The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

his bathrobe and went out to the car
riage. which was standing in front of the
house. He found a young woman who
proved TO be Jennie Bosscheter in the
back seat of the vehicle. The body was
in sitting position, with the chin rest
ing on the chest. The witness examined
the woman. but could discover no pulsa-
ton or respiration and pronounced her
dead.
While this was going on DR.. Town
send said the prisoners stood about on
the sidewalk near the carriage, and when
he pronounced the girl dead and said it
was too late for him to do anything one
Of the men, with a trembling voice, ask
ed, "Are you sure she's dead, doctor"
The witness replied that the woman had
been dead for al least an hour. The doc
tor then returned to his house. and the
prisoners drove away with the body.
DR.. Townsend was not cross examined
and was on the stand not more than five
minutes.
Detectives Evidence.
Thomas Mclnerney, a local detective,
who was the next witness, testified that
he went with Sculthorpe after the body
was found and made q search for the
bottle which was supposed to have con
tanned the drug which caused the death
of the girl BY Sculthorpes direction
the search was continued through a side
path off the Rock road, and there the
bottle was found. The witness kept the
bottle in his possession until Nov. %,
when he gave it TO Nathaniel Shane, at
tached to the prosecutors office.
Nathaniel SHINE corroborated the pre-
vious witness as to receiving the bottle
and said that by direction of the county
prosecutor he took the bottle to Professor
Witthaus, an expert chemist, in New
York.
The witness was not cross examined.
DIR. William l.. Vroom testified that he
was coroner of Bergen county; that on
| Oct. 10 he was notified of the finding OF
woman's body at Alyea's mills. He
went there and found the body, which
proved to be that of Jennie Bosschieter
| There was cut on the head and the
hands, face and chest We're cold, but the
rest of the body was warm. The wound
on the back of the head, about one and d
| half inches in length, was probably caus
ed by the body falling or being throw
against rock. The girl was dressed il
full street attire. On the Sunday follow
ing the finding of the body the witness
Todd, held an autopsy. The skull wa
not fractured The brain was normal
and the other organs were in health.
| CONDITION.
DIR. Vroom was cross examined by Mr.
Dunn. He declared he had never sait
that there was a fracture in the skull o
the murdered girl. He had never though
that such was the case. He did not know
what had caused the girls death.
DR.. Nroom also stated that the under
taker who took charge of the body ha
introduced needle into the stomach o
the dead girl to get rid of the gas and t
let out the blood before embalming til
body. He said the stomach was scale
mp in a jar which he himself took to hi
laboratory. lie said that he kept it ther
for two days.
Anybody could have had access to i
could he nott' asked Mr.. Dunn.
No one knew it was there" responde
the witness.
DIR. Vroom said that it could not /
learned from the autopsy that embalmin
8 fluid had been used The undertaken tol
the witness that it had not been used.
Tunis Vermullen, the undertaken VIII
y took charge Of the girls body, was III
next witness. He said that he had en-
balmed the body on the Friday after tt
murder. He gave DIR. Mcbride porto
Of the fluid used in the embalming. II
:, witness, who is a coroner, said he WI
i sure that he told DR. Nroom and DIR. NJ
\ Bride that he had embalmed the body b
o fore the autopsy was made. The witne
q was not cross examined.
DIR. Andrew +. Mcbride, county phys
cian of Passaic county, was the next wi
aeSs to take the stand.
He testified that in making an autop'
d On the body he found on the palm of Il
g. left hand marks that looked as if til,
E. had been made by finger nails. He sa
e that all the organs of the body appear,
to be in normal condition. To sum u
he concluded that there was no eviden
of the girl having suffered any physic
injury or having been a victim of any d
u eases. In view of these facts he co
III cluded that her death had resulted fro
the administration of poison, and
thought that the poison used was chlOl
hydrate.
Mr.. Dunn, continuing his cross exam
y. nation Of DIR, Mcbride, asked:
's' Suppose she had taken drinks Of a
w. smith, about two ounces, would You ST
say she died from chlorane hydrateg'
"Yes."
"Could she have died from large qua
titles of absnth or champagne"
;nf Il don't think So"
Witthaus on the stand.
Professor Rudolph s. Witthaus Of n
York was called.
He said that he had been Investigate