The herald., 1895-10-31
THE P|IZELL MURDER CASE


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body because I was sick. asked Howe
would. Minnie Williams, Holmes
cousin, he said, would take care OF her
| and If | grew very sick he would send
Bonnie to take care of me. 1 next saw
Holmes on September 9th, when he can o
to our house and ssid he had brought
Alice back to Cincinnati. He said he
would take Howard and Nellie to Alice,
so she would not bs alone, ard had made
arrangements. for Alice to meet them in
| Indianapolis. | took Nellie and Howal o.
to the depot. Howe was there and saIG
the insurance money had been paid.
Holmes said to bin, You rad better
| give her some money, and Howe gave
| me s.. | babe the children goodby and
| they got on the car.
ION October 22G Holmes came TO the
| house In st. Louis and we went to Howe's
office. Holmes was there and Howe accus-
ed him of fraud. They wanted mo to
sign a paper in regard to Howe fee, and
| after being assured that | would not be
implicated in the affair, did so. Holmes
| then went under the name of Howard;
| He demanded $500 or $40C of me and
| gave il to him. He wanted to go to some
bank and pay off the note due on tho
| Fort Worth property. got the 5000 and
ne took it. We went around to the bank.
| The money was in 500 bills all but one
old note-a $1,000 bill. He took the
money and weni to a side window. Then
| he came back and brought the note say
ing it was pnid He told me to take care
not to show it Ben when l saw him"
How much did you get in all of the
| insurance money?
II received $500. That was all 1 ever
got.'
after this, money transaction what
became of Holmes?'
Gle took another 500 for the chill
dren, who he said would need some, then
he went away and some time afterward
sent me letter from Datroit to come on
there to see my husband
'Did YOU see your hu. band?'
"No. He then sent mo to visit my
parents at Galva, Ill.
In answer to further questions, Mrs.
Pitzel went ON:
when W mt to Detroit with Dessa
and the baby he met US and ,onk us to
Geese's European hotel. | said | expsct-
ed to hear from the children, ana he
SAID they would write in IA few days.
Hoime, registered for &c as Mrs. Adams.
He remained in Detroit un il October
18TH
Ibid he explain why your husband
was not there
'.He said he had looked all over town
ana COulu NOT liiiu u NdCdHl uOuSS WueIe
it would be convenient to see Ben. On
the morning of the 18th he said we had
better 90 10 Toronto. He thought Dessa
should Join the other children in Indian
apolis, where they were in charge OF
widow. he said. According to his story
liz had bought some property there for
his wife's mother, nut as she was not
ready to move into it he could live there
free of rent. | asked him the name OF
the widow my children were with and he
said, It's a peculiar name. | cannot think
OF it now. We then went to Toronto,
where he also registered me as Mrs.
Adams. My hussbad, he said. was in
Montreal, waiting for word to come on.
zone day he brought me letter trom
Nellie. 1t was in CIPHER and he lead II
TO hie thus:
Dear Mamma are well and going
TO school. but Howard won't mind Alice.
He will get dirty. We have plenty to
! eat and the woman is real good to u.s..
I'VE were in Toronto from October IL b
to October 25th. Helm did no. stop
at the same house with It's. 1 don't know
where his different stopping places were.
On the afternoon of the 18th he came to
the hotel a d said he wanted me 10 hurry
over to Ugdensburg. n. y. We went to
| Pre- colt and stayed at the National hotel
until November LIST. From there we went
to Burlington, Vt. Holmes had he. g
reuted furnished house on Monooka
Avenue Ho told me that | had worn out
the name OF Adams and to go by the
name of Cook. He claimed to be sending
diamond dyes to Ben in Montreal. The
second week we wero in Burlington
said I was mt going to stand it any lon
ger. wanted to see Ben and told Holmes
| believed he was lying to NE. He de
MED this. I said, 4 90 not hear from my
children and you said | would get the
rent from the Fort Worth property and
| have net scratch 10 show.
| ~ sail | would go to the c.,iljren in
Indianapolis, but he said, No, not until
J you sac Rsr'
He said he was going 20 take Ben to
the states and get him to sign papers
it. For two or three days did not see
| BIN and then he came and told me had
| taken the children to Toronto. He said
be had put heavy coats on them SO they
would not catch cod and that they wero
perfectly happy. | never saw him on
| Sundays; he never came around. He
said he would bave TO go to Montreal,
| as Ben had been drinking and was not
taking caro- of the diamond dyes. He
told me to go into the cellar and under
tho potato bin | would find bottle OF
dynamite which ] should carry to the
attic. did not carry it upstairs, though.
| Holmes was there known as JudgsDn.
He told me Ben had been drinking and
was sick and asked me what I would do
| if he should die. He said: 4 have one
grave marked for him." All my letters
were given to Holmes to mail. He said
he sent them to Chicago, where Pat
| Quinlan, the janitor of the castle, took
| care to get them TO my husban1.'
A mum Der of letters written by the
witness and given to Holmes to mail
we're identified by her. None had been
mailed. She WAS shown two Others. writ
| ten by Alice and Nellie. That from Alice
was marked by childish afff ction for her
absent mother and bore rude craving Of
| Uncle Ton,'s cabin, which the littls one
| had been reading about. AT this Sigh of
! this the mothers heart overlooked and
she wept bitterly. The woman who ac-
| coiu panieG her and Desss arose, and
walking TO the witness stand gave tire
| bereayed mother a teaspoonfu of medi-
! cine. There was no one in the crowded
| court room who did not appreciate the
pathos OF tais scene, but the only change
| it made in Holmes expression was a
| malicious grin on his thin lips.
"Have you ever seen your husband
| since he left St. Louis for Philadelphia"
~ have never seen him sinos July 49,
| 1894, nor heard from him since August
| 229th, when | hgot the last letter in his
own handwriting" she answered tear
! fully. "That was from Philadel phi ia. "
Have you seen or hearL from, Alice,
| Nellie or Howard since this man got
| possession of Them
r.