Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-25
Young Man Charged With Man
slaughter For Shooting
His Sister.
JUDGE WARNS THE PRESS.
Must Report Only What Occurs in
Court Room Government Says 1t
Will Show There Were no Rob-
bore in the House the Night
May Fosburg Was Killed.

cmpanellcd and having been taken to the
Sc enc of the tragedy, the testimony of one
witness concluded and that of another
veil under way, and with the fatal bullet
ana tho blood stained night robe Of the
victim offered as evidence. the govern
mcnt's case against Robert s. Fosnurg.
the young man charged with the shooting
and killing of his sister, May l.. F0Sb:Irg
on August -, 1900. may be said to b fairly
started at the close of to-days session.
1t was rather a dun day for all AS there
were none of the sensational dcvelopmcnts
in the proceedings which are expected
later on and the evidence to which must
of the attention was given WAS OF a purely
technical character and confined cNcm-
sively to descriptions of the Fosburgh
house and contents. references to piaila
of the house and its surroundings by citr
engineer Arthur A. Forbes. the guNtIn-
ments first witness, and testimony by the
medical Examiner of this district The
cross eXs mination of tic former nv the
defendants counsel brought out nothns
of particular moment
The last witness of the day. medical OK
Hnlncr Frank Paddock. proved a little
more intcr' sting. principally because az
"a result of his testimony the various ar
tiClcs mentioned were examined by the
jurNmcn. 'br. Paddock, who Is a sufferer
from heart trouble. had frequent attacks
chair offered by the court and showed a
remarkable sclf-control and courage.
These attacks of illness had some effect
on the nature of his testimony. causing
him to forget several things which tie
government had hoped to bring out. AS
his testimony was not concluded At the
Adjournment " the session. an effort will
he made to refresh his memory to-mor-
row. 1t is expected that his cross-eNam
nation will Lee extremely rigid,
The most interesting portion of the ses-
sion to-day WAS the description of the
bullet and the bloody night robe. The
comb box fron tn, bureau in the spar"
room in the Fosburg house on tsc night
of the tragedy and which was found on
the following day to have been pierced by
a bullet was also exhibited by the govern
m"nt and there the state rested its case
tor the day.
Few trials in New England have at
tracted such great interest as this. The
fact that tho defendant IS charged with
and not with the grdver
crime of murder seems to have been lost
sight of by the multitude whose ate nti' n
for months has been fixed on the tragedy
because of tn. mystery surrounding il. he
cause the state officers from tho first ap
palontly have disb"licved thC story which
the family told Of the killing Of Miss FuS-
burg and since last January hccaus" of
the arrest of the brother. charged with tn,
crime, which nearly everybody seemed to
have attributed to an unknown burglar
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,h. corni,,in,, a,-idorc. Ia tbo quo ,rha
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old, who has persisted that she SAW the
burglars, had agreed in the story that
robbers who entered tho house and at
tacN"d Mr.. foshurg, in attempting to
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Judge stevens delivered serious adj
dr'SS I" inc representatives, OF the press,
tie h'ld mat whlle II was tho right OF
newspaper men 10 report everything that
"'tNallN occurred In inc court room they
should not comment upon the evidence.
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'alIrd 70 the tact mat there were such a
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