, 1873-03-23
DUST TO DUST.


EuNef111S OF EOsHer An0 HAE14iAAAc1
observation-disclosures Suicide OF the
Former. :.
stxeial Di7oteh to The Chicago Tribune.
NEW YoRx, March 22-In the SheriI's ota"e it Is
beered that Foster attempted to poison httn'ef yes.
condemned Inan ia stupor at sis. $.
After much shaking ho was aroused and confessed
forced him to swallow two cups Of a.rong coffee
which rnade him vomit. Doctors seal.s aud
into s ,as ee14dot ana ana oSs 1sea
and dawn, while ice water freely
IN hi. hsa 4. %ha tue Sheriff
d.ing when be was hanged Such is tie story going
about, but the authorities refuse to give the arc-
showed symptoms Of poisoning, and thers is some
truth tu 1t. The natrons brother Is dead, and she
5snnot be seen. There is to bo an Investigation.
pscted Of giving him the pill Your correspondent
talked with the deputy in question tonight,
ssod he 'aya Foster was the greatest, coward
had nerve enough to dll himself. Dr., Tsng denies
that Foster ahowed any symptoms Of poisoning. Tho
writer's observations previous aud during the e1ec,~
ton lead him to believe the story . canard: Tho
Deputy Sheriff alluded to above told tho writer that
Foster waa rs impcnient and unprepared for death,
wien on the galows as the day he killed Putnam. He
added: ;" 1t'a all over now, but Bill was bad man.
havo been acquainted with him since lie boy,
and no ono knew him better than did,.
LATER.
The ma!ron Of the Tolnbs was interviewed to-
night, md denies that there s any truth III the
ported attempted OK Foster. Foster buried
Ct 10 o'clock this morning T.: Greenwood The sevs.
Drs. Tying and Walker performed the Episcopal
vice. Ouly relatives present. No lades accom-
panied the body to the cemetery. This is in violation
Of one Of the cemetery regulations, which FayF9 per-
son who bag died in prison. Or has been executed for
NEW YoRK, March 2o---Fostor buried this
morning at Greenwood Rev Drs. Walker and Tyng
ofHciated. Both declared there truth In the
statement to the attempt Of Foster to commit sui
eide, and the facts as to his condition 1efuta-
ton Of tho report.
A statement IL published to-day. based 1nforna-
ton derived from 4 ToEuls official, tu.s Fuster
took poison on the night before bis execution.
About o'clock yesterday morning the mat:
ron Of the Tonba found Foster SICK, and
IN explanation, he then admitted that he
had taken po!sGn and many uf hs symphonic in every
way confirmed this suspicion. On this account the
Sheriff hastened the execution, and while many be-
eved that the duration Of the religious exercised was
caused by the poison that WIS acting on him.
Tombs physician Gays that Foster would have died II
his execution had been de1ayed until 10 o'clock.
lArKn-It IL insisted II of the evening papers
that tho story of Fosters attempted suicide ia
rect The theory ia well supported by circustanttal
evidence well to the statements Of the Doctor OF
the ToInbs, and minor officials. Tho impression is
that Foster took opium about O'Clock III the
been taken to 1ulnenco Ills nervous Rystcn but the
evidence goes to show that the dose sufficient
Liter. '' 0~~'@ '''N>
E1hnuey to-day, from the Last Cambridge Methodist
Church. changed by the request Of LIS relatives
The funeral took place at o'clock from his fGtAers
houae in Grove street. The Rev. n. Ray, performed
tic lurta1 rites In simple They consisted
Of few words to the friends Of the deceased Prayer
reading Of Scripture, and singing Then the funeral
cOrege TenIe its why to Cambridge Cemetery, where
the retna1Is "er. inferred.