The Portland daily press., 1895-11-04

face. Turning to the court officers, he
said in an eager whisper: Monday,
November 49, These were the only
words he uttered
Judge Arnold then expressed to Messrs.
Rotan and Shoemaker his appreciation OF
how difficult their task had been and
complimented them that they had been
able to make as good showing of the
defense as they did. He intimated that
the withdrawal from the case was de-
vice of the prisoner. In manly, honest
way Mr.. Rotan gave the court to Under
stand that their withdrawal was no desire
of their own, but was done from q
sincere conviction, because they believed
that they had not been given time to pre-
pare their case.
Judge Arnold then ordered the prisoner
removed By this time Holmes had re-
cover ed much of his composure and
walked from the room with the quick,
springy step natural to him. The judge
than ked the jury for their attention and
discharged them, and SO ended the trial
of the most notorious and infamous
murderer ever convicted in the courts of
Philadelphia and probably in the United
States.
District Attorney Graham began his
argument for the state by congratulating
the jury upon their prospect of speedy
release from the confinement of the jury
box He stated that he had voluntarily
relin quished his right to make final
privilege to the defendants attorney. He
merely asked them to reason with him
over the'eyidence offered He said that
this evidence individually pointed to the
ouilt of tho prisoner, but the Common
Wealth of Pennsylvania sought no victim,
and if the sense of right and Justice led
them to believe he was innocent then 1t
was their duty to acquit him aud that
speedily. The Commonwealth, he SAID,
had proved every step of its case from
the very beginning, and link by link has
made the chain of evidence perfect,
Mr.. Graham then returned to the evil
dence taken, and reading from it re-
viewed it, witness by witness he
SKINNED quietly over the test1mony OF
the more unimportant ones and reIresned
the iury's memory of their evidence. On
the the more important testimony Mr.. Gra-
ham dealt at greater length. He exposed
Holmes' tangle of lies in the many state
ments he made. 1t was when he came to
the testimony given by Mrs. Pietzel that
Mr.. Grahamspoured out upon the prison
er the walls Of his scorn and denuncia-
tion. Beneath the district attorneys bit
+ : words Holmes shrank little, and.
sinking his head, affected to be busy tax
ino notes of Mr. Graham's words.
Mr.. Graham's closing argument was a
sitting and analytical review Of the testi-
mony, which was placed with olearness
and skill before the jury.
HOLMES LISTENED
intently to the district attorney through
out the time he was speaking, and he
| made voluminous notes of Mr.. Graham s
words. He seemed to realize that Mr..
Graham's address might be life or death
| for him, and there was an eager interest
in his face that was not seen there be-
fore during the trial. Mr.. Graham cal
ut great length with the theory of the
defence that Pietzsl committed suicide
by swallowing chloroform. He explained
in detail to the jury the physical reasons
why the chloroform found in Pietzel's
stomach could not have found its way
there under the conditions contended by
the defence, and that the state Of the
stomach showed that tho ohloroform was
| forced in after death.
| Mr.. Graham then told the story that
| he left the case in their hands He sale