Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-25
father AND SISTERS Of
FOSBURG GIVE EVIDENCE.
,,--,-y ALL REPORTS AND CIRCUM-
STANCES TENDING TO IN
CRIMINATE HIM.
VAS NO FAMILY QUARREL.
l6 THE SUNDAY BEFORE THE
TRAGEDY WAS SPENT BY
THE FAMILY.

.9argh trial was many times larger
the court room could accommo-
and nine-tenths Of those present
vze women.
number of sensational incidents
arred to-day. the first coming after
Ioyner. for the defense, had con-
led his presentation of what he
med he could prove, when Freder-
". Lund, the bookkeeper and pay
.er of the Fosburgh firm. in testi-
ag, declared that he felt some of the
IN who were employed by the firm
n 70 dangerous and said he knew they
rred weapons.
Another came during the testimony
HE father of the dead girl, when he
=
hen May went in and sang several
ee|eations while Miss Sheldon played.
4ae last song she sang was was Plains
Ct Peace 3"
The father had been describing the
manner in which the fanny had spent
evening of Sunday preceding the
tagedy. When he came to the refer
as 10 Mays singing her last song,
afs came to his eyes, his voice was
cooked and for few seconds he was
f#abIe to continue. Otherwise Mr.. Eos
fgh's testimony was given in clear
and distinct tone. His narration of the
discovery OF burglars and his encounter
ia them was told with rapid distinct
LIS.
When Mr.. Joyner questioned Mr..
foshurgh with reference to
The Meeting with Esther
n the depot on. the morning after the
lagedy and as to what was told here,
fefatation of one of the theories
N#iea nave been prominent in this
ce was made by Miss Fosburgh.
Esther inquired" he testified,
what has happeden? What has hap
T#Had?a
hen Robert put his hand on her
sHualder and replied: oh nothing,
aer, only papa and l have been in
: title serape and he got hurt
II WIS not We have had a scrape?' >
M. sir, replied the witness with
emphasis
little Beatrice Fosburgh, called by
t4a government. but not used on that
side OF the case, was on the stand to-
a8F fer the defense and was the one to
break into tears while telling the story
rz the death of her sister. Her descrip-
ton Of her glimpse of the intruder who
aHiiei her sister was very dramatic
saw a pillow case standing in the
doorway" she said, with holes cut in
j for eyes Then | saw the fash. AS
brother rushed by me | turned on
,aa Light and cried out Hurry up there
age burglars in the house
4ir. Joyner at the hour of adjourn
meut yesterday had just described the
scene on the
Morning of the Tragedy
whom he said, Robert l., Fosburgh who
had been beaten by burglars, had re-
covered consciousness and rushed to a
window and screaMed murder" He
resumed to-day by telling why the Eos
aafshs kept firearms in the house.
Mr. Joyner said: The firm of r. L.
ias5urgh & Co. had many men in its
employ, the pay roll amounting to some
$hod0 weekly. The men were non
lEnglish speaking and were paid in
money at the Office of the company. Mr.
f6sburgh, ST., would take money from
the uank to the offices on an electric
ear. The men knew this and because
q The risk the chief of police had once
lfmarked that if any men needed a pis-
10. they (the Fosburghs) did. For this
T-ason the defendant got one.
Mr.. Fosburgh. the defendant and his
V@ie, occupied the kitchen bed room
tut they discovered a disagreeable odor
ID The sink ana moved to another room
leaving some wearing apparel and pis-
i9i IN the bureau.
Robbery and revenge might have
"een motives Of the burglars" Mr.. JOY
fer declared. They were young, ac-
slAe slight men, else they could not
aaYe gotten out Of the house through
lHf opening left by the screen.
The Theory of the Defense
Is hat the crime was not the perform
t.aee OF skilled burglars, that the stock
ihSs which were worn and cut were
9-d"n on over shoes TO muffle the sound
steps; that the tracks seen were
i.aade by the men when they left the
rouse and hat they intended TO stea
ANYTHING they could lay hands on.
IN conclusion, Mr. Joyner said:
ne denfense will show that the
FAMILY has done it's utmost to bring to
Justice the men who entered the house
S.d that whatever may be the theory
".ss May was woman without an
'4elny There was no estrangement be-
Z" en- any members of the family"
,, red W. Lund, paymaster for the
fea3urgs who boards at the Shepard
u house, $50 feet from the Fosbure
rome, testified that he was awakened
~ NIL Shepardson who told him there
Is trouble at the Fosburg home
witness ran there and learned that
May Fosburg Was Injured.
VILE up stairs he noticed that the
,Ad OF the dresser in the kitchen bed
t49n was pulled out from the wal
"o"1' one foot. This was the firs'
iAe IN the trial that evidence was in
g2dlced to show that the bureau was
p.4.ed away from the wall.
ne witness described the search
.Aat he made with the State officers
wing of the dust on the cellar win
now had been disturbed, of the broken
noftar and of the screen under the
@.hdow. Mr.. Lund said that ne saw
.ae defendant's pistol at the Office or
ray day. He never saw the elder Mr.
1osaurgh with a pistol. He was
sno~n the shoe which had been found
''o4Ad the Fosburgh house and ht