The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07

raph OF her. Last Decemhar paotos.
saw Holmes in prison In th, "'aeH
when he told him OF his visi, - city,
iamette. Holmes then said h. vii.
to write a letter to his wifa "sn,ed
50, asking the witness to mail I ~ I'D
enyc.ope Was rot addressed, Uo,,,e
ieaNltS II to the witness. Suls
QIe2tly witness had spoken - va
Yoke, known as Mrs. Howard
was not the woman lie had soo,
Willamette. Holmes told the Wiz
he had deposited $1,000 of TIM insss
ance company money with s
Blackman of Chicago. his real M
agent, so that Mrs. Holmes, 'aas
draw upon it. .Vaa
AT this point a side door in N.
was opened and Miss Yoke, or w..
Howard, the alleged wife, was ~" m
cred In. She was at once calIas Is
the stand and gave her testimoUu
a whisper, which was interprstai !"
the crier. For the first time HoIny
broke down. He gazed steadily ~ he 1
for a few seconds. his hands twitohh',
nervously and his lips opened &c.
closed, but she carefully avoided mo-.
ing his eyes. Then he suddenly hos.
forward over the little desk in ~.
dock and tears began to trickle dom,
his cheeks. He drew his hapdLa,
chief out and for a moment or ~.
sobbed. Then quickly recovering bIm
self. he dried his eyes and bowed NJ,
head, busily engaged himself with H.
notes. but still occasionally givin,
way TO a sob.
Miss Yoke told of Holmes wand,
ings and where he was at Cs,,,,
times, but nothing was said ,hr,
their marriage relations.
Mr.. Graham offered to prove =.
finding of the bones of Howard .
l~rvington. a suburb Of IndlananovS
and the bodies of the girls in q celia,
OF a house in Toronto. The defenSa
objected and the jury were taken IA
their room. while a lengthy arcunqD,
of the admissibility of the testimony
vas made on both sides.
Judge Arnold caused n mild sppsa.
ton by deciding that the killing q,
the children had no connection with
the trial of Holmes for the murder Of
the father and that TO such evidence
could he introduced. This was the
first turn in favor OF Holmes since the
beginning OF the trial and n decided
setback for the commonwealth. The
prisoner, however. made no sign when
he heard the decision. Geyer yss
then put under CroSs-eXaminatiOn. He
was asked but Il few questions and
cOrroborated his former statements.
Superintendent Of Police Linden, OF
a statement to him in his office about
Jan. q last. He had requested the
privilege of making the statement
without the knowledge Of his council
In this he said. that having failed 10
get a body I'm New York. he came back
to Philadelphia and Saturday night
Sept. |. he met PiteZel. The latter
was Respondent. spoke Of his sick CHI
dren and said there was nothing f1
him to live for, or words 10 that effect
Mr.. Graham here said that with y
exception of two or three witnesse
the commonwealth was ready to closs
and 1t would perhaps be better to 90
on in the morning. Court then, al
$40 p. m, adjourned until 10 O'Clock
tomorrow.
Philadelphia. Nov. 3-The world will
oOn know whether or not Holmes VIII
hang. Incidentally. Holmes. who Is
not now a part of the world, but a
mere shrunken figure with a number,
a cage. and all mems enmity, VIII
himself know. Apart from this, a
small army of exhausted men, law
yers, court officials and newspaper re-
porters, will offer up thanks Tor tne
termination Of. in many respects, tns
most extraordinary case since Lacy
Justice bandaged up her eyes anu
started in business. :,
When the trial began last MONDAY
everybody anticipated a siege OF ar
most two weeks. but yesterday ,nt
case took one sudden turn and to,da!
another, which will help to push II y
swift completion. The declsioh " !,
Judge Arnold that no testimony WohN
I've admitted other than hat Dearn'
directly on the murder Of Benlainii
+. PitZel had the effect OF Reepin'
out a group Of gruesome eXhlDlts an
silencing about thirty witnesse
brought here from Canada, New Ely
land and the West
That Ii Our Case
had scarcely fallen from the lips '
the commemorative prosecutor ',
fore counsel for the defense a cam
ly arisen and made what many pI
sons characterized as "a bold Diun,
and many more as playing Inc "'
card left. -.
They confidently told the our 'nS
the commonwealth had not mace w
its case and asked Judge Arnold .
tell the jury so and wind up the ln
then and there. District Attorp.
Graham smiled an official smile aT
said this was too absurd to ahsw.
but Judge Arnold expressed no o.u'
opinion than that the case would Ia
to proceed. ,-,,r
The counsel made the tonish
statement that they wanted tune
find nj what the defense was goa
to be. because they had been so Our