Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13
.FUSTE R MAKES A
GOOU IMPRESSION
Tells in Detail of His Trouble
with PrOuty and Denies
Threats.

| Of Ossie Elmer Proutv OF that place o.,
October i6. was flashed this afternoon
with the exception of one or two unin,-
portant witnesses 20 be called by the
State.
! Foster went on tho stand III his own
defense and made an excellent lmr,res-
sion. He told in great dotall his story
! of the trouble with Prouty and dealcd
.nlphaucally that he had ever threatened
! Prcuty. He told the story OF the
ARRAY as it has been told before with
the exception Of tho actual shooting
| Prouty had grabbed him. ne said, and
then the witness reached for his revolt
yer and showed It TO Prouty whereupon
| Prouty said: Il amt afraid ce ;our
----- revolver" Foster said he took the
revolver from his left front pocAe, and
held it in his left hand. He said no
sao. three tines firing the first shot low
to Tighten Prouty, who was yaaking
him towards the road. The second shot
lac fred under the arm on the oth-r side
ais" for the purpose OF frightening him
| The two shots started the hoiscs. Tos-
| tor said, ana then PrOuty remarked "1'n
! get YOU to the wab," rnsaning tie stne
wall on the opposite side OF the 1tad
then I'll smash your head.
! Foster said he then fred the thit(, thot
intending to hit Prouty in the shoulder.
Frcuty then pjunse1 backward dead
LEFT EYE BATTERED.
Dr. Harry =. Greene testified that he
hkd att endel Foster on previous occa-
si?ns and that he saw him IN the offic.
of Dr. c. Fl. Hunter the night Of the
shooting. The respondents LEFT rye was
badly swollen ana dlscolored being COM
pl"t"iy closed, and the swelling extended
upward on the forehead about two inches
and the same distance out on the cheek.
In the opinion of Or. Greene more than
one blow would have been necessary to
cause the hruisc.
He said that Foster couldn't walk
straight and that his mental condition
was befoSged and his pulse accelerated.
The respondent then stood mp and show
cd the Jury a mark on his right arm
which Dr.. Greene said might have been
made by finger nails. on cross-examin-
alton by Aforementioned Brown. DR.
Greene admitted that he hadn't noticed
the scratch tn" night that he examined
Foster for marks Of injury. In the opin-
ion Of the doctor the knowledge that
Foster had shot and killed neghbor
.'U "'''' "''" '"N'' inc rue he dld
'ui''" i"' MS nervous
condition and his accelerated pulse
- Common WHO also 'Namin-
'''' ''7"' ne was Drought 10
W 'o'i '''o' d.r" inc testimony
anu U'''' oi teS'S Whl'h
Wv '", I'i'"U'". u""eu CONDITION
~ w. H. Ian" sa!d that Foster had
i',"'''o" VI nausea ana headache ana
'""' !" Ms OPINION inc man had received
S''S"l 'on'uSSloh 81 the BRAN. on
'oS7-fNa'hl nation pr. Lane said that
'h' cohcu'sloh was ordinarily severe and
'nat ltS eject would be felt Immediately
"i'eF receiving the blow. The attorney
general then asked the witness it. as
Stunning that Foster went to the barn In
the dark. bridlcd his horse and made the
right ride that he did, the doctor s opinion
in regard to the concusslon ,yould ho
changed and Dr. Lane ronliod thot II
would
n,,,..
i'-Ni''-' 40 IF DN' y Is
)r q. Il. Hunter told OF seeing Foster
in his Office and afterward going to New
fame with him and remaining there over
night He said Foster at first appeared
so much like a drunken man that the
witness inquired if he had been drinking.
lie thought Foster received a slight COM
cussion Of the brain but that it wouldn't
have prevented him doing what b. soid
he had done that night He axnroseaa
the opinion that the hruiso on Iroe+or,
face might have been ooado bv q cst al
though Il ,uiph, bavo hoo, ,,o.l, ,,,
blunt instyunen,
Georpo G N-.rr,, 90 u,u,. ..,
had bean c,,r,o,.a, -. ~,
proutv. sail he bo1 orca ho,,.d p,,,,,,
sa, that b,, wo.,id Inv. E,stor a.. drrtr
tn, deer season If rosfor d,dn,, Inv wv,
out The witness had tnld his IN Eost,,.
Merritt Fisher recalled. govo t.s,;ror,.
in regard to an attemnt on The nay, of
Prouty to huy 4 spring which furnished
Foster with wntnv
Qrl Fisher SAL NJ had heard Prout,.
say 20 Foster 'ha. re would sock il
'Eht I" h.r; also that Foster was
States Attorney Hsrhe-s ctlctadviser and
the states chief witness in ;te deer case
frouty cell Foster naf1es. come Of Which