The Portland daily press., 1895-10-31

her to write to her husband, and he pre-
tendedsto take letter to him.
He brought back letter IN cipher ne
pretended was from PietzeL She recog-
nized the figures as Holiness ana tola
him so. and he admitted it was his " rlt-
ing and said he had been compelled TO
copy it for Pietzel as the latter had peen
drinking. The witness stated aollnss
wrote her from Boston to go to Lowell
In the letter Holmes told her there was
a bottle of dynamite in the cellar under
the potato bin and asked her to take tne
hottie into the attic and leave 1T there
He added there would be no danger
Mrs. Pietzel instead of carrying the poI-
tie into the attic put 1t under tne case-
ment.
More than once during her testimony
Mrs. PietzeI was asked ii she did nob
wish to rest, but she stuck perslstehVly
to her task. ho,
Holmes, she said. would not allow her M
to mail any letters herself, but took Ineith e
from her and promised to post theIn ~
her. A bunch of these letters to the cnii
dren that Holmes never maiieu, leu titied Hai
shown to Mrs. Pietzel, and she ldenGlHeu
them. Holmes opened and read theih,
and in Burlington Holmes was known as
| Judson.
| Mrs Pietzel seemed to break down
when asked to identify the handwrltlnIs
of her dead girls in letters to herself. Sne
bore up bravely amidst a death like Sill
ence in the court room and named tne
writer offs each letter as it was shown her.
| She left Burlington for Boston, she
said with man named White, VINO
brought her letter from Holmes.
| In Boston she saw Holmes under arrest,
and he said to her, 'sYou needn't take
it so hard. Ben and I are the ones
| who will have to suffer. y
bor, cd EfWhnr, Hid I1St
see or hear II )m your husband"
In voice choking with emotion Mrs.
| PietZel replied IT have never seen my
| husband since the 29th OF July, or heard
| from him IN his own handwriting since
| August 49,"
| Then Mr. Graham in a solemn voice
asked, "Have you ever seen any OF youl
three children since you gave them tt
| this man?"
This question was too much and annie
her sobs, Mrs. Pietzel sreplied, II have
never seen my little girls except side by
side in theMorgue at tssToronto, have never
seen Howard, saw some of his little
things in the coroner's office at
indianapolis.
The defense, realizing the probable
effect of this incident upon the jury in
terposed an objection
Mr.. Graham was SO vhement in his in
dignant reply to the defenses objection
that he was rebuked by the court, who
however, sustained his line of questioning
This concluded Mrs. Piet zeis direc
testimony. The defense then began it,
cross examination, which was conducted
by Mr.. Rolan. Throughout the intense
IL dramatic and pathetic recital OF the
viewing of her children S bodies by Mrs.
Pietzel, Holmes retained an immobil
aspect He busted himself while Mrs
Pietzel was giving testimony in making
notes for the use Of his counsel in thu
cross examination.
The cross-examination of Mrs. Pietzel
covered much the same ground as he
direct testimony and developed nothing
favorable to the defense but, if anything
strengthened the ory OF Holiness coll
boed knavery. Mrs. Peitzel was still
on the stand when the court took a re
cess.