Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-11-06
MRS PIE TZEL'S TALE
Sole Survivor 81 Family pblit-
Grated for Greed Of Gain.
LUBED orr BY Dr.. HOLMES


Philadelphia, Oct. se--In the Holmes
trial today under the ncrutiniRing gaze
OF q crowded court. filled with stran-
gers q pale woman underwent an or
DEAL which would have broken the
nerve Of many strong man. she was
hfrs. Carrie Alice PietzeL With brav-
cry and fortltude she stood the test. In
npite OF the fact that her physical sys-
TEN had been 50 shattered By the battle
81 woes under which she has al but sue
cumbed, that she was obliged 20 inter
rupt her uitiful narrative at frequent |
intervals to take epeonfuls o. medicine |
from a trained nurse who attended her. /
IN voice broken with grief she told /
the whole distressing story Of how her |
husband was spirited away from her |
and murdered out Of sheer greed Of /
gain: how she bade her little ones good /
bye, conndinK them 20 the care Of tbs /
man Holmes ~ an trnehfuineas. little |
thinking that when she next should |
nee them tiaestwo little girls would be
lying side BY side on the marble slab
OF a morgue. cold Ia death, and tbs boy
a parcel OF nmouidering bones.
Between her bitter aoha she related
every detail. from the first meeting with
Holmes almost up TO TO-DAY, and 80 at
fectiug was this that District Attorney
Graham. long used TO tales OF grief and
distress paused In the examination 10
wipe away a furtive tear.
The woman's physical condition WIS
such that the court had to repeat her
testimony after her. because or her
weak voice.
Througb cuA tFattst che ahvunken, PAL
ia crentwre TIA the dock, who 70 one I'M
never 30 taken for the arch criminal Of
the age, sat unmoved. Not q muscle
Quivered. not a lash moved. even when
the strain became SO great that the
hearing halted 70 give the wretched
woman. an opportunity - recover her
self frAAeeH. orlee 81 twice. as some
gtntemsna kforn her lips struck chord
III hts breast. II chords there be n
such D man. a malicious eneer played
around his thin, bloodless lips but new
or once did the woman look towards
him. .
animation she kept her eyes riveted
on che commonwealth officers. or the
counsel for the defense. e. II fearing 70
shift them 10 either side lest In their
course they should fall upon the face
OF the man In the dock. There we're
other witnesses called hat naturally
Mira pIetxere testimony was this feat
ure 81 the day. She went On the stand
at 2.sQ Ia ms afternoon, Immediately
upon the reaesembling Of court after this
lunch raeesa. ana Fenalned there, ex-
cspt fos tae fN.eTAnS tnterinission, until
$50 o'ciAck
CO.'S Hs2 INCIDENTS.
The 2her inriacmta OF one day were
the reading III Statements made BY
Holmes 10 the Boston police. when flrst
arrested there ON November ~ last,
telling the story OF the conspiracy to
mwindie the Insurance company out of
sla.e00 ON piefxei's life. The cross-ex-
animation OF the witnesses was conduct
ed actively by MesRrs. Shoemaker ana
N0tan. the lawyers wh0m Holmes dis
missed on MdndAy ana RECALLED last
night. but lt waaapparent Thai u was
really Holmes himself 4who was coil-
Quoting the defense. He continued 10
take consgus notes and almost momen-
faflly aaorn@ye were Is tne dock side.
accepting ~ esti0ng from him.
Interest Ii the case, inteaa Of Gag
cling. has grown with each successive
session, ana II II not confined to the
rnorBlaly curious general public. for
during the greater part or the day
judge Aknold Naa at intervals receiving
well known nan 4u tha bench. while IN
the court J Enclosure st group
cf galfy dressed soelety ladies', friends
81 the commonwealth" gazing Curl
oGsIy at the various actors u the case
and drinking IN every word % tie testi-
many.
III tic onlnIon u al those who heard.
except paaNgbly HOLMES and his attor-
neys. tlge evidence Of today IA strong
enough 10 send him to the aallowA.
Slowly. but none the less surely, was
the chain forged around him. q chain
which viii be- hafd to break
There Will be a pretty point Of iaw
IL the case presently. IL anything aa-
ISOLATED with IL can be called 80. There
IL 3 Law here that wife can not testify
against her husband. In spite or this,
Sir. Graham declared that he y Guild
can the aged airs, Holmes. or Howard.
u the stand This h why he has been
combating Holmes assertion that this
woman, whom Dir. Graham persists IN
calling Miss e nr<s. Al hia lawful wife.
uNCuESIIc AAnLY A GENIUS.
Whether Hoshaca Is guilty OF all OF
any OF the crimes hanging over his
head. there Ii no doubt that the man II
an abnormal genius. Last night he re-
called Lawyers Shoemaker and ROtan.
whom he dismissed the day before, but
Il Is apparent that their presence even
now IL super HR4tA4Ats f4csAfEF49 n QNENAA4B
was put a; a Psthess without being first
framed or sawsested by Holmes. and
should counsel ask anything without
hrat consulting aim and the query faEl
to strike him as fellcitous. he manifests
aisplegsure BY irritable tapping with =
pencil on the railing Of the deck.
The FIRST witness today ives Susan
hurley whH "a pletxel boarded AZ Der
house on EsAas suesf ene week IN Aug
uak I6s4 Mrs. Alice Pierce. who has
q cigar store az 1904 callow Hill street.
Identified Pistols picture az that Of
TIE mar whg lived At No. 1916. She said
rletael was not man of cheerful dis
position
TIE HEDsPETH STORY.
q Laforest Perry. assistant clerk 10
ahe president of~she Fidelity Mutual
TIE Associatisals kich zNas swsnalea
uaf 81 818e9a. Ter which Piatzsrs ne
was Insured. gaensliied the policy issued
II whl0h Carrie y. Pletzels widow. Is
fhs beneficiary u Is dated November
fSga
perry detailed haw after the policy
haA been paid u Jeptha p. Howe. s
ST IsaulH attorney. representing airs.
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