The evening world. Newspaper, July 24, 1901, Page 1

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(i i } EDITION “ Circulation Books Open to AN” | PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, WEDN 24, 1901. SDAY, JULY. [ “ Circulation Books Open to All.’”’ ] FOSBURGS WEEP ON THE STAND. Robert I. Fosburg, the father, and Beatrice, the sis- ter, of Robert Fosburg, accus- eed of murder at Pittsfield, Mass., testified for the defense to-day, and wept while on the stand. At times nearly every woman in court sobbed, so dra- matic, so intensely pathetic, were the recitals. Mr. Fosburg was so moved at one period that the tears coursed down his cheeks. His voice waa low but delib- erate, and it was evident that he was under a great nervous strain. At one point speech almost left, him and his face was painfully flushed. When he told of Miss May singing a few hours before the murder he faltered and tears filled his The rest of the family who listened were also deeply affected, fally declared. The greatest surprise of the trial was when he declared the hat, which the State says was Father and Sister of the Man Accused of Mur- der Testify in His De- fense and Sobs Fill the Court Room. found. in the honse, was not the same. This is the story as told: ROBERT L. FOSBURG, said. Lam a building contractor for the past fifteen years, my son being also with me. My daughter May was in age between Robert ara June, She was about twen- ty-four years ald I came to Pittsfield in the early Part ut June to bulld the new works of the Stanley Electric Company. 1 ald not bring my family here for five or six months in Buffalo. My impression ix that my son and his wife were here before my family came. 1 went to Ive in the houre where the tragedy occurred about June 23. Together tn One House. When I fived in thix house my son and his wife were lying on Tyler street with a Mrs. Robes. July L my son and his wife moved ove! to the house where my family was, | We had one domestic in the houne but In the daytime only, She went home fat night. Mrs. Fosburg and the girls did part of the housework. We had 16 to 175 men work on the Before I came here I lived | Somewhere about | |Stantey Butlding, We pald every fort- tight at the ¢ on the premises, | ‘The laborers were Irish, Canadians, | French and [tallans, The Itallans came | from New Ham) The carponters and mason hroe natlonalitles— English, merican—such men Jas would come from thie clty and sur- rounding towns, ‘ Memory Cle T remember the day before the tragedy. Esther at that time was visiting In Adams. Sie had been away put ten days. Mra, Foxburg, my. had been at St. Louls viniting her father and mother, as she wax sum: moned by a telegram announcing the serious ilinera of her fathor. She re- turned a day or two before the tragedy. Im Hie Sworn Testimony at the | time a ’ Celebrated Trial of Wis Son. aN eran vueet snk une, house = aiten he ede ail aueldennnots ios dencemm EnaY: Tam the father of the defendant, he (eet oe ax years, Misa Shel- don had been there two or three weeks when the tragedy occurred. On Sunday, Aug. 19, I remembered meeting May and James, and Miss Bhel- don went to Bouth Church and Miss Fosburg and Béatfice and myself went to the First Chureh. Our eldest son and his wife did not go to church. Hie | wife had been il and they went driving, Just Be! ~ Tragedy. re | We had dinner at 19 P.M. and all of the members of the family were present, [sat out on the porch reading part of and 1 was ying down in the hi tof the tim About 5 o * my son and his wife went driving, | remember that. some Jone suggested thats an It Was Inble to be chilly After they went away y I myself took a walk around Works. members of the family were Jpresent at supper. After supper we fwaton the plazza until It became dark. |} Then we went In, and Miss Fosburg, my eldest daughter, and James read Aloud for perk vo hours. I should (Continued on Second Page.) ~ SCANNELL ASKS FOR TRANSFER, Wants the Indictments Against Him to Go to Supreme Court. District-Attorney Philbin appeared he- fore Justice McAdam in the Supreme Covrt to-day to oppose a motion made by the attorneys for Fire Commissioner John J. Scannell and William M. Marks for the removal from the Court of Gen- eral Sessions to the Supreme Court of the indictments {ound against them by the Grand Jury, Lawyer Emanuel Myers in asking for the transfer of the casea said that Com- missioner Scannell was charged with entering Into an agreement with Marks whereby Marks wae to solicit, divers concerns who dealt in Fire Department supplies, anil to purchase from them the suppllcs required hy the department. ‘These concerns were to be represented by Marks, who was to charge them an unlawful commission, They were to be favored by the Fire Commissioner at the expense of the city of New York to * the benefit of Marks and Scannell. The indictment, counsel sald, went fur- ther and charged that Marks demanded therercentage of these {ileal commis- sions. It wan) not merely phased that tain a commiss.on, but iy Marks Ol went to Commissioner Scan- Rell tee McAdam took the papers in the case and reserved his decision. ——_ DIED IN BROKER’S OFFICE. Clerk for W. B. Sank & Co, Victim of Heart Dine: Henry B. Adams, sixty-five yearszold, dled suddenly in the office of W. B. Smith & Co., brokers, at ‘No. 71 Broad- ways this ‘afternoon. Heart diseaee was of death, waa u correspondence clerk for ch Adams k market had Ju was reading the Inst quo- the staggered and fell to tore were neveral customers at the time and they all in assistance, but he dled In fe few minutes without having regained comtame lived at the Park Avenue Ho- shoe! and Adin: tations Ww MERCHANTS SAY “L” IS DANGEROUS, At Evening World’s Suggestion Health Board Investigates Ninth Avenue Structure Where Accident Occurred. . Acting on the suggestion of The Evening World, the Health Depart- ment has begun an investigation into the condition of the Ninth Avenue “L" structure in the vicinity of the Franklin street station, near which an accident occurred this morning that came r-ar resulting seriously. The police and merchants in that neighborhood assert that the “L” structure Is unsafe; that it sways up and down and from side to side In an alarming manner every time a train passes, and that this was the “use of the breaking of the engine axle in to-day’s accident. Policeman Carmody, of the Leonard street station, who was on duty at the spot, anid: Chis whole structure will come down some day. It sways Up and down ant sideways awfully, and I always get out fcom under !t while a train is pasaing. I'm afraid to stand under tt," The*merchants along that block ex- pect a ccldent at any hour. | Eo a “Our Baa roof Is attached to the | books dropped by. frig! INSURGENTS SURRENDER. Nearly Six Hundred Take the Oath. of Allegiance: MANILA, July 24.—Col, Zurbano, with 30 oMcers, 518 men, 243 rifles and 100 polos, have surrendered to Lieut. Hick- man, of the First Cavalry, In Tayabas Province. Theso. former insurgents have taken the oath of allegiance to the United Btates, and tholr surren ara that district of the revolutionary element. “Fence!” In Puntshed. MANILA, July 24.+A civilian named Finnick has been sentenced to one year" mlasary Department. RES ‘L’ structure,” sald a representative merchant. “Every time « train goes Prat the 'L' frame sags and rebounds so bailly that you can see our roof rie and fall a fot or more. 4 | “The > a bad iectdent some day The structure by along here |e unsafe,” When these facts were reported to the Board of Realth by The Evening World an Inspector was immediately ‘lespatched to the sc with rs to make a thorough investigation and report back within twenty-(our hours as to the con- dition of the structure at that point, A broken axle on Engine No. 138 of the Ninth avenue elevate . caused a panic in the four cars att which | Were south bound early to-day, The in thelr {right Jumped to the cke, acramuled over the tea and [dropped their bundies and pocketbooks jinto the street In their haste to escape. The accident occurred at 9 0° at t, one block above the mn | A hurry call to the Taeonard trent station brought a squad of police to the scene. They say they pleked up in the ‘street forty, watches and a dozen pocket iened women |. | | TENDERLOIN MEN GO FREE. Corey, {Taken Raided ree j In Special Sessions to-day the Jus: tices discharged Demetrour Ruckapolts, | proprietor of the Alhambra; |Corey, of the Haymarket; Adolph Ruhl, [of the Virginia, and Caspar Iba, of th | Empire. The men were arrested on [complaint of the Committee of Fifteen on the charge of conducting disorderly renorts The prosecution had asked for many delays, and to-day requested « further postponement. This the Justices ve- ‘used to grant aod) the canes went to trial. There was le evidence aguinst the defendants and they w charged. ied Edward | | New Yorks Pound Out Fou | GIANTS AND CHAMPIONS IN A SLUGGING MATCH, *0D0-— r Runs Let Brooklyn Score Seven in e, 1) Philadelphia. 2 hits AUP MoCoun ». Prima SEVENTH NATIONAL IN JURY’S HANDS. Ex-President K.mball, of the Bank, Testifies Before Federal Bcdy. The Federal Grand Jury to: wrecked Se aldered N the « enth tiona Raynor was before that body thin af- ternoon Uniteg States District-Attorney Henry Ip aselstant, Capt, Ball, 1. Burnett an were tn time witner: As far un could be nor and ex-Pi two Important witnesnes of the session, | Raynor left a Pemnsylvan eC of the i Bank, Bank E: ane nd Jury room all tie 3 were being examine learned, Mr Ra resident Kimball were the | t 210 2. mited to S M., and was @ run dally in 28 hours, Ne eatre!Scuth Africa amine) another witness ut 3 G’elock Kimba ation of th Jury, and Gen. Burnett 14 on considered ——lare aceking py tol- | has trustworthy that the Br fv] A wharp rine in British console mining shares follo publication of the reports. ne Seakiag & Migh Balj). and Then Fumble and First Two Innings. ___|SHOT BY THIEF IN | FASHIONABLE HOME. Mr. Cohen, Of No. 224 Central Park West, Grabbed Burglar, but Was Wou ‘A daring burglar climbed up the front of the fashlonable apartment-houre, No. 24 Central Park West, at 4 o'clock this morning, emered partment of a tenant named Cohen and ran: the Fishel sacked the room in which Cohen was asleep, Sohen awoke ond shouted. ‘The thle! made a dash for the window. Cohen atarted to get out of bed, put low turned, In hand, and sent “s left shoulder, eet and Tan across Central Park West Just as a troiley car was going eouth, The motorman and conductor heard Cohen's shouts and saw the thief dash ! tof the car with a smoking revolver tn nis hand The motorman and conductor had re- volvers, as did two passengers in the cur, One er Jolned the motorman je front tforn yther the r platform blazing away » conductor on the All four oper tn BLOOD SHED IN TALORS' STRIKE FOR PLYMOUTH. Almost a Riot on the Rev. East Side —Police Called Out. Hebrew at Now t bloody 4 Abra lian His head fowith ble Ainere Was a ba ra were coy he top of toe} kaping wound The injured man way fexcited telorea a ter in tof Kaplan's place they nv the police on hand to preserve order. ) nded in Shoulder. the fleeing burglar, but none of the shota hit him so far as could be seen He made a flying leap over the park wall, where he was joined by two pals. The janitor of the apartment-house called up the Arsenal police station, and soon all the reserves were scouring the park after the desperadoes. They have not been caught. Mr, ina clerk in the Apprais- ers’ ta salary of $3,000 a year, Tis aMdtauy.in Mra, Charles Wige, who two # fat with with rubber soles, he planted his feet . the marks wher being plainly vistble up the facade. When fie reached a stone coping he Imaelf up and stepped throug indow into a room adjoining droom, ye was equal ¥, perilous and ie swung himsel ¢ from awning MeNShing until hin fect rested on the Then he dropped fully twenty he ground | a tnext conven NEW MINISTER Samuel Scoville, Beecher'sSon-in-Law, Called to Church. Aw eoepted 4 Mymouth Rev ern wh tev Dr. Hits MILWAUK Lake City has tton of the Grand Lodge of Elia, A. burglar got Into Conen’s ctactlar, He climbed up nd by means of the pro- namental de. He | ‘The Batting Ordwn Kew York. Breoklys. Van Hajtren, ef. Kelley, 1b. 7 Keeler, rf. ide, rt. Sheckar, If, Davis, ss. Daly, 3b.’ Hickman, 3b, Irwin, 35. Smith, a Farrell, c. Umpire Day. be (portal to The Zvestag Worl) 4} WASHINGTON PARK, July “Song of the Stamp? With tromeers that bag at the knees, With bodies askew and a-bump, ‘The Giants, fortorn from evening te merm, Are singing the “Bong of the fShump."* Slump, slump, stump, ‘Till the romers are sorry and eve, Slump, ump, slump, z: Ti yo ix they could never stomp mara Whh bate that ere punctuated with holes, ‘With hearts that go thampety-thump, ‘The Glanta (elack!) ar still alipping beck, ‘And singing the ‘Rong of the Samp." But oheer up and get happy; maybe {t will not be always that the downcast ‘Davisites wil sing the “Bong of the Slump.” Quoth Capt. Davis, ‘Never more,'* ‘when seen defore tho game by The Evening World reporter. And, verily, there seemed a different tune In the heat-laden zephyrs that filtered over the Gowanus factories into the Washingtom Park sweathox. Gotham Rooters on Hand. Hoping against hope that Billy, Phyle's rollable shoots might at last stay the arm of the hoodoo and in- cldentally the batting wings of the Champions, a diminished but still loyal band of Gotham rooters climbed over the bridge to see tho Glamts and Hane lonites in thelr second set:to since their return from the blazing ‘deserts and windy sands of St. Louis and Chicago. Though the New Yorkers were ao goodly bunch in themselves they were swallowed un and Jost In the howling, guying. mob of Brooklynites that tne fested the grand stand. The Whale ant the Jonah. Tt was a case of the whale swallows Ing Jonah over again, “May he never come back,” sighed @ New Yorker, referring to the Jonah, and if the responsive sighs of his com- rades in misery had been doses of bro- mide-seltzer the Brooklyn whale would never get sick enough to cast up the (Continued on Fourth Page.) HORSES, WENT THROUCH WINDOW Runaway Dragged Geo. Pobelman with Them Into Store. { Policeman Wille street etite of runaway a donen 1 of East Onw and First action am Teddutt & vert * going. tright was dea by ok Sumy ed avenue, ny Dae uns ance, 4 and she was way 80 WH dh No More To travel to Loula vila the demi Limited. Only 38 Aoure from Haw

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