The times., 1890-03-28
THE BRAND OF CAIN
Does 1t Mark the Brow of DR..
Fosdick =?
TO LIGHT ON THE ASSASSINATION.

the Fatal. Evening-A Newspaper Man
Cross Questions 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 a man who
wanted to avenge an injury to a woman has
been thoroughly exploded. 1t seems that
Fosdiek for years enjoyed the reputation OF
being gay Lothario, but now that he is
dead there does not seem to be man who
knows anything about him except by repu-
tation. Sheriff Mcfarland is devoting his
whole attention to DR.. Fosdick, the dead
mans surviving brother, and still believes
that the doctor knows more about the mur-
der than he has told.
ConfirmatOry Interviews.
Interviews with the doctor and his neigh
bors seem to confirm the sheriff's 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 in the last year, and that was on the
night Albert was murdered.
"Was the doctor in the habit of making
visits to your farm@ Mr.. Campbell was
asked by reporter.
"Yes, he came over once in while, gener-
ally in the afternoon. l was rather sur
prised when he came over once to spend an
evening""
On the Morning of the Murder.
"What time did he leave your house that
night?"
at was exactly 10 o'clock. He was appar-
emily in good spirits. l saw him again the
following morning before 6 o'clock. was
In the sheep barn just as the doctor came up
ON half run. He was very pale and very
much excited asked him If anything had
happened He said Albert had been killed
murdered. The doctor looked as If he had
not been abed all night, and his eyes 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
the house, which was known as the Office,
and that he saw Albert dead, sitting upright
in chair"
A visit to the Fosdick house was made,
the doctor was found seated on a 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 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 interestedp
1No, he did not. y Ed Overaker told
me yesterday that Albert could explain his
whereabouts the night 1 was shot il the
trial had ever gone to the circuit court
Albert was in Bangor the next morning, and
also in LacotaJ l talked with him about the
case, and accused him of having fired the
shot. think told him that he would have
to leave the house. was afraid of him then,
and didn't want him around. l wanted to
buy all he had"
some Discrepancies Noted.
"When did you get home on Friday night
from Campbells?"
at was just 10 o'clock"
"Mr Campb II says it was 10 o'clock be-
fore you left his house"
"Well, perhaps l was mistaken. did not
see Albert when 1 got home; neither did
see light in his part of the house. went
to bed and locked my door between my part
of the house, and Albert's was not locked"
"Then how did you feel safe in entering the
house in the dark, believing as you did that
Albert intended to take your life?"
The doctor had a violent coughing fit at
this moment and the question went unan-
swered.
Further Cross Questioning.
The reporter then asked "When did you
get up i'll the morningW
II don't remember" was the reply. "My
usual time Ior getting up was between and
7o'clock. IL Farmer Campbell says was
at his sheep barn before o'clock probably l
was. Before l got there / discovered the
body"
"How did it happen that you went into the
back part of the house."
~ went there to see if Albert was up, and
saw him sitting in chair. I 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
suggested.
"Did hep said the doctor. His face seemed
to grow paler and his nervousness increased.
"Perhap, was little excited at the time {"
he said at last.
Another Fit OF Coughing.
"Did IL 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 fearp
The doctor had another violent coughing
fit at this moment, but when he 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 a temporary couch in
the lonely cottage near the swamp. A num-
ber 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 he was going to
bed. "When you women get ready to co."
he said coolly, "you can blow out the light
and leave by the front door" They all went
within few minutes. The invitation was
too direct to be misunderstood. On Satur-
day morning while the body of his brother
was sitting upright in chair and the floor
and walls we're spattered with blood the
doctor lighted a fire in the stove, before
which Albert had been assassinated and
cooly cooked his breakfast. The sentiment