The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-07
LOCAL DOCTORS ON
WITNESS STAND IN
TRIAL OF FOSTER

doctor ae knowledge that Foster had
shot aud killed neighbor and had af-
terward taken the ride he did might
have accounted for his nervous condi-
tion and his accelerated pulse
Dr. Il. IL. O 'Connor, who also exam
ned Foster the night he was brought
to Brattleboro. corroborated the testi-
mony OF DIR. Greene and told Of tests
which showed the respondents s dazed
condition.
DR. ". H. Lane said that Foster had /
complained of nausea and headache
and that in his opinion the man had
received Il slight concussion OF the 4
brain. On cross examination DIR. Lane /
said the concussion was ordinarily Sc /
we're and that its effect would be felt /
Immediately after receiving the blow
The attorney general then asked the I
witness it. assuming that Foster went
to the barn in the dark. bridled his /
horse and make the ride that ne did, I
/ the doctor 5 opinion in regard to the
conclusion would be changed and Dr. /
Lane replied that it would.
1 DIR. q. b. Hunter told of seeing Eos
tier in his Office and afterward going to
| \eWfanc with him and remaining over
might. He sand Foster at first appeared
so much like q drunken man that the
witness inquired if he had been drink
ing. He thought Foster received a
slight conclusion of the brain but that
it Wouldn t have prevented him doing
what he said lie did. In the opinion Of
Or. Hunter. there was nothing about
the brusc OH Foster : eye TO Indicate
that it might net have been made ny
blow Of a fist although il might have
been made by Il blunt instrument.
(tpoTYa N9Frqu af NorEbnrp rbo
had been employed by both Foster and
ProutT, said he had once heard Proutv
say that he weuld lay Foster out dur
ing the deer season if Foster didn I
lay him out. The witness had told this
10 Foster.
Merritt Fisher. recalled, gave testi-
mony in regayd 70 an attempt on the
part of Prouty 70 buy a spring which
furnished Foster with water.
Ora Fisher said he had heard Prou-
ty say to Foster that hc would sock
it right to him; = also that Foster was
State Attorney Barber 5 chief adj
wiser and the state : chief witness in
the deer case.
Arthur Phelps of Guilfori had heard
Prooty call Foster names, some oil
e which We're repeated to the Jury
Deputy sheriff f. l.. Welman ex-
! hibited d hoe which he had found in
J Prouty 5 wagon and testified that none
= of the wagon stakes were loose
2 stephen Merifeld Lester Hill and
Mrs. RoNauna Hin were put on the
G stand but their testimony was cxclud-
t ed
+ Mrs. Mabel Cumming was again re-
: called ana asked by MIR. Gibson about
4 statements she had given on previous
: occasions when She said that She had
Il heard Foster say that he was going tc
). let the law deal with Prouty and that
J he (Foster) WASH t looking for a fight
4 DIR. G. r. Anderson recalled bv the
e state, was asked to read a statement
y which Mrs Cumming had made to hin
e the night Of the shooting The state
= ment itself was excluded but hy ques
tIons the attorney general elected tn,
information that Mrs. Cumming had tol,
- the doctor that Foster was furious az
IS. ter Prouty went bv the first time an,
hat he was awaiting Prouty 5 return
} aud went out when he heard the wagoi
- approaching Mrs. Cumming also tol,
2 the doctor that Foster always wen
j. armed.
The defense certainly made hast
slowly during its opening yesterday al
s, ternoon. There were frequent delay
s. about calling witnesses, numerous cor
VI. ferences between counsel and repeate
: appearances before the presiding iudg
- to argue questions pertaining to tn
t e ladmissihility of evidence. At the clos
u of the afternoon the defense had exam
- ined Is witnesses whose testimony PEI
re tanned in large part to Prouty's repI
/ tatlon among his ncighbors.
- When court convened at l.30 aftC
. the noon recess the state put on tn
ec- stand Mrs. Edith Farr Allen of Bra
81. tlebOro. who identified testimony 81
an had taken at the inquest. Then IL
prosecution rested, reserving the rigl
If to call DR.. G. r. Anderson later.
no The first witness put on bv the d
ne, fensc was Col, kittrcdge Haskins, WI
nj was asked to identify q paper give
- ~ him by Foster in May or June, 19l
~ The contents Of the paper were II
- made public.
ng Fred Carpenter, who had testifi,
ng for the state was then recalled al
tie. asked about certain remark he h;
or heard Proutv make with regard
7tf Foster. The witness said he had hea
Prouty say that Foster was the state
all attorneys chief advisor and he W
ast, going to tsock it right to him
Ime There was no cross-examination
For John f. Gale of Guilford testif
ton. in regard to photographs and measul
l-tf ments he had taken at the Foster pla
ade @ @Iho ~ - ~ e. o'o''e' !" =,
ck- 10y "9io ~ ~, y -. - uoo - :
~ bear bullet marks.
az az Deputy Sheriff F. I. Welman
81 o.. Guilford testified that he and Depu
Sheriff Mcdonald went to the scene
= the shooting the night it happen
reaching there ahead of counsel
the respondent. On cross-examinati
lson he admitted that Messrs Gibson a
Or Daley had arrived at the Foster hol
for ahead of him but said that Depl
less. Sheriff Mcdonald. who had gone ahe
,nts. when Wellman stopped at the Pro,