The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-31

soh@r "A 70 oe.ober = Holmes czd not
STOP a. the sarse house viii - cor
kr.ow were Rs Different stopping riaces
were or the Afternoon % ne -,tl Ae
cane - tire hotel and sad he Nanle4 NJ
% hurry ~ ard 20 20 Presrott. Leha.a.
ard there r~dze 70 Og1ens1urEs ~ =. We
vrer. ~ prpsrosf and stayed a. the Nation
al hotal until November J. From mere
ne went 20 Burlington. VI. Holmes ha1
here rented a furnished house on Minooka
avenue. He told me that l had worn OF
the name q Adams. and 20 20 y the
name OF Cook. lie claimed 20 be sending
diamond dyes % Ben IN Montreal The
second week we were tn Burlington said
I was not going 20 s-and = any longer
4 wanted 20 see Ben. and told Holmes
believed he was lying 20 ne lie denied
this ! said. I Go not hear from my chill
dren, and you said ! would get the rent
from the Fort Worth property. and have
not "a scratch 70 show ! said ] would 40
10 the children in Indianapolis, but he
said. NO. not Until you see Ben he said
he was going 70 take Ben 10 the States and
get him 20 sign papers about the Fort
Worth properly and sell il. For two or
three days did not see him. and then ne
came and told me he had taken the chill
dren 20 Toronto. lie said he had put
heavy coats on them. so they would not
catch cold. and that they were perfectly
happy. ! never saw him on Sundays, for
he never came around He said he would
have 20 go to Montreal, as Ben had been
drinking and was not taking care OF the
diamond dyes. He told me to go into the
cellar and in the potato bin / would find
"A bottle Of dynamite, which should carry
TO the attic. did not carry IL upstairs,
though. Holmes was there known as Jud-
son. lie told me Ben had been drinking
and was sick. and asked me what i would
DO II he should die. He said: i have one
grave marked for him. All my letters
were given 20 Holmes 20 mail. lie said he
sent them TO Chicago. where Quinlan. the
tanitor Of the castle. took care TO get them
10 my husband"
A number Of letters written by the wit
ness and given 10 Holmes TO mail were
identified by her. None had been mailed
she was shown two others, written by
Alice and Nellie. That from Alice was
marked by childish affection for her alb
sent mother and bore a rude drawing OF
Uncle Toms Cabin" which the little one
had been reading. At sight Of this the
mothers heart overaowed. and she wept
bitterly. The woman who accompanied
her and Dessa arose and, walking 10 the
witness stand. gave the bereaved woman
teaspoonful Of medicine. There was no
one In the crowded court room who did
not appreciate the pathos OF this scene
but The only change u made in Holmes
expression was a malicious grin on his
thin lips
Have you ever seen your husband since
he left 81. Louis for Philadelphia"
II have not seen him since July %. 1894,
nor heard from him since August -. when
] got the last letter in his own handwrit-
iHg." she answered tearfulIy THAT was
from Philadelphia"
Have you seen or heard from Alice.
Nellie or Howard since this man got pos
session OF them g'~
Il have not heard from them7'
Have you seen them SINGER
Sobblng bitterly. the woman answered:
Il saw Alice and Nellie lying side BY side
In the morgue at Toronto 7 never saw
Howard except what once belonged TO him.
in Indianapolis In the coroners' Office"
This ended the examination-in-chief. In
answer 20 questions from Mr.. Rolan. she
said she was married 20 Pitzel in Galva.
H.. in ISIS. She did not know where he
and Holmes had first met She thought il
was In 1859. She first met Holmes in the
restaurant al Slxty-thlrd and Wallace
streets Chicago. the castle. when she was
with her husband there in 1893. She did
not see Holmes until this insurance mat
ter came UP. A long line OF questions
were put to Mrs. Pitzel. many OF which
were ruled out on the ground OF irrele-
vance. At $50 o'clock a recess was taken,
and up 10 that time her testimony had not
been shaken.
The court reassembled at O'Clock. and
during thu few moments that had elapsed
before the business OF the case vas re-
sumed Holmes sat IN the dock reading
stephens Digest OF the Law OF Evi-
dence." A. 7;i0 O'Clock Mrs Pitzefs try
ing ordeal was resumed. after she had
taken a liberal dose OF medicine from the
trained nurse who accompanied her and
her daughter Dessa. The cross-examina-
ton was continued. but developed moth
ing 70 controvert her ev.dence-.n-chief
District Attorney Graham then showed
her the crayon portrait OF Pitzel. and she
said: Yes. that is a good picture OF my
husband when lie left home"
This concluded Mrs. Pitzers testimony.
and az $50 o'clock she gave way for her
daughter Jcanuet Dsssa. Her testimony
was largely corrohorative OF that given
by her mother concerning the departure
OF the children and the subsequent trav-
els OF Dessa and her mother under
Holmes guidance 70 the various cites
named. AZ s:l5 o'clock the court adjourned
until tomorrow.