The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-29

| IN TACT. had taken seats in the chairs
vacated by Messrs. Shoemaker and Rotan.
Schoileld and Fahy also Withdrew.
Holmes himself pleaded to the court fol
postponement but the judge declared
9ha5 the case must go on. The trial was
then resumed, Holmes conducting his
| own defense.
The work Of securing a jury was then
taken up and Holmes. examined the tales
| men.
The afternoon session in the Holmes
case was taken up by District Attorney
Graham outlining the case to the jury.
Inc opening address by the district at
torney was forcible throughout His
denunciation of Holmes, at times partiou-
larly severe. had no outward effect upon
the accused. Holiness composure was
wonderful. During the narrative he
busted himself in taking oopious notes of
the prosecuting officers address.
Mr.. Graham at the outset stated that
under the Indictment and providing evil
dence should warrant it, it would be pos
sible for the jury tosfnd verdicts either
Oh manslaughter, of murder in the Sec
ond degree or murder in the first degree,
or aoquittal. He declared he would ask
for verdict of first degree murder
The district attorney went into the story
OF Pletzel's death and incidents connect
ed Herewith at great length. He told of
| the conspiracy against the Fidelity Mu :
tual Life Association, of the collection
| of SO, 600 insu rance therefrom on Piet-
zeps life, minus about 1885, which the
company withheld for expenses of Mrs.
| Pietzel securing about $500 of the sum,
$4,000 having been paid Lawyer Howe
and the balance secured by Holmes.
| The opening address covered about
every phase Of the case, occupied an
hour and a half in delivery. He conclud.
ed by expressing his belief that the pris-
oner would be convicted.as indicted.
| The court ordered an adjournment al
the conclusion of the address Before
this was announced by the crier, Holme;
arose and asked Judge Arnold to instruct
the prison authorities to place him in 6
| lighted cell and have him supplied with
writing material The judge replied thai
this would be attended to.
s.Holmes's purpose is evidently toiworl
far into tthe night on his own case. Hi
asked if he could send to Fort Worth
Tex, for certain papers. ga witness by
the name.of Samuels, continued Holme,
lis coming here to identify note. i
Samue has not got two notes for $1e,.
600, would ask that he get them ~
The district attorney stated he had the
notes in question and would produce
| them.
| Holmes requested that he be given q
list of all the witnesses subpoened in
| the case, but Mr.. Graham refused to &C.
cede to this. = Holmes asked for the
copies of the conspiracy and murder in
dictments found against him, and the
judge directed they be given him. Holmes
said he desired to have an interview with
his wife, whereupon Mr.. Graham. who
referred to Holmes as an alleged bigamist
in his opening address, replied: (Which
wife do you mean?'
Itmean,'' retortsd 1.-THE prisoner, "the
lady whom you designated as Miss
Yohe, and by doing SO, you cast slu1
upon her as upon myself
Holmes stated Miss Yohe was his legal
wife. Mr.. Graham told Holmes the lady
did not want to see him and she had told
him so in his (Graham's) presence. The
| accused declared the district attorney
had intercepted his wife's attentions to
| him, but this Mr.. Graham denied, and the
court co-cided with the prosecuting off
Ger. Finally Holmes asked that a note be
sent to his wife and a reply which "Shall
not be sent by the district attorney"
The Court granted the request. Holmes
wanted a messenger other than court
attaehe to deliver the missive, but Judge
Arnold stated a sworn court attache was
eminently trustworthy. The court then
adjourned until 10 a. m tomorrow.
After adjournment Judge Arnold stat
ed he would not press the case for dis
barment against Messrs. Shoemaker and
Rotan in view of the fact that Holmes
had refused counsel and would conduct
his own case.
More Discoveries.
Burlington, Vt, October IS. -Chief of
Police Dumas made further investiga-
tions in the cellar of the house recently
occupied by the insurance swindler,
Holmes, while here. and found bottle
of chIorofor1n and an excavation which
contained lime and a few pieces of bone
mixed in it. The doctors are unable to
say whether they are human bones