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

a revolver in his hand. Witness I'll II
got his feet of the bed nhL put them Oh
the floor.
Continuing. he said: Il uttered II
scrrrch which thuS. who heard II say
was something awful. When got ON the
floor the revolver was within 10 inches
OF my face. lodged il ANA then struck
the mans arm. ! then closed IN.
grabbed the man by The arms and fore, Il
him 10 the floor That is aS far rs |
can remember of What took place in that
room. AS 1 was then struck by II Sandlmg
by the other man..
When he came to. witness saw his
younger son standing ai the balcony
window OH he east side OF the house.
lie heard Beatrice say: "ol. mamma.
look at May; she's hurt
Continuing. Mr.. ioshurG said: Il
went to my daughters room. and there
SAW May lying on the floor. her mother
by her side AMI James by her head.
Blood was rushing from her mouth.
Mrs. FOSburg wnS callilI" to Rratric"
to get some water and towels. AS |
bent over her my eldest son, whom !
had seen in the Kitchen bed room. stag
grrcd past me. He fell. his head lyin .
- inches from his sisters head. |
called for some more water. AS Bea
tricr brought it threw it in his face.
and hr revived almost instantly. |
picked him up. carried him to his own
room and put him on the bed. | then
ran to the front window. looking out On
the street. opened the window and
shouted. Police. murder burglars; We
want help
Mr. Plumb, who lived across the
street. raised his window and asked
what was wanted. said Burglars
have been in the house aud shot May
| then went back to where May was ly-
ing. .Afterward put Oh my trousers
and went down stairs into the front hall
and met Mr.. plunband Mr.. ShrpardSon.
Then Wrn' upstairs again. Beatrice
was in the room with her mother and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fo>burg and Miss
Sheldon We're also there. Mrs. FOSblry
said: OH Robert. she is gone
"ln the meantime, james had b, On
down to the office. At this time he had
on his night shirt and trousers. Pre-
viouS to this he had only his night shirt.
| then suggested. as the officers would
be coming. all had better dress. Then
| dressed. put on the same clothes
| had worn on Sunday. James helped
me to dress. was wounded about the
face. but in the excitement ] did not
notice that | was hurt. until my allrn-
tion was called tony face. The family
was very much concerned in my in
juricS. While dressing I'Atricr called
my attention to n hat"
Counsel .Ioyner then showed him tn
brown derby hat that has figured in tn"
case. and Witness surprised all in the
court room by saying: II don't think
that is the hat that was fonn'l in our
house" Asked about the revolver. wit
ness said his attention Was called to Il
revolver which was under the bed. The
revolver was shown to him ami he Sa ID:
Il cannot identify the revolver
Asked If he had seen the revolver be.
fore. he replied: Il don't rrlIrnlbc.'
ever seeing the rev Oliver before. never
had revolver myself hai no revolver
in the room in which | was sleeping"
When the family finally Wont down
stairs all were fully dressed Ills Son
and wife were down stairs before the
others. He had not seen IN officer NJ
to that time. The first h: pnw of one
was when he came in with DR.. Sch ii
Mr.. F'oSbrrg described how they lifted
May from the floor and placed her pros
tratc form on the bed.
Mr. FOsbdrg was turned over to Dis
trict Attorney Hammond, and the wit
ness in reply to questions, said the p,l
lowcases came down over the breasts
of the burglars. He did not know the
length of the time the burglars were In
the room. They had gone when jaime.
appeared. He had no recollection ol
anything that happened in the room af
ter rlring struck.
Witness never stated that he had posi-
tive knowledge of three men being H.
the house. He did not SEQ three men
but he saw someone holding Il light.
whether Il candle OF Il match he could
not say.
Mr. Hammond tried to get witness to
admit that he had said he heard pistol
shots. and the witness kept replying
that he had no recollection of such q,
thing. The burglar. although pointing
the revolver at him as he lay in bed
made no threats and no demand Of any
kind.
The witness did not remember of bur.
glars showing any hostility to his wife
Witness did not see the burglars leave
the house. lie had no personal knowl-
edge as to whether they Went out at The
window or not. There have been no
Indications of hostility by the labor"rs
at his works.
Mr. Hammond read to witness n mum
her of questions pat to him and ans wtrs
nt the inquest. He corroboIatcl mt ST
of that testimony. but said there were
SOME things he could not remember.
Beatrice FUSDurg was the next wit
ness. She said she was down stairs
when Dr. Iadduck arrived. and did not
see the body of her sister placed on he
bed. She remcml, red that two shots
We're fired. hut she never said that Ii
was the second shot she heard that killed
her sister. She denied that at the i'll
quest she had testified that she had no
idea who the first shot was fired M
Sh" did state the inquest that Sh. was
directly behind May when he shot was
fired which caused her death.
She denied tcstifying that she did not
know where the defendant was when
the shot which resulted in her sisters
death was fired. She never said that
no one was in her room when the shots
We're fired. The witness also denied
that she had testified that she turned
on the light after her sister fell, and
that she heard u shot before her sister
fell To tn" floor. THIS testimony WAS
given in reply TO questions aS to what
she had testified to at the inquest. Hra.
irice Sail she saw no light before Sh"
got out of bed: that May got up first