Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-24

! evidence was introduced to show that the
| bureau was pulled away from the wall
Going to the cellar, he found the electric
| light turned on at the switch near the
| dining room window. He found imprints
| iour 1eet from the balcony and foot prints
In the dirt on the left side of the road
The witness described the search that Re
| made with the state officers, telling OF the
| dust on the cellar window that had been
| disturbed, of the broken mortar and of the
| screen under the window, Mr.. Luud said
! that he saw the defendants pistol at the
office on pay day. He never saw the elder
| Mr Fosburgh with a pistol He was shown
| the shoe which had been found around the
fosburgh house. and he said he never saw
| wearing it. or one like it. He considered
| the men IN the employ of Mr. Fosburgh
| dangerous because he understood some of
| them carried weapons.
Testimony of the Father.
| Robert l.. Fosburgh. the rather of the
| defendant, was then called He began by
| describing the movements of his family
| from the time they came to Pittsfeld until
the day Of the shooting. The defendant
| ana MS wife came to live with the wit
| ness ABOUT July 1. He said he employed
ABOUT 40 men In his business as a con-
tractor. They were mostly Italians and
- oiii ANtW IOTh MI. FOSDurph de-
scribed the day previous to the tragedy
MIS- h l.. Fosburgh had returned Sat-
| urday from ST. Louis, where she had been
10. ,or SIX weeks on account OF the illness of
her 1ather. He spoke OF Miss Sheldon as
on a visit to his house having been there
Tor two or three weeks
| Mr.. Fosburgh proceeded to relate the
happenings of Sunday, telling how they
| went to church, how they had luncheon
and how they sat upon the porch i'm the
AFTERNOON reading. During the afternoon
ne took short rest. At O'Clock the
deiendant and his wife went for a drive
taxing Mrs. Robert l.. Foshurgh to the
works, returning about o'clock After
supper they all sat upon the porch until
dark and then passed into the parlor
Encounter With Unknown Men.
Durlhg the recital of this testimony Mr..
Fosburgh trembled and there were tears
In his eyes Continuing he said that on
the first night of Mrs R. l.. Fosburgh's
return she first slept in the vacant room
The witness slept in his own room He
detected an odor from the sink. so that
he did not sleep there the next night.
MI Fosburgh then began to tell of the
| shooting. He said he was awakened by
ms wife; that he asked her what the trou-
PIE was. He was at that time lying upon
mis- right side, but he turned to his left
ana saw what appeared to be a light moy-
ing IN the hallway. He raised himself
walking into the room toward his bed. one
OF them holding revolver in his left hand
and pointing 1t toward the face of the wit
ness.
Mr.. Fosburgh sprang up, shouting and
got his feet upon the floor. He struck the
man on the muscle of the arm and knocked
the revolver out of his grasp. Then he
himself, was struck with a sand bag and
he recalls nothing further till he got up
and went to the kitchen bed room, where
ne saw some one standing by the bed room
looking out. The next thing he remembers
look at May, she is hurt" He then went
back and saw his daughter on the floor
her mother by the side and James leaning
over her head. Robert, the defendant
came into the room and fell down.
Called for Help.
Beatrice brought some water and the
witness threw 1t into his sons face. The
witness then ran to the front window and
cried: Police! Murder Help! We want
heip!" Mrs. Plumb came to the window
of her house to inquire If anything was
wrong. He told her that burglars had
been in the house and had shot May. He
then ran back to Mrs Fosburgh and to
where May was lying. He thought that he
then to the first floor, where he saw Lund
and Shepardson coming. Then he went
upstairs. He did not know that he was
hurt until attention was called to his left
side of his face, which was black. He did
not say anything to the family about his
wounds.
To Identify the Revolver.
He put on the same coat that he was
now wearing on the witness stand. Bea-
trice found a hat in his room. Witness
was shown a hat, but he did not think it
the same Beatrice had bought. He
was shown a revolver, but he could not
identify it. He was asked IL he ever saw
the hat found on the night of the shoot
ing He answered no. He said that
after he dressed he went down stairs with
his wife. The first that the witness saw of
Officers Flynn and White was in the kitch-
en- bed room. Flynn had discovered the
shoe, and he asked witness and he de-
fendant If 1t belonged to anybody in the
house. The shoe was handed to Mr.. Fos-
burgh. He said that he thought it was
the same Shoe He never had seen the
shoe before the night of the shooting.
He continued by saying that the third
time he saw the shoe it was wet the
bottom and very muddy. Asked If he had
been in New York city July 5, 1900. Mr.
Pittsfeld. He said THE family left the
house practically at the same time when
they left with the funeral for the cemetery.
Mrs, Fosburgh and the others never went
back. Esther, who was not subjected to
such terrible ordeal as the rest, went
back and got some of her things. Subse-
Quently the family went to the hotel, where
they have remained ever since.
On the subject of what has been done to
detect the burglars Mr.. Fosburgh spoke of
employing four detectives. He offered a
reward of 81 500 for the arrest of the men,
and that offer still holds. He remembered
that the city also offered a reward
do you know of an offer of a reward
through Police Chief Nicholson"
Yes; he was authorized to print clrcu-
lars, etc"
At this point the court took a recess.