The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16
Sensational Incident at the Trial of
the Three Men Charged with Jen-
ME Bosch Iefer's Murder.
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TESTIMONY OF DETECTIVES
AND MEDICAL EXPERTS HEARD BY
THE JURY YESTERDAY.
w. A. Death, One of the Prisoners
Permitted to Tcstify-Case Of the
Prosecution Closed.

PATTERSON, n. j., Jan. 15.-With an
array of expert evidence TO show the cause
OF death, the admission of statements made
by the police that one of the defendants
made a confession of the crime, and
sensational interruption of one
of the witnesses by one of the
prisoners, Prosecuting Attorney EN-
ley tonight announced that the
case of the State against William A.
Death, Andrew Campbell and Walter L.
McAlister. three of the four men accused
OF numbering Jennie Bosschieter, was COM
plete.
The greater part of the day was occupied
with the testimony of the medical experts,
the most important of whom was DR.. An
drew F. Mcbride, the county physician
who performed the autopsy on the body of
the girl, and declared that she came to her
death from effects of "some poison" and
Prof. Rudolph S. witthaus. chemist who
made a qualitive and quantitive analysis
OF the stomach and other organs of the
girl, and declared he had found the pres
ence of choral hydrate in sufficient guam
titles to show that death had resulted from
administering Of this drug.
A number of detectives and policemen
were put on the stand to tell of the arrest
OF the prisoners. Detective Sergeant Nc
Inerney, who drove over the route with the
hackman Schulthorpe, and found the bot
tie near the body, testifying as to a
statement made to him by Death on the
night of his arrest. or rather in the early
morning. He was saying:
|, at went to Deaths cell and asked him If
he had any relations with the slrl and
Death instantly sprang to his feet and
shouted: "You lie; you lie." His counsel
pulled him down, and after evidence was
given by several other detectives. Death
was summoned to the stand. He told of
his arrest and a number Of questions put
to him by the police. but he stepped down
from the stand without stating what 1T
was he told the police. Judge Dixon then
admitted the evidence of the policemen, in
which they said Death had confessed.
William Perry. a policeman. told of a
different confession made to MIN by Death.
He said the young man had stated to him
that McAlister had put the drug into the
girls wine glass two or three times.
DIR. Cyrus Townsend, TO whom TIE four
men took the girl when they first returned
to Paterson, told of his examination of
the girl and his pronouncing her dead.
The other witnesses examined were Daniel
McShan, of the prosecutors offise. who
had possession of the bottle found by the
dead girls side; William vroom, coroner
for Bergen county, who was notified of the
discovery of the body. and who made an
examination; Tunis vermuelon. the under
taker who embalmed the body. and DR..
Todd ard Thurber, who corroborated Dr.
yroom's evidence; DIR. Calvin Terrivery
and Dr. W. H. Newman. who were present
az the autopsy; Chief of Police Graul. De-
tective Sergt John ii. Taylor and De-
tectives Titus and Lord. who corroborated
the statements the other officers made as
to the confessions made by Death