The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-02
MISS YOKE RECALLED.
She Says She Married Holmes I'm De,
Yer Jan. II. 1S0l.

when and where?"
ION JAM II. 1891, at Denver, by the Rev.
Mr. Wilcox"
"At the time of this marriage did you
know of the existence of this Willmette
| woman"
Il believe did,
WAS she called Airs. Holiness
II don't remember
''You were sure when you married him
that he was not married to the Willmette
woman?
II know nothing of the woman"
did you know anything of any other
MARRIAGE" asked Mr.. Graham.
Il had heard of another"
ITO whom"
| II don't know the name.''
"where?"
| "Gilmanton, n. H.
What did Holmes tell his family to ex-
cuse his marriage with ycu, when he had a.
| wife at Gilmanton?'
II not with him when he visited
/ them
Did his sister tell you what he said TO
/ her about it?''
| 'She did His sister told me that he had
| told her that he had been injured i'm
wreck and lay long time in a hospital:
1 that l was a patronesS of the hospital and
had asked the physicians to perform an
! operation on him which saved his mind,
and that had married him before he real
lzed who he was. l never met the Gilman
| ton woman
When you charged him with the matter
J what did he say?
He said he had received word that She
1 was dead
Was there any truth in the story he told
] your
Not any truth"
When you married him you believed you
We're becoming lawful wife?'
II did,"
ssOr xyoft u-ouId not have mo ,r;o,t t;,,,o.,
Il would not"
| Now tell what deception he used to bring
| about this marriage. What did he repre-
| sent?''
| He told my mother that his uncle had
died and left him certain properties in the
Sonth, the West and in Fort Worth, pro-
viding he took his uncle's name, Henry
Mancill Howard. He said he had no rela-
tiVes living, except an aunt in Africa.
found that he had a father. mother, two
sisters and two brothers. He explained his
taking the name of Pratt in Fort Worth by
saving his business complications required
Counsel for the defense made objection to
the admission of this testimony or any
thing that did not relate to the murder of
Pletzel They also asked for an exception
| to the irrelevant matters mentioned by the
district attorney in his opening argument
but Judge Arnold said that was not mat
ter OF record and overruled the motion
Miss Yoke, at the conclusion of her tes
tmony retired TO the crier's desk and laid
her her head in her hands on the back of
room. Her presence did not move Holmes
to-day. Court at 1 o'clock took an hours
| recess.
BEGINNING OF THE END.
Immediately on the reassemblng of court
Mr.. Rotan advanced to the bar and said:
May 1t please the court, the Common
wealth has closed its case and we feel
sure that 1t has not proved its case 1t is
incumbent on the Commonwealth to prove
/
have not done so.'
Mr. Graham smiled broadly
! They have proved continued Mr. Ro-
tan that these men came here to carry
! oul fraud, but their testimony does not
snow SHOW that this man was killed by some
may have been a killing, but we feel sure,
under the rulings. that there is a reason
silIed le coaet 5 nTst. as to Whether Pietzel was
killed him. They have not made out wha,
the law calls a corpus deficit They have
proved that body. was found. but not
that anybody killed 1t. We must therefore
pray that you teke the case away from
the jury or give them binding iastruc-
| This is SO ridiculous" interposed Mr..
Graham, that 1 decline to argue it,
Judge Arnold decided Il express no opin-
ion. The Jurors must decide after they
hear the evidence"
entreat your Honor to grant us a continu-
ance or at least an hour in which 10 de-
clde on line OF defense. In consequence
of the lack of time to outline our course
/ and vast quantity of new testimony intro
duced we cannot proceed without at least
Mr.. Graham objected, saying that when
! the first motion for continuance was
made counsel bad pleaded that they would
| that bearing on this crime. and as the 9TH
er matters had been ruled out the, case
ought to proceed. Judge Arnold told the
counsel that they must make their election
| between calling witnesses or going to the
jury on argument alone. but, after side
| bar consultation, he ordered a recess of
| half an hour 10 permit them to confer with
the prisoner on the question
Messrs. Shoemaker and Rotaa returned to
court and held another whispered talk
with the judge and the district attorney
This lasted for ten minutes. and there
was an order to bring the prisoner back
to the dock. When. the case was finally
resumed it was $3.50 O'Clock. Meanwhile
had decided TO call no witnesses for the
| defense, but to rest on the Commonwealth's 3
nouncement to the court a moment later
He said ON account of our inability to
bring a number of important. witnesses
ference with our client, decided to present
no testimony whatever. feeling that the
We do this. however, with the proviso that
| the court does not hasten us on with our
speeches, which, we have had no time to
| prepare. We ask, therefore, that the argu-
ments be postponed until tomorrow morn
| ing"
Judge Arnold asked District Attorney
| Graham's opinion.
| THE case has closed replied that Off
| cial, land l should prefer to open argu-
| ment In the morning. 1t won't take long
| IL la easily argued.
Well" said the Judge, I'VE will hear
| both sides to morrow.
Court then adjuorned until 10 O'Clock to-
| morrow morning.
one of His Real-Estnte Transactions.
! Special to the Indianapolis Journal
| FRANKLIN, Ind. Nov. Lit has just
| come to light here that. soon after the no.
torious H. II. Holmes was arrested last win
| ter, in Philadelphia, Mrs. Mary Yoke. moth
| er of Holiness last alleged wife, and her
| brother-in-law, VIM. ii. Drake. of this city
received deed from Holmes transferring
| to them the large block erected in Fort
Worth, Tex. Ills request was that IL be
! held in trust for his wife. Georgiana Yoke
/ Holmes, or Howard. The letter accompany
| ing the deed directed Mr.. Drake TO execute
| a mortgage to Mrs Yoke I'm the sum OF sl0,-
| 600, and TO make the trust deed for Mrs
| Howard. subject to this mortgage Mrs
| Yoke believed Howard innocent. as the
| startling revelations of his crimes had not
! yet been disclosed. Mrs. Yoke and Mr..