The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-29

men invoived in the circumstances sur )
rounding the death of Jennie Bosschieter, !
the mill girl. last October-Walter Q Nc /
Alister. Andrew J Campbell. William a |
Death. and George J. Kerr-were arraign- |
ed before Judge Dixon in the Court OF
Oyer and Terminer this morning
The prisoners entered the courtroom at I
1895 O'Clock. The courtroom was packed. !
McAlister, Campbell. and Death were |
each sentenced TO thirty years at hard Ia |
nor and Kerr to fifteen years at hard Ia
Dor
From the time when The prisoners were
brought into court until they left, know
ing the fate which they had not doubted
they would receive. was less than thirty
minutes It all took place in dead silence.
broken only by the opportunities Of the
lawyers. saying d last vain word. and by
the quivering voice OF the judge. When
the lawyers had made their pleas for
clemency there followed a brief interval
while the court was gaining composure,
and deep hush fell over the packed court
room
Death. Campbell, and NlcAlister may
stand up said the justice quietly
They arose. their faces ashen and their
hands clenched. Still speaking quietly
the justice went on:
You stand convicted of the crime Of
murder in the second degree The crime
of which the evidence proved you guilty
was murder in the first degree, for you
killed Jennie Bosschieter by administer
ing a poison to her for the purpose of
committing rape From time immemoriaI
the penalty for crimes Of that magnitude
and character has been death But the
Ieniency of the jury, which 1t had the
discretion and authority to extend. has
saved you from the gallows. and no fur
Their Ieniency can be expected in this Jri-
bunal. whose proper function is not 10
make Ia VS.. not to carry out personal SEN
tinsent, but to administer the laws
1T is true that the penalty which am
to impose VIII destroy your lives 1t Will
obIiterate every prospect once perhaps,
so bright before you OF becoming good and
useful citizens And all for the deeds Of
that October night I cannot make dis
tinction among you. but I am not 10 pun
ish or reward you for your previous con-
dition, but TO punish you for this crime,
and I cannot see that IN the commission
Of that offence there was any difference
among you I trust that the fearful con
sequences OF that one night may help to
teach the young men and women Of this
community that they cannot hope TO Sc
cure happiness outside Of virtue and
honor.
The judgment o. this court is that you
shall each be imprisoned at hard labor
for thirty years"
Dazed. although they had expected
what was coming, the three convict5 sat
down As the justice painted their crime
in the black coIors that fitted it, they had
WINGED, and when he said, speaking more
clearly than before, but with intense emo
ton, that the sentence would destroy
their lives, even McAlister's sulky coun-
tenance seemed to betray regret. Deaths
sulIen features we're eontorted and ugly.
CampbeITs eyes we're full of tears The
justice himself was looking through 4
mist Of tears when he finished.
Hardly a minute passed before Kerr's
turn came. This was the man Of all the
four who saccifced the highest social and
business position and wrought the great
est suffering to others when he shared in
the fatal outing which ended in Jennie
Bosschieter's death. He stood with bowed
head and rounded shoulders as the justice
addressed him, and he did not lift lis
eyes at any time until his sentence was
passed.
The evidence in your case the justice
said, dryly, did not warrant the belief
that you were concerned in the admins
tration Of the drug, but it did show that
you participated in the rayishment of Jea-
HE Bosschieter, and in the commission Of
that offence. in that fact, there is one fea-
ture that makes your conduct worse than
that Of the others You we're an cider
man. You had more obligations to go
ciety. You had wife. worthy Of the pur-
est and highest affection, and children.
whose welfare had been your constant
concern You ignored the lessons of ex-
perlence- You broke the ties that found
you TO home. You permitted yourself TO
drift away from domestic life and love,
and now you are on the rocks Of vice and
crime
And such crime, No wonder that
its revelation shocked she community No
wonder that Il stirred in every manly and
Ntl-ll4-ig near lltE anu AD--L III All
that CHASTITY outrage you had no commits
seraJion for the victim Of brutal lust You
threw her body by the roadside. reckless
whether kindly human hands first touched
II OF the Iangs Of dogs Poor Jennie Boss
rhieter,
How gladly would I spare your friends
and relatives. but human wisdom has not
yet devised a way Of furnishing the guilty
and saving the innocent from sorrow and
suffering. cannot withhold from you any
measure Of that penalty which the law
deems sufficient for your crime The
judgment Of this court is that you be i'm
prisoned at hard labor for fifteen years.
Kerr looked like an old man when he
sat down He was bent and withered.
For moment more the tense feelings OF
everybody were held in suspense. and
then the justice said:
The prisoners may Withdraw
subdUed buzz Of conversation greeted
the conyicts IS they skunk down me main
aisle. handcuffed TO deputies. The man
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