Show E another sensational murder trial THE CASE ENDED arguments of counsel bow ae intend jhc thc alibi ha not proven oct 24 special unless attorneys or herman H madgett throughout the country aa N H holmes are ful in ae curinga postponement thero will be in the court of over and terminer tomorrow what promises ta be one of the moat famous legal trials of the century the particular one of the many climbs which have been laid at the door of the prisoner which will form the basis of the approaching trial is the murder of benjamin F fitzel hi accomplice briefly told the following are the upon which the prosecution will rest incase it case july 1894 a life insurance for ten thousand dollar was issued by the fidelity mutual life insurance association of this city in favor of benjamin P pitzel according to tho detectives employed by the insurance corn janyth pan plan was as follows holmes and pitzel were to secure a dead body resembling pitzel burn it slightly to prevent proofs of Pit zelt death and share the mony As means to this end holmead was regularly appointed guardian for the pitzel children alica howard and nellie in september the charred remains of a man were found in a house at no 1316 callowhill street in thia city which was rented by a man under th name of D F berry holmead and alice pitzel identified the remains aa those of B F pitzel the insurance money was promptly paid over to aa attorney representing helmaa and the widow pitzel holmes then tools nellie and howard pitzel to indiana kolii where it is claimed howard wag murdered then by an indirect route he went to toronto canada where the badiei of alice and nellie pitzel were shortly after found in a house which they had occupied with holme although the insurance in aurance company has not yet made its case public it ie claimed by their attorneys that they have ample evidence to convict the prisoner ef the murder of the elder pitzel the original plan of securing a body having miscarried thus necessitating the murder of pitzel himself in order to alcure tho amount of the policy |