The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-26
the case from the jury because Of its weak
ness.
WITNESSES TESTIFY TO
SEEING THE BURGLARS.


doorbell and soon she heard mems voices
crying Murder! Police! Help!' Her sister
came into the room and together they knelt
at window and listened. They heard Il
woman say: She is goner' Then the wit
ness, her sister and her sisters husband
went to the Fosburg residence. where they
were told what had happened.
On the cross-examination, witness said she
had never spoken to any of the Fosburg
family about the tragedy since the night it
occurred.
The next witness called was Harry S.
Plumb, one OF the Fosburg neighbors. His
; testimony was on the same lines as that Of
Miss Chaplin. He added that the first time
| that he saw Mr.. Fosburg. ST., he had on
night shirt and trousers. Witness was
dressed.
Doctor Paddock came to the FosburS
house three-Quarters of an hour after Doc
tor Schofield. The witness was certain that
he noticed the footprints, which seemed to
be those made by two men who had
dropped down from the piazza roof.
On the cross-eXamination, witness said
he had introduced Mr.. Chapman to Mr.
Fosburg. ST., and he heard the latter ask
Chapman to keep outsiders from the house.
Officer White appeared about that time with
q shoe and hat in his hand.
BERTHA SHELDON'S STORY
OF NIGHT OF TRAGEDY.
Miss Bertha Sheldon, the young woman
who was visiting the Fosburgs when the
shooting occurred. then went upon the
witness stand. On the night Of the shoot
ing she occupied the guest chamber lead
ing from Mays room. The witness pro-
ceeded to relate the happenings Of Sun
day. both day and evening.
Sunday night May sang 1.-THE Holy
City," and she remembered that the MEM
bers of the family kissed one another and
babe one another good night. as was their
custom. Shortly after midnight she was
awakened by a piercing scream and then
she heard a pistol shot. She got up,
opened the door and asked what was the
matter.
She saw May upon the floor and she saw
young Robert Fosburg near his ROOM Also
she saw Beatrice. Mr.. Fosburs. ST.. and
his wife She called Beatrice to her and
again asked what had happened.
District Attorney Hammond objected to
the witness giving the answer Beatrice
made.
The Court retired with counsel to consider
in private the admissibility OF this evidence.
Judge Stevens announced that, by agree
ment Of counsel. the question would be an
swered, and Miss Sheldon said that Beatrice
exclaimed: Burglars have entered the
house and shot Mayr'
The witness said that she then returned
to her room. dressed and went downstairs.
The admission of what Miss Beatrice said
to Miss Sheldon was regarded as a victory
for the defense.
Continuing her testimony. Miss Sheldon
said that she sat up the rest OF the night
downstairs. She went away in the fore
noon, very much excited and nervous. She
knew she would be in the way IL she stayed.
Witness described the scene In Mays
room. She saw Mrs. Robert Stewart Fos-
J burg bend over her husband. who was at
! the side Of May on the floor.
MEMBERS OF FOSBURG FAMILY
DEVOTED TO EACH OTHER.
She would say that all the members Of the
Fosburg family were very much devoted to
each other.
On cross-examination by Mr.. Crosby. Miss
Sheldon said she remembered a talk at her
home in Providence with Colonel Whitney
and Captain Parker Of the Providence de-
tective force about the tragedy. She told
Colonel Whitney she had heard a shot and
that she had then got UP and opened the
door.
Ibid you see any burglars that night?"
/ mo. SIR"
In redirect examination by Mr.. Joyner
Miss Sheldon said that she told Mr.. Whit
ney that what she did know was very little.
Cross-examined again by Mr.. Crosby. Miss
| Sheldon said that she had not been in
Pittsfield since the day Of the tragedy. nor
had she visited the Fosburg house. This
| concluded Miss Sheldon's testimony.
When she left tho stand, all Of the Eos
burgs shook hands with her.
OTHER EVIDENCE STRONGLY
IN FAVOR OF DEFENSE.
T. p. Sheldon, the father Of Bertha Shell
| don, testified that his relations with the
| Fosburgs were pleasant. He would not
permit his daughter to testify at the In
| quest because she had not recovered from
| her shock.
William W. Sheldon and George Bridges,
| connected with a shoe store In New York.
positively identified the shoe in evidence as
| having been purchased at their store on
| July s, 1900, by whom they did not know.
| Bridges noticed that the size OF the shoe
worn by the defendant was one-half size
| smaller than the shoe in evidence, which
was SkC.
Frederick W. Lund was recalled to prove
that the defendant was not in New York
July s, the day the shoe was sold. but was
| at the Fosburg office at P1ttsfield.
VIM. B. Hazen, formerly Chief OF the
| United States Secret Service. employed by
Mr.. Fosburg. ST.. described an experiment
which he made last evening with a screen
| In the window thrcu ugh which 1t is claimed
| tie burglars departed. He started from a
point nine feet from the window and made
The test by getting through the window to
| the balcony. 1t took him five seconds to dc
| 1t. The two Shepardsons and Mr.. Lun6
| went through in much less time. Jas. Eos.
burg went through in three and four-fifth,
| seconds
Here the Government and the defense an.
nounced that they rested.
AFFIDAvITS ARE FORWARDED.
New York. July 25.-Captain Titus. Chic
of the New York City Detective Bureau, to
day forwarded to Chief of Police Nicholson
and District Attorney Hammond of Pitts
field, Mass, two afidavits concerning tn,
Fosburg case. The first affidavit is mad,
by Alice Dugan. who says that she is house
keeper on East Forty-second street. thi.
city. She says that girl, named Handiside
of Springfield, Mass, who is living with he
/ now, told her about three weeks ago tina
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