Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-02
GIVEN FATAL DRUG.
DEATH OF Pa TERsON FACTORY GIRL
sOLvED.J YTHE POLICE.
FIVE MN UNDER ARREST.
Confession Of Man Who Drove the Cab
from (hristOpheT Goals Saloon to Where
Jennie BrosscI,ieter's Body was Found
Three Of the Others Practically Admit
Connection with the Dreadful Affair.

Paterson, r. j. (special).-The last
trace of mystery surrounding the kill
ing of Jennie Bosschieter, the seven
teen-year-old girl whose body was
found near tlie.Wagaraw Bridge over
the Passaic River, has been cleared
away The giyl was lured to a drink
ing place. There she was drugged,
placed in a cab with four men. driven
to a remote pi ee on the outskirts OF
the town, TAX n unconscious to the
ground and u ere, heing then IN a
dying cOnditjs,S. was criminauy as
.seulted.' by three of her companions.
When they found she still remained
unconscious after being put back IN
the carriage and after all their efforts
to restore her failed, they drove with
her to the house of doctor in Pater-
son who came down to the sidewalk,
examined her in the carriage and pro-
nounced her dead. Then the carriage
was driven to the remote place near
Ayers ice house and there the dead
girl was lifted out, carried TO the place
where the body was found, thrown
down like a dead dog and her head
deliberately smashed against the rag
gpd-edgPd rock on which 1t rested
when the body was discovered by one
Of Ayers employees. That is the story
in outline of what is regarded as one
Of the most horrible crimes in the his
tory of New Jersey The deed was
the work of four men ranging III. age
from Al to "a, every one OF whom is
of excellent family and who. with one
exception, stood well in public esti-
nation in the community. All were
active business men, All four of them
are under arrest and locked up In
the County Jail charged with murder.
Their names are Walter c. McAlister,
George J. Kerr, William A. Death and
Andrew Campbell. McAlister, who is
80 years of age, is a member OF the
firm of James McAlister & Co.
George J. Kerr is Al years old and is
married to his second wife and has
childen living by her and his first
wife. Kerr is member of the }. T.
Dunlevy Company, dealers in paints,
and painting contractors.
William A. Death, who is rs, was
married only five weeks ago. He is an
advertising SOllcllOT.
Andrew Campbell, who is "a years
old and unmarried, was bookkeep2r
in Hands silk mill at Lakeview. Until
the Bosschieter murder he, Death and
Kerr bore excellent regulations. not
witbstanding the fact that Kerr was
the inseparable companion of McAlis-
ter. who did not have so good name
in the community. His character is
suggested by the nickname that was
fastened to him. Sporty McAlister
was what he was called and he was
very often seen on the streets in the
evening, generally in the neighbor-
hoods frequented by young girls.
There were rather shady stories told
about McAlister's exploits in the
MASKING" line long before the dis
covery of his connection with Jennie
Bosschieter's murder. According to
the information in the hands of the
police, information which comes pre-
sumably from McAlister's acOmplices,
it was he who led in the crime. He 1t
was, it is said, who drugged the girls
drink in the saloon where the quartet
were last seen with her and he it was
VINO LED IN the maiLFeaIneHC Vi IHe
victim as she lay unconscious and dy-
ing on the ground. Campbell, the po-
lice are informed, did make some pro-
test when the girl was dragged from
the carriage to the roadside, and re-
Trained from joining his companions
in the eliminating feature of the crime.
Should it be proved that the girl came
to her death through acts leading up
to and in the commission of felony,
the law Classics the crime as murder
in the first degree. Campbell's friends,
or those who were his friends are in
clined to hope that his non-participa-
ton in the actual felony may save his
life. McAlister is still unyielding. He
is the only one of the four who has
refused to confess.