The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-24
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ELDER FOSBURC TELLS Is
STORY Of MURDER,


kConunueO FROM rage One).
bowed head Witness said Il was three
quarters OF an hour after he returned &
the house after telephoning before he saw
DR. Schofeid A question by Mr.. JOY
ner as TO what. II anything. the elder MI
Fosburg had said TO Mr.. Lund when h'
returned to The house. provoked a discus
sion between counsel and court
After a consultation lasting II minutes
the Judge snnounced that the question
was excluded The defence took an cA
cep;ion. Resumng his testimony witness
saia he did not go upstairs until Mrs
r. S. Fosburg had come down. When hC
did SO Up he saw the body OF May sos
burg lyipB on the floor covered with 2
sheet.
Mr. I.und Went on TO say: II went into
the various rooms searching for am
nonia but ] did not ind any. went
down stairs. There was no one up stairs
when ! was there While up stairs / no.
ticod that the end Of the dresser in the
kitchen bedroom was pulled out from thr
wall about one foot did not touch it,
This WAS the first time In the trial ,hat
evidence was introduced 90 show that The
bureau was pulled away from the wan
when came down stairs. continued
The witness "all the members o. tie
family and DR.. Schoneld were a. the Sit
ting room except the father and mother
20 build a fire and ] went down 10 the
cellar FOR some wood but / coulI not
liBhi the FIRE.
FOUND FOOTPRINTS.
The doors into the carriage house were
open. ! found the light turned on at the
switch In the cellar near the dining room
window, 1 found imprints fodr fcct from
the balcony and footprints in the urt on
the left side OF the road towards
The witness described Che search that
ne made with the state officers. telling o..
the dust on the cellar window that mad
been disturbed, OF the broken moflar and
OF the screen under the window. One Of
ficer remarked, There's where they got
in
Witness was asked whether he knew
that the defendant was IN Pittsheld on
july \. 1900, lie answered that the believed
that he was. This question had refence
to the shoe which had been foIlud- at the
Fosburg house. This shoe was bought
In New York City about that date
MIR. Lund said that he saw the defend
ants pistol at the office on pay day IL
was on the desk with money He never
saw the elder Mr.. Fosburg with a pistol.
1t was not pitch dark the first time ne
called at the Fosburg house, and II was
not cloudy. lie was shown the shoe which
had been found around the Fosburg house
and said he had never saw the defendant
or the defendants father wearing II or
one like H.
On the cross ss-examlnation by Mr.. Crosby
for the government the witness said that
he was familiar with the style OF shoe
worn by the defendant and HIS father
lie had seen them wear patent leather
shoes but they did not have cloth tops.
Did you consider the men I'm the en-
pioy OF Mr. Fosburg dangerous men?"
II did"
WHY
Because understood the men of the
class, laborers, carried weapons I did
not carry revolver myself The defend
ant got his revolver shortly after the
firm came here. Before this was watch
man in the Office and was armed at nav |
time" p"'
Witness continued by saying that ne |
could distinguish a mans features 70 or |
Is feet away on the night Of the shoot.
Ing. He thought II was after midnight |
and IL might have been after or |
o'clock
Witness did not see Officers White or
smith during the entire time that ne was l
soout ne premises. Referring 10 the foot |
prints he said that he found on the road |
one tnat showed more plainly than the
others. giving the imprint OF the ,na
He would say that from the time he was
nrst awakened until he got 10 the Fos-
onrgn mouse not more than Ave minutes
had elapsed MINUTES
THE ELDER FosBURGs CALLED.
AZ n:fS Robert L. Fosburg. the father
vr tne oeiendant was called TO the stand.
snort stout man and appeared
70 be uneasy while testifyIng He an
swered slowly and deliberately and I'm a
low tone OF voice waiting to think a long
~niie before answering each question TJo /
said In opening that he had been a con !
tractor for Is years
Mr. Fosburg described the movema,,s
~. oi MS MS iamiiy saying that they were not
erect the electrical works Rohert tho
neienoant' and his wife were boarding on
Tyler street with Mrs Rogers tn,
came 10 i've with the witness about n !
week after he moved into the Castlo
mouse. He moved in on June q and bis
~"s ano son and sons wife came on July
they had one domestic only ana sho
was there In the day time. His wife ana
,ne slris ala the rest OF the work lie
mao 40 men on the pay roll sometimes
paying them every two weeks on ,rues
DAYS, az the office OF his works
Tney were principally Italians from New
York but three or four other nationaiities
were represented The ItaIIs,s .
Mr.. Foshurg described the da,,
previous TO the tragedy HIS viz haS /
returned Saturday from 81 Ioule ,yb"ra
sne nad been Tor six weeks on account -
the Illness OF her father. 10 snol,n 80
hiss Sheldon az on a visit TO his bous"
having been there for two or three wseks
MISS SHELDON PRESENT.
us she present todavg" was ash.a h,.
ar. Joyner, The witnoss answered. ,.yes
w Mr.. Fosburg proceeded 10 relate ~ I
happening ~ Sunday. telling how tbe, I
vent 20 church. how they had luncheon
iow they sat upon the porch In tho ar
ernoon reading WY "i
During the afternoon nc took sbor,
est Al o'clock tho defendant and bts
I1fe went for n drive. taking Mrs Robsr+ |
:. Fotburs 10 the works returning about !
ciock After supper they all sal mon |
ne porch until dark and then fbov
assed Into the. paror. Mrs. n. j. Fos-
nrg read aloud and later Miss May Fos
urF. the dead giri. and James Fosburg
AZ this point The witness seemed ,o
ave some difficulty On talking Ills fac.
a. flushed and his voice showed much
mouon he went on 10 say that d. rftg
es'cd % Mlss sheldon that she pia--tA.
ianD. anti she Old 30.
she accOmpa nied Miss MAJ who sans ,
vera sonEr During the recital ~ fhfa
'tumou, Mr. Fosburg trembed and ,
ere were tears IN his eyes. Continuing
$40 that on the first night " Mrs. r.