Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22

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suicide. and the team had nothing
Whatever 70 do with the malnng OF
the deadly package. The nervous
haste with which she took the poison
when 1t arrived ana her anxiety to get
the letter which she knew was wait
ing for her at the post office seem to
support this view. Only one reason
for her sending poison to herself
through the mail can be imagined.
She was u Roman Catholic and, no
doubt, wished to be buried with the
rites OF the church. The Roman
Catholic church does not permit the
bodies of suicides to be brought into
church nor buried in consecrated
ground.
Mrs. Miner Jones, at whose house
Miss Fosburg died. says that Miss
Fosburg told her in the fall that she
and Mr.. Nondette were to be married
Christmas. Later she said he could
not leave the works at Canon City
until after the new year, and as she
did not want to be married during
Lent she intended to wait until after
Easter.
States Attorney James b. Donoway
says that without doubt Ida Fosburg
was murdered, as he is convinced that
the powder was sent by some one who
was determined to Kill her.
Mr.. DOnway believes that the two
men who drove through Shoreham on
Tuesday afternoon mailed the en-
velope containing the poison by drop
ping it in the box outside the post
office as they drove past.
Miss Fosburg seemed much worried
Tuesday evening when she asked
Nelson Jones, son of her employer, to
go to Shoreham post office, three
miles away, and get a letter. He
said he did not wish to drive that
distance just to see if there was any
mail, as there probably would not be
anything for her. She urged him to
go. She said:
Il expect a letter tonight and | am
sure it is there
lie tried to convince her that the
trip would be for nothing, but Miss
Fosburg, he says, insisted that there
was a letter there for her. On the
way to the post office young Jones
met neighbor bringing back mail,
including the letter for Miss Fosburg,
which he handed to Jones.
When the boy returned with the
letter Miss Fosburg was in her room,
| and he delivered it to her. He went
| to the barn to help his father unhar-
ness the horse, and some 10 minutes
later, as the two came to the house,
they heard a single cry from Miss
Fosburg's chamber.
Opening the door, they found her
lying on the floor, apparently dead.
DR.. Howard, when he came an hour
later, said the woman had apparently
died very suddenly. On the wash
stand was the envelope which young
Jones had taken from the post office.
1t had been opened, but the only piece
of paper which it might have con
tanned was a scrap of brown paper
lying crumpled in the water bowl
Adhering to the rough surface were
a few grains of white powder, but
there was no mark of pen or pencil
upon it. The doctor searched for
traces of label, but could find moth
in.
From the creases of the paper it
was shown that it had been folded to
retain the powder, and had been held
in place with small rubber band.
A water glass containing white sedi-
lutul anu IL lllllt WdltI SlOOu Oh Iut
washstand. Sufficient substance re-
manned to enable a chemist to deter
mine the character of the solution.
The short time between the deliv-
cry of the envelope by Nelson Jones
and the discovery of the dead woman
showed that she must have prepared
and taken the fatal dose with ner-
vous haste, indicating desperation.
A mysterious person, known as
another man may figure in the case.
Vondette has minated that he was
suspicious that Miss Fosburg was get
ting friendly with this man. Her pa
rents also knew about him and thought
the daughter intended to marry him
| and did not know of her engagement
| to Vondette The envelope in which
the poison was sent was of kind in
general use in Shoreham.