The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-29
Foand n Young Woman I'm n Carriage,
Examined Her md Saw that
Life Had Fled.
NO DELAY IN INVESTIGATION
GRAND JURY TO PROBE THE CASE
AND RETURN INDICTMENTS.
Social Conditions Of Paterson Said TO
BE shocking-FactoryG Girls the
Prey of Designing Men.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-It is now said In
Paterson, N J. that the present grand
jury will take up the inquiry into the death ?
of Jennie Bosschieter. for whose murder
McAlister, Death. Campbell and Kerr are
confined in Jail. whereas statements have
appeared tending to show that there would
be likely to be a delay by the authorities.
it is now given out that the investigation
is to be pushed vigorously. DR.. Townsend.
who refused to appear on the witness
stand yesterday. will appear at the inquest
next Tuesday night. His reason for not
answering the subpoena was an order from
the authorities to testify regarding the
visit Of the prisoners TO him on the night
of the murder. DR.. Townsend now makes
the following statement OF the midnight
call. and his connection with the case.
ut has been stated that the four men
made two calls at my Office and that the
girl was alive when the carriage first ar
rived. They came but once, and it was then
too late to render aid to the unfortunate.
/ am positive of the exact time of their
arrival because when the bell rang at the
head of the bed / looked at the clock ON
the mantel and saw it was o'clock.
Through the speaking tube inquired the
cause of the summons and was told that
there had been accident, and was asked
to come at once. Through the tube asked
particulars, and was met with the word
that the patient YVES in carriage at the
door. 1t was cold, but waited only TO don
a bath robe and went down stairs.
when the door was opened two men
whom / knew as George Kerr ard Walter
McAlister showed me aside and quickly
stepped inside Then 1 was told that a
young woman had been hurt. and both men
declared that they would carry her I'm.
But without further parley L brushed past
them and went out to the carriage. IL was
a two-seated vehicle that had often seen
at the Erie station. I did not see the hack
man. There were two men standing at the
curb near the door OF the carriage. I knew
Campbell by sight Inside the carriage on
a rear seat a young woman was half
seated, half lying across the back OF the
seat. Her head lay sideways across her
breast. lifted her head and laid Il back
gently. II was limp and llfeless. The
clothing was disarranged. the hair hanging
about her neck and shoulders Her waist
had been loosened and only the two ton
buttons Of the waist were buttoned. There
was no pulse. The heart beat had been
stilled.
THE YOUNG MEN ALARMED.
when I climbed into the vehicle to
make closer examination four men gath
cred at the side of the carriage. Their
faces were white. The body was cold.
Boys said to them, Il can do nothing:
she is dead They seemed to draw back
and were all together when stepped with
in the door and left them I'm conference
at the curb 1t was five minutes after
O'Clock when I returned up stairs"
DR.. Townsend said the men had insisted
that the woman should be taken into his
Office, even after she was pronounced
dead. Early the next day he saw the ac-
count Of the finding of the body OF Jennie
Bosschieter near wagraw bridge During
his examination of the young woman I'm
the carriage 1t had been too dark to dis
tinguish the features. and the cfrcum-
stances of the position of the body with
the cash in the back of the head and the
fractured skull reported in the autopsy
added TO the mystery. On Friday after
noon he decided TO seek the advice OF pro-
fessional friends. who were made ac-
quainted with the full details. When IL
appeared that the cases we're identical the
authorities were notified. Dr. Townsend
visited the chief of police and gave the
information in his possession. and the ar
rest of scuIthorpe. Kerr. McAIister. Death
and Campbell followed
The horrible social conditions in the
city which have been brought before the
public by the murder OF Jennie Bosschieter
are yet hardly appreciated. Only yester-
day Ella n. Dealing, matron OF the Flor
Hxffe
the astounding statement that within the
last eighteen months $50 half-grown girls
and women, victims Of the immoral condi-
tons, have been received in the mission.
She also said that the names OF the four
prisoners were familiar 10 her a long time
before the story OF the Death OF Jennie
Bosschieter was made public. 1--WE have
been doing yeoman work here in this mis-
sion," she said. But certain class OF
men here have been working faster than
could work. and as a result we some-
times feel that our work is hopeless. am
now In communication with several phllan-
thropic leaders here and plans are making
for an organized effort to stamp out an
evil that has wrecked the lives of so many
of our girls
Another young woman comes forward
and adds her testimony 20 that OF the five
who yesterday told OF being drugged by
McAl.ster and his crew. She is Miss
Emma Beck. Two years ago she became
acquainted with young McAlister. She said
to-day: 'IIe took me 20 a circus l re-
fused TO enter a roadhouse with him. and
ne brought me out a glass OF soda water
II must have been drugged. for l became
sick after drinking it. I repeled his ad-
nd Sc 4 - -.
and returned home alone. As got on .
car In front Of Kent's drug store. on Main