New-York tribune., 1895-10-31

oa,cer MN. ,rorsted In the statement Holmes
nurnorted IN give the details Of the conspiracy
and p,etzers movements after the swnde was
nernetrated He gave II as his opinion that
Pietzel and the children were alive ana wen.
The statement was really a marvel or sKiiiu
circ,,mstantial mendacty and Is worthy OF such
an ACCOMPLISHED liar az Holmes has proved NM
self to be- He gave the movements OF himse''
Pistzel and the children with every attention
TO all the small incidents which would occur i"
travelling around the country.
While the statement was being read inspector
Hall. Of the Toronto police entered the court
room, accompanied by man named hyVes' WHO
,,v.s next door to the house occupied by Holmes
in Toronto. where he Is accused OF haVihs h''ieo
tho pietzel girls. Ryves will be used by the
Commonwealth to identify Holmes. and VIII
testify that Holmes borrowed spade from him.
This spade. the Commonwealth Will aiege' was
u.ed by Holmes to dig the graves OF the chii-
dren in the cellar OF the Toronto house.
As,sr recess a statement made by Holmes 10
tho authorities in this city, on November -
1894. was read. There was another confession
NJ the swIndling Of the insurance company that
,mn,icated Jephtha D. Howe. the st. Louis at
torney, In the scheme.
MRS. PIETZEL TELLS HER STORY.
Then Mrs. Pietzel placed on the stand
She showed signs Of the terrible sufrerings she
has undergone but she walked unasssted to the
stand. She carefully avoided looking at Holmes.
but he gazed steadily and composedly at her ior
at least a minute 1t was only when the Dis
trict-Attorney asked her II she knew the pris-
oner that Mrs Pietzel for an instant raised her
eves n HoImes's face. answered that she did.
and quickly averted her look. Mrs. Pietzel was
SO weak that 1t was necessary for court crier
70 repeat her answers to Mr.. Graham's ques-
tions.
II was slowly drawn from her that she knew
Holmes and that her husband had written from
PHILADELPHIA that he expected to see her again
When Mr. Graham asked II her husband had
anv interest in the Holmes castle In Chicago
and the Fort Worth property, the defence OBJ
iected. Mr. Graham said that he asked the
question for the purpose OF showing Holiness
motive in killing Pietzel and the children ine
Court overruled the objection. and Mrs. PietZel
said that Holmes told her that he would put
IS 900 In the Fort Worth property and pay OF
a note falling due on September IS. 1894. The
Fort Worth property was In the name OF Benton
F.. LYMAN which was an alias Of Pietzel 1t
was often necessary tC repeat the questions asked
Mrs. Petzel. for she seemed stunned ana II
evidently required some mental effort for her to
understand and answer interrogatores She
testified that she employed Howe to collect the
insurance money by the advice OF Holmes. At
the time Holmes told her that Pietzel was alive
and was going around to Puget Sound. Holmes
told her that her husband had received her last
letter and she replied. "Oh how could he do so
and get me in troube?'
Alice started for PhiIa ielphia with Howe,
Holmes not accompanying them. it was at
Holiness suggestion that the child was sent to
Philadelphia and both men promised to take
good care Of her. Holmes further promised tnat
his Cousin Minnie Williams would be In Phila-
depha to look after the girl. Mrs. Pietzel was Ill
at the time and In no condition to combat such
a man as Holmes. Holmes told Ter that he had
arranged with her husband to have Minnie Will
Jams come on and nurse her II she grew worse.
DUPED INTO SIGNING A PAPER.
The next time she saw Holmes was on Septem-
Der q at her home in ST. Louis. The body had
been identified and Holmes told her he had left
Alice in Cincinnati! and. as she would not want 10
leave the child alone he offered to take Nellie and
Howard the other two children. to her in Indian
apolis She took the children to the railroad sta
ton and there they met Howe. who gave s. Of the
insurance money to her She did not see Holmes
again until October 2. when he came to her house
in ST. Louis. Holmes took her to the Office o,
! Mcdonald & Howe. There were present Melon
aid, Howe man named Cochran and Adolphus
Howe and a woman typewriter Howe said:
| This Is fraud; ! will wash my hands OF IT.
She went out into the hat. and some one called
her back into McDonald's private Office. McDon-
aid asked her to sign paper. which she was OPP
| posed to doing Mcdonald grew indignant at her
suspicious and said he did not want any refiec-
tions cast on the office as they did an honorable
business She was finally persuaded into signing
the paper by a Mr. Harvey. Alone and among
these men she gave way and sighed paper that
! she asked TO put her name to. Holmes bor-
rowed $500 from her and then took her out to the
| bank. As they went out Of the door Harvey said
Spring no traps"
| Holmes took her to the bank under the pretence
of paying off a note on the Fort Worth property
for 5000. She gave him the money. and Holmes
gave her forged note purportng to be the one
he had taken up. All the money she got out OF
the $4,000 on her husbands life was $500.
When asked what became Of Holmes and Howe
after paying the money, Mrs. Pletze appeared to
be overcome and could not answer for time
Continuing, she said that she went to the ticket
Office Of the railroad company. and Holmes ex-
torted another 800 from her on the plea that II
would be necessary to pay the children's expenses
Holmes told her TO write few lines to the chill
dren and advised her to leave st. Louis and go to
the home OF her parents at Galva III.
She next Holmes In Detroit on October IA,
where he decoyed her under the pretence that she
would see her husband. Bessie and the baby went
with her, and Holmes met her at the train.
Holmes took the party to a hotel, and in answer
to her inquiries for her children he told her that
she would hear from them In few days and that
Alice was busy with her school.
HOLINESS DIABOLICAL CRUELTY
meeting her husband in Toronto that she went
there When she did not meet her husband
Holmes told her he intended to rent house and
furnish 1t and that Pietzel was waiting in Mon
treal to hear from him to come on. On October
25 she went out TO do some shopping and acci-