The sun., 1901-07-25

cuuIu distinguish mans features IL
or Is feet away on the night of the
shooting. He thought it was after mid.
night, and it might have been after
or 2 o'clock.
Robert l.. Fosburg, the father of the
defendant, was then called to the
stand. He is short, stout man and
appeared to be uneasy while testifying.
He answered slowly and deliberately
and in low tene Of voice, waiting to
think a long while before answering
each question. He said in opening that
he had been contractor for 10 years.
The Fathers Evidence.
He said he had 30 men on the pay
roll sometimes paying them every tive
weeks, on Tuesdays, at the office OF
his works. They were principally ltal
ians from New York, but there Were
three or four other natlonalities repre-
sented. The Italians We're shovelers
Mr.. Fosburg described the day previ
GUS to the tragedy. Mrs. r. l.. Eos
burg mad returned Saturday from st
Louis, where she had been for six
weeks on account of the illness of hef
father. He spoke of Miss Sheldon as
on a visit to his house, having been
there for two or three weeks.
Mr.. Fosburg proceeded TO relate the
happenings of Sunday, telling how
they went to church, how they had
luncheon. how they sat upon the porch
! in the afternoon reading. During the
afternoon he took a short rest. At D
! o'clock the defendant and his wife
went for drive, taking Mrs. Robert
! l., Fosburg to the works, returning
about Z o'clock. After supper they all
sat upon the porch until dark, and then
they passed into the parlor.
Mr.. Fosburg then began to tell of the
shooting. He said he was awakened
by his wife that he asked her what
the trouble was. He was at that time
living upon his right side, but he turned
to his left and saw what appeared to
be light moving in the hallway He
knew that something was wrong. lie
raised himself upon his left elbow and
| saw two men walking into the room
toward his bed, one of them holding q
revolver in his left hand and pointing
II toward the face of the witness.
Mr.. Fosburg sprang up, shouting, ane
got Ills feet upon the floor. The re
volyer was within ten inches Of ms
face. He struck the man on the muscle
of the arm and knocked the revolver
out of his grasp.
Was struck by n sandbag.
Then he himself was struck with
sandbag and lie recalled nothing fur
tier till he got up and went 10 TIN
kitchen bedroom, where he saw SOM
one standing by the bedroom lookin:
out. The next thing he remember
lie heard Beatrice cry: "Oh, mamma
look at May! She is hurt" He thei
went back and saw his daughter or III
floor. her mother by her side and Jane
leaning over her head.
Robert. The defendant. came into th
room and fell down. Beatrice brough
some water, and the witness threw
into his sons face. II seemed TO reviv
him. The witness then ran to the fron
window and cied Police! Murder
: Help! We want help!" Mrs. Plum
came to the window of her house to il
uuire if anything was wrong. lie tol
her that burglars had been in the hous
and had shot May. He then ran bac
! to Mrs. FoSbulg and to where Ma
was living. He thought that he went
!, the window second time and then [
the first floor, wh6'e lie saw Lund an
Shepardson coming. Then lie went u
= stairs. James put on his collar and I'll
He did not know that he was hurt NJ
til attention MAS called to his left cY
!. which was entirely closed, and the sic
ie Of his face, which was black. lie ii
v not say anything to the family abol
his wounds. lie thought his rib ";
'S broken and his knees hurt. lie put I
II the same coat that he was now wea
N ing on the witness stand. Beatri
" found a hat in his room.
1d Witness was shown n hat and Il |
volvrr. He was asked If he saw 4
h hat in evidence the night Of the Shot
~ ng. He was asked If he ever SAW t
rs hat Beatricc found before on the mig
e. Of the shooting. He answered !
ld IIr gave the same answer 10 the qn'
III ti6m ;lS to whether he SAW the reNolN
ne He said that after he dressed he VIZ
down stairs with His Wife. Later
ai went up stairs with Dr. Schotield Il
Nv Dr Paddock. and lie saw the lat
IN turn the sheet down from Miss Mn
body He also saw linn stroke I
IN girls forehead. The witness put
OF right arm under her neck, aud the 0
'it- tis tuoIl hold of her.
fa The first tlat the witness saw nf
IS ticrrS Flynn and White was in
nj Kitchen bedroom. Flynn Ind disc
me cred tie shoe, and he asked with
rc. ant tile defendant if il belonged
arc anybody in the house. The shoe y
at handed TO Mr.. foShurg He said t
ng he thought it WAS the same shoe,
,ur crescent plate being the means of id
ntS tiiicItion. lie never had seen TIL" i
,ad before the night Of the shooting
knew that the firm whose name ,
rch on thr Shoe had several places Of b
trs, ness. He said that he had hon
lin SlncS Of Hannn Il Son III st. l.,
the ANA Bulfalo. but never i'll New Y
der city.
ed, ON the subject Of what had been d
10 detect the burglars, MI. tuSb
ew spoke Of employing four detectives.
on offered d reward of 81 800 for the
be resi- Of the men, aud that offer
had holds lie remembered that the
hoe also ullcred reward.
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