The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-24
DdUGGED AND OUTRAGED
A Woman Made the Toy Of Gilded
Degenerates.
NEyfRLEfTHER UNTIL SHE WAS CORPSE
The Beginning in Saloon Where the Wine
Was Flowing. The End in Lonely
Piece Where Foul Murder
Was Done.
(By the Associated Press

New York, Oct. 23.-Today's devel-
opments show that the circumstances
surrounding the death of Miss Jennie
Bosschieter, of Paterson. n. j.. form
one of the most remarkable and re-
Voting crimes which has ever been
brought to light in. this section. The
police have the five persons more or
less concerned in the affair i'm custody.
From statements and confessions made
they have been able to trace the course
of the girl from $3.50 Thursday evening
until she met death, and the travels of
her body afterward are also fairly
well known. Shortly after o'clock
MISS Bosschieter passed Kent's drug
store at Paterson and near it met An
drew Campbell. There was a short
conversation and then the pair walked
down Main street. Somewhere EN-
route they were joined by George Wal
ter Manchester and William Death
The four entered Christopher Saal's
saloon. Here drinks We're served FL
nally one of the men telephoned to the
Erie depot for a cab and Aug Schultz
ors responded. This cabman has
been the main source of the policies
information and has given a detailed
story Of what occurred.
1t was in the neighborhood of 10
O'Clock when the four men lifted the
partly unconscious girl into Schultors,
rig. 1t is alleged that after the hack
man had been called, one of the men
asked for another round of drinks and
into that served to the girl poured
the contents of vial, containing a
species of knockout drops. The men
directed the driver to take them to a
road house, but they found the place
closed and repeated rappings produc-
ed no results. The party then started
back toward the city.
In lonely spot the hack was stop
ped and the girl lifted out of it and
laid upon a ~blanket by the roadside.
In what followed the hackman and
ore of the four, it is said, had no part.
The story is too revolving to describe.
The hackman claims that he did not
leave his seat on the cab. He is I'M
able to say whether the girl was alive
or dead when she was lifted back into
the cab. He remembers that he was
told to drive down beside the river
bank Here the girl. apparently life
less. was lifted out of the cab and her
face bathed with river water After a
long time spent in trying to revive her
the men held consultation. Their
victim was again lifted into the cab
and the hackman was ordered to drive
like mad to DIR. Wiley's house.
DR.. Wiley was not at home and the
partv hurried to the residence of DIR.
Townsend, on Paterson street. The
physician was aroused and told to
come down stairs at once and give i'm
mediate attention to a woman who had
been injured He was told not to wait
to dress He slipped on bath robe
and went to the carriage door. 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 fool
and commanded him to revive her. The
doctor was offered any amount of
money if he would try. but he persist
ed it was useless for him to try as
death had come long before.
The carriage then drove away. There
was a 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 insisted upon dropping the body
upon the roadway. tt was finally re-
solved 70 drive out into BERGEN county
by way of the Thirty-third street