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of the children at the Albion. Then both
murderer and victims were recognized at
the very scene of the crime. not by one wit
ness. but by several An immediate motive
for committing the deed is also clearly
shown. being due TO the fact that Mrs. Piet-
Eel was in the city and might at any time
meet the children the street Again.
Holmes borrowed a spade on the last day
that the girls were seen alive at the cottage
or anywhere else, giving as his reason for
doing so that he wished 10 make a bin
for some potatoes. which statement was
shown to be palpaply false. All this, and his
going away the next day are strongly cor
roborative facts from which Holmes will
find it hard to escape. The finding OF the
toy belonging to the little girls in the house
and their partially burned clothing is also
another link in the chain.
The inquest on the body of Alice. the eld-
est girl. was resumed at the Police Court
tonight. Mcdonald, the lad who lived
with his parents at No. is ST. Vincent
street, after Holmes had left the place.
was the first witness examined. He told
how he had found the toy which Harold
Pietzel used to play with in a satchel in a
closet in one of the bedrooms of the house.
He did not know what became Of any other
of the articles. but because of its peculiar
ity he had kept the toy.
Mrs. Pietzel was the next witness. For
the first few minutes of her examination
her voice could hardly be heard, but as
the inquiry proceeded it gained strength,
and towards the close she was speaking
clearly. She told the story Of Holiness
wanderings with the children as far as she
knew of them; of her meeting with him. in
fact the whole story that has been made
public through the press. Her description
OF the satchel spoken OF by Mcdonald
tailed with that given by the lad. She
also stated that the snake toy did not be-
long to Howard but was one of the treas
Ires of the girl Nellie, who always carried
1t with her in the satchel
The doctors making the post mortem
stated that owing to the decomposed con-
oiuon OF the bodies IL was almost impos-
sible to make any definite statement as
to internal violence. The stomach had not
yet been analyzed. The inquest then ad-
Journed until the evening of the 2ith inst.
While this inquiry was in progress an in
quest was being held at the morgue on the
body of the child Nellie. After hearing eyf
dence to show that the body was the one
removed from the St. Vincent-street house.
the inquest was adjourned for one week.
Although the police think that Howard
Pietzel. the little brother of the
murdered girls. was made away with in
Detroit, there are circumstances which will
justify further investigation In this city.
Mr. Armbrust, the tenant of the house in
81. vincent street. has made an effort to
return to live there. The house has been
thoroughly fumigated by the health depart
ment and Mr.. Armbrust was advised that
ne could resume residence in 1t. He moved
in again yesterday. but found the stencil
from the basement still so great that II
was intolerable. The odor, however, does
not appear to come from the cellar where
the little girls bodies were found, but from
the northeast front corner of the building.
The detective department has been advised
OF this circumstance and further investiga-
ton of the premises is being made The
stencil referred to become 50 bad that Arm
brust and his family were compelled to va
cate the premises again last night