The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-02

Mans BOOK 80 Holmes OWN SAVi!s
Put i'm Evidence BY the Prosecution
MRS. PietzeI Recalled-- Miss Yoke
SAYS She Was Married TO Prisoner.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. Ito NOR
row night the world win probably know
whether or not Holmes will hang, Incl
dentally, Holmes, who is not now a part
of the world but mere shrunken figure
with a number, a cage and all mems
enemy, will himself know.
Apart from this, a small army of ex-
hausted men, lawyers, court officials and
newspaper reporters, will offer up thanks
FOR the termination of, IN many res
pects, the most extraordinary case tried
since Lsdy Justice bandsged up her eyes
and started in business.
When the trial began last Monday,
everybody anticipated seige of at least
two weeks, bat yet, the same took sud
den tarn, and to day another which will
help to push it to a swift nclnsion.
The decision of Judge Arnold
that no testimony would be ad-
mitted other than that bearing directly
on the murder of Benz Pietzel had
the effect of keeping out group of
gruesome exhibits and silencing about
thirty witnesses brought here from
Canada, New England and the West and
supported for six days at the common
wealth's expense. In preventing the
offering in evidence of the mouldered
bones of the boy, Howard Pletzel; the
stove in which he was burned; the
clothes the little fellow wore when he
had body TO put inside them, and the
trunk which smothered out the lives OF
the girls, Alice and Nellie.
That is our case," had scarcely fall
en- from the lips of the commonwe8lth's
prosesutor before counsel for the defense
had calmly arisen and made what many
persons characterized as ''bold bluff"
and many more as playing the last card
left
He confidently told the court that the
commonwealth had not made out its
case and asked Judge Arnold to tell the
jury 30 and wind up the trial then and
there.
District Attorney Graham smiled an
off sial smile, and said this was too alb
surd to answer, but Judge Arnold ex-
pressed no opinion other than that the
case would have to proceed.
Then counsel made the astonishing
statement that they wanted time to find
ont what the defense was going
to be, because they had been so
busy listening to the evidence against
them they had not had chance to
prepare an answer to it. The court
was not very anxious to create
another delay but finally suspended
business and gave the attorneys an
hours talk with Holmes. This over,
they came back to court and pleased
everybody except the morbid mob peer
ing over one another's heads in the back
OF the room by dec airing that they
would call no witness, but submit the
case on argument alone. This will begin
tomorrow morning and the lawyers
said would end before the day is over.
To.day's session was begun by the re-
calling of Mrs. Pietzel Mr.. Graham
asked her if there was any cuffs to the
shirt she ident fed as her husbands and
she replied that Holmes had taken them
from the trunk and destroyed them.
This was the only question.
On cross examination Mr.. Shoemaker
rigidly questioned the unfortunate wo-
man concerning her travels with Holmes
and her subsequent arrest for conspiracy.
His apparent intention was to show that
Mrs. Pietzel had been the controlling in
duenee during the ramblings throughout
the country and that she carried Holmes
about in an attempt to evade arrest.
s4Yoa want to prove that she was not
Trilby but Svengah," suggested Judge
Arnold. '+That she led him"
This remark was drawn out by dis
pute ever the relevancy of the cross
examination, which was not pushed
further.
John King, of New York, was called,
and said he had charge of the manu-
script, and read the proofs of the book,
Holmes Own Story" He got part of
the manuscript from Mr.. Shoemaker,
Holmes attorney, and part of it from
Miss Long, type writer IN Shoemaker's
ofise.
Amy Long, the typewriter referred to
xaid she received one manuscript of the
sook from Mr. Shoemaker. 1t was in
pencil and the handwriting was unknown
TO her. a specimen of Holmes hand
writing was shown her and she identi-
ned it as the same.
Detective Geyer, recalled, said he had
been sent down to Holmes cell about five
weeks ago 10 see il there was any poison
concealed there. While making search,
ne came upon the manuscript of the
book, and brought it to the District At
torney.
He also found in Holmes cell, besides
the manuscript, letter to John King
about the sale of the book
The commonwealth offered in the evid-
ence the letters and papers, pictures
and the Holmes book, and rested its
case.
The defense here asked to recall Miss
Yoke for re-cross- examination on the
question of her marriage with Holmes,
which was not brought out in her ex-
animation yesterday.
"nrs. Holmes, began Mr.. Rotan to