Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-26

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shortly after midnight the witness
: was awakened by a piercing scream
and then she heard Il pistol, shot. She
got up, opened the door and asked
what was the matter. She saw May OH
1 the floor and she saw young Robert
Fosburgh near his room. She also saw
Beatrice. MI. Fosburgh. ST.. and his
wife.
she called EeatIice to her and again
asked wnat had happened. District At
torney objected to the witness giving
, the words which Beatrice spoke tn
! her"
| The court retired with counsel to
consider in private the ACCESSIBILITY of
this evidence. MI. Joy,,er said before
I retiring that he expected to show that
/ the exclamation by Beatrice was in
the presence of the defendant and fam
lily.
The conference was of short duration
and AT its conclusion Judge Stevens
| arnounced that by agreement Of coun-
Sc! the question would be answered
| and the witness would be allowed to
| tell what Miss Beatrice exclaimed Ia
| her.
Miss Sheldon said that Beatrice ex-
claimed: Burglars have entered the
| house and shot May" The witness
said that she then returned to her
room. dressed and went down stairs
The admission of what Miss Bea-
| trice said to Miss Sheldon was regarded
as victory for the defence. continu-
| ing her testimony Miss Sheldon said
That she sat up the rest of the night
! down stairs. She went away In the
forenoon very much excited and ner-
vous. She knew she would be in the
| way If she stayed
The witness described the scene in
Mays room at some legth. She saw
Mrs. Robert Fosbureh be1d over her
husband. who was at the side of May
! on the fiocr. Witness said she was
| asked To come and testify once before
| but her father had refused TO permit
her. She would say that all the mem
bers OF the Fosburgh family were very
much devoted to each other.
On croSS-examiration by Mr.. Crosby.
Miss Sheldon said that she remembered
talk at her home in Providence with
Col. Whitney and Captain Parker of
the Providence detective force about
the tragedy. She did not state To Col
Whitney that she had not heard shot
She did say TO him that she had heard
| n shot. Col. Whitney told her they
wanted her to testify but she said she
did not known anything about it.
They tried pretty hard to have You
come" asked Mr.. Crosby. Yes
Did you see any burglars that
night" No. sir.
In redirect examination by Mr.. Joy
ner Miss Sheldon said that she told Mr.
Whitney that what she did know was
very little.
Cross-examined again by Mr. Cros-
! by. Miss Sheldon said that she had not
been in Pittsfield since the day Of the
tragedy. nor had she visited the Fos-
| burgh house.
| This concluded Miss Sheldons testi-
mony. When she left the stand all the
| Fosburghs shook hands with her.
| +. p. Sheldon. father of Mis- sheldon,
| a mechanical engineer of Providence,
| II. l.. testified that he had business
| acquaintance with Mr.. Fosburgh OF
| three years duration. His daughter
was not in good health. Her visit 10
| the F'osburgh house was the result Of
an invitation OF Mr.. Fosburgh. ST.. He
| heard of the tragedy by telephone and
| he Immediately telephoned his daugh-
| ter to some home Asked why he
wanted her To come home. Mr.. sheldon
said he thought that it would not be
| best for her to stay at the Fosburgh
! house then. He was not willing to have
| her come to the inquest TO testify. as
4 oh al h.. ebn
! Cross examined the witness said
| that he was friendly with the Fos-
! burgh family all the time and never
had any Ill will against them.
VIM. w. Sheldon OF New York city.
| a shoe salesman. was called. He said
his place of business was in the store
of Hanan 4 SON at 29th street and
| Broadway. He was employed there in
| July. 1900. \ shoe was handed to the
witness ana he identified it, He had
seen the shoe before. when n detective
had brought it To him at his store. He
said that the shoe was sold by him on
July ), 1900. but To whom he could not
tell. He had only one pair of that kind
! Of shoes at that time. Mr.. Shcdden
| said that he had come to Pittsfield. at
the request of an officer for the purpose
Of looking around the city. and seeing
| If he could recognize any one as the
! person to whom he had sold the shoe. .
He had not found any such person
The sale was cash one.
Cross-eX mined by Mr.. Crosby the
| witness said that the shoe was the only
one of that size. II happened to be one
of the new line Of shoes just in At the
| - coli In
order. He would not he apt to know
the name of any man who bought shoes
unless they We're sent to particular
| address.
The all-important shoe which the de
fence claims must have been dropped by
the burglars. was the subject Of further
testimony. this time from George
Bridges. the manager of the Hanan Sho,
Co. at 18th street and Broadway. y. Y
He identified the shoe shown him as tn,
one which had been sold and said tina
there was q record of the sale This h,
produced The price Of the shoe wa:
$50
Did you notice the size of the shoe tn,
defendant wears?
yes. should nudge that the size |:
one-half smaller than this one Mr.. Eos
burgh. Sr.. wears Il. G.
| CroSs-cxamined. witness said that tn,
shoe in evidence in size So &. He sal,
that the size of shoes vary slightly ever