Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-26
upon the witness stand.

do her good. She was not at all well
and she intended to so home sooner.
but Mr.. Robert l.. Fosburg wanted her
10 see his wife. so she stayed. On the
night of the shooting she occupied the
guest chamber leading from Mays
room. The witness then proceeded TO
relate the story of the happenings OF
Sunday, both day and evening. Sun
day night May sang THE Holy City"
and she remembered that the members
of the family kissed one another aud
babe one another goodnight, 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 saw young Robert
Foshurg near his room. Also she saw
Beatrice, MIR. Fosburg, Sir, and his wife.
She called Betrice to her and again
asked what had happened District At
torney Hammond objected to the wit
ness giving the words which Beatrice
spoke to her"
The court retired with counsel to
consider in private the admissibility of
this evidence. MIR. Joyner said before
retiring that he expected to show that
The Exclamation by Beatrice
was in the presence of the defendant
and the family.
Judge Stevens announced that by
agreement of counsel the question
would be answered, and Miss Sheldon
said that Beatrice exclaimed: Burglars
have entered the house and shot May"
The witness said that she then returned
to her ROOM dressed and went down
stairs.
The admission OF what Miss Bea-
trice said to Miss Sheldon was re-
garded as a victory tor the defense.
Continuing her testimony, Miss Shell.
don said that she sat M the rest of the
night down stairs. She went
away In the forenoon very much ex-
cited and nervous. She knew she
would be In the way If she stayed.
The witness described the scene In
Mays room at some length. She saw
Mrs. Robert Stewart Fosburgh bend
over her husband, who was at the side
of May on the floor.
She would say that all the members
of the Fosburgh family were very
Much Devoted TO Each other.
On ross-examination by Mr. Cros-
by Miss Sheldon said that she went to
her room at the same time as Beatrice
The door of her room was left ajar,
but the door leading into the hall was
closed She remembered a talk at her
home in Providence with Col. Whit
ney and Captain Parker of the Proyi-
dence detective force about the trag-
edy. She did not state to Col. Whit
ney that she had not heard shot.
She did say to him that she had heard
shot and that she had then got up
and opened the door. Col. Whitney
told her they wanted her to testify,
but she said she did not know any
thing about it.
Did you see any burglars that
night?"
mo sir"
In direct examination by Mr.. Joyner,
Miss Sheldon said that she told Mr..
whitney that what she did know was
very little.
Cross examined again by Mr.. Cros-
by. Miss Sheldon said that she had not
been in Pittsfeld since the day of the
tragedy, nor had she visited the Fos-
burgh house. This concluded Miss
Sheldons testimony.
When she left the stand all of the
Fosburghs shook hands with her
T. p. Sheldon, the father of Bertha
sneidon, testIned that ms IelatioDs win
the Fosburgs we're pleasant. He would
not permit his daughter to testify at
the inquest because she had not re-
covered from the shock.
VIM. II. Shedden and George Bridges
Of Hanan & Sons shoe store, in New
York, positively identified the shoe in
evidence as having been purchased at
their store on July 5, 1901, 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 evil
dence, which was S1a c. Mr.. Fosburg,
Sr., wears 7k.
Frederick w. Lund Was Recalled
to prove that the defendant was not
in New York on July 5, the day the
shoe was sold. but was at the Fosburg
Office at Pittsfield. Checks and copies
of letters written by both the senior
and junior Fosburg on July were also
shown and witness declared they were
dated July 5, and that both men were
in their Office of that day.
YIN. B. Hazen, formerly chief of the
Y. S. secret service, employed by Mr..
Fosburgh. Sr., described an expert
ment which he made last evening with
screen in the window through
which 1t is claimed the burglars de-