The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-03-28
of herself and her sister, Maggie
Welch, at the noon hour.

of herself and her sister, Maggie
Welch, at the noon hour.
Maggie Weleh, s,corn-Reside in So,
dalia, know Emil Dorm, heard Emil
Dorm make the expression concerning
Bowman in Zimmerman's laundry.
Miss WEIGH and her sister differed
materially as to the time and circum.
stances of the occurrence.
E. z. Bridges, sscon-Have lived
in Sedalia since '63; am a carpente,
and builder. 1 know Emil Dorm and
Ira Zimmerman. After the second
fire ] heard Mr.. Dorm say he was
lying on the bed with his clothes on
and he arose and hurried To the fire
when the bell rang.
+. L. Rarson sporn: l know Mes
srs. Bowman, Dorm and Crew. ]
went into Bowman Il Crews laundry
once in 1890 tn see a shirt that had Il
bag OF analine sewed up in the arm.
1t had the initials "E. l.. r." on it.
hut it was not my shirt. Witness
was asked concerning a bleach receipt
he had been given by Zimmerman,
but Was not allowed TO testify.
Henry U;Ris s,Omn: Am chief OF
the Sedaiia fire department. Was al
the Bowman Il Crews fire. The
alarm was received from Go.eti,
reporter at IL o'clock. Was not sure
of the time. Not much credence war
placed in Mr.. Willis story, coming
from the source it did. and he was en-
cused
Court adjourned 10 SATURDAY.
morning at 9 o'clock.
THIRD DAY, MARCH %.
yno ". Bcgman, recalled. The
anonymous letters ceased to be r.
ceived after the investigation of this
fire was made and the indictment
found.
W. j. Bfasiela, s,roya.-I am as-
sistant cashier of Bank in Marshall.
Mo. Have had experience decipher-
ing penmanship.
This witness was accepted rs andex-
pert and testified that he did not CON
slider the letters exhibited 10 him-the
anonymous letters and the one writ
ten by Ira Zimmerman-as written
by the same person, which was in eff.
feet to contradict the evidenc given in
by the states witnesses.
Mr.. Lamm gave the witness a
searching cross examination
from the standpoint of establish
ing the fact that the person who
wrote the anonymous letters also
wrote the letter signed |. +. H.. and
in response to- question by Judge
Ryland the witness said man AT
tempting to simply disguise his hand
might not write several anonymous
letters exactly the came. but would if
he wished it to appear they Were
written by the same man.
II. q. iNsa Suorn: Reside in
Marshall. Have been recorder Of
deeds and abstractcr of land titles for
ten years. Have lived here for four
teen years. While recorder | had
much experience in deciphering hand
writing
After cross examination by the
attorneys for the prosecution Judge Rv.
land ruled that the witner, would be
permitted to give expert testimony
on hand writing. although it We're
questionable whether he was compe-
tent
Witness was then shown the letter..
Said he examined them before and WIS
Of the opinion that three of them were
written by the same man, Found
some similarity in the letters to the
original one written by Zimmerman
Did not think three OF the letters tex
hibits r. r. and B. } were Disguised.
but thought one of the Others WIZ.
Did not think the writer of Exhibit
G" (Zimmermanis original letter.
wrote five Of the six anonymous letters
but did not attempt TO pas upon the
sixth.
Ira Zimmerman. s,rora-My name
Is Ira F. Zimmerman. Reside in Sc
dalia and have lived there about
twenty years. letters shown him hy
LAWYER Steele. | never wrote any
OF thee letters. know nothing Vi
their origin. did not set fire to John
Bowmans laundry. | know nothing
OF the origin Of the fire. remember
the night. Wa at home. ! lett my
laundry on Second street about 30
N. m. Arrived home between y and