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Victim Set Blaze, Officials DecideBloomer Garage FireLaid to Dead OwnerCHIPPEWA FA 1,1 «S(Sped abnormal bur ning on t hr* trucks, rial) Homan Baier, 37, Hloomcr lh,‘ fa(’t ,hr U,MP confinedtrucker, died of burns receivedin a fire and explosion h»caused himself, Chippewa Conntv authorities announced liento the cabs of the iiucks, and the fact that gasoline caused the flames, officials saidMis Haiei told the (list! jet attornev and shei iff that site hadtoday. His partner, (.til Lehrer, driven her husband to the gat ace town of Eagle Point, (said, “1 about midnight at his requestdon't believe a word of It,” when and as she had often done m thehe heard the statementBaier was named as the in cendiarv in the blast at thepast when he had work to do there She then returned homeWhen she was called b\ IdaBaier Transport Co., garage on Bassette trom the Knottv Pirnthe south edge ofI ID a m Feb 13 He died of tire, burns from the blast at St Jo- garage.soph's Hospital here at S p.m. the same day.District Attornev Varne SinBloomer at Restaurant informing her of tindie d11»v e track to tho I h r husband ea me toabout; the car and die got out to assisthim but he seated himself he fore sire could get around theStelair, who (ondueted the invest!- ear. She then took him hotm gation with Sheriff Elmer and called lot medical asPaquette. William Rohan, Fan sistanee.Claire, deputy fire marshal, and the Bloomer file and police de-partments, issued the followingj proved lt;UP 1 n^;statement .We have concluded that the fire wa.s of incendiary origin.that tire incendiary was RomanBaier and that gasoline was the accellerant. Roman Baier died! nl°nh' Mkhhad been a lot of union trou*|cnIhie”, Lehrer reported. He saulthat representa11ves of lire (out•1 DON’T THINK they’veLehrer an-nouneed lb* said he is “not satisfied” with the statement. ‘ Ro man would nevet do a thing like*that.” hr* said lofThe business was “coming (‘1.although thorelCoas .» result of burns sufferedthe incidentinI ♦acti ssiA VAKIKT1 of rumors, half era I Drivers and Helper 1 n ion Hotruths, and speculation had at isid*from Fail Claire had been “pcs len out of the blast and bla/.ei tering Kmnan about SH.txm in thewhich brought an estimated Sin,* back pay for the drivers Mil Tun5(H) damage to trucks and other ton Beleke, business representative of the union in Eau (Taire.Jtrolia*i no comment to make on Atoproperty.Evidence tending to showtinlire was incendiary included the Lehrer's statementFr;hei
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Daily Telegram
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Feb 27, 1953
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