Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-26

Hess tnle JuineS FOsblrgn WeHt 'HV"H"
IN ) rs seconds. Cross examined by the
government. he stated that he had tricd
the experiment first with Il Hight In th'
room and then with the light out. TINS
was about . o'clock ana the night was
leloudy.
Mrs. II. II. Billiard. a nelahbor, was tn.
next witness called. She was at her nome
on the night Of the tragedy. she said. ana
shortly before midnight she arose to look
after her baby. Later before gong 10
sleep she heard a noise upon the gravel
walk. She looked out of the window and
saw two men standing there FOR ab"a'
two minutes. One was shorter IMAM the
other and both wore dark clothes. They
started down the street slowly. going ~
the direction or the Fosburgh house. Sh.
was very nervous and kept watching
The men came back STONED ana talked
very low. then turned around again ana
went ont OF sight towards the east. S?e
did not go directly 10 sleep amer mat
IN short while she heard Two sh"ta'
but paid no attention To them. Later sh,
said that il must have been an hour al
ter she saw the mon that she heard the
shots.
She testified tn the visit of three on
GERS paid to her lat night. among them
Chief of Police Nicholson. The witness
was questioned sharply by Mr. Crosby
with reference to the men she had seen.
She admitted that she frequently saw
men walking toward Dalton who were IN
| toxicated. She would say that from the
time she first saw them until they disap-
peared five minutes had elapsed Sh"
heard the clock strike down stairs at the
time abe heard the shots. which seemed
To come from long way on.
! Mrs billiards. cross-examlnatlOn was
bril-. r. She said In substance that she did
not connect the pistol shots with the TWO
men. Tn. fact thar lne men were around
her housc kept her awake. She d!d not
tell officer Flynn when he came around
to see her that she had heard the shots.
| At l23D recess was declared Gntil :
O'Clock.
| on the reassembling OF court, Mrs.
Robert l.. Fosburgh. the mother OF the
defendant and Mrs. Nellie Beverly
| were sworn. Mrs. Beverly took the
| stand. She said she was In Pttsfleld
| last summer with her husband In or
der that she might be near physician.
| Her husband died, Aug p. on the
night OF the Fosburgh tragedy she
heard the fire alarm. They were living
near the Fosburgh house and II was
| her custom to give her husband lnedi-
| cine every hour.
1t was between ana O'Clock. Aug.
| 90 that she heard two persons running
| down the sidewalk from Dalton way.
They seemed 10 stop near her house
| and were breathing very hard. The
| noise disturbed her husband and she
| opened the blinds to see what was the
| trouble. She Jaw man standing be-
side tree tall dark man. He put his
hand under his mouth as II 10 suppress
| the noise OF heavy breathing.
She told the men to get away from
there that her husband was III. Her
husband became SO excited ut the noise
| that he refused to take his medicine.
| Therefore she sent "A man for a doctor.
When the physician arrived she heard
about the tragedy. She should say
| that there were three and they stood a
few feet away from the window. She
| did not remember that s'!e say any
fthing upon his head.
on cross examination. Mrs. Beverly
said that the fire alarm sounded some
| time after she saw the men. probabl
| an hour afterward. Witness did not
tell the officers OF Pittsfield about these
| occurrences. but went to lawyer.
| Referring again 10 The men she said
that she would say that they stood
| there about two minutes. She could
not say whether the man under her
view was intoxicated.
| Laughter was caused in the court
| room when the witness was asked how
far the man who she did not see was
from the man she did see. She an
| swered that she could not undt! lake
To say.
At 2a4 Mrs Robert l.. FosburEh
was summoned to tho witness stand
She was dressed entirely in black with
a long Veil and wore glasses.
| on examination by Mr.. Joyn"r sht
gave her name as Esther Stewart Fos
| burgh. and answered the other routine
| questions usually asked If n witness.
| She said she was in 81; Louis in July.
1900 when she received notice that her
husband was i'll. and she arrived home
on the Saturday before May died.
Esther was at Adams. and the rest
were at home.
Mrs. Fosburgh proceeded to relate
the events at her home on Sunday.
Aug. 10. She said that il was her Gus
tom tn be the first one up in the house
| and to go from bed To bed To kiss them
| all good morning.
May was i'll that day and asked Rob
ert tn take her to tide. After the
family arrived home from church they
removed their best dresses and put on
| more comfortable wearing apparel
Witness told of the visit which they
paid to the works and remarked that
when they left the house for the works
they left the doors unfastened. They
felt perfectly safe in doing this.
| At the conclusion of some singing in
the evening they all went to bed. She
was awakened by light; she always
slept with her door open. No one APP
peared. and SO she got up on her elbow
and reached forward looking into Miss
Mays room. Then she asked: Who
is it? Who is it, Instantly two men
appeared before her wearing masks
and looking like devils She sprang to
her husband. who awoke instantly and
gave scream. The men did not fire
upon them: or at least before they had
a chance to do so her husband SpranS
| them She screamed out loud