The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-13
my wife. AT English's Opera House in the


as the insurance companies are relentless
and also dishonest as have reason TO know
from the tactics they have used: Barlow,
the assistant district attorney. Is the mouth
piece of the insurance companies. With
Geyer 1t is a matter OF professional reputa-
ton. but Mr.; Graham. the district attorney.
believe If he was firmly convinced OF my
innocence. would aid me. have no courage
to undergo a long siege of imprisonment
elsewhere or even here, where everything Is
20 take advantage of the avenue of escape
now offered me. There VIII be no very Sc
rious effort made to secure a new trial IL the
can have the time / need. At the rate all
are working, by the 10th Of January all
should be in. Therefore l hope you will feel
pensed. Mr.. Wishard can speak for him
self. Since Mr.. r. told me yesterday OF the
Worlds offer of 5000 have felt m n pet
town, Va, clearing me OF the murder
charge with the fifty witnesses identifying
picture, etc."
Jan. Is Holmes favored his attorneys here
with another letter. in which he refers to
having received the affidavits of IrvingtoD
witnesses taken before the coroner In inns
look after New York and Leadville coilec-
tions. In reference to this he says:
The New York party tried to tax instea "a
Of pay. They are wealthy and the claim Is
just, and IL presented Will be paid. Tney
offered 81. 900 two years ago. Can you have
the coroner reopen the inquest tie test nareog
unknown In place Of my name, and Will
you also write me what other steps you
think can be taken there legally. TO undo
what has been done. In the Toronto letter
sent you the detective department Virgins
to show its hand again. evidently feeble
pump could read 1t between every line as
published. Hatch has nothing to call him
to Toronto again, and was in New YORK
at time / was arrested, as received a
letter the day % Geyer aHn ' easy
and you will have to watch for them. Con-
corning my letters. will you kindly see tnat
no newspaper sees or gets them! All com.
ments unfavorable to my interests, or tnat
might reflect on the prison management,
find their way here. All my direct communi-
cations to you have been an extra privilege
and of the greatest advantage to me, but
will of necessity be wholly interdicted IL
liable to react or reflect en- the prison man.
IT stiii feel that Mr.. Wright is a man to
aid you from what I remember OF him.
Please have him know that what he does
is more. to aid the Franklin and other people
than all else. and that do not expect and and
am not trying to use 1t to save myself; Try
and keep in touch with Mr.. Corbett He is
doing we'll and it is hard to get matter g tnas
that he sends here will continue or with
hold the courts decision for sufncient
indianapolis This may be the last letter
am allowed to write TO you. II So wish you
to again know that your work has been
among the greatest of favors 1 have ever
FROM OCT. TO OCT. 10.
About this date Holmes saw fit 10 forward
his attorney an account OF his movements
from Oct. to Oct. 10, 1894. He was careful
as to details. and very particular in referring
to his visits to the Pitezel children. His
statement is as follows:
''Oct. to Oct. 4, in st. Louis; Oct. in
Indianapolis; time fully taken up, as per
Indianapolis and at Franklin at o'clock p.
m Oct. 6. at Franklin until IL o'clock On
Guiding time on the trainl Indianapolis IL
to O'clock, then to Franklin (see mfleage)
While in indianapolis. 9Th: Galvanic battery
store, on Illinois street; Mr.. Wishard's office;
met Hatch at Union Depot; went to scalper's
hotel (2) Oct. Sunday, at Franklin all
day. Oct. 8, at Franklin until IL; Indian
cRiidTe ms hotel met Hatch 0 at barber e SHOP
Denison Hotel more than an hour writing
letters; children's hotel again; Franklin. Oct.
panied by wife; to Circle Park Hotel; chill
dren's hotel: Mr.. Wrights office: Mr.. Wish
ards office and bank; lunch; chiidren's hotel:
Dr. IS office; Marotts shoe store; shoe
store (see xiiD; wife's hotel; Union Depot
and depot barber shop; scalper's; florists;
ter at Enelish's opera House. Oct 10. chi
dren's hotel: Commercial Club; jewelry store
Ssee KID; Commercial Club restaurant for
breakfast; Wishard's office; corner OF Wash
ington and Meridian streets asked wife to GO
to hotel alone (see her statement. hotel and
boy across the street at time); barber shop
at hotel (see BARRIERS statement); scalper S
for registered package: sent girls back to no
tel; wife's hotel about noon; saw three
houses (see BARRIERS statement and XIV;
oke sT at nns tts for a
flee imam not i'm; Denison fully two hours
registered package from Memphis at scalper's
Had intended going to Chicago via Terre
Haute." continues the statement, but was
The boys life could not have been taken be.
| fore O'Clock in the afternoon, as the girls
went back to the hotel until then. What dc
the Indianapolis or Irvington expressmer
| have to say?"
Holiness fears that his correspondence
would be cut off by the prison officials seem
! to his attorneys Feb. g. He refers to the
| probable action of the Supreme Court. Stat
| ing that he Is only striving for sufficient de-
| lay to clear up all the murder charges out
| side of Philadelphia land thus give the lie Il
| the insurance companies"
HIS GREAT DANGER
my great danger" said the murderer
''lies in the fact that an effort will be mad,
| to hurry the decision of the court and se
the date of my execution. 1t is because an,
| plea for delay before the Governor would bt
misunderstood that have urged haste in ths
| Western matters. The following per
| tains to the 10th, and 1 enter into minutenes.
| as SO many matters in the case have devel
morning of the 10th at the Bates House ap
prising me of detectives and mat they were
| probably coming TO Indianapolis l told n,
] wife OF IL, though attributing their search Il
! certain Fort Worth troubles of which sh
knew. We thought best not 20 remain a
| the hotel longer. 1 left her. inrsnlng to 20 [,
| Terre Haute 10 get certain papers that wer,
there lare now, but remained iJr next train
| That this was my intention you Will learn b,
| examining the scalpers' books, where vol
| will find that sold them my Indiana poiis-to
| Chicago mileage day or so he
fS5 when bS the ma decided I'D errs to
| delay necessitated giving up the Terrs
| Haute trip and repurchased transportation
| for myself at scalper's and two half ticket.
| for the children AT the depot. Because 4
| was safer for me to be elsewhere than IL
| the center of the city / went out about noon
| tide TO visit three houses. / took the two
| girls with me so that L would not have Il
| go again to their hotel in case the detec
| tives came in on the noon train. Hatch wa.
| to take the first train TO Detroit with tn,
boy. On my return to the city / went imme'
| diately to the Yoke farm, which had neve
| visited before.
I'm returning to the city we came over {
| large bridge and turned toward the depot
/ The wind had been heavy in the Afternoon
and had blown away one of the girls hat.
and they asked to go to hat store fo
| there was time before the store closed. Thi
| makes me sure it was not far from 6 p. m
When they went TO the store one of tn,
| girls said she would go to the hotel and SCI
| If Howard was there yet. but / deferred
| her from doing so lest some one from Chi
| cago had called meantime. Afte
| supper IL became question what to do Will
10 rhflA from fhnr,