The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-31
TALES OF WOE TOLD.
(continued from First Page.)

| sight of this the mothers heart over
| flowed and she wept bitterly. The wo-
man who accompanied her and DeSsa
arose, and walking to the witness stand
gave the bereaved woman a teaspoon
| of medicine. There was no one in the
crowded court room who did not appre-
| ciate the pathos of this scene. but the
| only change il made in Holmes ex-
| preston was malicious grin on his
| thin lips.
Have you ever seen your husband
| since he left st. Louis for Philadel-
| phia?"
Il have never seen him since July %.
| %, when got the last letter in his own
handwriting"
she added tearfully: That was
from Philadelphia"
SAW THEM AT THE MORGUE.
Have you seen or heard from Alice
Nellie or Howard since this man got
possession of them?"
II have not heard from them"
Have you seen them since ?"
Sobbing bitterly, the woman answer
ed: Il saw Alice and Nellie lying side
by side in the morgue at Toronto. /
never saw Howard except what once
belonged to him, in Indianapolis, in the
coroner's Office"
This ended the examination in chief.
In answer to questions from Mr.. Ro-
tan, she said she was married to Pet
gel in Galva, Ill, in 1873. She did not
know where he and Holmes had first
met She thought IL was in 1889. She
first met Holmes in the restaurant at
Sixty-third and Wallace streets, Chi
cago, the Castle" when she was with
her husband there in 1898. She did not
see Holmes until this insurance matter
came up.
A long line of questions were put to
Mrs. Pietzel many of which were ruled
out on the ground of irrelevance.
At $50 a recess was taken. and UP TO
that time her testimony had not been
shaken.
HOLMES IN THE CELLAR.
The court reassembled at Z o'clock
and during the few moments that clap
sed before the business OF the case was
resumed Holmes sat in the dock reading
stephens Digest Of the Law of Evil
dence"
At Z O'Clock Mrs. Pietzels trying or
deal was resumed, after she had taken
a liberal doze of medicine from the
trained nurse who accompanied her and
her daughter. Dsa- The cross-examin-
alton was continued but developed moth
ing to controvert her evidence in chief.
District Attorney Graham then show
ed her the crayOn portrait OF Pietzel and
she said yes, that is a good picture Of
my husband when he left home"
This concluded Mrs. Pietzel's testi-
mony and at $50 O'Clock she gave way
for her daughter. Jeannet Desa-
Her testimony was largely corrobora-
tive Of that given by her mother con-
corning the departure of the children
and the subsequent travels of Desa and
her mother under Holmes guidance TO
the various cities named.
Mrs. Pietzel was recalled and the dis
trict attorney questioned her further re-
garding the stay in Burlington. Dur
ing the second week there, she said.
Holmes took a lighted lamp and went
down into the cellar. She thought she
had better follow him and did so. but he
urged her to return to the upper floor.
fearing that she would catch cold. The
windows in the cellar We're out and Hol-
mes asked for a hammer and nails, say
ing he would put them in. Mr.. Rotan
objected to this line of evidence on the
ground Of irrelevance. Mr.. Graham
explained that he proposed to show that
Holmes had dug a hole in the cellar and
covered it up, as he had done in every
case where he had rented a house.
Judge Arnold sustained the objection,
and at this time, S:45 o'clock, court ad-
journed until tomorrow.
THE DENVER MARRIAGE.
Denver. Oct. 30.-Rev. E. ]. Wilcox.
pastor OF the Fifth Avenue Methodist
Episcopal church in this city, said to-
day that the married Holmes, now on
trial at Philadelphia, and Miss Georgia
ma D. Yoke, January IL, 1894 Their
license was regular in every respect.
In it the mans name was given as Hen
ry NJ Howard of Fort Worth, Texas,
and the woman's residence as Frank
lin, Ind. They were strangers to Mr..
Wilcox and came to his residence in
carriage. He married them in the pres
ence of members of his household.
Don't forget the speech OF Senator
.,ncian Ral1ar at The auditorium Satur-