New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-20
GIRLS BODY NEAR A RIVER
40 CLEw TO MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF
YOUNG WOMAN NEAR PATTERSON.

Paterson Oct 10 (Special).-The body OF Jen-
ae Bosscheter. eighteen years old, was found
Early this morning lying the river bank near
Alyea's icehouse, by Marinus Gary. A mystery
that deepens as the investigation proceeds en-
velops the case. The body lying in a
composed position with the feet crossed and
the hands Strengthened out as If they had been
SO arranged. The head rested on stone, and
when it was raised il was found that the skull
was fractured at the base. Although there was
an open cash in the scalp there were only few
drops OF blood on the stone.
The spot where the body found is just
outside the city limits of Paterson, on the Ber-
gen County side Of the river. It is about twenty
feet from the wagaraw bridge approach. and
about fifteen from the river. Gary is employed
the icehouse and he going to his work
when his attention attracted to the body,
which lay near the road. When he found that
the woman was dead ne teephoned to Coroner
Vroom, of Ridgewood. who arrived at about
o'clock. DR.. Vroom said that the girl had only
been dead a few hours, possibly five. He was
positive from the hasty examination he made
that she had been killed after midnight
When IL became known that a body had been
found crowds soon collected. and the identity
OF the girl was revealed. Her home was at No.
155 East Fifth-st.. which is about mile and
half from the spot where her body was found.
John Bosscheter the father, is a farmer The
parents were soon at the Office of the icehouse,
TO which the body had been removed, and they
identified the girl They could throw no light
On the case. but rather involved it in more mys-
terry by relating different versions of the move
ments of the girl last night
The mother said that Jennie left her home last
night at about 7:45 O'clock, with the purpose
OF visiting Mrs. GLADLY. who keeps a confec-
The girl had
been in the habit OF paying frequent visits to
Mrs. GLADLY and staying all night at her home,
SO that when she did not return the family did
not think anything strange Of II. Jennie SIS
tiers told the same story. The father, however
says that Jennie went out with a young man
last night. He did not know the name or the
man. There is another story which came from
the family early III the morning. and that was
that Jennie left the house last night TO get some
medicine at a neighboTing drug store. When
found the girl mad II cents in her pocket ana
this is said 10 ne the sum she had intended TO
use the drug store. The family deny TINS story
now. and all except the father say that she
went to visit Mrs. GLADLY 1t has been learned
that the gfll vert out frequently in the evenings
with p Young man named William Tanis. The
latter had never called at the home, but the
family knew that Jennie went out with him.
1t was soon found that the girl had not been
20 Mrs. Gladys store last night, and not the
slightest trace has been discovered Of her move
nnents after she left her home. The spot where
she found is in the opposite direction from
the store. and the two points are four miles
apart The Wagaraw Bridge is lonely place.
The men who have been working the case
have different theories as to how the girl got
there. According 70 DR.. VrOom the girl was
killed after midnight. but no one seems to have
heard or seen the girl during the interval be-
tween her leaving the house and her death. DR..
Troom says il is possible that the wound in the
hack Of the girls head could have been made
by the stone or which her head rested She was
a strong girl physically, and the force when
caused the wound must have been great. The
doctor does not explain the absence Of blood on
the stone. One theory is that the girl was de-
Tending honor and thrust VlO'GntY
back. her head striking the jagged stone on
which it afterward rested. Another theory is
that the murder committed elsewhere, and
that the body was taken to the lonely spot 1t
is certain that some one Strengthened out her
limbs and composed her clothes before leavlng
her as she could not have been ACCIDENTALLY
killed in that position. EF4rr hands lay at her
sides. palms downward ahdehhgers relaxed one
leg crossed the other at the ankle Her heavy,
dark hair was disarFah%.S6.H however Being
1uffed out over the ears and. on the forehead,
half yelling the glazing eyes.
Late this afternoon Coroner Nroom empanelled
a jury, which viewed the body and adjourned
until II o'clock tomorrow morning, when the
inquest will be held at Alyea's office. The jurors
examined the ground where the body had laid.
and discovered two lines leading from the road
TO where it found. The lines looked as IL
the feet of the girl had been dragged over the
earth The heel of one OF the girls shoes plain
ly showed that it had been dragged.
Leonard Kamerling, Of No. 145 East Fifth-st,
says that last night at 10 o'clock he
Main-st and Miss Bosschieter standing in
frcnt Of Kent's drug store with two young men,
She was taking loudly as II angry, ana was
shaking her hand TO emphasize her words. II
has also been learned that a young man called
the Bosschieter home shortly after Miss
Bosscheter left last night, and inquired for
Jennie. This tends to bear out the fathers story
that young went off with her. It is said
that Miss Bosschieter recently fell heir to 5000
left by relative of her mother. who died some
years ago. Her father has married again.
It was learned tonight that she was not
with William Tanis last night.
This is the last day of registration. Regis.
ter to-day any time between a. m. and