New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-29
ASSA TLTED BY HIS BROTHER.
SCOTT FOSTER. OF THE PEOPLES BANK,
ATTACKED IN CANAL-ST.
HIS AssAIIANT. WILLIAM wIsNER FosTEE' ~
TIE JEFFERSON MARKET COURT SHOWS
SOME EXTRAORDINARY LETTERS WRIT
TEN BY HIMSELF-HIS CONDUCT
BETOK Ems INSANITY.


BEToKENs INSANITY.
Scot, Foste~. If No 332 West Seventy-second-
81 the president of the Peoples Bank. at Cahal
and THOMPSON SITS was assaulted by his brother
William Wisner Foster yesterday morning ~
Grand-st and South Fifth-ave.. and might nave
been killed had l. not been for the arrival "'
Eoundsman Diamond. Of the Macdougal-st STA
ton. Diamond heard cries for help coming from
Grand-st.. and saw an elderly man lying on U''
Sidewalk with younger ana more powerful man
beating him nercelv with a cane. DIAMOND AT
oace tried To separate them and had a hard time
Of it, He finally managed to get the younger
man under control and called for help.
Another officer responded and helped the IN
jured man to his feet though he fell back on
the sidewalk directly with a frosn. He retained
consciousness only long enough t. say that his
assallant was his brother. An ambulance was
summoned ircm St. Vincents Hospital, where 1t
was found that he had sustained fracture ol
the skull. a d!socated shoulder and broken
arm The doctors declined to say what Mr.. + o.
ter's chances Of recovery We're, but admitted mat
he was in a dangerous condition
William W Foster, the assailant. was taken
before Justice Simms In the jefferson Market
Court and held without bail to await the result
of his brothers injuries. He is about forty-hNe
years old. with smoothly shaver face. In court
Foster appeared perfectly calm. but from what
he acterwari said it was thought he was IN
sane.
ITS good thing" he declared to "A reporter
that policeman arrived when ne did IA nave
killed that hellhound If he had not interrupted
mo. | have not seen the villain in two years or
he would have been dead long before this
when did YOU see your brother LAST he was
asked.
Two years ago. when they read my poor od
fathers Will. That was the time they robbed me
Of my brthright and then locked me up III t"e
house for five hours and would not Jet me ont
Since then have looked for this hound VINO
saws ne is nv brother, and this morning was the
drst TIM. | have seen him. IL kept out OF my
way. It's funny how those things come AROUND
| wasn't looking for him at all. ana WASH even
thinking of him. when saw him coming Gown
the elevated road steps at Grand-st As soon ~
he got to the street l jumped for him. ana 'h'h
the fun began. You should have heard HIM yen
| tell You it was fine. never enjoyed anything
so much in my lnc.
r, Justice Simms he said that ne had nothing 10
say. Except that did it, he added
On his way back to the prison Foster hiA'''
q manuscript to a reporter. This. he said
wi. eNp'a'h ''e "'''' ''''''
it printed
The first Of ill.,. letters 10 dated from Brooklyn
on August 10. 1898. and * written By the prisoner
+, his mother in Fort wayne, Ind. II IS as fol-
lows:
Mother When sixteen cft home. That's thirty
r'r ar1 half wears ago. At twenty -ir" u si' OF.
81 2ru. with S2c'1 additional "nt by fa'9"t M
with Interest Al arc ~ ont conch. a
! was . "atN H. ~ skceion ii spoken 10 prs.
Inn; ana clark specialist J o,rfn.'il y"3 u.s.. u.s..
he'll die anywdf tAni ana ,latH 'NI,,'', ,I,,"Iy
Zach talI .r 'S "a ra,,,,~r IT, frcc I.sou-at>
Prn, r.,rv.r.j fhru a. A hroIns returned o.
ratty ,I,,r Jryro'.ls trsde In t1r~e months {
ang "'i hr"s. doNn Ny frco physician declared
%tor. NE would KIN M. lie added. you mus DO
G 9 w9TN or ' i've p1io kncknacks ia many
states. For twenty years w. f'n" rom ""r' w.
door IL h"aj anu ,'i,. . ,,.,s Ar. tn.~" woris
I'm, Y sr.,k INC ruth Ave- and I'm yet ~
~ A, II nj he axe of nNt-onc. Had ! been al
lliit-ra'e ass d slrbberrg u.uroupo"ir mhinI,i
ing IDIOT an "t.rpiNi'i hl"t't'', '', l ,.,
Nagahond. '"nIi not ~. mr. - go, ;
b""i' ~ l"tt,'f ',, 49,, A., minor ,uIt.r. refine
no. ~ -, fr lining I.ul. or riln va the .aW
r. ,i. ,rn.. rrin t,uir v.as rule Between Two h"s
had nav choice / saii 80 hrll with both
have no regrets a iIlIy aS p".',n,,. ,,,',
pr,I w., n ,tis an,ily know bu. one
p. 20 III, ',,o,ti, ,nnt. Willingly fpr .Nruty
Years Won have followed that monsters lead. lolr
iongne A. mute Y,u have not cared whether !
hal food fo ca or q pia." 20 sleep ~ "a
times during thos" long wears h'h u'',"'' '''
~" tniViAt' "t 'i.' " '.,,,. ~ b,rl,rl,n Your
the pam "l h'' "u I' ,, =, nam. thn nakal
l 40" no' ~ tn" soth ga I-laud- You are the
wors' feminine r,pr-~on,a,iy" q Christianity
hay- ey.r known IN t3n Is no, an nl"'" o. ~ '''
a fglmlri,H %, yi,-ho'd a sianirr on mother
l ,stb1r's doaib tAis is prov,sl scott
LDstcr,s voice hearing his fathers name Is the
roblery OF rohlc.lcs.
49,, ..,... .,,.i,
Their was !nu'A moro ~ u. 91'. "i ~
Later, Foster g3N" out another ',I' Nua'n i''
said ne had written 10 i''S N''' u, w. h.
Ind, which proved 20 Do as "nHaEdl9h ~ Inv
first. The las paragraph reads:
Tho bir,hrlsft rohbcr O; your father expects 10
walk N""-York Tag unshoi. IL VIZ u , nam
} or your 49,, nav ~ n..,,- ~, br,ra.li
WILLIAM WISNEK FOSTER
,,.,.... ...t.., j., ,t.. ,,,s,, i,,.f.r had pawn-
,i.t.,, ,, - v,,,ch g, HI - wa uawucd Last 40
u'hrt7 10Y Il "d''n VIZ. wa, l,,',, t,rr Is