The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-10-31
MRS. PITzEL SPEAKS
Touching Scenes at the Trial Of the
Arch-Fiend Holmes.
1T IS A PlTlFUL NARRATIVE
In the Opinion OF All. the Evidence
of the Day ls Strong Enough
to send the Criminal to
tho GalloWs.

Philadelphia. Oct. so-rn me Holmes
trial to-dhy under the scrutinlzIRg gaze
OF court room crowded with strang-
ers. pale woman underwent an or
deal which would have broken The
nerve OF many a strong man. She was
Mrs. Carrie Alice PItzel. With bravery
and fortttule she stood the tes;, In
spite OF the fact THAT her physical sys-
tom had been 80 shattered by the bat
tie OF woes under which she has all bur
suocumbei. that She vas obliged 10 In
terrupt her pitifl narrative al fire.
quent intervals to accept spoonfuls OF
medicine from the trained nurse who
attended her In voice broken with
grief she told the whole distressing
story OF how her husband was spirited
awuy from her and murdered out OF
sheer greed Of gain: how she hade her
little ones goodbye, cOnAfing them 10
the care OF the man Holmes, In all
truthfulness. httle thinking that when
she next should see them the two little
girls would be lying side by side on the
marble slab Of a morgue, cold in death.
n parcel of moudcring bones.
Between her bitter s1bs she related
every detail from the first meeting With
Holmes almost up to to-day. and 50
affecting was this that District Attor-
ney Graham. long used TO tales Of dis
trcss and grief, Paused In the examlna-
tlon TO wipe away a few tears. The
woman's physical condition was such
that the court had TO repeat her tests-
mony after her. because ~ her weak
voice. Throughout II all the shrunken.
pall.l creature In the dock who. 10 one
uncamtllrr with the shocking story.
would never be taken for the arch
crlmln.h OF the age. sat uumoyed. Not
a muscle qulvered, not lash moved.
even when the strain became so great
thai the hearing halted to give the
wretched woman an opportunity TO re-
cover herself. Indeed. once or twice.
as some statement from her lips struck
a chord In hts breast. II chords there be
In such a man. a malicious sneer play
ed around his thin. bloodless bps. but
never once dd The woman look towards
hlm. During every movement Of the
long examination she kept her eyes riv-
eted on the commonY eaaths officers
or the counsel for the defense. as II
fearing to shift them TO either side. lest
IN their course they should fall upon
the fpce OF the man In The dock. There
were other witnesses called. but natur-
ally. Mrs Htzers testimony was tho
feature OF the day. She went on the
stand at 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon.
Immediately upon the reassembiing OF
court after the lunch recess and re-
mained there. except for the evening In
termission. until $50.
The other Incidents OF the day were
The reading Of statements made BY
Holmes to the Boston police. when he
first arrived there on Nov. II last. tell
Ing the story Of the conspiracy b
swindle the insurance company out q
the $4,000 on Pitzel's life. The cross-
exami mination Of the witnesses was con-
Quoted actively by Messrs. Shoemaker
and Rotan. the lawyers whom Holmes
dismissed on Monday and recalled last
| night. but VI was appa rent that VI was
really Holmes himself who was con-
| ducting the defense. He continued to
take coplous notes and almost momen-
tarily his attorneys were AZ the dock
blle, dcCeptlUE SuSSt5Lloils ltOui num-
Interest In the case. Instead Of flag
ging has grown with each successive
session. and II r. not confined to a
mJrbidly curious general public, for
/ during the greater part OF the day
/ Judge Arnold was al Intervals receiv-
/ Ing wen-known men on the bench.
while within the court clerks enclos-
ure sat A grollp Of gaily dressed So
ciety ladies' friends Of the common
wealth. gazing curtously at me various
actors In the case and drinking IN
every word Of the testimony.
In the opinion OF al those who heard
Il except possibly Holmes and his at
torneys. the evidence Of the day -
strong enough 20 send him 10 the GAL
lows. Slowly. but none the less surely.
was ths chain forged around aim. a
chain which viii be hard TO break
There viii be a pretty point OF law
| In the case presently. II anything as
ISOLATED with II can be called so. There
/ Is a law here that wife canont tes-
tify against her husband. In spite Of
! this. Mr., Graham declared that he
would cali the aged Mrs. Holmes, or
Howard. to the stand This Is why
/ he has been combating Holmes as
ser,ion that this woman. who Mr.. Gra-
ham persists in calling Miss Yorke, Is
his lawful wife.