New-York tribune., 1900-10-24
GIRL KILLED BY A DRUG.
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at 3 place where some Of her family could find
her. A start was made for the Bergen County
side of the river. but the men went in such
direction TO the Thirty -third-st- bridge.
A stop was made the bridge. When the girl
was assaulted parts OF her underclothing had
been torn away by one Of the men, and two Of
the men. according to Sculthorpe, had the pieces
in their pockets The hairpins that had been
taken from her hair were in the pocket Of Nc
Allister.
The most shocking part Of the crime was the
disposal Of the body. The Chief Of Police says
that he can show that when stop was mace
to get rid Of it at first g wagon was seen COM
ing UP the road and one Of the men shouted
Look out; here comes rig ana that the men men
then threw the body Of the unfortunate girl
back into the wagon and drove on until the dark
spot in front Of the icehouses Of Alyea were
reached, where another stop was made
This is good place" one Of the men re-
marked. and the Cabman told to stop. AS
he did so, MeAlister jumped out Of the wagon
and the body Of the girl was taken OUT, NC
AIister holding 1t in an erect position by the
shoulders and then letting it drop. 1t fell back
ward, striking the head on the jagged stone
where II vas found McAllister and the other
man who got out (about whom the police are
not sure jumped back into the wagon ana
q start made for home. The wagon was
driven to the armory. in Alarket-st, where NC
Allister and Kerr Jumped OUT, ana the uIINeL
continued down Market-st to the corner OF
Carroll-st.. where Campbell and Death left II.
and Sculthorpe went 10 the Erie stauoh' ttI OF
the price Of his silence and service for the night
he was given $40, which ne received from NC
Allister.
This is the story as the police have worked
It out and which Chief Graul says he can fully
prove. On this evidence the charge OF murder
was made that shocked the community. The
greatest surprise was felt when II became Known
that DR. Townsend had known Of the crime and
had not informed the police. He could not be
seen to-day, but the police say they can get
him when he is needed.
over the route the party had taken on Thurs
day night. AT the spot on Rock Road where the
girl was assaulted the Chief found the combs
and hairpins which Yields another link in the
chain of evidence which now seems to be com
piete When they returned sculthorpe was com
rnitted to the county jail as material witness
against the four men.
The young are all well known and pc
long to good families. Walter T. McAlIlsteE
who IS thirty years old and unmarried, is a
member Of the James McAllister & Co SILK
throwsters and lives with his parents at No
100 Park-ave They are we'll TO do and are re-
lated to some of the best families in the CITY
He has two sisters who move in the best society
of the town The young has made head
quarters of the doorway Of Kent's drug store Tor
several years where he could frequently be seen
tanned his slight knowledge OF drugs IN inns way
A favorite drive of his was through the River
side section and out into Bergen County, wnere
he frequently took young women.
George Kerr is forty-one years old. and mas
been married twice. He had three children by
the first wife. He is a brother OF ex-Judge Jonn
F Kerr who married the sister OF Mayor John
Hinchliffe He is a cousin Of John Johnson,
rresident of the Board OF Aldermen and the
Democratic candidate for Congress. He has a
sister married to Dr. c. F. Denner, and another
sister is a school teacher. His father is a con-
tractor. The accused man is a member OF the
J. P. Donlevy Company, painters at the corner
of Grand and Main SITS.
William A Death is twenty-five years old, and
was married five weeks ago. He lives in Percy
St During the Spanish-American War he vol
unteered In the ID New-Jersey Regiment and
went to Jacksonville. Recently he has been act
ing as an advertising solicitor.
Andrew Campbell, twenty-six years old, was
a bookkeeper in the Hand silk mill. and boarded
-on1 1Qrsaa drxraxr aTa6
has a widowed mother living in Elizabeth. n. j.
Campbell is boyish in appearance.
Death has engaged Lawyers Michael and
Charles Blum to defend him. The other three
have retained John W.THafding and Francis
Scott. There was some question to the juris-
diction in the case. bat there Is no doubt that
Passaic County will take exclusive jurisdiction,
even if il is shown that the girl died in Bergen
County. Under decision by the Court of Err
rors and Appeals in 1873 in the case Of the State
agt. Hunter. IL is held that where man re-
ceives a blow in State and dies in another
either State has jurisdiction. and the same rule
applies to counties This conclusion is explicitly
provided for in the Crimes Act, Revision of 1898,
which also declares that where death ensues
under circumstances such as occurred in this
case, the crime is murder in the first degree
The Passaic County Grand Jury now is in
sion, and Prosecutor Emey says he will bring
the 10 the attention Of the grand inquest
Immediately. He would not say what will be
done in the case Of DR.. Townsend.
County Physician Mcbride to-day ordered
Coroner Vermeullen to hold inquest, and
fry was empaneled. They viewed the body be-
fore the funeral and adjourned subject to the
call Of the Coroner. They viii not sit to hear
testimony until the examination of the organs
of the body have been completed. The fact that
after removing the stomach and heart yesterday
it hurriedly decided to-day to examine all
the other organs is significant, and is supposed
TO be the result Of the discovery that choral
was administered TO the girl
The funeral Of Jennie Bosschieter was to have
taken place at o'clock this afternoon but the
autopsy delayed it until later. About two thou
sand people had gathered about the house and
the modest home was crowded. The nterment