The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-24
FOUR MEN KILL
A YOUNG GIRL
Administer Knockout Drops
and Then Assault Her.
DROP BODY AT LONELY
SPOT IN THE ROAD
Murderers Are PROMINENT Rusi-
ness Men of Paterson.

of the most remarkable and revolving
crimes which has ever been brought
TO light in this section. The police have
the five persons more or less concerned
in the affair in custody From state
ments and confessions made they have
been able TO trace the course OF the
girl from $50 Thursday evening until
she met death, and the travels of her
body afterward are also fairly well
known.
Shortly after o'clock Miss Bos-
scheiter passed Kent's drug store at
Paterson and near il met Andrew
Campbell. There was a short converse
ton and then the pair walked down
Main street. Somewhere Ell route they
were Joined by George Kerr, Walter
McAiiSter and William Death. The four
entered Christopher SAILS saloon. Here
drinks were served. Finally, one of the
men telephCned TO the Erie station for
a carriage and August Schulthors re-
Sponded- This hickman has been the
main source of the policies informa-
ton and has given detailed stories of
what took place.
Give Her Knockout Drops.''
It was in the neighborhood of 10
o'clock when the four men lifted the
partly unconscious girl into SchuIthors'
rig. 1t is slleged that after the hack
man had been called one of the men
asked foI another round of drinks and
into that served to the girl poured the
contents of vial that held knockout
drops" The men directed the driver to
lake them to a IOadhouSe, but they
found the place closed, and repeated
raDpings produced no response. The
party then started back toward the
city.
In a lonely spot the hack was STONED
and the girl lifted out of it and laid
upon a blanket by the roadside. In
what followed the hackman and one
of the four. it is said. had no part. The
story is too revolving TO describe. The
hackman claiims that he did not leave
his seat on the cab He was unable to
say whether the girl was dead or alive
when she was lifted back into the cab.
Here the girl, apparently lifeleSS, was
lifted out of the cab and her head and
face bathed with river water. After a
long time spent in trying to revive her
the men held a consultation. Their
victim was again lifted into the cab
and the hackman was ordered to drive
like mad to Dr. Wiley's house. Dr..
Wiley was not at home and the party
hurried to the residence of DR.. Town
send. The physician was aroused and
told to come downstairs at once nd
give immediate attention to a woman
who had been injured. He as told not
to wait to dress. He slipped on a bath
robe and went out to the carriage door.
Declares the Girl Dead.
He felt of the girls pulse and then
stepped back, saying his services were
not needed as the girl was dead.
One Of the men cursed the doctor for
q fool and told him to revive her. The
doctor turned and started hack into
the house. The men then changed their
demeanOr and begged him to do some
thing for the girl. Then the doctor
again assured them that it was useless
the girl was dead and beyond help.
The carriage then drove away but
came back in a few minutes and the
men urged Dr. Townsend to resort to
anything TO bring the girl about. He
again explained that the girl was be
fered any amount of money if he would
try, but ne persisted that it was useless
for him to try as death had come long
before.
The carriage then drove away. There
was Il consultation among the men. one
wanted to take the body to the girls
home and leave it there. The other
three refused to consider this and in
sisted on dropping the BODY on the
roadway. It was finally resolved to
drive out into Bergen county by way of
the Thirty-third street bridge When
tie bridge was reached the driver was
again ordered to stop. The purpose
soon developed.
When the triple attack upon the un-
conscious and perhaps dead girl was
made q portion of her clothing had
been torn Off When the party left
the scene of the crime one man had a
portion of her clothing in a pocket of
his coat and another had the remainder
of the garments. When the stop was
made at the river bank to battle the
girls face and head her combs and pins
had been removed. These We're in Nc
AIister's pocket The two portions of
the garment and the combs and hair
pins were dropped from the bridge into
the Passaic river The carriage was
then driven a short distance along the
road into Bergen county. The spot was
decided upon as a good place to drop
the corpse. The body was dragged out
of the carriage, but just then a wagon
was heard approaching and one of the
men hurled the body back into the cab
eXclaiming:
For Gods sake. drive on. Here
comes a carriage"
Body Allowed to Fall.
The hack went on until a dark spot
near Alicas mills was reached. An
other of the men lifted the shoulders
ana as the hips reached the sill Nc
Ulster dropped the feet. and the two
men held the body upright for a mo-
nnent and then let it go. The girls body
fell backward, the head striking a rock,
which crushed the skull. This circum-
stance. which threw the Bergen county
authorities off the scent, was rot fore
seen by the men disposing of the BODY.
The hackman received SO for his
nights work. This was paid by Nc
Alister.
This is the story as detailed by de-
teCtives. The four men directly con-
CeTned N this affair and tie hackman
are prisoners. The hackman has told
all he knows, and two of the others
have confirmed his story. It is said
that Death and Campbell are the two
men who told all and that Kerr has
also confessed. McAlister alone is.said
to make denial.
Alter McAlister is a member OF the
firm Of James McAlister & Co.. silk
thrOwsters. George Kerr is a member
Of the firm of J. 2. Donleavy Paint
company. Andrew Campbell is a book
keeper employed at the Hand Street
silk mill. William A. Death is a young
man who was married five weeks ago.
Mrs Deaths friends are endeavoring
to conceal the story of the details Of
her husbands arrest, and she is con-
WINGED that mistake has been made.
The men implicated in the crime were
held without bail for a hearing be-
fore Recorder Senior today.
Judge Kerr. brother of one of the
prisoners, is married to a sister of
Mayor Hinchcliffs, the millionaire
brewer Of Paterson. He is also a rela-
tive of John Johnson, Democratic
nominee for congress in the Paterson
district.
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