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

which the bottle stood was across the |
room from the bed on which the body |
lay.
| "When [ entered the To)m that |
/ night, Fischer exclaimed : My God,
lack. my wife's gone That is all he
said at the time. Miss Louise Swear
ingen was present at the time.
when / entered the room Miss
Swearingen was sitting on a bed,
with heI head down between her
hands. She had no children in her
arms at the time.
II stayed at the house the re-
mainder of the night and ate break
fast there in the morning. Fischer
ate with me and appeared to partake
as heartily as did. / did not see
Miss SweariDgen eat breakfast. / do
not know whether she ate at all or
not"
}, The court then adjourned until 1.3O
o'clock this afternoon, after instruct
ing the court officials, witnesses, at
torneys and others interested in the
case to return at that time.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
: r. NJ. Kemp was the first witness
} called after dinner.
81 live in Sedalia and was born In
: Pettis county. Have been working
: in the express Office. j know Milton
e Fischer, saw him in an auction store
|, on Ohio street. on the day previous to
I the murder of his wife.
t The defense objected to the line of
y examination by the state on the ground
e that Louise Swearingen had not been
4 know nto have had anything to do
n with the handkerchief. Objection
Withdrawn.
s Witness continuing. said: 81 saw
+ Fischer buy some handkerchief in the
d auction stOre-twO blue ones, a red
e one, q pink one, and a white
= handkerchief with a red bord-
der. Shown handkerchief. THAT
e looks like the handkerchief.
n Cross-hxamined Il worked In the
= express Office at the depot during the
e holidays. The handkerchief is what
e they call japanese silk. The one
e Fischer bought was just like this one.
Ed. Dirck bought some pen
d ellis and combs. Saw Jake WATSON
5, aud Jim Ramsey in the store. Saw
/. others there but didn't know them. II
was about o'clock in the evening
q | looked at my watch and also looked
le at the clock as | came out. 1t wa:
3 about ten minutes after three o'clock
Ne | had sick child and observed the
time. Fischer came in the store ter
. or fifteen minutes after | entere
1T the store. | was acquainted with al
is the boys had been raised In thell
lie neighborhood. Fischer bought th'
ID handkerchief as soon as ne came In
He stood back in the crowd and Mr.
I'd Dirk passed them to him. have
IN had no conversation with Mr.. DircE
D. about this matter. was in the wit
e. ness room yesterday and had beer
H. sworn. | moved to town last Sep
TENDER. never spoke to Fischer, bu
rs knew who he was from inquiry.
st asked Mr.. We're, who was haulin.
wood with Fischer. | asked Mr.. Cor
as rell who Fischer was. / saw him ever
id day passing my house hauling wood
,n / saw him here in the court room
He is the man who bought tn
as handkerchiefs. told MIR
IS Gorrell the next morning after tn
ed murder about having seen Fische
st buy the handkerchief. Mr.. Gorrel
If. had told me about the handkerchie
at or napkin around the wOman's necl
al and then | recollect6 d seeing him bu
D. the handkerchief. Saw it in tn
in papers that it was q handkerchief
Didn't connect the handkerchief wit
h. the napkin"
re Charles NJ. Sheets 81 was bOrI
lis in Illsnois lived in Pettis count
be three years know Milton Fischer
saw him at an auction store last FIR
er day week. He bought FIVE handkel
en- chiefs, of different cOlOrs and re
w pocketbook. POcketbOOk produ'
he ed. | That is like the pOcketboOk ths
al Fischer purchased"
Cross-examination 81 live in 81
or dalia am a carpenter boarding
ed Mr.. McCubbin's am a single mai
rot Got acquainted with Fischer last Jun
Ter at picnic at Beaman. Mr.. TuttI
ell. and Archer and others spoke. L VS.
adj introduced to Fischer by Wrigt
he Wood, who lives on Fourth street
no SedaIia. Have seen Fischer frequeu
,re " before | went east on visit an
ad after came back. Am positive
was Fischer that | saw buy the han'
ed kerchiefs. Barney Rolls was with mi