The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-19

The crowd about the court house at
Pittsheld before the opening of the sec
ond days session OF the trial today was
even larger than that of yesterday. In
terest In the case. which always mas been
marked, seems even deeper today. hav-
ing been increased no doubt by tho an
nouncement last evening that young
James Fosburg. brother OF the defendant.
had been summoned by the district attor-
ney as a witness against Robert and al
so because of the announcement that ex-
perts who testified in the recent Eastman
trial at Cambridge had been summoned
by the state.
The court room was much cooler today
and all concerned In the trial greatly en-
joyed the change.
DIR. PADDOCK TESTIFIEs.
Doctor Paddock, Pittsheld's medical ex-
aminer. resumed his testimony at the
opening of today's session, Lawyer Joy-
ner conducting the examination. e seems
doubtful IL a more dramatic incident Will
occur throughout the trial than that af-
forded by the conditions under which DR..
Paddock has testified in spite OF physi-
cal infirmity of most painful nature.
Most OF the time both during yesterday
afternoon and today he stood with body
bowed and at intervals distorted by the
pangs OF the heart affection of which he
is a victim. His pale face was drawn and
his colorless eyes frequently closed as
paroxysms passed over him. Neverthe-
less he persistenty refused today as on
yesterday TO accept a chair.
In the cross-examination OF DR. Paddock
a. 49,. l..rw en1n aVav. ont
ly there was little desire TO be severe with
the medical examiner. Ii is thought that
this was due mainly to the mans physi-
cal condition.
Great interest now centres in the testi-
mony TO be given Or. w. W. Schofield
from Pittsfield, who was the first per-
son to enter the Fosburg house after the
tragedy.
The nature of DR.. Schoheld's evidence
has never been made public.
DID NOT SEE BURGLARS.
The court opened this morning at s15
and the examination OF DIR. Paddock un-
der direction of Lawyer Crosby was .e-
sumed.
The doctor described I'm mors detail
than yesterday the manner in which the
members OF the Fosburg family were
dressed TO show that they were all fully
clad.
Young James Fosburg he said. met
him down stairs and later came 10 the
upper room. DR.. Paddock asked him If he
had seen anything OF the burglars, James
said that he had not.
DR. Paddock said IL was very dark In
the house and around IL when he reached
there. 1t was so dark, he said, that he
was unable to recognize man with a
lantern who was two feet away from
him
DR. Paddock said that he asked Beatrice
Fosburg IL she saw any burglars and she
said that she had not She told him that
she was standing behind May when the
shot was fred and that she Immediately
went TO the farther end of the room TO
turn on the electric light. She said that
she saw no one, save the members OF the
family.
The cross-examination OF Dir. Paddock
was taken up at this point.
IL was devoted mainly TO questions con-
cerning the resistance offered by tissues
of a human body TO n revolver bullet
DR.. Paddock likened the heart and lungs
TO a bag OF feathers which he said would
stop "a bullet as effectively as aplank.
In redirect examins ton. Dr. Paddock told
Of the Injuries alleged TO have been sus-
tanned by the Fosburgs, father and son,
at the hands OF burglars. He said that
Mr. Fosburg the elder. was injured on
the knee. had a rib cracked and was much
dishgured about the head, saying that N
was caused by sandbag. The rounger
man had bad confusion on the neck.
also caused by sandbag
THE COURSE or THE LAW.
The doctor then told OF bis second visit
10 the Fosburg house at $40 o'clock In
the forenoon. and said that the family
were al breakfast. The doctor announced
that he had come 10 hold an autopsy.
Robert s. Fosburr. the defendant arose
from the breakfast table and objected
10 this proceeding. His father interrupt