Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-11-23
BY PITCH DEFILED
Holmes Evil Spirit Communicated
Even to His Attorney.
RANK PERJURY WAS SHOWN
.awyer shoemaker Convicted in open
Court OF Misunderstanding Evi-
dcnca for Holmes.

Philadelphia, Nov. 18.-The evil spirit
that presideg over the destinies OF H.
II. Holmes, the king Of murderers, and
eventually destroys all who ally them
selves with him, found another victim
today. The first swift turn this extra
ordinary case took was on the first day
Of the recent trial. when the arch Grim
inaI dismissed his lawyers and the pris-
oner at the bar became counsel for the
defense. Today the tables were turned,
and the senior counsel for the defense
became a prisoner at the bar.
William Shoemaker, the young attor-
ney whose first association with the
case is obecured in the mystery which
envelops it's every detail, passed
through an ordeal today as severe as
any his client has been called upon to
face, and the crisis came when he was
held under $500 bail to answer charge
Of subornation of perjury.
This means that the manufactured
evidence tending to prove that Benja-
min F. Pietzel, for whose murder H. Fl.
Holmes was convicted two weeks ago,
committed suicide, and that he, Shoe
maker, paid woman $40 to sign and
swear to this. But the commonwealth
had supplied the woman, although
Shoemaker was ignorant Of this, and
after he had produced this ''after dis
covered evidence" and read it with
great impressiveness to the court, and
asked that the argument on the mo-
tion for a new trial. which had been
fixed for today. be postponed to give
him and his associate counsel, Samuel
F. Rotan, to run out this and other clues
recently obtained.
Then it was that District Attorney
Graham arose and exposed the plot. His
declaration came like a thunderbolt
The court stared in wide-eyed amaze
ment; the spectators turned In their
chairs and gasped; the accused lawyer
sank back in his seat, livid and tremu-
Ious, While his innocent associate glared
at him with unveiled horror, but the
prisoner in the dock rested his cold
blue eyes on the shrinking figure Of his
legal representative and smiled with
scOrn.
FOUNDATION OF THE CHARGE.
Briefly told, the details Of the charge
are these:
The trial for the PietZe1 murder was
not two days old when Shoemaker ap-
John Schweiler and asked him to pro
cure woman who lived around
Twelfth and Callow Hill streets, who
/. would swear to certain facts in connec-
ton with the finding of Pietzel's body.
SchWeiler assented, but instead Of
iestraightWay getting the woman, he told
his story to Detective Geyer, who, for
| the commonwealth, brought to light the
+ evidences Of Holmes multi-murder Of
4 children. Geyer submitted it to the dis
! trict attorney and q, most skilfuil ira p
was prepared, a trap which has brought
about the ruin Of the opposing atto1.-
ney.
\ Under instructions Geyer went to
Mrs Margaret Reah, matron Of the
4 Fourth district police station, and she,
under the name Of Blanche A. Hanni-
/ gan. was taken to Shoemaker by
j Schweiler Meantime Shoemaker had
prepared an affidavit stating that the
deponent had known Pietzel, and to
him had expressed his intention Of
committing suicide. Mrs. Hannigan
readily signed and swore to this, and
Shoemaker gave her two $40 bills for 50
/, doing. On each bill she marked the
initials D. A. H." and today she exhib-
tied them in court.
Shoemaker walked into the trap
| blindfolded. When he read the aff1da-
Wit to the court, he declared that its
contents had been dictated to him by
the woman. A moment afterwards ir-
REPUTABLE testimony was produced show
ing that he had himself n lfe up the
affidavit and dictated it = stenog-
rainier before he had even asked
SchweiIer to procure woman to slsf
it, and that he had not SO much as read
or explained it's purport to Mrs. Hanni-
gan.
Judge Arnold, who was upon the
bench during the trial, had called II
Judges Thayer and Wilson to hear anC
decide with him on the merits Of TO-
days arguments for new trial. As
the strange revela tions came, the three
Judges did not hesitate, by their bear
ing and words, to manifest their sense
Of the gravity of the accused lawyer
sitla ton. Judge Arnold afterWard:
privately stated that disbarment pro
ceedings would be considered after tht
disposition Of the pending charg,
against Shoemaker.