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lights in the house at 2:30 on the morning.
Dr. Paddock announced that he did not
know. OF his own knowledge. what kind
of "A revolver had done the shooting He
was asked IL he knew from his own ex
perience that bullet fired from a point
eight Inches or a foot away would go
through A body and be found I'm such
position as the bullet was found In May
Fosburgs body.
The defence objected to this question
and the court called upon DIR. Paddock 10
state his experience i'm such matters. Or.
Paddock said that his experience covered
a period OF 81 years. during twenty OF
which he had been medical examiner,
and many of the cases In which he was
called officially, involved pistol wounds:
The Judge oyerrued the objection and
ton by saying that from his experience
he thought a bullet fired as suggested
would do exactly as the one In this case.
DR. Paddock was cross-examined at this
point concerning the effects OF bullets
upon the human system.
IDENTIFYING REVOLVER.
The means by which the prosecution in
tends TO establish the identity of the re-
volver with which Miss Fosburg was
killed became apparent by the testimony
OF Frank r.. Pierson.
Mr.. Pierson has been in the hardware
business I'm Pittsneld for Is years. He
testified that in June 1900. Robert Fos-
burg. the defendant. wanted 10 buy re-
volver and at his request Mr.. Pierson or
dered blue Harrington 81 calibre, cen-
tire fire hammerles one
When this came. however, Mr.. Fos-
burg decided TO take "A nickel one OF ex-
actly the same make and size as the
blue one. The blue revolver was shown I'm
the court and cartridges ordered by the
defendant at the time he bought the pis-
tol also were produced
n H..
not gift to Mr.. Fosburg. but that IL
was sold to him.
Allen IL. Bagg. clerk employed by Mr..
Pierson, stated that he delivered 10 Rob-
ert Fosburg the nickel plated revolver
There was n rustic I'm the court room
when Chief OF Police John Nicholson was
called as the next witness. lie is the one
VINO has worked up the case for the pros
ecution and he IS expected to tell an inn
portant story.
POLICE CHIEF A WITNESS
He was called this forenoon. however
merely TO state that tests had been made
with the blue revolver in .as presence. He
identified the revolver and also cartridges
which he said were given him by the de-
fcndant who stated that he found them
I'm the kitchen bedroom Of the Fosburg
house.
on cross-examnatlon Mr. Nicholson
said that he had made no tests himself
and that he could not tell where Mr..
Fosburg had obtained the cartridges. The
district attorney said that the court will
understand that this was not all the
evidence that Mr.. Nicholson would pre-
sent I'm this case
After evidence by VIM. II. Rose of. Cam
bridgeport, a salesman for a Boston fire
arms company, had been introduced 90
show that the fatal bullet was a Smith
& Wesson 32-cahhrc a recess was taken
and an opportunity was given Tor look
az the Fosburg group
The members of tho family sat very
close together. Mrs Fosburg. tho de-
fendants mother being dressed In
black with "A heavy veil. the two sisters
OF Robert wore white. with bands OF
black az the neck and on other parts OF
their garments The young women often
smiled during the forenoon proceedings.
but there was little care and anxiety
on each face
While apparently trying 10 act cheer
fully the defendant showed the strain
Of hts experiences Mrs FosburE. ne
wife or tho defendant was with the other
members of the family today Mrs. Fos-
hurc's father and mother. Mr.. and Mrs.
W. u Si1anc occupying seats farther
away from the centre az the court room
thsuosf,s n,hcrs
when tho recess was declared Mrs.
Sloane made her way through the crowd
10 me biHce where tho defendant her SON
ln-iaw SAT on rrachire him she raised
nef nps sHd audible kiss was exchanged.
FoshJrgs also Kissed tho other female
members Of The family At tho close of
the recess judge Stevens announced that
the court Rould adjourn from 4 o'clock
this afternoon uii MONDAY morning.
a DETECTIVE TEsTlFIEs
After the recess D. y Connor Pinker-
ton detective testified that he worked two