, 1873-03-24
DUST TO DUST.
FunCrnla OF Foster zln1 nEcE!1snney
observation-disclosures Suicide OF tho

Yesterday Suicide OF tho
Former. ,-- -
sucefal Dispatch to The cAieaoo Tribune.
NEW YonK, March a2.-1n thu sheriG's Office 1t Ia
believed TINT Foster attempted to poison himself yes
terday morning. The Iuatron Of the prison found the
conac,nnod Inan in e:upor at BIC.
~. After much; ;ahalng ho was aroused and confessed
that ho Ind tnken 81 grain opium pill. Tho natron
which ,nada lin % vomt. boctore h Malls sd and
and down, whilo ico., water waa freely
theso faes 10 hurried Tie execution, ana Foster vas
dying When ho wss hangel. Such ia tue story going
about hYt the nnthoFlttes refuse to give tho p9stt:u-
truth in II. Tho natrons brother ia dead, and aho
deputy, who was once playmate OF Foster, ia aus
pested of giving him tug pill Your sorrcsrondens
saa o with says II deputy .s n e qssa asss eohar
esss enoe to Iii hse NJ Dr. 3syd enes
writer's observations previos to and during thu exeo
ton eaa h to steye tue story IA sanar The
Foster was imponttont and unpreparcl for death
when on ths galowa a. the day o killed Putnam. I1o
al %b 'pt lin M w ns
and no ous know him better than did,"
Tho natren Of .no ttaa9; Tonss vns interviewed to-
night and dcnies that there ig my truth III tho re-
ported ATTEMPTED suicide of Foster Foster WIS buried
Dss. Tying and Walker performed tho Eptscopal
vice. Only relatives wcro present No laics accom-
panied tho body to tho cemetery. This s in violation
Of Of tho cemetery regulations, which aayHl per
who has died In prjson or has bean executed for
my crime, slnll be buried thercn.
New YoRK, March 22.-Toater buried this
morning at Greenwood Nev Drs. Walker and Tying
oilciatod. Both declared there no truth in tho
statement aB to tho attelnpt af Foster 10 commit Bui
eide, and tue facts as to Ills condition rafuta-
ton Of tho report,
frAfn n n That F1a}nr
took .poiaon on the night before hta execution.
ron Of tlo Tombs found Foster aich, aud
iu explanation, ho then admitted that hs
had taken poison. and many Of bis symptoms n every
way confirmed this auspicloa. On, this account tho
Sheriff hastoned the execution, and while many bo-
lovod TINT tho duration Of tho religious o1orcisoa
telling Fosters nerycs 1t Haa III reality weakness
caused by tho poison that WAS acting on him.
Tonba physician says TINT Foster would have died II
LArHn-1t is insisted III Of tho eyonng paers
that tho story Of Fo6crs attempted suicide is cor
rect. The THEORY Is we'll supported by circunRtantal
evidence well to tho ataenlonts Of the Doctor Of
the Toraba, and minor officials. Tho impression La
that Foster took opium about oclock in tho Inora-
been taken to 1ntuencc lts 1iervolia syaen> but tho
evidence goes to show TINT tho doeo waa suictont to
produce death had the execution been delayed hour
lator,
Ehanoy to-lay, from tho Eaat Cambridge 1rethodis.
Church. changed by tho request Of ts relatives.
Tho funeral took piaco ut O'Clock from his fathcrs
house tn Grove street. Tho Rev. N. Hay, performed
the burnl rltoa in simple manner. They consisted
OF few worda to tho frtends Of tho deceased praycr
cortegs wented its way 10 Cambridge Cemetery, were
tho remains WGrp tutcrFed.