The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-16

PATTERSON, n. J, Jan. l6--Ihe trial
Of the three men charged with the mr.
der of Jennie Bosschieter. the mill girl,
was resumed promptly at 10 o'clock this
morning The defence asked that Cabman
ScuItnorpe be recalled for the purpose OF
further decentralization. Justice Dixon
refused and Michael Dunn proceeded TO
/ open for the defence
Mr. Dunn began with a plea to forget
/ sentiment for the girl who. ne said was
/ dead and for whom the State could do
/ nothing, and % forget prejudice.
The first OF our answers 10 the
| charges against US" said Mr. Dunn. is
| that William Death and Andrew Campbell
| are not chums OF McAlister" He said
I that Death ana Campbell met by chance
/ On the night Of the crime and we're accoSt-
/ ed on the street by Jennie Bosschieter
/ and al her request Campbell escorted her
10 Saal's saloon, Death preceding them
/ thlther
Campbell and the girl passed MEALS
/ ter and KAcr as they walked along Main
! Street. Nothing was said by any of the
/ four. When Death met Campbell and the
/ girl in the saloon Campbell paid for the
drinks. He went TO the barroom to give
I the orders and McAlister was by the bar
! with a M Bardoni. There was some
talk, and then Campbell took the drinks
cider, Il cocktail, and a glass of beer-in
/ the back room. Campbell said that Meal
/ lister would Ike 10 join the party and
I Miss BCSsChieteT agreed When he came
I N he ordered round Of drinks and Miss
| BCsschleteF took absInthe having already
| taken a cocktail ! bottle of champagne
! was next ordered, and IcAlister poured
/ il. Miss BoSschieter was Rot feeling wen.
and for that reason the champagne had
/ been ordered. She did not revive. and il
( vas suggested that she had better get
/ into the open air.
a hack vas ordered Mr.. Kerr came
/ down with il and the girl was escorted
+ 10 the carriage They drove to Lees
Road House. Lees place was closed. so
! they turned back and started over the
/ Rock Road. On the way Miss BosschieJer
/ became sick. and the men assisted her
/ from the cab. They pat her on the
/ ground and got down around her 10 as
/ sist her They rubbed her ankles and
/ hands Water was brought from a brook.
but, everything failing. they put her In
the cab and drove to Dr. Wylies. DR..
/ Wylie- was rot in. and they went to Dr.
/ Townsend He pronounced the girl dead
! There was no criminal assault The
! hachEaR testified that II was too dark
I
/ The men were using their handkerchieis
/ 70 protect the girls dress While she was
! SICK When these men found that the
/ girl was dead, they did not seek 70 hide
! Ike criminals Driving along. they passed
/ AIyea's Ice house, and there they laid
( the body IN no concealed place, bat near
/ the most Travelled bridge IN this county
/ They did not take il to Dundee Lake,
/ where probably it would never have been
/ found.
| We deny that we gave any drug TO
| this girl. We deny that we gave her
! drink TO make her intoxicated so that
/ she could not control her viii. What
/ ever relations MIR. Death had with This
! girl was before she had drop TO drink:
/ before she left Saal's saloon and with
! her consent. There never was any pre-
! arrangement between these defendants
! 10 harm q hair Of that girls head. When
Andy Campbell escorted her to the sa-
( loon it was TO oblige her friend and with
| the purpose 70 go away at once and keep
! IN engagement It was an accident
| with which these men met that night.
/ an accident that might have happened to
/ the most innocent son Of any father.
| We deay that the girl died of choral
/ poisoning We don't know that she died
! Of any poison We shall ask you for a
/ verdict"
Mr.. Dunn finished at 1915, having spok-
1 en- for thIrty-fye minutes,
/ After unimportant testimony by a
/ brother Of the undertaken who buried
| The girl and newspaper reporter, the
! defence called McAlister. the most no
| torious Of the three defendants 10 the
stand His face was Iiyid and his eye
I lids red He gave his answers in low
! but clear tones without any t-'emor in
/ the voice.
He testified that he was at Kent's drug
store on the night Of October IS: that he
l had an appointment 10 meet Kerr there:
/ that he saw Death and Campbell. whom
| he knew. but who were not comrades of
/ his, and that he saw Jennie Bosschieter
| pass the store.
| There was prospect this morning that
! the fate Of Walter c. McAlister. Andrew
| T. Cam obeu and William A Death would
| be in Inc jury's hands when court ad-
/ i0urned tonight
| When the prosecution rested last night
| II was with q case buttressed strongly at
| every point and intact so far as the ef-
| fects Of cross examination were concern
| ed Tho s.,rIissiOn OF Deaths confession
! to the police when he was arrest ed-a
| confession If the most discriminating and
/ degrading characterized It was believed
| by everybody merely riveted the damaging
| evidence Of such witnesses as SculLhorpe
! the hacKman and Prof Wittaus who tes-
! tiled thu he girl had died of choral by
/ drate poisoning.
| THE SENATE ROUTINE.