Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-22
D0INGS IN NEW JERSEY.

Paterson, Nov. 49, Walter McAlis-
ter, Andrew Campbell. William Death
and George Kerr, indicted for the MUIR
der Of Jennie Bosschieter, were ar
raigned today before Supreme Court
Judge Dixon. All pleaded not guilty
Judge Dixon set Jan. IA as the day of
the trial.
Madison, N. j., Nov 22-Henry
Roll, student at Drew Theological
seminary, was sent to his home in St.
Louis yesterday under guard. Roll
had written to President Butts, of the
Drew seminary, and to several of his
fellow students of his intention to COM
NIT suicide. In one of his letters Roll
enclosed his will, leaving all his prop
erty to his roommate.
Newark, N. J., Nov. 19.-Francis D.
Carley, the well known Wall street
broker, who lives at Orange, N. j.,
made announcement here yesterday
that late on Saturday he had filed in
the United States district court at
Trenton a petition in bankruptcy. The
petition declares the liabilities to be
more than 100000 and the assets
nothing.
Newark, N. j., Nov. 21.-Nicholas
Frobuto was found dead and Nicholas
Zula dying from gas asphyxiation in a
room in the rear of barber shop at
the corner of Eight avenue and Boyden
street, this city, yesterday. An inves-
tigation showed that the gas had es-
capped from the main in the street, en-
tered the cellar and passed up through
the floor into the room where the men
slept.
Hoboken, N. j., Nov. 17.-Mrs. Gaze
tano Bresci, the wife of the man who
murdered King Humbert, of Italy, has
disappeared from West Hoboken with
her family, and no one in the vicinity
seems to know where she has gone.
Paterson anarchists considered the wo-
man the wife of martyr, and prom
Used that If she went to Paterson her
brought up in the best style. 1t is be-
lieved she is in that city.
Paterson, N. j., Nov. 20. Hundreds
Of threatening letters have been re-
ceived by Mayor Hinchcliffe since the
Jennie Bosscheiter case. In them the
writer's threaten the mayor with all
kinds Of harm, and some of them hold
him responsible for the fact that the
perpetrators of the crime are still liv-
ing. One postmarked New York reads:
IF justice is not carried out in the
matter we will organize band of
whitecaps and burn up your public
buildings and punish your officials"
Paterson, N. J., Nov. 21-The Pioneer
Silk company, the oldest concern Of
the kind in the city, will, it is stated,
ask for the appointment of receiver
this afternoon to wind up its affairs.
The company has mills here and at AL
lentown, Pa 1t is stated that the bus
mess of the company has been decreas-
ing for some time past, but it will be
able to pay off in full all indebtedness.
The closing of the mills will throw out
of employment 1000 hands. The mills
were founded by the late John Pyle.
Princeton. N. j., Nov 20.-Leonard
G.. Nash, of Bradford, Pa, who has
been in Princeton since September
preparing to enter the university in
February, was instantly killed yes
terday afternoon by falling 100 feet
from the top of the Princeton water
tower on Mercer Heights. Nash, in
company with Freshmen Moore and
Brokaw, went out walking, and upon
reaching the tower climbed UP the iron
ladder, followed by Moore. The latter
started to return when half way up and
Nash, who had reached the top, lost
his balance and fell. His body struck
Moe e, whose head was badly bruised.
Trenton, Nov. 22.--Sentiment re-
garding the organization of the next
legislature of New Jersey has SO far
crystalized that there is now little
doubt that Assemblyman William J.
Bradley, of Camden, will be chosen as
speaker OF the next house Of assembly.
Senator Pitney. of Morris county, will
also presumably be made president of
the senate. Vivian Lewis, of Passaic,
has been Mr. Bradley's only opponent
for speakership honors, and he now
has practically given up the contest
and entered the race for leader on the
floor.
Paterson, N. j., Nov. 21.-A call
made by the Rev. DR.. Magic, on Wal
ter McAlister, who is one of the men
in Jail for the murder of Jennie Boss
chieter, gave rise to a rumor that Nc
Alister had confessed. DR.. Magic said
in answer to questions: Il did call
at the jail, and had talk with Walter
McAlister, but | consider myself In
honor bound as a clergyman to hold
his confidence sacred A Paterson
newspaper prints statement pur-
porting to be given by McAllster to a
friend In which the prisoner takes ex-
ception to the tone in which he says
the newspapers have been discussing
the case, and says the evidence will
shed another light on the matter.