The sun., 1901-07-23

out: Police, Murder Help!- Mr.. Fos
Beatrice came up to him. put her handl
on his shoulder AID said: She u gone.
When he reached tat house his father
| placed sheet over the body Of his sister
| His father put on his clothing upon tbs
advice OF the witness and his mother. In
fact, the witness assisted him In dressing
| This occurred In his fathers room.
! While In his fathers room he etoopec
| down 10 pick up something. Then he saw
the revolver ON the floor under his father
I bed. The hat was never worn by any OF
his fathers family.
| The shoe was found by Officers Flynn
! and White. The shoe was not his brother 8
/ being too large for him. The witnes.
/ described the shoe, which WA patent
! leather button with cloth top.
When asked who went upstairs that sun
| day night first the witness said that his
| father and mother and Miss Sheldon went
20 bed first His sister -in-law was not
| feeling well that night Mrs Fosburgh
| Jr. went up stairs about the same time
! bers who remained down stairs made lemon
ade. He did not retire until about il:so
! o'clock. He was quite tired. He was
| awakened by a noise In the cellar. he mao
heard noise in the cellar the Friday night
| previous
Asked about his awakening. the witness
said he jumped out Of bed and turned on
stairs into his sister-n-lsw's room.
His sister-in-law was cal ling Jim, Jiml
His sister -in-law was shrieking. Your
father has gone crazy, Your father has
gone orazyl' He pushed her aside and ran
into his sisters room. His sister May was
lying on the floor. The electric light was
on. No ono else was In the room when ne
entered Il.
DO you remember seeing any lpsrson In
that rOom?' the examiner repeated. lie saw
nothing but the body Of May. Almost ini-
med,atey his mother came into tho room
and was followed by. his father
A number OF matches we're found about
the house; some in the kitchen bedroom.
in the carriage house and all the way
round.
The matches were unlike any they had
in the house. The enext morning they found
that the light had been turned OIL in the
cellar.
The key TO the side door was left whore
the kitchen girl had access to IT, She
in the attic. She didn't stay there nights.
There was no opon way from the carriage
house no TO the attic. The bulkhead was
found open the morning after the Tragedy;
The witness said his mother had bad
bruse on her shoulder, for which Dr. Pad
DOCK prescribed bOiIetiliilS lilo hcAs iho' "
ing.
Some time after DR. Paddock's nrst
visit his mother and father went down
into his room and lay down on the bei.
Both had been injured and hot compre~ses
were placed on them
When he went for doctor he could not
say whether there was u moon SHINING
or whether stars were shining. IL was
bright enough for him to pick out the office
key from a number Of Others. IL was
also bright enough for him to avoid step
ping on some glass on the ground. 80 that
he could avoid IL with his bare feet. lie
could also distinguish the outlines OF the
Stanley buildings.
Upon the redirect examination the VIII
ness said that a lamp was overturned on
the floor In the kitchen bedroom and lis
standard badly twisted.
The counsel for the prosecution sa'
after tho adjournment of court this after
noon that they probably would be ready
TO rest their case tomorrow. Probably
as q consequence Of that there was con-
ference this evening in tho rooms Of the
Fosburgh family in the Wendell House,
In which all the family and number OF
their friends as well as their legal adviser
took part.