New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
ONLY ONE LINK MISSING
MANY PATERSON PASTORS SPEAK ON
JENNIE BOssCHIETFR CASE


by whom it was obtained. II the police have this
Information they refuse to divulge It. They know
that McAlister tried to get a bottle renlled at
Kent's drug store on the evening OF the tragedy
and they have the affidavit OF one of the clerks at
Kent's drug store that he refused chloraI to
on that night
The police have information that for the last six
months or so McAlster in the habit Of getting
chloral from Cyrus Johns, drug clerk at Kent's
but Johns has not been there for the last month
He was friendly with McAlister. and he conaded
TO friends in this city that he had supplied Nc
AliEter with chloral. but he did not say to what
use IL was put The police have been canvassing
the list of his friends IN drug stores and It is
known that they spent the whole Of Thursday
afternoon on this hunt. Whether they learned
anything is not known
There is no law in this State against the sale Of
choral The law covering the sale was passed in
1856 It provides that druggist shall sell choral
hydrate unless It is properly labelled and the pur-
chaser knows its dangerous qualities under a
penalty Of So and If any purchaser misrepresents
the use to which It IS to be put he is subject to
similar fine.
Nearly all OF the clergymen in this city took
casion 10 refer 70 the horrible crime from the
pulpit to-day The Rev. J. B. Galloway, pastor Of
the Third Presbyterian Church. said in part:
Think not that these men are sinners above al
men in the city. Only few days ago no one dare
cast reflection upon these honorable families
How quickly was their happiness wrecked! Chari-
Of just and unjust indignation. Who is so unjust
as TO think any of these four men intended to
murder this innocent young girl? They out
for nights revelry in immoral wickedness. But
other and women are out every night IN the
year practising the same wickedness only in a
somewhat milder manner. Many who appear beau
tifu in society and upright in business are vile
as those four men back Of the bars to-day. know
OF a case where two young men of this city took
two young girls out to drive. They stopped at a
glasses Of lemonade. One of the men poured knock
out drops into two Of the glasses but was de-
tected by one Of the girls, who saw the act in a
looking glass. While the attention Of her COM
panions was distracted she moved the tray. and in
consequence the men got the drops. In ten minutes
the men were stretched senseIess in the saloon
There the girls left their false friends All classes
are in some degree responsible for the moral con-
dition Of cities and for the resultant crimes Many
ministers in this and other cities and drink N
saloons. Then. too, they live lives Of ease If all
ministers out early and working faithfully all
day our city would be much better and criminals
The Rev c. 0. MaItby, pastor Of the Sixth Baptist
Church, said this evening: What led those four
men IN jail charged with murder TO commit SO
men. I suppose that most of those men were once
IN the Sunday schools and were taught the prin-
cIples of Christian morality, but they have de-
parted from the instruction Of their teachers and
which is their due If the demands Of justice be
satisfied. Money may be used lavishly TO influence
wicked shall not go UNPUBLISHED A righteous judge
Save ayeng len 699d Efs & many mar GsRS
Of the men who have brought disgrace upon them
selves and sorrow to others. yet I have a deeper
sympathy for the parents Of the dead girl, who
was q victim Of rapacity and lust. The saloon
traffic is the ruination Of the young, the side door
business being the greatest evil. I cannot say Just
now what the law abiding people OF Paterson viii
something is not done to arrest the progress of the
this city viii become stencil in the nostrjIs Of
the Almighty did sodom and Gomorrah and the
Vel will he --{ef efTa6,
The Rev Ellsworth Bonnls. pastor Of the Au-
ean scarcely trust himself to speak freely on his
matter: No truthful statement of the crime itself
could be repeated here. I cannot conceive of a
more monstrous happening in the happenings Of in
senlous crime The perpetrators are only in
even worthy TO be cassed with the beasts They
have violated every instinct and every canon. both
power1ng portion the already superhuous corrup-
me law Is Qlsregarded and counived at, the cool
ness and Indifference with which the oft expressed
these have been an announcement in crime 20
these moral pariahs. My object is TO insist that
favor or unnecessary DELAY The pubIic has been
narvellously stirred. Nobody worthy of classical
with, Nevertheless, wish to speak in favor Of
eondign and speedy justice as an absolutely neces-
sity- Even the Apostle tells US that judgment is
our streets viii be.onne Unsafe for or
wives and daughters We need to fear and believe
mat three things may retard or defeat justice.
comes our defective system OF juries, with unani-
nous rule. Next comes the more subtle force-the
human power these things must not be- But one
Of them viii do its awful work. fear. unless pub
shows no sign OF Tagging. One thing is absolutely
oertaln-the matter cannot safely and must not be
The Rev; John Bentisen, pastor Of the First Bap-
lst Church said; There IS moral blot upon this
-ly. a handful OF corrupt officials is permitted to
rule corrupt city, officials who ruled by the
protest Of mothers. ministers and all respectable
:itzens Gambling, drinking and impurities are
2nly now and then a weak protest. If influence
p money or legal trickery IS permitted to save
disgrace upon our city,
Other pastors spoke in a similar strain, par.
icularly dwelling upon the evil Of the side door
# the saloon.
DR.. Townsend made the following statement of
MS connection with the case:
Il has been stated that the four men made two
,als at my oice. and that the girl was alive when
the carriage hrst arrived. They came but once,
and II was then too late TO render aid the un-
arrival because when the bell rang at the head Of
the bed l looked at the clock the manteI and
ube inquired the cause OF the summons and was
old Old hat there had been an accident; and was
csTriage at the door od Ss b atsd ID
1nly TO put bathrobe and went downstairs.
When the door was opened two men whom knew
side and quickly ctepped inside Then I was told
hat Young woman had been hurt and both men
urther parley I went out to the carriage. It was
tWO-Seated rig that had often at the Erie
Depot did not see the hackman. There were
Wo men standing At the curb near the door OF the
,arriase I knew Campbell by sight. Inside the
e rriage young woman was half seated. half lying
across the back Of the seat Her head lay side
Vays across her breast l lifted her head and laid
I back gently II was limp and lifeless. The cloth
ng was disarranged, the hair hanging about her
leck and shoulders Her waist had been looseued
md only the Two top buttons were buttoned. There
vas pulse The heart beat had been stilled.
When I climbed into the carriage TO make a closer
examination the four men gathered al the side OF
he carriage. Their faces white and they looked
/ question. The body was cold "Boys'' said 10