The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25
NOW CHARGED WITH MURDER.
No Time Lost in Prosecuting Holmes II,
OnfnrI0.


No Time Lost in Prosecuting Holmes In
Ontario.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, July 24.-The in
quest into the murder of the Pietzel chill
dren was concluded tonight before
Coroner Johnson and jury. Some evil
dence was taken and strong and vigor-
Gus summing up was made. The jury was
out only fifteen minutes, and there was
from the beginning no disagreement
among them. They returned the follow
ing verdict:
That Alice Pietzel came to her death on or
about the 25th of October, in the city of
Toronto, and that II. 81. Holmes, alias Midget,
alias Howard, did, on or about the day afore-
said. at the said city of Toronto, unlawfully,
willfully and with malice aforethought, kill
and murder her, the said Alice Pietzel, con-
trary to the peace of our sovereign lady, the
Queen, her crown and dignity.
Coroner johnson Immediately issued his
warrant for the apprehension of Holmes.
This is the first case under the Canadian
criminal code in which the intervention of
magistrate courts is unnecessary and the
matter viii go direct TO the Attorney Gen.
erals department. Froceedi4gs will be
Crown Attorney Dewart said this even
ing that the question of expense would not
be considered by the Crown. He himself
would Immediately bring the matter be-
fore the Attorney Generals department..
The following is q summary of the evi-
dence taken tonight:
Albert Low, bookkeeper at the Albion
Hotel last October, identified photographs
of the two Pietzel girls as those of the two
children who were registered in the hotel
in October last as Alice and Lizzie Can
ming. They were there several days, and
their bill was paid by strange man. A
photograph was shown the witness, but he
could not identify it positively, but said
there was some resemblance.
DR.. E. S. McCully swore that Holmes
was in his Office Ill October and positively
identified the photograph as that of
Holmes. Holmes came to him to talk
about the practice of medicine and gave
him card with the name of ]. Howard
Holmes. Cincinnati. Witness remembered
this because he remarked that he (Holmes)
had the blood of all the Howards in him
and Holmes replied, Eyes"
Holmes wanted witness to go into part
nership with him in Detroit or Cincinnati,
but the offer was declined
Isaac Ambrust, who occupied the house
in st. Vincent street in which the body
of one of the children was found, was
present when the bodies were exhumed.
He had noticed bad odor in the kitchen
for several weeks previous to the detectives
visit to the house. Several days after the
bodies were found the witness discovered a
piece of white waist and hair-ribbon
sticking to one of the boards that had been
lying in the cellar. In March last, when
the witness moved into the house, he
found some remnants of clothing and straw
in the parlor chimney. There was part of
gray striped skirt, part of brownish red
garment, part of blue dress and other
fragments of clothing. These bore the APP
pearance of having been charred as if an
attempt had been made to burn them. A
pair of girls buttoned boots had been
found by Mrs. Ambrust in the woodbox,
and also an odd boot ana another article
of woman's clothing.
This concluded the evidence, the Coro-
ner summed up, and the verdict quickly
followed.