Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-07-27

Caused Sensation When She Tolc
OF Seeing Pillowcase-Covered Heac
| Loom Up in Room--Mr. Fosbure
| burg Afraid OF His Workmen.
I'iltSiield. Mass. July 21.-rhc Eos
burg ease, famous and attracting IN
tense interest throughout the c"untr!
because of its dramatic features, is near
ing an end.
Many sensational incidents occurred
yesterday. thc first coming when, after
| Mr.. Joyner. for the defense, had CON
cludcd his presentation of what he
claimed he could prove. Frederick W.
| Lund. the bookkcrprr alld uaymn>trl
of the Fosburg firm. in t"stfyin". d"
clarcd that Er felt some of The men whu
were employed by the firm were danger
ouS. He said he knew they carried
weapons.
Another came during the testimony
of the father of the dead girl. In the
course of his description Of the hammer
| in which the family spent the Sunday
evening preceding the tragedy, he said:
"'rhrn May went in and sang several
| selections. while Miss sheldon played
| The last song she sang was Plains Of
| Peace"
When Mr.. FoSburg came to til" ref
~rcnrr to Mays singing her last song. h,
stopped. Tears came to his eyes. His
| lips uliivcrrd. and his voice chol;rd up
| His head was bowed and for Il few sec.
| omlS Ii" was unable to continue. Other.
wise Mr.. FoSbur@'S testimony was given
! in Il clrar-rut and distinct voice. Each
word was nIra aSUrcd.
Mr.. FoShurg's narrative of the dis
cov,ry of the burglars and of his on.
counter with them. was told withuu, in.
| tcrruption. "'Oh, Robert. she is gone
cried out my wife. and remember
| she knelt and offered prayer" So tn,
witness told of his first knowl, dgc tlu,
| his daughter was dead.
Mr. FoSb,lry cmphatiCally denied tha,
| he had ever said either of the two men
| who entered his chamber carried Il Ian.
tern. as had been testified to by at least
| two government witnesses. lie said
| this slowly and distinctly. and later eX-
| planned that he might have said to some.
one that the third man. who was be
hind the other two. might have had II
lantern. Il candle nr matches.
Again. when Mr.. JOyner questioned
Mr.. FOSburg with reference to the meet
ing with Esther at the depot on the
! morning after the tragedy. and rs I,
| what was told her, Il refulation of one
/ of the theories which have been prOm
| inrnt in this ease was made by Mr.. Eos
burg.
Esther said" he testified "wllat has
lappen"d?"
Then Robert put his hand on hpl
! shoulder and replied: "Oh. hothin"
Esther, only papa and | have been IN
Il little scrap. ana he yot hurt
| 1T was not: we have had Il scraD:''
no sir" replied the witness. with EN-
plsiSis
Little Beatrice FoSburg called by tn,
government. but not used on that sid,
Of the ease. wnS on the stand for the
defense, and was the first one to break
into tears willie telling the tragic story
/ of the death of her sister.
She is an attractive little girl of IL
with bright blncl; eyes. but II weak thin
! voice. Her descript ion of her glimrs,
of the intruder who killed her sister was
very dramatic. Il saw II pillow case
standing up there in the doorway will
holes cut in it for eyes. Then saw Il
fash. AS my brother rush 'd by me
turned on tlir light and oricc: Hurry
M. there are burglars in the mousse
In rcSumng his outline Gf the ease fol
the defense. Mr.. Joyner said il was moi
admitted that May was killed with tn,
defendants revolver. The intruders
! probably entered by the "Scrrcn win
dow" and the pillow eases were used
by unSkillHd burglars. 'rhe stockings
| of footballs. He declared that the men
were seen running away from the house
| The furniture was probably broken in
| the scutllp with the burglars. he said.
\ suppressed stir passed through the
court room when the father of the de.
| frndant was called to the stand lie
gave his business as that of Il contractor
He had been in business II years. His
son was associated with him.
The witness had 2'O or 2In men on the
payroll. He always paid the men in
cash. a mixed class Of laborrr> was
employed. mostly Italians. His son
took active charge of the men on the
work. The witness looked after the
work in tn" office and work not directly
connected with The men.
! On the fatal night all of the famil, i,
| were ut home except Esther. She was
Visiting ut Adams. with Mrs. Daniels
Mrs. Fo>'urg. ST.. had been in st. Louis
| for six weeks attending her father, whu
was ill., She returned home the Sat.
| urlay before the tragedy. Miss Shrl
| don waS visiting his house. She had
/ been there for about three weeks prio,
| To- the ra@cdy.
The witness then drScribc,l the doing>
of the family on Sunday. After supper
| Ill sat ON the porch until dark then re-
! tired to the house Mrs. L. l.. Fosbura
! read Il story aloud. James also read
aloud. Probably two hours was spent
in reading. Later Miss sheldon played
and the oldest daughter May. sang spv.
rral psalm songs. Mr.. FoSburs'S ewes
kept filling with tears rs he vivhlly de.
| Sclibeh the SCENES leading ND to the
| shooting. and many of the spectators
| wiped their eyes, also. He describe d
| The location OF the rooms in the sam,
manner rs had other witnesses.
Then he told the first part of the fatal
story. He had gone ~ sleep when H.
was aroused by his WIFE He was thel
| lying ON his right side. He turned
Lister Disagrees With Koch.