awful Sentence Without
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ii0ii''e' ""s ooii' ecu Vi inuruer III the
hrsl uesree at o'ol tohlsht lor Kiilng
benjamin f. Pietzel
The jury retired to deliberate at 40
o'clock this afternoon. According 10
one of their number, they had reached
their verdict before the doors of their
room closed upon them. For buneer's
sake they ate their supper first. Then
they took a ballot and without hesita-
tion every man of the 10 answered
guilty of murder in the first deerae "
But, however atrocious the crime how
ever hendish the criminal If is hard to
send a man to the gallows in one min
utes time. So. for deoency sake they
talked about the case for a seenoinelv
period. about an hour and q half Then
word was sent into court that thew had
agreed. 1t took half an hour to get The
court in readiness to receive the ver-
dict. Holmes smoke TO his counsel Ro-
tan and Shoemaker in the cell room
before he was taken hack to the nrison
He said: Il feel that this condemns
me. If was an uniuet trailn He would
say no more than that.
Immediately after the verdict the
usual application for leave to file q
motion for new trial was made Dis-
trict ATTORNEY Graham aid NOT onnose
tbe motion and Tud,ya Arro1d 6xed +be
1etb Of ttis ,,,o,,+h fo, -, t,oo,.;ro rrha
n,.ipoirsI ,.aaso,, ,,,s,ed ,,,,i1 ba Iao,, of
time fo,. tbe ,,raro,.otion Co.. tbo do
fonsa cbo,ld a con, trio, ha rafusad
an annoo1 win ha ta1,or 70 tbo sunrer,e
,o,,.t a,d a,.,r,,,,,,,,ts, l,aa,.d 80 ~, ,a,,t
It'll ~, 80. - 49, Ia,s,,,,. ,ooe e.
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Tren u eNei '"ins soes "t"'lis' I'M
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.ne ear'n from which ne 10 aiiese' u
nave sent so many teliow mortais'
Inc Veruict was surprise ~ many
persons VINO diu not peleVe the crime
had been fastened upon Holmes peyohu
reasonable doubt.
There was no WORD OF sympathy tor
the condemned telon. He is regarded
as menace to society. UP III Gilman
ton, N. H., there are TWO ola people
his father and mother, and he mas also
two brothers and two sisters. Not one
of his kin was heard from during the
trial
A MAN OF IRON NERVE.
When the Jury went out an indefinite
recess was taken. Judge Arnold said
he would remain in the building until
midnight if necessary, and if no ver-
dict had been reached by that time he
would come to court at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning. There were many
wagers that the verdict would be in to-
night. and more as to it's nature At 20
minutes of 9 there was a hustle of NOV
ino neonla in the hacked courtroom and
II became known that the jury was
coroing,in A moment later Judge Ar
,,oId toolr bie seat District Attorney
C,rata,,, and bis associates entered. and
~ 49,, iIed solemn1v in and took their
60 g., tha hoy Then Holmes was
,,.o,,r,,,st e., nd nIaced in the dock. The
e;laooa 1,as literally nainful. and every
haart.ir mat crowded room throbbed
rrho ,,,on who was about to hear his
a,a,,, -l,.onounced stood erect in the
5eol. .I,a sa,oe death-lile pallor which
o',iS 80, no deener ON his face He
iu - .tlanl,1v his hands
eieu q. 80, L. tacl, Then from
Ia 9oa,, ,,aioad oIerls came the aw-
o., s'iS 49,. .sI,,ro,s look unon the pris-
~ " ,,;ao,ar 1ools unon the Jurors
Jr ~ S,- -. ,,a,, oantIemen of the Jury
~ ,,o,, end tbe prisoner at the bar,
4er,,an o o0 w midget. alias H. H.
Holmes guilty of the murder of Benja-
min II Pietzel. or not guilty?"
The condemning syllables came from
the foreman; Guilty of murder in the
first degree"
"Ahemp' uttered Holmes. clearing his
throat. but his shrunken form never
trembled. his lips betrayed no culver,
his marvellous nerve had not forsaken
him. There was only a tighter clasp of
his hands folded behind him. Then he
slowly sat down, and at the request OF
his counsel the jury was polled. AS
each name was called Holmes wrote II
on the margin of newspaper IN ms
hand, and the fingers holding the pencli
never shook. The verdict was formaliy
recorded by the court. The motion lor
a new trial was made, ana alter Juuse
Arnold had spoken word OF regret 10
counsel for the defense because Oh iast
Mondays occurrence, when they Witn-
drew from the case, ana apprecia .ioIi
for their arduous but irultiess iaooi
Holmes was taken TO ms cen rooil' "a
few minutes ia'ei '. S ,ahors
thanked for their attehtloii anu iapoi I
and sent home the court .e auJ ~ ~ ne .,so
and the most eXtraoroliisry case III ."e
annals of American courts was eiiueu
EVENTS OF THE LAST DAh'
The last day was uneventtul except
for the last tragic scene. District Al
torney Graham opened the session Win