Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-26
THE BRAND OF CAIN
DOES 1t Mark the Brow of DR..
Fosdick I?
NO LIGHT ON THE ASSASSINATION.

The Woisan Theory No Longer Believed
fn-An Interview with Farmer Camp
bell, at Whose House the Doctor Spent
the Fatal Evening-A Newspaper Man
CONSIDERATIONS the Suspected Brother
Suspicious Facts Noted.
KALAMAZOO, Mich, March 25.-The pros
pect of capturing the murderer of Albert
Fosdick seems to be growing less every day
The theory that he was killed by man who
wanted to avenge an injury to a woman has
been thoroughly exploded 1t seems that
Fosiick for years enjoyed the reputation of
being gay Lothario, but now that he is
dead there does not seem TO he man who
knows anything about him except by repu-
tation. Sheriff Mcfarland is devoting his
whole attention to DIR. Fosdick, the dead
mans surviving brother, and sill believes
that the doctor knows more ebOat TIE muir
der than he has told
Confirmatorv Interviews.
Interviews with the doctor and his neigh
bors seem to confirm the sherIff'.i impress
sions. The doctor stated on Sunday that he
had been taking his meals at the Campbell
farm for a week, because he was afraid TO
eat in his own home while Albert was there.
Farmer Campbell, who was born and raised
in Van Buren, county, stated positively that
the doctor had eaten only one meal at his
house III the last year. and that was on the
night Albert was murdered.
WAS the doctor in the habit OF making
visits to your farml" Mr. Campbell was
asked by a reporter.
"Hes, he came over once in while. gener-
ally in the afternoon | was rather sur
prised when he came over once II spend an
evening"
On the Morning of the Murder.
what time did he leave your house that
nightT
1T was exactly 10 O'Clock. lie was appar-
emily in good spirits. | saw him again the
following morning before g O'Clock. was
In the sheep barn just as the doctor came up
on half run. He was very pale and very
much excited. l asked him if anything had
happened. He said Albert had been killed
murdered The doctor looked as If he had
not been abel all night, and his ewes were
so wild that was almost inclined to believe
he had been dreaming. Then | asked him
how he knew, and he answered that he had
opened the door leading into Albert's part of
and that he saw Albert dead, sitting upright
in a chair
In the Blood stained Room.
a visit TO the Fosdick house was made,
the doctor was found seated on bench in
the room where his brother was murdered
Almost under his feet were dark stains of
blood, and the wall before his eyes was col
ored a crimson hue. The correspondent ex-
planned his visit briefly, and then asked:
Doctor, did your brother ever tell you OF
any woman in whom he was intereStedT
NO, he did not Ed Overaker told
me yesterday that Albert could explain his
whereabouts the night | was shot if the
trial mai ever gone To the circuit court
Albert was IN Bangor the next morning, and
also in Lacota- l talked with him about the
case, and accused him OF having fred the
shot think | told him that he would have
to leave the louise. l was afraid OF him then,
and didn't want him arounl wanted to
buy all he had
Some Discrepancies Noted.
when did You get home on Friday night
from Camphelrs:~
1T was just 10 O'Clock
Mr.. Campo Il says 1t was 10 o'clock be
fore You lett his house.
AVE- ell, perhaps / was mistaken did not
see Albert VIXEN / got home: neither did l
see light in his part of the house went
to bed and locked rnv door between nv part
of the house, and Albert's was not lockei.r
Then how did You feel safe in entering the
house in the dark, relieving As you did that
Albert intended to take your Hte."
The doctor had a violent coughing tit at
this moment and the question went unan-
sNe.ej
Farther Cross Questioning.
The reporter then asked: when d,d YOU
get up IN the morning.
Il don't remember was the reply. NV
usual time Tor getting up was between Is and
Z O'Clock. II Farmer Campbell saws | was
at his sheep barn before 6 o'clock probably |
was. Before | got IN, re l discovered the
body"
"how did il happen that you went into the
back part of the hous."
Il went there to see if Albert was up, and
saw him lifting in a chair. l went up to
him, made a brief examination of his
wounds and knew he was dead
But Mr.. Campbell says you told him that
you did not see the wounds, the reporter
did hef' said the doctor. His face seemed
to grow paler and his nervousness increased.
q ~ was a NIUE tACtieu at the time.
he said al last
Another Fit Of Coughing.
did IT ever occur TO you, doctor. that the
man who killed Albert was a supposed friend
whom he allowed to approach his chair as if
he had nothing to fear.7
The doctor had another violent coughing
fit at this moment, but when be got through
he said he had given the subject little
thought, and then the interview closed.
One remarkable circumstance that has
just come TO light was the report of the
doctors conduct Sunday night while his
brothers body lay on temporary couch in
the lonely cottage near the swamp. num-
Der of farmers wives had elected To sit up
with the corpse.
Invited Them to Leave.
About O'Clock the doctor broke in on
them and announced that be was going to
bed. when you women get ready to co.
he said cody, you can blow out the light
and leave 10y the front door" They all went
within few minutes The invitation was
too direct to be misunderstood. On Satur-
day morning .shlle the body of his brother
was sitting upright in a chair and the floor
and walls were spattered with blood the
doctor lighted q fire in the stove, before
which Albert had been assassinated and
coolly cooked his breakfast. The sentiment
against the doctor is growing hourly