Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-18
FOSBURGH JURY
Only Took Thirty Minutes to
 Name the Twelve Men.
THREE PERSONS CHALLENGED

The Court Room Was Packed to the
 Doors When Court Opened Eos
 burgh was Accompanied to the Court
 by all the Members of His Family
 and His Wife's Family Judge Stew
 els' Opening Address to the Court
 and the Reporters.
 Pittsfeld, Mass, July 18.-The trial of Robert Stuart Fosburgh, charged with killing his own sister, May Ls Fosburgh, last August, which is the els max of case presenting some of the most unique features of any known in Massachusetts in many years began here today with the usual legal formal- ities.
 Few trials in New England have at- tracted such great interest as this. The fact that the defendant is charged with manslaughter and not with the gravcr crime of murder, seems to have been lost sight of by the multitude whose attention for months has been fixed on the tragedy because of the mystery surrounding it, because the state offs cers from the first apparently have dis believed the story which the family told of the killing of Miss Fosburgh and since last January, because of the arrest of the brother, charged with the crime which nearly everybody seemed to have attributed to an unknown bur- glar.
 This arrest which caused a wave of excitement all over New England, at least, brought into bold contrast the conflicting evidence in the case.
 The members of the Fosburgh fanl- fly even down to the young daughter Beatrice, IA years old, who has per- sisted that she saw the burglar, had agreed in the story that robbers who entered the house and attacked Mr Fosburgh, in attempting to shoot Rob- ert, who came to his fathers rescue, killed May.
 Ihe state officials met this with tha declaration that the affair was the re- suit of sudden and terrific family quarrel n which young Fosburgh, us- ing his own revolver shot his sister, although intending the bullet for some enc else.
 Although detective skill assisted by the influence of rewards offered both by the city and by the Fosburgh fam fly had failed to bring to light cute to the burglars accused of killing Miss F'osburgh, upon the arrest of Robert the quest was renewed. At one time there was prospect of happy result for the family A gang of four men was caught in Rhode Island after the alleged wholesale theft of copper wire in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. One of the men confessed that all were near I1ttsfeld at the time Miss Tos- burg was killed. One of the thieves, named Quinn, escaped arrest with the others in Rhode Island After many interviews with the four prisoners, the members of the Fosburgh family be- came convinced that Quinn was the one wnC shot the young woman.
 On the other hand the prosecution claimed that they had run down every movement of the gang and had proved that none of them could have been con- necred with the Fosburgh crime.
 \ jury in the Fosburgh trial was se- cured within thirty minutes from tue time the first name of the panel was called. The names of these men fol- low: Norman H. Sweet, Williams town, farmer; Egbert Yale, Stock bridge, carpenter; Michael Neyin, IT, Washington, farmer; Wallace, Wil- liamstown. carpenter; Charles Wolfe, Stockbridge, blacksmith; Joseph Ram-- sey laborer; John R. Hilliard, North Adams, iceman; Charles B. Platt, Great Burlington, merchant; Edwin F. Barnes, West Stockbridge miller; Ed- win L. Boardman, Sheffield, farmers Jotn J. Paly, Adams, tailor; Railston F. Little, Sheffield, farmer; Edwin Fx Barnes was appointed foreman.
 The crowd that clamored for admis- sion to the court room became so large that the doors were locked. Fos- burgh was accompanied to the court by nearly all the members of his fam- fly and many friends. including his mother. When court opened he was or- dered to stand up and listen to the in- dictment. The defense challenged one juror and the state challenged two. Judge Stevens delivered then an ad- dress to the representatives of the press. Attorney Hammond opened the case for the state, and what promises to be sensational trial is now under way