The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-31

HEELING, w. VA, THU
second week we were at Burlington /
said l was not going to stand u any
longer, wanted to SEQ Bon, and told
Holmes | believed hs was lying 10 me.
He denied this. IHaid; 4 do not hear
from my children, and you said would
get rent from the Fort Worth property,
and | have not scratch 10 show. l
said would 20 10 the children In In.
dianApolls, but he said; NO, not until
you SEQ Ben.' lie said he was going TO
IRke Ben to the states and got him 10
sign papers about the Fort Worth prop
oriy, and sell It.
"Eor two or three days l did not sec
him aud then ho came aud told mo he
had taken the children to Toronto, lie
said no had put heavy coats on them 30
they would not catch cold, and that they
were perfectly happy never saw him
on Sundays; he never came around. He
said no would have to go to Montreal, as
Ben was drinking and had not takon
caro- OF tho diamond dies. He told mo
to 90 into tho cellar and under tho pota'
to bin would find bottle OF dynamite,
which | should carry to tho attic, Ibid
not carry II upstiaFs, though. Holmes
was known there as Judson. He told
mo Ben had been drinking and was
sick, and asked mo what I'D do II no
should die. Ho said; Il have one grave
marked for HIM All my letters were
given to Holmes TO mail. lie said no
sent them to Chicago, wheFe Pat Quln'
Ian, the janilor Of the Castle, took care
to get them to my husband"
A PATHETIC scRSR.
Anumbor OF letters written by tho
Witnesa aud Riven to Holmea to mail
werO identified by her None had been
mailed. She was shown two otheFI,
written by Alice aud Nellie. That from
Alice was marked by childish affection
for her absent mother, aud bore q rude
drawing Of "Unclo Toms Cabin" which
tho little one had been reading. AT the
sight Of this the mothers heart ovor'
flowed and she wopt bitterly. The Wo-
man who accompanied hGr and Dessa
arose, and, walking 10 tho witness
stand, gave the bereayed woman tea
spoonful OF medicine, There was no
one in the crowded court room who did
not appreciate the pathos oil the scene,
but the only change II made in Holmes
expression was malicious grin on his
thin lips.
"Hayo you ever seen your husband
llnce he lett St. Louis for PhiladOl'
phia2'
~ have never seen him since July
20, 1891, nor heard from him since
August 20, whom got the last letter IN
his own handwriting" she answered
tearIullS That was from Philadel'
phia"
"Haye you seen or heard from Alice,
Nellie or Howard since this man got
possession Of them 2"
~ have not heard from then"
"IIave you seen them since"
Sobhing bitterly, the woman an
swered: II saw Alice and Nellie lying
aide by side Ia, the motguO at Toronto.
never saw Howard. except what once
belonged to him, in Indianapolis, in the
coronet's Office"
This onded tho examination in chiet.
In answer TO questions from Mt.
Rotan, the witnoss said sho was married
to pielzal in GRlYa, lllG, In 1878. She
did mot know Whero he and Holmes had
first met. Sho thought 1t was In 1889.
I,Sho first mot Holmes in tho restaurant
at Sixty.third and Wallace streets, Chi.
cago, the Castle, when she was with
hor husband there, In 1893. She did
not SEQ much OF Holmes until this in
aurance matter camo up.
A long line OF questions were put 10
Mrs. Pietzel. many Of which woro ruled
out on tho ground OF irrelevanco. AZ
$3.50 recess was taken, and up to that
time her testimony had not been
shaken.
EVENING SESSION.
The court Ieassemblsd at I o'clock
and during tho few moments that clap.
sed before tho business Of tho case was
resumed, Holmes sat in the dock, read.
ing stephens digest OF the law OF owl.
dOnco."
At 7:l5, Mrs. PiotzOl's trying ordeal
was resumed Rilor shO had taken lib.
eral dose Of medicine from the trained
nuraB who accompanied her. The
ctoss.examinntion was continued until
S:25, but developed nothing TO contro'
vert her evidence in chief,
District Attorney Graham bhowed
her q crayon portrait OF Plutzel, aud sho
said: "YeB, that is good picture OF
my husband "a hO left home"
This concluded Mira. 'PlaizOl's tcsti.
mony, and nt $3.50 sho gayo way for hOr
daughter, JUannottB- "Dcssa"
Hor testimony was largely corrobora.
two OF that given by hOr mother con-
cerning tho departure Of tho children
and AnbSoQucnt trayoBoi Dossa aud hor
mother undor Holmes guidance to the
various citi0S named.
Mra. PiotZOl was recalled aud tho die.
trict attorney questioned hor further
regarding tho stay In Burlington. Dur
ing their second wOek thoro sho said
Holmes took lighted lamp and wont
down into the collar. She thought aho
had bOtlor follow him, aud did 80, but
no urged her to rOlurn to tho upper
floor, fearing that shO would catch cold,
Tho Windows 10 tho collar woro out aud
Holmes aakod lCr for a hammer and
nails, saying no would put them In.
Mr.. RO,an objected 10 this line Of
eyldoncD on tho ground Of irrplovancS.
Mr. Graham explained that ho pro,
posed to show That llolmOi had dug a
iolo In tho collar and cDyQrod II Up, as
no had dono in every case whOro lio
had rented n house. Judge Arnold aus.
taincd tho objection, aud At tllis time,
Oi95 o'clock. court adjourned until to.
morrow morning
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