St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-10-30

ltlCldIlS OF iowa, ILLINOIS,
to exterminate the Pietzel family be
submitted to an analysis I want to
prove that. while it contains nitro
glyeerine, it is entirely harmless and
is sold in every drug store.'
DO you mean the liquor you left
with Mrs. Pietzel in Burlington, VT. 2"
Yes"
THAT has never been in my pos-
session.
Then came another request from the
prisoner He wanted to know if, dur
ing the testimony of one witness, all
the others should not be excluded from
the court room. Judge Arnold am
sswered that this would be done if the
rexigency arose.
There was a lull for a moment, and
then began the big work of the trial
-Tthe taking of testimony.
Jeanette Pietzel, "Deesa,'' the
daughter of the dead man, was the
nrst witness called. She is a slender
ana pale girl of about seventeen years
and was neatly attired in dark gray.
She was called merely to identify sew
eral large crayons of her father, which
she did
attorney
81 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 I last saw him.
''That Is ALL
SUSTAINED BY THE COURT.
John Townsend,4-a photographer en-
spfoyed in the detective service, and w.
II. Rau, a private photographer, then.
Identified photographs of Holmes, TAX
en- by them after his arrest Eugene
Smith, who found PietzePs body in the
Callowhill street house on Sept 4, 1894,
told detailed story of his discovery,
which has been already fully published
He had become acquainted with the
dead man on August o. 1894, through
business concerning patents which he
PtetzeD was supposed to have held
He saw him several times during the
following week. The witness drew
packet from papers from his pocket
when he came to the date, but Holmes
objected to his referring to them un-
less they were in his own handwriting
Smith admitted that the papers had
been prepared" and the court sus-
tainfd the objection.
Smith said that during his first visit
to Pitezel, whom he knew by the name
of Perry, Holmes came in, and after
giving a nod or sign to Pitezel, went
up stairs. A moment later Pietzel
excused himself and followed him He
returned very shortly, but Holmes re-
mained up stairs. The witness was
present when the corpse of Pietzel was
exhumed from the potter's field and
was there first introduced to Holmes.
Lawyer Howe, of ST. Louis; Alice Piet-
eel, the young daughter and the in
sufance officers were there The body
was recognized by the witness as Piet-
zeFs. Holmes offered $50 to have the
corpse cremated and asked Howe
about it. 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
he 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
QUESTIONED BY HOLMES.
Holmes on cross-examination asked
a. number of immaterial questions, but
showed much legal skill in their con-
struction. He presented a strange
picture, standing In the dock with his
pencil levelled at the witness, trying to
confuse him. He asked that the plan
of the house be produced here and
Witness Smith temporarily made way
for Marshall r. Pugh, an engineer in
the bureau of surveys who had drawn
! the plan, and was called to Identify it.
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 statement. Holmes sub
jected Smith to long and searching
cross-examination, dwelling upon every
point of the testimony adduced by the
commonwealth, but the witness was
mistaken. Eventually, becoming eX-
| asperated at his inability in this re-
pect and in consequence Of an imma-
terial word from Mr. Graham, Holmes
exclaimed:
'.I object to the thirsty manner
III Wn1cn the Q1Strlct attorney ana tnlS
witness are trying to draw the infer
ence that 1 rushed into this potter's
field and mutilated the dead body of
my friend"
you are drawing the inference your
SELF said Mr.. Graham.
DR. William J. Scott was called, and
at this juncture Holmes renewed his
plea to have all witness except the
one on the stand excluded from the
roem. Mr.. Graham objected to this,
and Holmes, without change of ex-
preston, but with infinite sarcasm,
said:
ST would like to know whether you,
Mr.. Graham, or the honorable court
is to make the rulings in this case. 1
have been anxious to know this since
| the trial began"
EXCLUDED THE WITNESSES.
| Judge Arnold upheld the district at
| torney, and Holmes asked for and was
| granted an exception to the ruling.
Holmes compromised by asking that
| the witnesses connected with the muir
| Continued On Sixth Page.