** The Murder of Julia Wallace **

[moste]

Hi OneRound,

This is the Amy Wallace statement.

https://www.williamherbertwallace.com/statements/amy-wallace-statements/

Id be grateful for any help filling in those gaps.

My mrs. Is pretty good at this kind of thing , I’ll see if I can get her to translate.

The last sentence on third page was interesting. Like she had been quizzed, ‘Mr.Wallace didn’t come to Ullet road alone Mrs Wallace was always with him.’ Possibly defending herself from the suggestion that there may have been something untoward going on ?

[OneRound]

Cheers OneRound,

If I get an hour spare I’ll solve the A6 case for you.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Thanks, Herlock. I'll have a shufty a bit later.

Best,
OneRound

Cheers OneRound,

If I get an hour spare I’ll solve the A6 case for you.

[OneRound]

Hi OneRound,

This is the Amy Wallace statement.

https://www.williamherbertwallace.com/statements/amy-wallace-statements/

Id be grateful for any help filling in those gaps.

Thanks, Herlock. I'll have a shufty a bit later.

Best,
OneRound

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hi OneRound,

This is the Amy Wallace statement.

https://www.williamherbertwallace.com/statements/amy-wallace-statements/

Id be grateful for any help filling in those gaps.

[OneRound]

Ok Eten (and anyone else of course)

Im now looking at Amy’s statement written in Munro’s execrable handwriting.

First page. It’s gives Amy’s name and address followed by 4 words ...it looks like “married women will say.”


Then to line 6. The first word of the line is ‘Herbert.’ Then there’s a ^ with what looks like 3 words in the space.

Then go to the 2nd paragraph (beginning with ‘On the evening...’ There’s a line ‘were very comfortable and happy, except that Mrs Wallace had a cold.’ Then there’s a line squeezed in below which appears to begin with ‘Mrs Wallace...’ I haven’t a clue.

Then toward the end of the paragraph it says ‘anyone in that district,’ followed by 6 words then one on the next line. ??

.....

BTW after I’ve sorted the hieroglyphs on this post I think I’ll begin a ‘transcription help thread’ as I don’t want to clog this thread even though it’s a little quieter at the moment. (Moste, OneRound and NickB have escaped back to the A6 Thread - who left the door open?)

Hi Herlock - trying to hitch a lift now from Deadman's Hill to Wolverton Street.

Please remind me / supply a pointer as to where I find these statements with such execrable handwriting.

Many thanks,
OneRound

[Herlock Sholmes]

Ok Eten (and anyone else of course)

Im now looking at Amy’s statement written in Munro’s execrable handwriting.

First page. It’s gives Amy’s name and address followed by 4 words ...it looks like “married women will say.”


Then to line 6. The first word of the line is ‘Herbert.’ Then there’s a ^ with what looks like 3 words in the space.

Then go to the 2nd paragraph (beginning with ‘On the evening...’ There’s a line ‘were very comfortable and happy, except that Mrs Wallace had a cold.’ Then there’s a line squeezed in below which appears to begin with ‘Mrs Wallace...’ I haven’t a clue.

Then toward the end of the paragraph it says ‘anyone in that district,’ followed by 6 words then one on the next line. ??

.....

BTW after I’ve sorted the hieroglyphs on this post I think I’ll begin a ‘transcription help thread’ as I don’t want to clog this thread even though it’s a little quieter at the moment. (Moste, OneRound and NickB have escaped back to the A6 Thread - who left the door open?)

[Herlock Sholmes]

A lot of the handwritten statements are pretty hard to read - good luck to you.

Ill need it.

[etenguy]

I think it’s the best suggestion Eten. I think I’ll run with it and I’ll probably put an * suggesting that I’m uncertain.

Thanks Eten.

Im starting on Amy next so I’m guessing I’ll need you again.

A lot of the handwritten statements are pretty hard to read - good luck to you.

[Herlock Sholmes]

It is so hard to tell - I think the last word is bar but the f of fire in the line above interferes with the word making the r look like an h.

I checked the statement for another word beginning with s - just along that sentence is the word seemed - the s looks the same as the first letter of the word we think could be such or much to me, but it does also look like an m because of the way the guy writes. I can't be anywhere near certain - but 'no such bar' is my best guess at the moment.

I think it’s the best suggestion Eten. I think I’ll run with it and I’ll probably put an * suggesting that I’m uncertain.

Thanks Eten.

Im starting on Amy next so I’m guessing I’ll need you again.

[etenguy]

I like your thinking but...it doesn’t look like an ‘s’ at the beginning.

If I was just looking at the middle word Eten I’d certainly go for ‘much’ but I can’t fit it logically. Unless the last word is ‘ash’ but although it looks like it might end in ‘sh’ the first letter doesn't look like an ‘a’ to me.

At a time when kids were schooled in penmanship this bloke must have skipped a few lessons. I could write more legibly when I was 8

It is so hard to tell - I think the last word is bar but the f of fire in the line above interferes with the word making the r look like an h.

I checked the statement for another word beginning with s - just along that sentence is the word seemed - the s looks the same as the first letter of the word we think could be such or much to me, but it does also look like an m because of the way the guy writes. I can't be anywhere near certain - but 'no such bar' is my best guess at the moment.

[Herlock Sholmes]

hmmm - difficult to decipher - could it be 'no such bar'?

I like your thinking but...it doesn’t look like an ‘s’ at the beginning.

If I was just looking at the middle word Eten I’d certainly go for ‘much’ but I can’t fit it logically. Unless the last word is ‘ash’ but although it looks like it might end in ‘sh’ the first letter doesn't look like an ‘a’ to me.

At a time when kids were schooled in penmanship this bloke must have skipped a few lessons. I could write more legibly when I was 8

[etenguy]

I don’t know Eten. The word just doesn’t look like ‘iron’ to me. It looks more like ‘much.’ The last letter is more like an ‘h’ than an ‘n.’

hmmm - difficult to decipher - could it be 'no such bar'?

[Herlock Sholmes]

You're right. 'an' should read 'no' so it reads:

I have no recollection whatever of any bar or piece of iron being in the hearth or under the gas fire , but I’m not positive that there was no iron bar

I don’t know Eten. The word just doesn’t look like ‘iron’ to me. It looks more like ‘much.’ The last letter is more like an ‘h’ than an ‘n.’

[etenguy]

thanks Eten.

You're right. 'an' should read 'no' so it reads:

I have no recollection whatever of any bar or piece of iron being in the hearth or under the gas fire , but I’m not positive that there was no iron bar