Connecticut western news., 1895-10-31

tho body, the broken jar, pipe etc, He
 verified tho district attorneys assertion ot
 yesterday that the pipe could not have
 fallen from the lips Of pltezcl to the place
 where it was found, and thRt the jar could
 not have been broken by an explosion bc-
 cause the pieces of glass were not scattered
 about the room, but wcre inside the jar.
 The doctor dwolt upon the discovery of
 ohloroform In the stomach and said largo
 quantities of the drug had been used, and
 from the congested condition of the lungs
 and the empty heart it was apparent that
 the man had met a sudden and violent
 death from chloroform poisoning.
 Holmes Cross Examine. Scott
 Holmes then subjected Dr. Scott to .
 lengthy and detailed examination touch-
 Ing the effects of ohloroform, but obtained
 few answers that would tend to throw the
 talanoo in the slightest degree in his fa-
 vor. The witness wns regarded by tho commonwealth's officers as ono of their
 medical experts, and he was positive and
 unoontrndiotory in everything he said in spite of the fact that his uuestioner--the
 prisoner-is n medical man by education. Holmes kept up a steady fire of questions
 nnd'noyer felt obliged to pause for word or thought. Tie oalmness with which he volubly exchanged technical terms and discussed chemical and medical possibili. ties with the doctor was admirable Dr. Mattern's examination was then begun.
 The witness said he had made the post norton examination nt the morpuo on Sept. 1, and tho conditions wero the samo
 as described by Dr. Scott. Thoro had
 been paralysis of tho heart, causing sud. den death, and evidence of ohloroform In
 tho stomach. He dllAted on the ghastly sceno at the potter's field, when, in the | presence of n half dozen other persons, in. | cludinR tho officers of the swindlcd insur- anoc company and tho young daughter of | the dead man, Holmes took lancot dnd | ooldly and ruthlossly out and hacked off | portions of tho corpse of the man he is charged with having murdered. The girl | Alioo had then positively identified the body and Holmes himself, tho witness said, did not hesitate to declare that lt was Pitezol's body.
 lIolmos began the cross examination Of | Dr. Mattern by requesting him to road | his notes of tho result of the autopsy in | their entirety. This was permitted. and after 1t had been done the physician was | put under a long serics of technical ques. | tions, touching tho possible cause of | death, the effoct of chloroform poisoning | and kindred subjects. The doctor unquai. | ifedly declared that denth had been caused | by chloroform poisoning.
 Dr. Henry Lcffmann, the we'll known | analytical chemist was tho next witnoaa. | He said 1t was impossible for a man to lx | himself in an attitude as reposeful as that in which Pitezel's body was discovered aftor having administered ohloroform 10 himself.
 Holmes Asks For His Attorneys The evening session began few mo- \ mcnts after o'clock. Tho taking ot#es | timony was about to bo resumed when | Holmes, who could probably he more apt. | ly called the "arch actor" than anything
 else, brought out n new piece of byplay. Ho arose in tho dock, and addressing the court said; If your honor pleaac. I have n request to make. In consequence | of the severe physical strain Co which havo boon subjected md also because of the criticism lovelod against my former
 counsel, Messrs Shoemaker and Rotnn,
 have within tho past half hour sent for thom and asked them to again assume charge of my defense. l should like to
 ask if tho court will permit thisY" | Let them come in, ]" said tho judge. A moment later tho two counaoilorz,
 looking palo and worried, entered the courtroom, and Mir. Rotan, going up to
 the bar, was about to enter upon lengthy
 explanation when JudFo Arnold onrtly
 interrupted with; "No apology im ncocs. | sary. Go on with tho case. l"
 | Mrs. Adola Aloorn, n physician who | lives on Eleventh street, was called. | Holmes had been at her house from Aug. | 5 to Sept. 3, 1894, undor the nnme ot | Howell. He had hired rooms there The | witness was not surc that his wlfc wHs | with him. but he brought her later Hp | said she was very tired, as she had come | from Chicago, and he would rather havo | her at tho house than at hotel. The wit ness again saw him on tho afternoon of | Sept. l9 in hor parlor He wont out and | came back In the evening, He said his | wife and littlo sister would be there later, | that they were then in Atlantic City. | Holmes told her he was himself going there Saturday and would bring them back with him the following Monday for the winter. On tho 18th man called to see Holmes or Howell as he was there known, and was shown Co his room, nc. oordlnR 10 instructions. She identified Pitczel's picture as that of the caller
 Later. .she saw him go out. On cross oxs
 animation sho was questioned as to her | belief that the picture was that of tha
 caller, and she wns positive.
 John Y Hughes, furniture salesman, | had sold a bill of goods to Pitezcl on Aug. | i7, 1894 Holmes accompanied him. Tho | furniture was sent to l3i6 Callowhill street
 Walter W. Shodakcr, real estate agent,
 rented tho house to Pitezcl on Aug IS, 1894
 The court adjourned until 10 2. m. to.
 day