New-York tribune., 1902-07-04
SAW WOUNDS ON FOSTER.
TESTIMONY IN DIsBRow HEARING CON
TRADICTs CoRONERS STATEMENT.
rzr MOVEMENTS OF THE PRISONER ON
THE DAY OF THE TRAGEDY TOLD
BY A CoMPANIoN.

- ,,..s M wound on Fosters BODY, and that
tbere was one on the face of Miss Lawrence
-bie testimony was the opposite of what had
- understood. and what told to several
.o,or,ers who had talked with Coroner Nugent
- -, outset of the case. The four witnesses
.s.i6ed 10 discredit the coroners state
-. urere exact in detail. and all agreed p1ac-
ttcsuv as TO the wounds. Some saw more than
.bere but the more noticeable wound on Fos-
,or,s head was thing they all agreed upon.
The hearing was resumed before Justice Fos-
,er I'm Union Hall, in the morning The court
rcon1 was filed soon after the doors
onened. The father. mother and widow OF
Clarence Foster were again present. and
cupied seats near the prisoner. Disbrow looked
pale and haggard but he appeared cool and
self-pcssessed.
A BIG ABRASION NOTICED.
The first witness was George D. Aldrich He
said he had assisted in putting Fosters body
into the coffin. and that he abrasion an
inch and a half long over the right eye. The
head he said. black and blue. He told of
wound in the centre of the forehead and
another on the top of the head, neither of which
had never been mentioned before. Aldrich had
examined the body in the presence of the dead
mans father
Walter Kane a ffteen-year-old boy. and
Byram Newton. newspaper reporter, were the
next witnesses, ana testified to the same effect.
District Attorney Smith proceeded TO qualify
Newton expert. The latter said that IN
his eighteen years experience as a newspaper
man he had seen about fifty bodies Of persons
taken from the water. OF these bodies blood
was trickling from the ears of only eight or
ten. in which cases there were apparent IN
juries to the head. and in the forty or more
other cases where no blood flowed there were
no injuries He thought it common thing
for blood 10 oo2e from the mouth and nose OF
drowned persons but his experience had been
that blood ran from the ears IN the case OF
only those bodies bearing injuries in the head.
MILES OBJECTS sTRENUOUsLY.
Mr. Miles. Disbrow's lawyer. strenuously OBJ
'ected 20 the admission of the testimony OF
these three witnesses on the ground that it i'm
pcached the evidence of Coroner Nugent,
witness called by the prosecution. In spite Of
1he objections. however. the testimony Of the
three witnesses was admitted by the court
Justice Foster considering Mr.. Newtons eX-
1erience to have given him qualifications TO
testify.
The same line of testimony continued
when DR. Thomas II. Chattele, local physl-
clan who examined Fosters body the day it was
found. was called. He swore there was a con-
fused wound over the right eye. He said there
was local swelling around the wound
above the eye inflicted before or after death?
Before death. There is never any local swell
ing after death"
Dr. Chattele said he had never known blood
10 trickle from the ears OF drowned person
unless there had been injuries or conclusion
on cross-exa mination DR.. Chattele said he was
a graduate Of the University of Vermont he
was member of the class of SO and was now
a regular practising physician. -
VIII n
apparently amess wandering with Disbrow
on the day of the tragedy was the last witness
Of the day. He said he was seated in Eldridge's
Hotel opposite the station in Good Ground, with
Bert" Hidreth. Disbrow came in and Joined
them. He called for drinks. and there were
several rounds served. The witness in the
course of conversation remarked that he want
Cd TO go to Quogue. Disbrow had said that he
was going that way. and asked Walton TO ac-
company him. and offered to pay the expenses.
Walton had asked where Foster was, and Dis
brow told him he full up in the Square
town woods and asleep" Disbrow had tickets
for Quogue Walton said he and Disbrow went
n Quogue on the 30 train. On reaching that
village they went to Wcke's Hotel. From there
they drove Homer's Hotel, at Eastport They
had more drinks remaining at the hotel per
haps two hours. They then went to Tilie Tut
ties boarding house and had supper Ihey
went to bed soon after eating, ana occupied
q,
MY HEART Is NEARLY BROKEN"
About o'clock in the morning the witness
said he was awakened by Disbrow crawling over
him in the act of getting out Of bed. Disbrow
took several drinks of water. lighted his pipe
and walked about the room. Witness asked
what was the trouble and Disbrow replied
My heart is nearly broken The witness then
continued:
He told me that he and Foster and "Dimples"
Lawrence had been over to the Hampton Pines
Club. All three had gone from there 10 Ter
nells where he and Foster had fight on the
beach and Foster took him by the throat and
being too much for him. threw him down. He
also told me that Foster and ''Dlmples" had
been in the same room together in Ternelis:
Ternen had warned him to keep ''Dimples"
away from the place. 10 take her away. Before
that Disbrow said Foster had called him down
10 bid him goodby, because they (Foster ana
Miss LaWrence) were BolnS away AHeh ne
told about the fight.
Resuming the details of his relations with
Disbrow Walton SAID they had breakfast at the
boarding house, and then started 10 the station.
On the way there Disbrow. he said, told him
that he had been going with 'Dimp" Lawrence
for about year. and that she was his girl ana
also said she good girl. The witness went
on: He told me that Friday while they were
all, the three Of them. down on the peacn.
'Dimp said she loved Clarence and Clarence
said he loved Dimp,' and that they were gong
away together"
DisbroW told the witness he going to
New-York Disbrow bought Walton's ticket
back to Good Ground. Disbrow took a west
bound train and witness one for Good Ground
Walton finished hts direct testimony by saying
that Disbrow told him Foster and Miss Law
renee went out in boat but did not say what
he had done when they did this
When Walton had finished the court ad-
9ourned until Monday. Disbrow was taken back
to Jail Mr. Miles and Mr.. Lynch. his counsel,