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| Following Acquittal of Dead Girl's Brother, Ex-Chief of Secret Service Hazen Begins Determined Quest,in Which He Will Be Aided by Capt. Titus. We are glad the trint ended. has We never had an n ment’s doubt of th ' We knew we had told the ex- act trnth ns to the death of eath nt the hands a} tng blow {greater ati wan when Q Cte wach ie all 1 power members was ncensed tng her. Me press and who hav HAZEN DIRECTS MURDER HUNT. hnew about t inal detective it hag been my in variable) practice toy frst: Wilk with While Tdo net feel that it is proper for me to comment (Roecial to The every one who may know something : : : aya cae PITTSFIELD, EX @rathaweriinenunomanl Ferrin onthe verdiet Tthink this mueh may be said of the ease: ries million dollars Is back of i hunt} work. Phe evidence fully justitied Chief of Police Nicholson ou which has now begun for Fos-| “loam very glad that the verdier in making the investivation he-did. He did his duty and 4 Gare staninicren Jwas rendered by 0 of the Court raglaietenlseconrecronenstoulin ie It will be directed by William Pp, ft gives me a elehr road for my ' Fewest tote denice 3 Hazen, ex-Chief of the United States] Werk.” ean only say in justification of the mimnen Vs ‘ Hecret Service, who will have the| Detective Hazen expects to be in 0 that ourease depended on the testimony of Beatrice Fosburg. active aid of Capt. ‘Titus, of New] New York to-night, when he will sec AVes expected that she wonld testify that when the shot was York. Capt. Titus and confer with him rela t tive to the William Lewi Mrs. Fosburg's wenlthy arbong whom Is Si WRG relatives, lor, of St. NAAM MAR: Well, now raat the Court has decided a policeman, and Tecan make no comment o a policeman [will de my duty and continue tigation and endeavor to tind out who killed As thé Court said, this trial could produce no evidence! tions ever se to show that there were no burgla in the Fosburg house. In fact they court, and proved for the defense that there] — were and must have been burglars} ¥ on there at the time May Fosburg was, Spectators shot. congratulate “All of the physicians’ evidence at the house positively substantiate tho burglary theory as the only tenable one, The Government, on its own evidence, proved that neither Robert shadow of a As the wor foreman of t mother and There “During my suspected connection of WRIA, NICHOLSON WILL STILL HUNT FOR THE MURDERER. Ey JOHN NICHOLSON, “Nie of Police, Pittsfield, Mass. A great number of women were tears of happiness In th a painful recital of one of the saddest jmade a noise, THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1901. OLIVE M- GRAY: feleleleleleleieietefet ASE AND HIS ACCUSE SUSPECT IN FOSBURC that he entirely ignored de erin JUS if IFIES NICHOLSON. long service as a erim- Rebert was out in inque: When tle she stated that Robert: passed her tired whieh killed he ter her brother the hall. she testitie after the shot w: opposite direction from thee this statement at the She mac the Ase, 8 Gray with the s tired and came from his front room, the f the Iuller. rs We claim full) justification upon the statement of Beatrice Fosburg. but her testimony at the trial did not sub- x stantiate our position. —Distriet-Attorney ITAMMOND. to ¢ # ening World correspondent. My ior I exienns £9 ofelefeleteteteteteteinletelededelet-tetetei-fetstetetedeieteb-tetepepce nthe verdict. de ge ee mond was shot down and her) were spoken the crowd divined that the work of inves been accused of the | the trial was near its end, “A beautiful young girl was shot May Posburg. jovernment lias endeavored iy her own home,” said His Honor {n en i a court of justice, ply of the jury in unison And with The clerk called upon the defend- n these words ant, Robert Stewart Fosburg, the majority of them | stand up. pwart Foeburg was legally vind Ww auapected of mur- | The young man rose quickly and and i from Ne! dering Mian crowded forward to looked at the Judge. There was not) charge of having caused the death |) aie a quiver in his face ‘of his siter on that fatetyl 20th of | ate the man who had wie, Ns His ulin tips were shut Ughty.; August, 1900, Inwebreake! crime Mfted from Nim. if showed no emotion of any kint, From the court-room young Fos s were spoken by the tis hands were clasped behind the burg went direetly to the hotel and he jury he turned to bis} yack of his short black cheviot coat.! passed quickly to his. wife's room. clasped her in his arms.) yiis head was held ina character-|She was tll in bed, jistic attitude to the left. ‘her husband's 8. Foeburg nor his father was any-| eyes of all the family. | His eyes moved from the Judge te Jened her that she arose, and, throw. |cits of Gray. On the abgne : Where near the firing point when el Judae’s(Oharar: |the jury and then back te the Judge.) ing her arms about his neck, ox- {3h murder of ate, Howurs, that of ‘ 19, Gray ‘one May, Fosburg was killed. Stevens, in ordering tof Within the space of a few seconds| claimed of the side streets of Springfield, te! ‘Both were shown to have been pring in a verdict of wequittal, said: [Judge Stevens began his address to) -rhank God! ‘Thank God!" he was “broke” and was going where it would have been im-| “Mr, Foreman and Gentlemen: |the Jury. The court-room was 0! rhe mother of the. defendant ms to shoot the girl as she raw , still the breathing of the crowd sini) Gray, thstaridaviterelates:annst gone During six days we have listened to “| passed Into the room where her son was greeting his wife, and there fj well Known In Sprinsteld, but the news of | quitcal so gtrength- | ILLION-DOLLAR HUNT IS ON FOR MAY FOSBURG'S MURDERER. By Mrs. R- perience with the newspapers. have received only the kindest family from the proas. friendly than they were if every case had been my dearest friend. to find out the truch, and in doin two inflicted rn ot going to tntk a thought « When Twas o knew that I had the ata te tell w Towanted the Jury to ku contributors to my happlness. Di Every man I have met only from the bottom of my mother’s My daughter-in-Inw, Amy. is v husband. the lobby of the hotel, where she lreceived the friends who had already extended their congratulations to her son. pin IS “LEW” SNOW THE MAN WANTED? 1a Special to The Evening W GREENFIELD, Mass, July Jeffort 14 being made by the New York Jand Springtield police to connect “Wille fam Lewis Gray with the Fosburg case on the strength of an amdavit by Olle Handyside, a New York woman, formerly Springtield. ‘The affidavit places "G. fn Pittsfield on Aug. 2, night of the tragedy, and Intimates ommitted a robbery In Pitts: tonight Springt |e Willtam Lewls that wv" Snow, Mrs. Snow, Lids mother, is now working in Bernards- [ton She was seen to-day and satd seo stt ix ridiculous to mention the name fot my be in nection with the Fos- jburg case, 1 thought at iret w ou |gaked me where he was Aug, 9, t Was on the ¢ an. Tle is a eatlor em hie vieite to our home are trregular, —/ we were confronted with three propo : » was in Spring- ¢ ae ; . that the girl was not shot clear tones, | “He ar was ae. | v2 think now that he 5 : sitions, We had to pr first, that there were no burglars 2 iraateniea corel tapeneey ween er brother was ae- Tig saat xummer. 1 am not able to ) 8 vy burglars; it has en cused of having committed the | (reix wth certainty. 1 have the Im- in the house; second, that no ether man in the house than exelude other members of the erime.” pt that 1 was working in W Robert 8. Fosburg had the opportunity to tire the shots third, 3 family from the affair and sel 10) The defendant stood immovable, field iast August, but Tam not able al ses . ist it as fired by her nis heads _ 4 ay positively. [tie my impression tha we had to prove that he fired it intentionally at some one and (isu aT ay noua : paler stl toz ones ails Behind [sax nent oe Springtelt at that time. F | brother, Robert S$, Fosburg ind around him sat his famiy, their} mx wn was ins sot his name not by accident. he trial has proceeded some-) heads bent, thelr eyes fastened on ne ne oer Sead titarmlln what in the form of an fnat and oy Judge. ‘They w praying for} ginten, fle is twenty-nine years old. Louls, declared when the trial start- has been tried with great pains om vindication of the accused, and hope | ite has been marrle : ed that they were willing to s af the part eoution and de was higher than it had been at any [tis wife. 1 million and keep up the search for afternoon (enab UMherwchas: beeny a desire tO} Uimoosinee hiaindletment Leu Sa aan years until the murderer was at last SOM Who Was present at obttin proof and so a Breet a y Hi Family in Hor years, Stee last Christ found. sed theeonviet evidence hia on introduced and ad : | bea Py f Witheconvicton) that evilenceal iB While Judge Stevens wax speaking | {ts been working Hazen tn his work will be afforded vidence produced by the Com- mitted without tion whieh s Boston and 5 to the jury the members of the Fos-! Senine all aid that money can procure, and hot such as would might have been exetided under the) ; naa iN ool. Pe came to {a sanguine that he will soon be able mi Jurry in finding striet rte of the a 5 He tea ane hd m : : teas to run down the right man. Thus amd othe question Work ta in = if a ti fivfeninat will the whole of the mystery which arise mind how Chief of Ro My Ohad tt Bae arte CESHE a aRSTER eae Ee Pc ruink Tonght also to say te yeu 8) Ute only memper ofthe family AFFIDAVITS OF quitted to-day red away an and what hie thas it is due to the Chief of Police, NOt in | Sane rE, and it) was TITUS REFUSED. James (Grey <ns/arrested at Wasli=! motives { rues who has stood hehind this. prose ou that she remained at the hotel ington to-day os a suspect and the “It look It at the bottom of tion, that in the view of the Court b+ oa Se king|Chief Nicholson Feels That 7 IF pits * “n i : aut etedccomiontiint ith a single hile othe Judge was speaking fact was at once wired to Haz this presucition there was imation has trled to do bly duty SAND OLMIS oreo ATR Gina tS MetSaAtn He Has Not Been 7 wa; : vatatrnth he Fosburg family, coupled eve to ascertaining the trath, 3 Lo, This man, however, it was learned against the Poshurg family, coup . cheeks and he sat with bowed head, Treated Right. later, is not the burglar whom C: with a desire to stay er Mr. Foren MU : Se IE ea HERES TU REST TNE E ane that Beside aim his father and mother (special to The Evening World) x ' Hi PASS SSO preheat " neem jury, and Uhelr dumdkerehiets to thetr ey PUPTSFIELD, Mass. July 3 —-One escrlms PRE O Aa haat? nag Ly te you #80 Sat with bowed heads, Welind | te features of tie biel anal ofl the Magenta a : Diet entalspan re Beatrice and Esther, the two A a pale a ‘ t inv the opinion of the Court. the!" ‘ : to the newspaper men by Ohl ‘ Hazen says that n Horses ACQUITTED ul eee CRAY at daughters, and also Miss Sheldon, Join Nicholnon te the effect having been removed, he will at on PURITY tak BPM - i The me eins, a “ Mavis Ke him yesterday {s vure will not prove futile ESSE sullty agnins: the defendant, erinth fit % s i * rived in Pittatied: this morning by rex- “My hands have beet all therefore, under the direction of the [itd of the other, Mise Sheldon ry tetter, but that the Chiet had My js ha Wo privetically Wiourme rer CRW peal 4 Who has been xo close to the family] perused to them and they would tled up to thi "sald he, “but {Court, in the indictment of Robert “2° ; led up to this time,” sald he, “bnt) prmsicieLD, Mass. July 26-—|s iuabure for killing his sister, you, (Urine thelr ordeal, was the only one ew York now there is nothing to prevent us BSN eres Satna oe oe vetttg (Of the family party whe did not give declared shes feline anette Garkiawiliiwemnlelaive ues sburg, charged with (will return a verdict of not gullty ee euete el right. by Chief some chance {ies Way to her emotion. : sister May, was declared | The crowd in the court-room, | 8 itu of success, [ have seen many cases Milling his sister May, was declared | ‘You will tind the defendant not| «1, ‘ 3 to send ) i HTH ET HOI EIT eRe f the New York potlce want tose more blind than this one solved not guilty by the Jury, which had | Wileh: included hundreds of (1 guilty,” said the Judge Mnything tome, he sald, “they” know “It is true that it would be difflentt. instructed by Judge Stevens, {Of the defendant, broke inte Vow ee ie a utter uf wuppresaed| Mw (0 do IL properly, without notify: ‘ 2; seis aise applanse, whieh the Judge imme-| Ing me by wire Uwenty-four hours. be- for elther Robert 1. Fosburg or his rj6 most sensatlonal trial ever ial amt commanded. the 2kcitement in the court-room, and tyro. and then Kiving. it aut tMeaneelvne son .o Identify either one of the two “2 aad : then the applause. Vio the mewopapers. burglars they saw that night. But| (cl! |! Mussachugetta came to an) Sheriff to see that the demonstra: | ony, olerk next addressed the fore-| — we have the hat and the shoe and, @! “20 o'clocé The jury did not] ton wax not repeated lan of the: jury. Mtr Foreman, | Re ea ca mn : | fh o'clock on HI) ove e w uthortties at) Pitustleld that bull-dog revolver. They give! leave the box east cee at mee i over what is your verdict?" he asked. [ti atldavite having w most Important us somethine to work upon. | he Verdict was received with wild | Me company: In the court-roam, it “Not guilty.’ replied the foreman |yearing on the “If we can identify in any way the shouts of apntause, which the Court {Cae MUSH OF expectaney, a8 1M Joking hard at the Judge Wore that he owners of these articles we shall be! vial iy Courtumarstoraupenraclon tai mii: So say you all of you?" asked the | ediately suppresses ais one . a » cloel ” ee 3 able to produce the murderers of Uda Muh rae on ute hand of the lock a x t th clerk solemnly rT " of the most remarkable demonstra- | {4 A volce near the ves trom Mra Ol May Fosburg. The government in} es Ausra tore SiCOure | USo say we allots.” was the re ty Mise Han ishte, Mars, and now of No man's story, which was taken Capt, Titus in th ad sworn to, tx that in was visiting I an intimat dow of witnesnes all day and all night of Aug 2, and retumed late on the night of Aug, Gentiemen, I sent for you that I mig) ‘The newspapers coukl not have been more an} pain upon my family. nothing ef fentl—the I feel very happy, and the newspaper men have been generous August—I ‘have been deeply impressed with the chivalry, courtesy and generosity of the members of the press. my confidence in the newspaper reporters. to see you all, but she ts not able. that she appreciated the many friendly words sald by you for her | Star ating st y lL. Fosburg. ‘ht tell you my first ex- During the last eleven months [ consideration for myself and my one who wrote anything on this At all times they were anxious ng so | may say that only one or thin cane. becnuse 1 have since my daughter I not look at the jury that dread ke roted in In. hou uring the trial—in fact, since last increased my admiration for and Gentlemen, I thank you heart. ery fl this morning. She wished She asked me to say for her sult by the police. Me told her, she de- claren, that he had be that he which, Capt. Titus explains to a burglar alarm mean ped from the house ani had gone to West Warren. where he hid 4 woman's gold watch and some other plunder under a stone by a creek that runs through the town. Then, fearing capture, he had jumped upon a trolley car and gone to Spencer and then on to Worcester. Ketracing Wie Flight. At the latter place he had taken the Mmited mail train on the Boston and Albany road and returned to Springfeld, Practically retracing his fight as far westward as Springtfleld, West Warren and Spence: On the night that in Springfield and passing her Foye had en: we with bien, ‘sowhe at once came to nd did nut see Gray, whos hame she bore, unul tae following Sep- tember, when she met him by chance ong night on the Bowery. She hud read t the Fosburg tragedy on the ning of the day tha: Gray returned Springtield and had suspected that {ie Roune he and Foye had entered was f the Fosburgs, ‘ay did not Know whose house they ntered=<it any rate ne did not tell her what house When sne met him in New York she recalled what he to her on the night. of tls him if he had killed Hen was put tw work on the case at this end and Chief of Pol Nichol- tnd the District-Attorney at Pitta: Lowere notified. ne attidavit was r srcompaited by one froin housekeeper at where Nira. mother Ives In whose ning World 1 “ot the verdict In the “Tt is just w iy rer belle ct ult ty" eporter told Capt. Mureau. of the us, * sald he. ing fellow “Hazen, for- eeret Servi With hieald T expect to ur burglar Gray, who, I be- sTeliled Muy: Foaburr BOND CLERK HAD TO RESIGN. Pierce # Saloon 1 Kept Walle Dintri Mook has be thon of a few months, om xtnee of work during the adminis dimtrict-Attorney Olcott, Fool Serving Opened a saloon on Grand xtreet. He AUN tase Lt To-day Pool wax summoned to Dix- trie y Philbin'n office. "Mr, Pool.” the Dintrict-Attorney sald, “TL ounderstand you are connected with liquor trate; Ae} that so?" Bool, “1 have a family it upon me and. the rin not Mufficlent to "remarked Mr. “have to ask you for re- ry ier .rouson Pool asked. e Mr. Philbin answered, Pool resigned Immediately, pee Celtlc on Maiden Tri LIVERPOOL, July — The mer Celtle left here to-day ko on her maiden voyage. “MW xaloon, 100 second cabin questing 1? and White DESPONDENCY, teativeness, Impatience, apprehenslveness, Aiting emotions healthy conditions in 19 fter a pleasant BROMO- PEFSIN. 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