Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-24
SECRETLY SLAIN.
Fatal Chapter Of a Michigan
Crime Mystery.
TIE SHOOTING OF DR. u FosDIcE

Followed By the A.sasssnatisz OF His
Brother. whs Wa. Suspected Of the
first Crfme-The Perpe TRAITOR Comes
and Goes znd Leave. No Trace Except
fostprsats Leading 10 s1=nP-Reia-
tio1s of the BrDshers-a stzrtIIag aud
NFssssioas Felony
EALANazso. M5eh. Nzrvh z4.-Tbs nsys-
t<y Of tie attempted murder 0, Dr. Mar
EIn Fos3ieE On Fe5. II has ben de=rssz@d bT
TIE eSs3-bl0o5si raEr5e- Friday night Of his
brother Albert Fos3ick, VINO vas s-czssd Of
shooting ths docsor, trist fz@-efo<, snd ar
quilted TIE tEO bro+hsrs have avzd On
ssc-ion J, Aiazsns township, for twenty-five
years, Ehsrs their parents did eighteen
years ago. having TO them iointIy farm
valued a. s5lo1l The two brotsers r-Ter
ooaA agree abort the management q the
farm, and finally Albert bo1ght his brother
out, giving a ra0rtz2gs On the plaza He dill
oot lift he na0rtgage- AMI TIE farm went
hack 20 tie doctor, Albert beng p@r-nItt7i
70 reside IN the h1zss for 0ns year. which
was marry ~ when tie sho0slny II Dr. Fos-
dick to-ok plaCs IL vas thsse known 51si-
ne7 trznszefi0ns and the fact that, with DR..
Fosiiek cut II ne way. the farm ToGi 70
10 Albert, that caused ss1spi-io8 % fall On
ths latter when the attempt was made % toe
doctors Hfz
shot Through the Brain.
DR. Fosiick spent Friday evening until 10
O'Clock ~ the hosse Of q ns5gnDor. Mr.
CanpfelL He szvs TIA. VIXEN be ZANE home
b. imne1iately retired There were b1t the
two men n the h0us= a. they keps n serv-
ant Wien the doctor arUse Saturday
morning be Wenr % the room Ia which b..
was sitting Thsa the aTtszaps wa maize 20
assazsinate him. AMI there found his br0thzr
sitting IN a chair stone dad with two bullet
boles in his had. one of the shots having
gon. clear through AibeTT rad either fallen
sslssp whi5s reading a paper AMI BEEN no,
while esleep, Or tns murderer had shot him
while reading for the Newspaper was found
lying on The floor a. Il hal dropped frczn bis
hand
Believed His Brother Guilty.
DR. Fosdick believed tnat IL vas his
brother who had shot AZ him and IN ne last
oonyersat5oa ha ever had WITH hi.n be told
him 20. The brothers lived along N the
same house, each Attending 20 his own wants,
and since the conversation uos-l above
which occurred a week ago-never e.
changed a word Th= fact that his broth=r
had bsen acquitted 81 ths sttsalys On his life
did not convince the doctor that be was III
| noeent; u was simply a case Of not
| proven - him 1h= death Of AIbert. IL
Dr. Foziick = not the Murderer. SENS to
prove that Albert vas innocent u the at
| tempt On the doctor.
Who l. the Guilty one7
The eoroner's inquest developed the fol-
| LoEing faces: On the lock opening 70 Or.
Fosdick's room piece 81 papzr was found
| pastel carefully over TIE ksyhoIe with queer
hierogIypSsics Epoa it, in explanation II
| which Dr. Fo=iick says that on gong %
KalaEnazoo thursday b. was afraid some
one might enter his room, and L. hal plaosi
this paper over the lock a. PROBATION In
! his room j. a trunk IN which were found
| the dcetoT's clothes, among which were the
troussrs worn by him SATURDAY evening
| showing sp0gs Of human blood The blood
| spors were ai-o found in his bed Dr.. Eos
| dick, however. tells straightforward story
as to his vhereaDouts. and explains the
| facts a. 10 the spots 81 b,Oof found upon his
clothing aud the suspicion that he bad
killed Albert m revenge for the attempt On
bis o~n lif@. Of which De believed his brother
| guilty, il 1T a strong one.
Was There a Woman in the Case?
Aibert Fosiick had an unsnviab.s reputa-
| tiOn IN the nsighhorhOot for hcentiy8snzss,
and various stories are sf5at connecting
him with several rnaTTi-i women II i
claimed nov that be had saii 20 intima te
| friends that the reason b. tod conflicting
st0Ti=s a. % his whereabouts al thu tine his
brothsF was shot, was that be was then in
company Of married woman. and that 20
screen her he told several his. Ii u believed
BIZ many that some man with whose wife
Albert had been intimate has done the das-
tardly deed, and the theory that was urged
1T the time Of the shooting Of Dr. Fosdick
that the ASSASSIN intended 70 kiIlei Albert
and nistook one for the other-is urgai now
with much vigor b. many Of thu cltizsns
The CSroner's Verdict.
The verdict Of the cOrOner's Jury was that
Albert came 70 his death from pistol shot
Ia the hands Of an unknown person AMI for
an unknown cause. The authorities have
been On the ground all day and are stnl
hunting for clews, but no arrests have been
made The country Is greatly eIcit.d, and
hundreds Of people visited the scene Of the
tragedy yesterday, and every person has a
theory Of his own. DR. Fosdick offers a re-
ward Of 500 for the discovery Of toe muir
derer Of MS brother. There was no SNOW
upon the ground. the last snow having dis
appeared and left the ground in a soft,
muddy condition, which frozs during the
night and no tracks could be discovered on
or about the farm that would give any clew
To the murderer