Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-16
TELLS WITNESS THATHE LIES
Excited Remark OF Prisoner Death to De-
tective at Bossohciter Trial.
DECLARES HE NEVER MADE CONFESSION
Several Cbemists Testify 10 Finding
sumcient Choral Hydrate In Dead
Girls stomach to Cause
Death.

PATTERSON. N. j.. Jan. 15.--With an ar
ray 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 a SEN
sational interruption OF one of the witnesses
by one of the prisoners, Prosecuting At
torney Emley tonight announced that the
case OF the State against William A. Death,
Andrew Campbell and Walter l.. McAlls-
ter, three OF the four men accused of mur
dering Jennie Bosschieter, was complete.
The greater part of the day was occu-
pied with the testimony of the medical ex-
perts. the most important Of which was DR..
Andrew +. Mcbride, the county physician,
who performed the autopsy on the body of
the girl and declared that she came to her
death from the effects of some poison,
and Of Rudolph Wtthaus, n chemist, who
made qualitative and quantitative analysis
Of the stomach and other organs OF the
GIRL and declared the presence OF
chloral hydrate in sufficient quantities to
show that death had resulted from the ad-
ministering OF this drug.
number OF detectives and policemen
were put upon the stand to tell of the ar
rest OF the prisoners. Detective Sergeant
McInerney, who drove over the route with
the hackman, Sculthorpe. and found the
bottle near the body, was testifyipg as to
a statement made to him by Death on the
night OF his arrest or rather, In the early
morning. He was saying. ~ went to
Deaths cell and asked him II he had any
relations with the girl and"
Death instantly sprang to his feet and
shouted you lie; you lie"
Counsel pulled him away and after evil
dence was given by several detectives
Death was summoned to the stand. He
told of his arrest and OF a number of ques
tions put to him by the police, but he
stepped down from the stand without stat.
Ing what 1t was he told the police. Judg:
Dixon admitted the evidence OF the police
men in which they said Death had con
fessed.
Another Confession Detailed.
William Perry, a policeman, told OF
different confession made to him by Death
He said the young man had stated to hin
that McAllister had put the drug into tn,
girls wineglass two or three times.
DR.. Cyrus Townsend, to whom the fou
men took the girl when they first returne,
10 Patterson, told OF his examination o
the girl and OF his pronouncing her dead
The other witnesses examined wer
Daniel McShae Of the prosecutors Office
who had possession of the bottle found b
the dead girls side DR.. william Vroom
coroner for Greene county, who was noti
fied Of the discovery OF the body and VIII
made an examination; Tunis Vermeulor
the undertaken who embalmed the body; DI
+, w. Todd and DR.. Thurber OF Paterson
who corroborated DR.. Vroom's evidence
DIR. Calvin Terriverry and DR.. w. H. New
man, who were present at the autopsy
Chief OF Police Grnut, Detective Sergean
John II. Taylor and Detectives Titus an
Lord, who corroborated the statements tn
other officers made as to the confessio
made by Death.
After recess Detective Sergeant John I
Taylor. who was employed on the case, tol