The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-18
PATEUSON'S TRIAL
osrcrTIoN AND DEFENSE SUM
NV Up THEIR CASES.
rFAD TO DEATH LIKE A DOG.
IN PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
s SHAW OF THE GIRL.

claimed That No Case Had
mem Made Out, and That Hack
scuIthorpe's Evidence Was
+bIess-Judge Dixon Tells At
.o-rrv That Use of Poison or ViO-
,ce constitutes a Part of the
,..ault-PIea of the Defense Seems
weak.
paterson, N. j., Jan. T-For the entire
...sioD to-day the opposing counsel in the
,,,s Bosschieter murder trial appealed
:. ,ne Jury. Assistant Prosecuting At
...,ev Ralph Shaw began the summing
- for the state. He claimed that the
.,,.s had proven IDS case and that its
vary contention had been sustained. He
a.nounced the accused. who, he said, had
lien the girl out to do her death like
dor He demanded that the jury render
verdict as the law and evidence de-
handed, one of guilty in the highest de-
gree.
Then ex-Judge Francis Scott led in the
summing up for the defense. He was fol-
loVed by Michael Dunn. Their addresses
uere very similar They declared that
no case had been made out against Wal
fer McAlister, William Death and An
drew Campbell They ridiculed the ex-
merit testimony, and branded the hack
man, scuIthorpe, as a man of the lowest
type and of the basest motives. They
maintained that the story told by him was
not supported by evidence and that it was
lie
Mr. Scott made a point that if Soul
thorpe's story were to be believed at all
he should be a prisoner accused of par
ticioation in the crime.
The case of the state Mr.. Scott as-
serted, was made up of circumstantial ev-
dence He alluded to Jennie Bosschieter
as d girl foolish and vain, though not
necessarily vicious, who was under no
control who was in the habit of being out
late at night, though only Is years old.
Mr. Scott was arguing that the state had
failed to prove it's first count, that of as
sault when Judge Dixon interrupted him.
saying:
Before you proceed / want the jury to
understand that if choral were given, or
II a person were struck or choked in or
der TO accomplish the assault, the poison
OF NlOtuCe 10 d part Oh LIe assault. The
jury must not be misled on that point"
The counsel for the defense declared
that it had not been proved that choral
was administered to the girl and main
tanned that if the statements made by
Prof. Witthaus as to the finding of chic
raj in the stomach of the girl were to be
taken into consideration, so also were
those of DR.. Vandenberg to be given
weight.
DR.. Vandenberg declared that he had
seen persons knocked out" by drinking
absinthe. The defense maintained that it
had not been proved that any of the de-
PENDANTS had purchased choral, or that
the bottle alleged to have been found
near the dead girl belonged to one Of the
prisoners. They declared that none of
the medical testimony offered had shown
thet the girl had been assaulted.
Counsel for defense denied that there
was any motive, said the mems action
showed them guitless and contended that
weight should be given the mems stand
ing. Death, a young man only recently
married and of responsibility; Campbell,
almost boy; MeAlister reputable bus
mess man and well known to the people
of Paterson
They claimed that between the accused
men there was no prearranged plan to
make Jennie Bosschieter drunk, and af-
forwards cause her to minister to their
evil passions.
The prosecution asked for a verdict OF
murder in the first degree; that there
vas no evidence to show she was not
virtuous and upright girl.
It is believed the case will go to the
jury tomorrow afternoon.