Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-16
THIRD DDAYO OF TRIAL
Prisoners in Bosschieter Case ICame Into Court Objected.
CASE FOR DEFENCE BEGUN.

Arguments, Occupying More Than
 Half An Hour-Some of the Sensa-
 tional Testimony That Was Pres
 ented Yesterday.
 Paterson, x. J., Jan 16.-The third day of the Bosschieter murder trial opened with the interest in the case more intense than on the two preced- ing days. The state rested last night. Everyone connected w1<S'ss the case was in the court room early t6<ay to hear the opening for the defenssS There was the usual crowd outside the court house and the deputy sheriffs station- ed at the doors had d difficult task to perform ill keeping out those who had no right to enter.
 The prisoners, McAlister, Death and Campbell were brought in a few min uteS before 10 o'clock, and took their accustomed places near their counsel. The faces of the defendants all bore indications of the strain of the trial. Death looked more dejected and nerv- ouS than his two companions.
 During the wait for Judge Dixon to appear on the bench the lawyers for
 
 q final consultation preparatory to opening the case in behalf of the priS- oI.a:'.:.
 Meanwhile County Prosecutor Elm ley had a conference with his assist ant. and then informed some news paper men in reply to questions that he was well satisfied with the evidence as submitted by the state, but he might possibly call some witnesses in rebuttol.
 There is a possibility of the defense closing its case to-day and the trial being concluded tomorrow with the summing up and the judges charge.
 Immediately after court opened Judge Hoffman, counsel for the de- frnse. asked that Sculthorpe, the hackdriver, be recalled, so that he might be confronted with the record of a crime of which he was found guilty. Judge Dixon refused. holding that it had no bearing on the case. Attornel Michael Dunn opened the case for the defense and spoke of the general details Of the sad case. He referred to the death of the young girl and the grief it brought to her family. He then went into the oc- currenceS of the night of October IS, describing the conditions when the S her dead. He said it was the inten- ton of the defense to prove that when the girl was taken out of the hack the four men knelt around her and tried to revive her. They were going to try and prove that the hackman was mis- taken when he said the girl was as- saulted at that time. Attorney Dunn spoke for tnirty-five minutes.
 Professor R. A. Whittaus, the chem ist. was the most important witness yesterday. He is the expert who play ed such an important part in the trials of MolineuX, Buchanan, Harris and Fleming. He identified the bottle found near the scene of the outrage and declared that it contained a small quantity of a strong solution of chloral hydrate when it was given to him. He detailed his tests of the stomach of the murdered girl and declared he had found in 1t ten grains of chloral hy- drate. He had found no trace of chloral in the embalming fluid.
 The solution of chloral was q strong form of what is known as Knockout drops" Chloral left no traces in the body that would be revealed by an autopsy. The quantity he had found free in the stomach could have done her no harm. but it proved that ten times as much must have been absorb ed in the circulation. Twenty grains was sometimes 9 fatal dose.
 So you can't swear that you found enough chloral in her system to have done her any harm?' asked Judge Hoffman.
 Because science cannot trace it that far there is no reason to say it was not there," said the professor, tartly.
 The defense began to push vigorous questions to try to make the professor admit that the effects of excessive drinking of absinthe would produce the same effect as chloral.
 ..I don't think so. The excitement would be delirium.' replied the pro- lessor, q have never heard of a death from absinthe,'' he added.
 Death from absinthe would be similar in its symptoms to death from chloral:'
 Yes. It might''
 Judge Hoffman pressed questions about the fatal effects that might fol. low an indulgence in Manhattan cock tails, containing yermouth, and in American champaigne. But the pro. lessor would not budge on his point
 No man can swallow enough cock tails or champagne to kill him." de clared the expert Stubbornly.
 Whatever the defense gained on technical points in the morning they lost in the afternoon, when Judge Dixon admitted the confession Death made to the detectives on the night of his arrest. It was Detective John H Taylor-tc whom is chiefly due the solution of the mystery of Jennie Bosschieter's death. who first offered this confession. He told how Death had been arrested at ? o'clock on Octo. her g, and had been brought to the station house, to be closeted in pri- yate room with Taylor, Titus, Lord and McInery of the police force. The other three detectives were positive that Death had not been moved by threats or promises, but had made the confession because he had seen that everything had been discovered after the arrest of the hackdriver.
 1t was in the cross-examination o1 Detective AfcInery that Death broke through all self-restraint.
 he next morning went to s cell, z said the detective, sand him II he perQnally had taken U the aasau1t on the girl. He ss IT had4
 I1I5 1houted Judge Hoffman. np tlully, He lean.