Evening journal., 1895-10-31

it. He said Ben would be home from the |
south soon that no was sick down there. y
Continuing Mrs. Pitezel said
Il knew Howe through Homes. BY his |
advice l employed Howe and gave him
the power Of attorney 10 collect the mon
ey. ! don't know who prepared 1t, but
Howe brought Il TO be signed. saw in
a paper that man named Perry had been
killed by an explosion, but Holmes told |
me my husband was all right.
"In whose care did Alioo leave Sc.
LOUISE"
I'm Howe's Sho went at Holmes sug-
gestion 90 Philadelphia TO identify the
body because was sick. asked Howe
TO take care Of Alice, and Holmes said he
would Minnie Williams, Holmes cousin,
he said, would take care Of her, and II /
grew very sick he would send Benny to
take care of me. / next saw Holmes on
Sept 81, when he came TO our house and
said he had brought Alice back TO Cinoin-
natl. He said he would take Howard and
Nellie 70 Alice, so she would not be alone,
and had made arrangements for Alice to
meet them in indianapolis.
81 took Nellie and Howard to the depot
Howe was there and said the insurance
money had been paid. Holmes said to
me, You had better give her some mon
ey, and Howe gave me g.. bade the
children goodby, and they got on the car
She Saw Holmes on Oct. i2.
ION Oct - Holmes came to the house
in ST. Louis, and / went TO Howe's
Office. Holmes was there and Howe said
the scheme was a fraud, and he washed
his hands Of &c. They wanted INC 20 sign
paper in regard to Howe's fee, and after
being assured that would not be impli-
Gated in the affair did so Holmes there
went under the name Of Howard. He de-
manded $500 OF s4OO Of me, and gave it.
He wanted TO 60 to some bank TO pay on
the note duo on the Fort Worth property.
got the 50, 000 and he took It. We went
around to the bank. The money was in
500 bills, all but one old note, a $1,000
bill. He took the money and went TO "a
side window Then he came back and
brought the note, saying IL was paid. Ho
told me to take care TO show IL TO Ben
when / saw him. 80
GLOW much in all did you get Of this
insurance money!
~ received $500 That was all ever
got.
''After this money transaction, what
became OF Holiness
"He took another $500 for the children,
who, he said, would need some i'm Indian
apolis. He went away, and some time
afterward he sent me a letter from Detroit
to come on there TO see my husband.
"Did you see your hushandf'
NO. He then sent me TO visit my
parents at Galva, Ills"
In answer 20 further questions Mrs.
Pitezol went on: "When / went 70 De-
troit with Dessa and tho baby, he met us
and took us to Goese's European hotel.
said l expected to hear from the children,
and he said they would writo in few
days. Holmes registered me there as Mrs
Adams We remained in Detroit until
| Oct lS."
did he explain why your husband was
not theIe?"
"He said he had looked all over the
town and could not find a vacant house
where It would be convenient for me to
sec Ben. On the morning Of the 18th be
said we'd better go to Toronto. He
thought Dessa should join the other chill
dren in indianapolis, whore they were in
charge Of q widow he said. asked him
the name of the widow my children were
with, and he said: It's peculiar name
! l cannot think of It now We went 20
/ Toronto, where he also registered me as
| Mrs. Adams My husband, he said, was
| in Montreal waiting for word to come on.
We were in Toronto from Oct. is TO
Oct %. Holmes did not stop at the same
house with us. / don't know where his
different stopping places were. On the
afternoon OF the 25th he came TO the hotel
/ and said he wanted me 70 hurry up and
go to Prescott, Canada, and there cross
over to Ogdensburg, n. Y. We went 60
Prescott and staid at the National hotel
until Nov. ].
Mrs. Pitezel Takes the Name of Cook.
From there we won't to Burlington,
VT. He told me that l had worn out the
name Of Adams and to 60 10y the name OF
/ Cook He claimed to be sending diamond
/ dyes TO Ben in Montreal. The second week
/ we were at Burlington ] said ] was not
/ going to stand it any longer I wanted
to see Ben, and I told Holmes believed
he was lying TO me. He denied this. 1
said, / do not hear from my children, and
/ you said would get the rent from tho
Fort Worth property, and / have not a
scratch 60 show / said / would go to
the children in Indianapolis, but he said,
No, not until you see Ben. He said he
was going to take Ben to the United
States and get him to sign papers about
the Fort Worth property and sell 1t.
" For two or three days l did not see
had taken the children TO Toronto. He
said he had put heavy coats on them, so
they wouldn catch cold, and that thoy
were perfectly happy. He said he would
have 20 60 to Montreal, as Ben had been
drinking and was not taking care OF the
diamond dyes. He told me to go into the
cellar and under the potato bin ! would
find a bottle of dynamite, which 1 should
carry to the attic / did not carry IL up
stairs, though Holmes was there known
as Judson. He told me Ben had been
drinking and was sick and asked me
what I'd do IL he should die. He said,
4 have one grave marked for him. All
my letters were given to Holmes to mail.
He said he sent them to Chicago, whore
Pat Quinlan, the janitor of the castle,
took care to get thom 10 my husband. y
A number of letters written by the wit
ness and given to Holmes to mail were
identified by her. None had been mailed,