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Fosburghs and couldn't have jumped
from the windows indicated by that fam
ily, all OF which may prove very inter
esting and may amuse the cops: but none
OF Ia ,will go In the trial Exparte ex-
periments. like exparte testimony before
a grand jury, are open to grave suspicion
as 10 their integrity.
Above all these experiments and the en-
tire theory OF the government is the fol-
lowing array OF facts:
SOME STUBBORN FACTS.
First-rhe statement OF the elder Mr..
and Mrs. Fosburgh, OF the accused Fos-
burgh and OF his sister Beatrice, that
each OF them saw three burglars In the
house that night.
Second 1.-The statement OF all four OF
these persons that. presumably with the
revolver owned by the younger Fos-
burgh. and taken from his bureau
drawer, one OF the burglars shot May.
Third-The statement OF Bertha Shell
don. that within minute after the shoot
Ing she was informed by little Beatrice
that May had been shot by burglars.
Fourth-The statement of Mr.. Harry
Plumb, who lives directly across the
street from the Fosburghs. that he and
his wife heard shots at about 30 o'clock
that morning, and that within FIVE min
utes of that time he entered the FOs-
bureh house. As he was entering he saw
Robert 3. Fosburgh the accused, at the
upper windows.
Fifth-The corroborative statements OF
Mr.. Shcpardson and MIR. Lund. neigh
bors. who responded Immediately after
Mr.. Plumb, and who corrobCrate an show
ing that II was extremely improbable.
II not actually impossible, that the Fos-
burghs between the time OF the shooting
and the time Of their arrival could have
concocted the story OF the shooting ana
corroborste IL with so many details.
Sixth--The unanimous declaration of
the members OF the family that there was
no domestic friction of any kind that
night and the corroboretlon of Miss Ber-
tina sheldon that she heard no quarrel or
any kind, but. on the contrary. observed
a most cordial feeling OF the members Of
the family toward each other.
ANOTHER MASKED BURGLARY.
Here is a significant fact, however. al
though IL may have no connection with
this case: On the night of Aug. 49, the
night before May Fosburgh was shot,
two masked burglars entered the house
OF a man named Allen. In Longmeadow,
a town between Pittsiield and Springfield.
-and at the point Of revolver terrorized
AFR. Allen and other members. and COM
jewelry. There was "a remarkable SINH
larity between the methods OF this gang
and the methods OF the gang described
by the Fosburghs. No trace OF the Long
meadow mlscreants has ever been. OBJ
tsined, and while there is no positive
evidence of the fact. IL is not impossi-
BILE that they may have come 10 Pitts
field, and In the Fosburgh house have
attempted 10 repeat their Longmeadow
operation.
MRS. FOSBURGH IN TAUNTON.
Taunton, Mass. Feb. AIRS. Robert L.
Fosburgh OF Pittsiied and Judge Seneca
Taylor came here today i'm search OF fur
ther evidence 10 connect the wire gang
so-callec. with the alleged murder OF May
Fosburgh. her daughter. in that city last
August.
They had lengthy interview with State
Detective Alfred B. Hodges and later
visited the jail.
Here they interviewed the members OF
the gang. Neither would state the result
Of that interview, although Mr.. Taylor
said that the visit had not been dlsap-
pointment to him.
The grand jury Is I'm session today, and
will consider the charges now pending
against the wire gang I'm connection
with their depredations in this vicinity.