Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-01

| where PItzsl and the children
were, and he said In South Amsri.
| on. He Refused TO give me the name
Of the student from whom he got the
corpse, saying the student was sup
posed 10 DO dead, as years before he
| aud Holmes had swindlsd an Insurance.
com pauy out OF $40 900 Beside, the stu.
dent was prosperous man OF family.
He would only give his name in thu
| event OF being brought up for murder.
He said he had told Piizsl how to pre-
par. tho substitute body; to place II on
the hO0r with the arm on tho breast.
tut the liquid In the mouth aud set fire
10 IL. The liquid had been u,ad for
cles nsing clothes.
"a few days before his arraignment
Tor coDsnirscy, TO which he pleaded
guilty, saw him In tho celI-rooin, AMI
he said the story he had told ne about
the su ostitutloD OF a body was not true,
and thnt tue corpse found WINS that "
Piizel. 1 salJ, 'well, Hclmcs, 1, this
Is the case, then you murdered PiIzel
ami the childreu.'
"He said, mo, I did not.'D
The detective then rotated how
Holmes found Pitzel's holy, rs ai-
ready published ir . statement ny
Holmes.
al asked him where tie children
were," continue tho detective, sand
lie said Minnie willismB hat them In
LondIj.
"'rhe isst time saw Howard he
said to me, was In Detroit, GA Weunes.
day preceding my departure ,or Tor
onto. Nil lie Willisms took dinner
with me at Geise's hotel, and gave
Howard to her. Then took the g'rls
to Toronto. /! put them ON tain
there and LETT them NJ the frat station
outside the CITY. Before leaving Alice,
1 pinned t4JO ON her breast. Alice
was TO 70 to Mia ara Fgas and wait for
Minnie Williams and Howard, when
they would all 20 to London. II you
20 to New York the shipping depart
ment there will show you that two
boys, n girl aud n woman went to Lon
don. 1 told Minnie TO cut OF Neilie's
hair aud dresa hoi avs 10Y, 40 as TO
avert suspicion.
III asked him what he had done with
the children's trunk, and he said thAt
when lie left Indianapolis 10 take the
children 10 Cbioago he left the trunks
Ia q hotel on West Madison street anu
never took them away. In June, In
o.mpany with Mr.. Perry, 1 saw him
10 prison, aad then he told US he had
given Howard to man named Hatch
Ia indianapolis, and that was this last
he had ever seen OF him. The last he
saw Of the girls was In TorontO.o
Detective Goyer was here tsmplfa-
rily Withdrawn, anu Mr.. Graham Of
iefed ~ prove the finding OF the bones
OF Howard at ltviugtoD, a suburb OF
Indianapolis, aud the b0Jies OF the
girls Ia n cellar Of house In Toronto.
The deienso objected, ana the Jury
were taken 1, their room, white
lengthy argument OF tho admissibllity
VI the testimony on botn sides took
place.
Judge Arnold caused n mild senss-
tlon by deciding that the ki,ling Of the
children had no connection with the
trial OF Holmes Tor the murder OF the
father, anu that no such evidence
could be introduced.
This was the iirst turn In favor OF
Holmes since tho beginning Of the
trial, ami was q decided sst.Daok for
tho commonwealth. The prisoner,
however, made no sligo when he heard
the decision.
Geyer was then put under cross.ex-
eafhs'phs ~ tut AtW
questions anu corI0boraied his former
statements.
Superintendent OF Police Linden OF
this city testified that Holmes made
statement TO him In his ofiice about
January 9th latt. He had requested
the privilege Of making the staiemt Mt
without this knowledge Of his ecu nsel.
10 this he said that, having failed 90
get body In New York, ho came back
10 Philadelphia, and on Saturday
night, September let, he met PilxsI.
The latter was despondeni, spoke OF
his sick children, aud said there was
nothing for him 10 live for. or words TO
that effect.
Mr.. Gtahsn SAID that with the ex.
ception OF two or three witnesses, the
commonwealth was ready to close, and
II would perhaps DO ready ~ go ON In
tho morning. The court then, ut $3.50
y. IN, adjourned until 10 o'clock u
morrow.