The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-31
VICE CRUSADE.
Paterson Church People
Unite in a Movement to
Purify the City.
INDICTMENTS EXPECTED HOURLl
Druggist Kent Says McAllise
ter Tried to Buy Choral
From Him.
INDICTMENTS EXPECTED HOURLI
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PATERSON, Oct. 81, 19OO--A report that
indictments have been found against Wall
ter McAllister, George Kerr, William
Death and Andrew Campbell, the alleged
slayers of Jennie Bosschieter, caused con-
siderable excitement in Paterson this
morning. AZ crowd gathered around Re-
corder Seniors court in the expectation
that the indictment would be handed up
and the prisoners brought from the coun-
ty Jail and arraigned. The greatest Sc
crecy was observed by Chief of Police
Graul. County Prosecutor Em1ey and all
others concerned. None of these would
either confirm or deny the report that the
Grand Jury had acted in the case.
The rumor about the Court House was
that the indictments were all for murder
in the first degree. If they have been
found they may not be handed up until
next Friday. According to the custom
IN Paterson the indictments for the week
are usually handed up in a batch at the
conclusion of Fridays session of the
Grand Jury.
1t is thought, however, that on ac-
count of public feeling the Grand Jury
may decide to hand up the indictments
in the Bosschieter case today.
AAA4S WOuiQ III d measure aDdIS LHG S2~
citement which the case and the xevela-
tions of faterson's social condition have
stirred up.
The eity's moral status was set for dis
cussion today at the annual meeting OF
the Woman's Auxiliary TO the Board OF
Missions in st. Paups Church The pre-
siding officer is Bishop Starkey Of the
diocese. He, it is said, is familiar with
the state of affairs in Paterson.
Bishop Partridge, of Japan: Bishop Hol-
ley, of Hayti the Rev. DR.. Lloyd, General
Secretary of the Board of Missions; and
Miss Church, General Secretary of the
Junior Auxiliary of the United States, are
among those in attendance at the meet
ing.
Prominent ministers, backed by the bet
ter element of the community, are active
ly formulating a plan of campaign for
full justice in the Bosscheiter case and
for war upon the influences responsible,
for the city's corruption.
The women of Paterson are enthusiastic
in their support of the proposed move
ment
In letter to the Paterson Guardian
Miss Ella N. Dealing, matron of the Flor
ence Crittenten Home for Girls, pledges
her services to crusade against vice, in
part, as follows:-
I shall take the deepest interest IN any
Christian movement to do away with vice
in our city. 1t hasn't take the murder of
a young girl to stir me to the very depths
of my being many times in the past three
and half years at seeing lawlessness run
rampant and the boldness of lawbreakers,
unmolested by our city officials or by our
Christian citizens
And shall be only too glad to render
any assistance in any way of which am
capable in a crusade against vice in all
its FORMS
All Paterson is laughing today at Chief
Graul and the police over their spectacular
raid on a poolroom. The only thing it
has served to show. is that the police
could, if they wished, close up those
places, and that they have no difficulty in
locating them
The establishment, which was on Rail-
road avenue near the Erie station. was
crowded when Paterson's four detective
sergeants made their appearance yester-
day. One prisoner and a telegram in
strument were the fruits of this raid.
which was obviously intended as a rebuke
TO the ministers of the city who ON Sun
day charged from their pulpits that the
law was not enforced. Paterson fclk
smiled significantly when the fact CANA
out that the raided poolroom was a new
one opened two weeks ago by a ventures
some stranger from New York.
1t is said today that the prisoners and
their friends are preparing for a hard
legal battle and will try to cast doubt on
the actual cause of Jennie Bosschieter's
death. 1t is given out ''that It NAV be
hard to establish the presence of choral
IN the body of Jennie Bosschieter," as 1t
was embalmed on the day after it was
found These hints of the "difficulties,'
surrounding the prosecution are regarded
significant in connection with the whis-
pers that influence would manage to
find loophole through which the prison.
ers could escape.
The friends of George Kerr declare
that, in case the poisoning of the girl Is
established, his defense will be that he
was not present when the knockout drops
We're administered and was innocent of
this, having gone to call a hackman from
the Erie Depot. The coroner's jury in It's
verdict anticipated this. as it declared
that the girls death was due to sexpos-
ure, violent assault and the use OF q
poisonous drug. Kerr's plea may, there
fore be useless.
Girls in the Needing Silk Mill, where Liz
zle Schaub was employed. have made pub
lie letter in which they resent attacks
upon her, and add
Whatever may have been her weakness
in the past, this act exhibits strength of
character which we approve and for
which we would not refuse to work with
her.