Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-19
MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE.
Paterson Trio Convicted = Kerr Now Shows Signs of the Coming Trial.


 Paterson Trio Convicted = Kerr Now
 Shows Signs of the Coming Trial.
 Paterson, N. J., Jan l9.-The verdict
 of murder in the second degree, fen-
 dered against Walter McAhstef, W IT.
 liam A. Death and Andrew J. Canip-
 bell seems to meet with general ap-
 proval among the citizens of Paterson. While here and there the oplnlon IS expressed that the three men conNlcl- ed yesterday did not get thelr Iuli 'ie-
 serts, the general feeling among liic best people of the clty appears to ue that as the murder was not prelheui-
 tated, justice has been saus1ed Dy the
 verdict. ,4,
 McAIister, sCampbelI and Death showed indications to-day of the ter
 rible strain they had been under u'l-
 ing the trial, but they all seemed le.
 lieyed from the fearful suspense ahc glad that the worst was oVer
 Kerr apparently now shows more concern than the three conNlcteu nieh' as his fate is yet to be decided. :" heh he, heard the verdict last nlght ne eA-
 pressed surprise and 'Gisuppolhllieh, and he is worried over the charge ol
 Judge Dixon to the jury that all Iour
  if it was proved that one Of them had given the girl chIoral or had assaulted her. Kerr applied for 8 separate trial because he thought he would Stand better show of escaping with nGnter punishment than the others. 1T noF an acQuittal, because he claimed he was not present when the knockout drops
 were administered to Jennie Bosschle- ter and that he did not assault the girl.
 Kerr will not discuss his approach ing trial. which may bes:n a Weeh
 from Monday. Prosecutor Emley Will confer with Judge DiXor oetween now
 and Monday as to the date for Kerr trial and the time for passing sentence | on Campbell McAliSter and Death. It l is the general feeling in Paterson that Judge Dixon will impose the full pen .alty on the three convicted men. Which is thirty years Imprisonment at hard labor.
 Before the jury went to their secret conference at ten minutes before ; | o'clock yesterday afternoon. they nS- tened to the argument of the prosecu- tor-an argument that tore the ingen- i ious sophistries of the defense to shreds. Mr Emley mas not distin- guishcd himself by his conduct of this case but his four-hOur speech yeSter- day, when stripped of it's exaggerated oratory. was a masterpiece of argu- ment. Hope sank in the hearts of the defendants and. sinking, drew in their faces till they had the Sunken look oI dying men. In picking the defense to pieces Prosecutor EmIey used the defendants
 own stories to show that McAlister
 h
 Death and Campbell before Rents store just after Jennie BOsSchieter had passed. He savagely attacked McAl- i isters story about the engagement with two girls at the Arch street bridge. and made much of that mans [ refusal to produce these women on the
 witness stand. He said that the story of the defendants had been made up while they were together in the jail. He pointed out the improbaDility of | McAlister and Kerr having come by chance to where Death and Campbell had Jennie in SaaTS back room, an hour after the four had conferred at Kents store. especially as the defense had asserted that the four men were not friends He scornfuily ridiculed l the claim that Jennie was in love With | Death.
 1 He pointed out the inconsistency in
 McAlister having let Kerr wait with i the carriage for an hour and halI ! after the use for the vehicle had i passed. and commented on the rare i friendship which kept Kerr waiting 1 so long for the telephone message to
 bring the hack. He said McAlister l had given no explanation of new l state of affairs when Kerr had arrived 1 and Kerr, asking none, had brought [ tn | saloon. where Jennie best could be | carried out.
 i He bolstered up the hackman by the testimony of ChryStie, who saw Jen- nie carried out to the carriage Nlth
 much force he asserted that Scul- | thorpe naturally would have favored 1 the accused. as their v1nGication would ! clear him of all cOmplicity in crime. 1 The prosecutor also turned to good i account the contention of the defense
 that there were q hundred secluded 1 places nearer Saars than the Rock l road and that the defendants need not ! have taken her so far had they wished
 to assault her. The prosecutor urged that these same places could have
 been used to revive her.
 l He made strong point of the se- | crecy which the defendants main tained after the death. Briefly he re-
 viewed the points he had made i'll his | riddling of the theory erected by the l defense. I-.
 And now,' he roared, nave 1 not convicted these men out of their own i lying mouthsE'
 i Judge Dixon began his charge at :; 3:1o o'clock. As cold and as sharp as an icicle was the old judges address. {! Sentence by sentence it seemed to l! drive nails in the collins of the three i prisoners who listened 10 it.
 Tt is lawful for you to render yer | dict that all the defendants are not i guilty" he charged, ''or that some are
 innocent are guilty, or that all are i guilty"
 l Then he told what the law held !! about the equal guilt of all of them.
 You may find some guilty of as sault and some of murder he con- 1 tinued.
 i McAlister's face blanched at last. It 1 seemed to point him out as q ScaDagOat