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2 Arranged from the Philadelphia Public Ledger 1894

handle is hein.trials/acct0002 and id is 1 raw text is: Q. Woat else dId he say-to you? A. The ,Dbyslcila exismined It, andsaid the marks of identifcatlion were not there. Q. Then what? A. He examined it him- Self, and found them. Q. That is, that he, the prisoner, told you that he had exainined Ihe marks on the body- and found them? A. Ie had taken the sur- eon's gloves and examined theem. At thils juncture the witness seemed to be overcome and put her hands to her face for a few moments. Then Mr. Graham resumed the examine, Iion of the witnessas follows, Q- What ir he say, if anything about the money hie got from the Fort Worth prop- erty. He told you he got $10, 000 C-18h and the balance el1-anuualLy ? ALie Lent jQ~jQ to is broker, Frank E. Backman, of Chicago. land the remainder he kept himself. Gave Her a Bible, Lockets and Cash. Q. Dick he give you any money? A. He did. Q. How- much? A. He gave me $1C00, which I deposited In bank. Q. That was after he returned from St. ILouis? A. Ido' t keow how much he gava me; about $2000 I thinl; perhaps more, per- haps less. Q. Did he give you anything else? A. He did. Q. What? A. Several presents. Q,. What wereth - A. A. Bible, a locket, .some diarpond ear tngq. ,Q. Describe the locket? A. A little heart, set with pearls. .Q, What else? A. Nothing else, I believe, but what I named. Q. What'else? A. A second little locket, I believe. Q. When did he leave Indianspolis? A. I don' t remember. I believe about thoghb or 10tk of October. -Q. Where did he go then? A. To.Cincn- nail, Ibelieve. Q. When did you bear from him last? A. At my home in Franklin, on the evening of the 11th, I believe. From Detroit to Toronto. P MIss Yoke described their going to Detroit. , Holmes meeting her on the train outside the city, and their trip to Toronto, on October 18, , 'partially on a pleasure trip and partially on busitesa for him. -4Mr, (raham-Weere did you Stop-in-.T !ronto? --Mr. Rolan-I object. , Mr. Graham-I think it is very deslrahli to bring out what took place In Toronto. Judge Arnold-You cannot ask where they stopped, but you huay ask if they saw Mrs. Pltezel. Q. How long did you reman in Toronto? .A. Until Friday, October 26. Mr. Holmis was not In the hotel all the time, but as lar as I know he did not go out of the city. Mr. Rotan-I object to all this line of tgstJ- mony, as it is only wastiu- the public time. Jade Arnold-I think myself that it Is im- material and only wasting the pibbIli time. r- mr. Graham:-I haveitled thiscase in-i e very best way I know how, and have nqt wasted a moment, and I object to ydpr Horior's accusation of having wasted the pub - lie time.' pu$,. Judge Arnold-We will rule It out-that' Is. the-last qusesib. Q. Where didyou go from Toronto? A. Prescott, and remained there one day, and he was there part of the time. We went from there to Ogdensburg, N. Y., and Mr. Holmes was there nearly all the time. When he was away he was just looking around the lown. We wrent from Ogdensburg to Burlington, Vt., and remained there a week or more. Q. Was Mr. Holmes there? A. Yes, sir; and-he went from there to Boston, Mass., and remained there about a week, until Holmes was arrested, Q. In all this journey did you see Mrs. Pitezel or any of the Pitezel children? A. No, sir. Mr. Roian-'tt'e object to any question re- gadtng the movementsor whereabouts of-the Pltezel children. . Miss Yoke Identified the photograpk of Pilezel as tha t of tae man she knew as B. T. Lyman at Fort Werth, when Holmes was there under the name of H. Al. Pratt, hiding his-identity on ao, ount of some of his prevl- oue business troublAe. IIOLMES QUESTIONS MISS YOKE. HIij Cross-examination as to Their Leav- ing llladelphia. _It the centelusion of the direct examination of Miss Yoke Mr. Rotan renewed his request that the prisoner be allowed to cross-examine. her, Judge Arnold nodded arsent, and Holmes stood up in the dock and began as fellowst SQ. What time during the evening of Sep- tethiber I, 1894, did this party call at our place, No 105 North Eleventh street? A. About 7. 811or o'clock,, i Q. Had thers' bret 'ffT mention made prior to that timeabout ourleaving Phila, del- phiof A. There had, but the exact time had not been flxod z Came Back Worriedai' Norrous. Q. On my returning to the house was any- thing said about when we would leave? A. No; but the satement was made we were running short of funds. Q.-Upon the following morning was any menteion made in regard to our leaving that afternoon? A. I do not remember It. I.had been ill and was then recoverinc. 0. Who packed your trunk on this Sunday when you left Philadelphia? A. I paeked it, partially mysel' I Q, Vhat portien of the day were you ea-1 gaged in doing this? A. Durln gyour itb- senee. I believe. Q. Tlen something mnust have beer said to make you think that we sheui 4 on go away? A. Yes. Q. You sated I left my pince of reslqexce' about 10 or 11 o'clock on Sunday morning, Septmber2. A. I did: and I next saw o between 3and 4 o'clock. You carne n4lr- riedly and, said It was verywarm rnd yonbad been walking fast. You also said we wbuldI leave that evening. I had oartially packed my trunk and expected togo. _

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