Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-22
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MURDER HUSBAND
Startling Confession Made BY
Vile Of Fred Foster It
Alfona.
al
Admits That She Conspired With
Robinson to Kill Her
Husband.
They We're in Love and Ex.
pected to Get Fosters Lie
Insurance.
Mrs. Foster Breaks Down, Tells
Her Story and Then At-
tempts Suicide.
Special to Times-Republican.


Algona, Feb. 22.-Another sensation
has developed in connection with the
shooting Of Fred Foster, the barber,
here early Sunday morning. Mrs. Eos
ter late yesterday confessed that she
was the one who planned the murder of
her husband. The authorities here held
all along that Robinson, who did the
shooting, was not the only one lmpll-
Gated ard Mrs. Foster. owing to her
queer actions has been kept under sur
veillance The watchers at the bedside
of Foster have been watching and Ques-
tioning her closely. Yesterday afternoon
she broke down and admitted that she
planned the whole affair. Her confess
sion was made to the attorneys, but has
not yet been made public, more than
that she was the instigator of the terri
BILE crime Foster is still very sick and
his condition is made more critical by
the knowledge that his wife. whom he
had never suspected, was responsible
for the attempt on his life. Mrs. Foster
made her confession in his presence
and when she had finished Foster sue
cumbed to the terrible strain and faint
ed away. The accused woman seemed
to suffer the keenest remorse over her
terrible crime and after she had told
her story was allowed to go to her room
upstairs. She was followed, however, a
few minutes later by Mr.. Carbon the
nurse, who suspected her Intention. He
went to her door and requested her to
come down stairs, but she evaded his
she would be down in a few minutes.
Carbon, however, insisted on her !mrne
date presence down stairs and she
complied That she intended to take her
own life there can be no doubt for in
her hand she held vial of strycnnine.
The deadly poison was taken from her
and the sheriff summoned. AT the sher-
IFS Office two women We're deputzed to
search Mrs. Foster, but no further evil
dence of her Intention to kill herself
was found. She insisted, however, that
she could stand 1t no longer and would
take her life at the first opportunity.
She is now in the custody of the sheriff.
When the confession became known
today it caused a great sensation.
Court is in session mere, but thus far
Robinson, the young man who shot
Foster. has not been indicted. 1t is
probable. however, that 10th Robinson
and Mrs Foster will be indicted before
No crro nd i,,rVy adin1Irnc
The motive as revealed in Mrs. Fos-
ter's confession, the details of which
leaked out this afternoon, furnishes the
most startling chapter of the crime
Mrs. Foster and Robinson had it APP
pears, fallen In love and We're DESTROYS
OF getting Foster out of the way that
inclinations This state of Affairs had
conceived the idea of holding Foster uI
some right on the pretense of robbery
Saturday night was selected to give
color 20 the theory that the hold was
for the sole purpose of robbery, foi
Saturday is always the most profitable
day in barber shop. Their plan was
to kill Foster. no matter whether ne re-
sisted the pretended robber or not, Eos
ter carried life insurance for quite q
large amount and the couple wished e
get possession OF the money. The
amount of the policy Is not known. hui
Mrs. Foster stated in her confession
that she and Robinson had expected e
get the money and it is believed ina
they intended to quietly steal away at
ter the excitement over the hold-up ane
murder had subsidized.