The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-30
4 REMARKABLE TRIAL.
Americas Most Famous Criminal,
DR.. Holmes.
WONDERFUL EXHIBITION OF
SUPREME NERVE.

Be Conducts His Case CooIy and Displays
Great Ability in Cross Questioning
Probes the Experts-His Original Law
yers Re-enter the Case.
| Philadelphia, October 29.-The second
day of the Holmes trial did not attract
nearly so great crowd as yesterday as
the public had learned they would not be
admitted to the cou TT room.
Throughout all last night in the loneli-
ness of his cell in the couDty prison,
Holmes worked steadily preparing his
case. He filed sheet after sheet of FOOLS
cap and the watchers outside of his cell
door, wondered when he would seek some
rest. 1t was only as the first rays Of the
sun began to find its way through the
narrow slit of his cell that Holmes threw
himself ON his cot
He slept only an hour and was up again
and once more became busy writing until
told it was time to start for court.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the jury filed in
to the box A moment afterwards Holmes
entered.
Despite his long and sleepless night he
looked fresh and bright and while wait
ing for the district attorney TO come in,
he chatted with the court officers. A
small deal table, with foolscap and pens
and ink, WAS in front of him. He busted
himself reading morning paper that
contained an almost verbatim report OF
| yesterdays proceedings.
District Attorney Graham announced
to the court that Mrs. Howard, as
| Holiness S latest wife is known had seen
the prisoner this morning before he was
brought into court What took place at
prisoner and the woman whom he de-
oeived into marrying him.
Jeannette Pietzel, or as she was
Familiarity known in the family,
bessie. y the daughter of the dead
Pietzel, was called as the first witness.
She is girl of about fifteen or sixteen
years of age and seemed perfectly COM
posed as she took the oath.
Before the witness was asked any
questions, Holmes arose and asked the
court that he be granted some further
privileges in the way of books, ETC., to
enable him to conduct his case. He also
complained of the lack of a lawyer
whereupon Mr.. Graham interrupted him
and said that he had held consultation
with his former attorney, Shoemaker.
| this morning.
Holmes replied that he had only seen
| Shoemaker for about three minutes and
| the same amount of time had only been
allowed him in his interview with his
wife, He asked and was granted per
mission to see his wife during the recess
| of court today. Then bessie Pletzel was
examined Her only testimony was the
Identification Of large crayon portalt OF
Pietzel as that of her father
1 ,-I-Al hon
questions about the picture, seemingly
more for appearance sake than anything
else. Then the girl was excused
| Eugene Smith. the man who discovered
Pietzels body, testified to his acqualn-
tance with Pietzel, whom he knew under
the name of Perry Smith.
The witness occasionally refreshed his
! memory by referring to some notes, he
| had.
Holmes objected to this and the court
sustained this objection.
| Smith told of finding PietzePs body up
on which the only thing found was S2.6
| in money. Smith recognized Holmes as
the man whom he once saw at Pietzel's
house at the xhumation for the purpose
of Identification. Holmes offered $50 TO
| have the corpse cremated.
Holmes then beg IN his cross-examina-
tion of Smith. While Holmes was cross
examining the witness District A ttorney
| CJFahafn Cdf6leSSly pidCcu olio iai 30 oidyod
of Pieztel upon the table directly before
the prisoner. The sight did not have the
| desired effect.
Holmes asked Smith many questions
and consumed much time.
The evident purpose of Holmes in ask
ing these questions was to sustain what
viii undoubtedly be his line of defence.
that PietZel committed suicide while
drunk.
| Holmes asked to be allowed to use the
notes taken by the court stenographer,
but Judge Arnold cur ly refused. After
Smiths testimony was not changed by
Holmes. the witness was dismissed.
Holmes next asked the court that all
witnesses be excluded from the room
while not testifying. Mr. Graham was
willing that all witnesses be excluded
whose testimony would have any bearing
on the matter that was before the court
| at the moment. With covert sneer but
a smooth voice the prisoner inquired of
Mr.. Graham was the judge or whether
Judge Arnold, and that he had been
wondering which was, ever since the trial
began. This question nettled Mr.. Graham
and he replied rather warmly and then
Judge Arnold denied the motion. Then
| the prisoner was forced to accept Mr..
| Graham's offer and the witnesses who
were presant at the finding of the body
and It's exhumation left the room.
| Dr. Williams Scott, the physician who
was called when the body was found,
testified to what was in the room and the
position in which the body was. Before
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