The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-02-12

half an hour. The struggle lasted,
she said, about half an hour, and then
corrected herself by saying fifteen
minutes.
"She said it was half an hour after
the murderer left The house b-fore
Fischer returned to the house. She
said that during that time she re-
manned in the room, crying. She did
not state what she W 8 crying about.
81 did not talk to, nor examine
Fischer and the defendant together.
The defendant was out in the kitchen
when Fischer was being examined. L
separated the witnesses during the ex.
animation.
"She examined the handkerchief
and said that she had never seen 1t be-
fore. She stated that the handker-
chief was around Mrs. Fischer's neck
when her husband brought her into
the house, and that there had never
been one like it on the place.
at was a white handkerchief with
a red border"
THAT looks like the handkerchief"
(when shown the one used in the evil
dence. ,
"The woman said that she had
never been married. The children
were aged respectively: Fischers
between four and five years, and Miss
Swearengen's between one and two
years of age.
81 asked the prisoner whether she
had any valuables stolen. She said
> that she had a FIVE dollar bill in her
trunk. went with her and found
the purse clasp as though it had moi
recently been hastily opened We
looked in the pocket book, and found
) silver fifty-cent piece in it
.'She said that when Fischer
brought his wife in, they endeavored
; to bring the dead woman 'to' by using
camphOr and water. She said it val
10 o'clock when they brought Mrs
, Fischer in the house, and it was Il
o'clock before they rang the bell and
alarmed the neighbors.
81 did not see any signs of camp
, phor, nor did l smell any.
: However, I made no search to-
any. She said that the dead bod!
T showed no signs of animation after
: having been brought into the house
81 found things in the hallwa.
scattered about on the floor. Severa
trunks were broken open, and women
clothing, such as underwear and othe
> articles were thrown about promiscu
e ously. Letters and papers were ais
! heaped on the floor. Miss SwearlngeI
said that she had not disturbed thing
after the assassin left the house.
. Il did not notice any dirt or an.
J. thing of the kind on the dress tn
II dead woman wore when | made tn
examination. 1t was torn when l ar
rived at the house. | turned tn
. handkerchief used in evidence over +
y Attorney Longan. could not dis
tinguish it from several others If the!
- were placed before me.
Il "Miss Swearingen gave, me as
!, !. reason for not leaving the hous
that she did not wan
y to desert the children. Sh
, could have escaped through the wi:
&c dow. She stated that Mrs. Fischer
child was screamng-her own bah
was sleeping.
:, "She did not say whether Else he
e made any effort to ascertain who th
murderer was.
=, The coroner was followed by Mr.
IL Winnie Sands, the family washgomar
whose testimony was substantially
l s 70 lows: 81 am in my sixtieth yeal
II II and live northeast of this city abor
seven miles distant. | live about on
half mile from Milton Fischer's plac'
~ and am acquainted with Miss Loui:
n Sweariugen. She has lived with Mr.
Fischer twice and has been thel
~ recently. She went there la
~ Christmas and remained ST her sister
nc until the time of the murder. | sa
y her last yesterday, before then | sa
nc her the day after her sister was killec
!. l saw her on the Friday before tt
~ murder. She came to my house jul
"A little before II o'clock. L aske
~ her what had happened, on Il
- day after the murder, an
ne she said, The Lord, or God, knows
~ | next saw her sitting at tt
NC table, but had not talked with h
after she entered the kitchen. aske
10 MIR. Fischer what was the matter, al
Al he made no answer. l then went
e. the front room, and turned the cove
IL IL lid down, to gaze on the corpse.
nc was then between 6 and Z o'clock.
Il heard no other noise during 4
night, save the bell ringing and NJ