Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-19

Miss Beatrice Fosburgh, who had
jumped out of bed at the same time
as her sister May, stopped an instant
to turn on the electric light, she saw
when the light flashed out her sister
already lying dead on the floor and her
father and brother engaged in his
struggle with the burglar. Miss Bea-
trice, has been questioned and cross
questioned, again and again upon this
point Under all this she has not
varied her story in the slightest essen
tial particular. She says distinctly
that she saw her brother struggling
with man whom she had never seen
before.
Miss Sheldon, who is slightly deaf,
did not hear the disturbance until it
had been in progress for some time
and was not quick in getting into the
hall. When she reached there the
burglar had fed, and the members of
the family We're gathered around the
body of May, which lay on the floor
where her brother had placed it when
he caught her in his arms as she was
falling.
Outside the house evidence of the
visit of the burglars was found in the
shape of footprints on the ground by
the veranda, from which two of them
jumped in making their escape. Near
ly mile away from the house a pair
of trousers We're found that We're the
property of Robert S. Fosburgh. At a
less distance hat, shoe and a mask
made of pillow case were found.
Young MI Fosburgh's 32-caliber re-
volver, which had been In a bureau
drawer of the spare room, was missing
and has not been found since. The
bullet which killed Miss Fosburgh
was of 82-caliber and of the same
size and weight as those which filed
young Fosburgh's revolver The mask
found at a distance from the house
was made from a pillow case that was
In the spare room. The Fosburghs say
they never saw the hat and the shoe
that were found until they We're shown
to them after the tragedy. Upon all
these points the testimony of Mrs.
Fosburgh, Jr., confirms that of the
other members of the household. The
stray shoe that was found does not
fit the feet either Of Fosburgh, ST.,
or Of Fosburgh, Jr. 1t has been traced
to New York shoe store and the date
Of sale is known, but not the name OF
the purchaser.
Just what evidence Is in the hands
of the chief OF police and the prose
cutting attorney to upset this story OF
the Fosburgh family is only partially
known. 1t is known, that. among
other things, an effort will be made tC
prove that quarsSls in the Fosburgf
family, and particularly between
young Stewart Fosburgh and his wife
were by no means uncommon.
Another point made by tile polio,
is that it is queer that the burglars
should wait until they got into tn,
house they intended to attack befor,
they made the pillow-case masks. Il,
this the Fosburghs offer no explana
ton, merely contenting themselves
with the statement of the fact tha
the mask found was made from
pillow case that was In the spar
room. The police also have touche,
upon the fact that the toes of til
tracks found under the veranda poin
inward, toward the veranda. On tn
other hand those who accept the Eos
burgh family's story OF the TRACED
argue that IL person lowered himsel
from the roof of IL veranda befor
jumping he would face inward tc
ward the house and jump backward
, aud that In such a case the track
he made on landing necessarily woul
point in toward the yeranda.