The Portland daily press., 1895-10-31

had written her from Philadelphia that
he exneoted to see her again. When Mr..
Graham asked Mrs. Pietzel if her hus-
hand had any interest in Holiness
stCastle'' Chicago and Fort Worth prop
erty. the defense objected.
= M. Graham stated he aslSedlthe ques-
zion for the purpose of showing Holmes s
motive in killing Pietzel and his chill
tion. and Mrs. Pietzel said that Holmes
fold her he would put $4,000 in the Fort
Worth property and pay off the note fall
ing due September Is, 1894 The Fort
Worth property was in the name of Ben
ton f. Lyman, which was the alias of
Pietzels.
Frequent objections were entered by
the defense to Mrs. Pietzel, testifying
to matters she only knew by hearsay.
II was often necessary to repeat questions
asked Mrs. Pietzel for the woman seemed
IN stunned condition and it evidently
reul1ired some mental effort for her to
understand and answer interrogatories.
She testified she employed Howe to col
lect the insurance money be the advice
OF Holmes. AT the time Holmes told her
Pietzel was alive and going around by
Puget Sound. Holmesstold her her bus
band receyedfher last letter, and she re-
Dlied, "Oh, how could he do so and get
me in trouble y
Holmes told her it was true his wife
was at Willamette, IlliI oi', and that the
insurance men found him. Alice started
for Philadelphia with Howe, Holmes not
being alone 1t was at Holiness sugges-
tion that the child was sent to Phlla-
delphia, and both men promised to take
good care of her. Holmes promised that
his sscousin'' Minnie Williams would
be in Philadelphia to look after the girl.
Mrs. Pietzel was sick at the time IN no
condition to combat such man as
Holmes.
Holmes told her that he had arranged
with her husband to have Minnie Will
liams come on and nurse her if she got
very sick. The next time that she saw
Holmes was September "a at her home
in St. Louis. The body had been identi
fed and Holmes told her he had left
Alice in Cincinnati, and as she would
not want to leave the child alone, he
offered to take Nellie and Howard, the
other two children, to her in Indiana
polls.
station and there they met Howe, who
gave her $500 insurance money After
Holmes and the children left she did not
see Holmes again until October , when
the prisoner came to her house in St.
Louis.
Holmes took her to the office of Nc
Donald & Howe ana there were present
Mcdonald, Howe, one Cochran, Adolphus
Howe and woman typewriter Howe
said sThis is a fraud. l will wash my
hands of it. She went into the hall and
some one called her back into MoDon-
AIDS private office. Mcdonald asked her
to sign paper which she was opposed
to doing. Mcdonald grew indignant at
her suspicious and said he did not want
any reflections cast upon the office, as
they did an honorable business.
the paper by a Mr.. Harvey, and Howe
told her his fee would be $4,000, but he
cut it down to $2500 for a cash settlement.
Although ignorant of business the
amount struck Mrs. Pietzel as excessive
and she said so to Howe.
Alone and among these men the WON
an gave way and signed paper that she
was asked to put her name to- Holmes
borrowed $500 from her and took her tC
the bank. AS they went out of the dool
Harvey said: "Spring no traps
Holmes took her to the bank under the
pretence of paying off a note on the
Fort Worth propertya for $4,000. She gave
him the money and Holmes gave her q
forged note purportlng TO be the note
he had taken up. All the money she hac
got out of the SO, 900 on her husbands
lifewas $500.
When asked what had become Of
Holmes and. Howe after paying her the
money, Mrs. Pietzel appeared overcome
Eand could not answer for time. Con
tinuing, she said she went to the ticket
Office of the railroad company and
Holmes extorted another 500 from her on
the plea it would be necessary to pay the
chidrensi expenses. Holmes gave her a
piece of paper and told her to write a few
lines to the children and advised hel
to leave ST. Louis and go to the home
Of her parents at Galva, III. Mrs. Pietzel
was again overcome here and it was neces-
sary for woman friend to give her some
medicine
Resuming she said She next saw
Holmes in Detroit, October IA, where he
decoyed her under the pretence that she
would see her husband.
An other objection was entered by the
defense to this line of examination and
not sustained by the court.
The woman said that Bessie and Bthe
baby went with her and Holmes met
her at the train. Holmes took the par
ty to hotel. In answer TO her inquiries
for her children he told her she would
hear from them in few days, and that
Alice was very busy with her school.
Holmes registered the party at the
hotel under the name of Adams.
She remained at Detroit until October
1S. In explanation of her husband s
absence, Holmes told her he could not
find vacant house III Detroit for her to
meet her husband in and she would not
like to see him before a lot of people.
Holmes told her the children were in
Indianapolis and they were well and go
ing to school, and had q comfortable
home with widow. Holmes would never
tell her the name of the woman he said
the Children were with. He borrowed q
big trunk from her Oh the morning of
the 18th and started the party to Toronto.
Holmes declined to allow her to send
Bessie to Indianapolis and the girl went
with her to Toronto.
Is was by means of the old will-of-the-
wisp of meeting her husband in Toronto
that she went there.
At Toronto Holmes took the party to
the Union house and registered Mrs.
Pietzel as Mrs. Adams. When she did
not meet her husband Holmes told her he
intended to rent a house and furnish it
Pietzel was waiting in Montreal to hear
from him to come on. One day Holmes
told her that two officers in plain clothes
were watching the house he had rented,
and would not be safe for Pietzel to show
m. Holmes brought. her a note written
in cipher that he said came from one OF
the children. He read it to her as far as
Mrs. Pietzel could reoollect
Tt was: "Dear Mamma, we are all we'll