The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-02
And the Verdict Likely to He Rem
dered I'm Time for Announcement
i'm the Sunday journal.
GEORGIANA YOKE RECALLED
MISUNDERSTANDING REGARDING
HER MARRIAGE TO HOLMES.
How She Was Deceived by the Arch
PIOtter-IndiaBRpOif and Irving
ton Witnesses Shut Out.


PHILADELPHIA, Nov 1-To-morrow
night the world will probably know whether
or not Holmes will hang. incidentally.
Holmes. who is not now part Of the world,
but a mere shrunken figure, with a number.
cage, and all mems enmity. will himself
know Apart from this, a small army of
exhausted men-lawyers, court officials and
newspaper reporters-will offer up thanks
for the termination of. in many respects,
the most extraordinary case ever tried since
Lady Justice bandaged UP her eyes and
started in business.
When the trial began, last Monday, every
body anticipated siege OF at least two
weeks. but yesterday the case took one
sudden turn and to-day another, which will
help to push it to swift conclusion. The
decision of Judge Arnold that no testimony
would be admitted other than. that bearing
directly on the murder of Benjamin +. Piet-
zel had the effect of keeping out a group of
gruesome exhibits and silencing about thirty
witnesses brought here from Canada. New
England. Indiana and Chicago, and sup
ported for six days at the commonwealth $
expense. 1t prevented the offering in evil
dence of the moldered bones of the boy.
Howard Pietzel: the stove i'm which he was
burned: the clothes the little fellow wore
when he had body to put inside them, and
the toys he played with; and the trunk in
which smothered out the lives of the girls
Alice and Nellie. Besides. IL put quietus
on detective Geyer, whose detailed narra-
tive of his travels over the country in a
successful search for evidences of Holiness
destructive movements would have made a
thrilling tale. District Attorney Graham
fought as hard as he knew how to get this
evidence in, but the law was against him,
and the defense scored his first and prob
ably its last victory. When he found him.
self bested he said he would close his case
this morning. and he kept his word. He
did not even exhibit the skull of Pietzel,
thereby disappointing 10. of people who
love to revel in the horrible.
A BLUFF OR A LAST CARD?
THAT is our case" had scarcely fallen
from the lips of the commemorative prose-
cutor before the counsel for the defense had
calmly arisen and made what many persons
characterized as "a bold bluff and many
more as playing the last card left. They
confidently told the court that the Common
wealth had not made out its case. and asked
Judge Arnold TO tell the jury and wind
up the trial then and there. District At
torney Graham smiled official smile and
said this was too absurd TO answer, but
Judge Arnold expressed no opinion other
than that the case would have TO proceed.
Then counsel made the astonishing state
ment that they wanted time to find out
what the defense was going TO be. because
they had been so busy listening TO the evil
dence against them they had not had a
chance to prepare an answer to it. The
other delay. but finally suspended business
and gave the attorneys an hours talk with
Holmes. This over, they came back to court
and pleased everybody. except the morbid
mob peering over one anothers heads in the
back of the room. by declaring that they
would call no witnesses, but submit the case
on argument alone. This will begin to-mor-
row morning. and, the lawyers said, would
end before the day over
There is an impression that lawyer r. o.
Moon will do the talking for the defense, and
his forensic ability is of no mean order 1t
was ne whom Holmes called on last Monday
when he dismissed his lawyers, Mr. Moon
declining the task through lack of time for
preparation. He admitted being familiar
with the main facts. and will be we'll quail
ified to address the jury.
| There was no change in Holiness de-
meanor to-day, although keen observer
might have perceived deeper pallor on
his cheeks, and in his blue eyes the SUBJ
dued glare of wild beast tracked to earth
at last. But it needed keen eye to de-
| tect 1t If 1t was there.
| To-days proceedings were begun with the
recalling of Mrs.. Pietzel Mr.. Graham
| asked her if there were any cuffs to the
shirt she yesterday identified as her hus-
bands, and she replied that Holmes had
| taken them from the trunk and destroyed
them. This was the only question. On
cross-exam mination.. Mr. Shoemaker rigidly
| questioned the unfortunate woman concern
| ing her travels with Holmes and her subse-
quent arrest for conspiracy. His apparent
| intention was to show that Mrs. Pietzel had
| been the controlling influence during the
! ramblngs throughout the country, and that
| she carried Holmes about in an attempt to
evade arrest.
"You want to prove that she was not
| Trilby, but Svengali?" suggested Judge Ar
| mold. THAT she led him. This remark
was drawn out by dispute over the rele-
vancy OF the cross-examination which was
not pushed further
Edward H. Cass Chicago agent for the in
surance company which Holmes defrauded,
testified that he had visited Holiness house
i'm Willamette. III. He did not see Holmes
but met woman calling herself Mrs
Holmes. He identified her picture, in which
she was holding an infant, Holiness child
lovingly against her face.
HOLINESS BOOK.
John King, of New York. who said he had
no business. and looked as IL he wished he
had. was called
What have you been doing the past six
months?" he was asked.
Travelling about the country most of the
time"
"And the remainder OF the timer
Reading the manuscript OF the book,
Holiness Own story "
where was II pablishei?'
mo. 300 Chestnut street. I had charge of
the manuscript and read the proofs"
From whom did you get the manu-
script?'
The defense here objected to everything In
reference to the book. but were overruled
and the witness answered: II got some Of
II from Mr. Shoemaker HQlmes'a laNxer