| Show wim Till THE Worcester W Spy We believe that there will now no be bea a 11 pretty prelly unanimous expression of or opla opinion ion l n favorable to the court COUtt In fn directing the Jury to 10 bring In a n verdict of not guilty A vindication ot of this sort lort sets 1 as frea us ns anything could of ot ofa ofa a n suspicion of being guilty of or taking his hits sisters lster life by mistake or other otherwise otherwIse wise ld Republican There will be bo danger In the present state stall of ot public feeling of or nn an Improper er outcry against the tho policy polley which brought about abolt any trial at al all Before etOre ing log In such criticism one should re to remember remember member the conditions existing at lit the time of the arrest A shocking tragedy had taken laken place In Pittsfield which had been at the tho best most Imperfectly ex xi the whole thole region r glon e In un Uh unrest rest real over oer the mystery ry there was every very possible reason renson that In sonic some way the affair should be explained I The police on Investigation reached r ched conclusions Which caused them to suspect young Fosburgh l of or the deed tad and these theRe con conclusions conclusions were vere so tar far borne out by b mony muon introduced at the lie Inquest that the tho grand frand Jury Jur ordered the AtTest arrest of tho the defendant Boston floston no ton Transcript The conduct of at this trial has hall been worthy the best traditionS of ot Masse Massa Massachusetts Justice The Judge says today that much testimony I admitted that might have been excluded In order that the governments very et weak ease case might get gel all the help It could and leave IM no lingering doubt of the emptiness ness noes of ot the tho Indictments In Instructing the Jury Jur to In find for tor or the defense and die dis dismissing missing ml the ease case the Judge does nil all that Is IR possible now to make amends to the bereaved and unnecessarily tor tortured tortured tortured family It must be gratifying both bOlh to those most mOlt deeply deep Interested as liS aswell well as liS to the public that the tho acquittal has hu been beon given the tho benefit benet of at this em emphasis The Tho accused man walks as free Creo a nR as any other person In Massachusetts today and no moan man has the right oven even evento to mentally condemn cond him Mm lm Mall and nd Express Nobody t bI who ho has watched tho ho Fos Pot Fosburgh Fosburgh burgh trial could tall fall to expect n a prompt acquittal or avoid a 1 feeling that the prosecution was wae 1111 an outrage for tor which there should eh ld bo be some lome redrew redress There never neer seems to have been the tho slightest ground for the lie charge that young Fosburgh Fo burgh shot anti and killed his ulster sister except that his tile pistol was vos ap up apparently used and the tho local POlle were incapable of oe tracing the lie crime to 10 Its It proper pro er source course Because they could not find evidence of ot the burglary of which the murder was wu an Incident they adopt adopted ed the preposterous theory ot or on tho the flimsiest of nt circumstantial evi wi evidence dence deuce In th the face Caco of the tho protests of the family and all probability and anti pursued It relentlessly St IR Paul Press Pres When nt at the conclusion of ot te trial ot of Robert nobert P Fosburgh burgh of ot Pittsfield Mass 1018 Masson on the charge of killing his sister slater Judge Stevens Instructed d the Jury to t bring In a 0 verdict of ot not guilty he h took paint pains to compliment the chief ot of police pollee of at the town ton for Cor the honesty of his lila motives In m working up the case cane young Fosburgh It Is III dim difficult cult milt to understand why this Judicial tribute to his honesty honest of motive motho was 1 not coupled with a i 1 scorching rebuke of or his stupidity antI pt of his hili IU er r rI I scat In trying to brand with the charge of or manslaughter a perfect perfectly ly I Innocent Inn nt man with no evIdence whatever on Oil which to Id Ie bue bise his hIli accuse Ions Uon except his bl own suspicions New I York Evening Sun Sumi While the tM case cuo mutt must In iti I crease cream our respect for or Massachusetts judges Jud It must Induce a n certain amount at of the oth other r thing hung for tor the police of oC the commonwealth |
