Connecticut western news., 1901-01-17
THE BOSSCHIETER CASE
Testimony of the Prosecution
 Is All In.
DEATH ON THE WITNESS STAND.

Dhh1u ON lnb W1lHhpo plhaO' He Denies His Alleged Confession.
 Detective Tells What Death Said to
 Him - Professor Wttthaus Found
 Choral In Dead Girls Body.
 New York, Jan. 16.-With an array of expert evidence to show the cause of death, the admission of statements made by the police that one of the defendants made confession of the crime and sensational interruption of one of the witnesses by one of the prisoners Prose cutting Attorney Finley last night an- nounced that the case of the state against William A. Death, Andrew Campbell and Walter l.. McAlister, three of the four men accused of murdering Jennie Boss ehieter, was complete.
 The greater part of the day was oc- cupied with the testimony of the medical experts, the most important of whom was Mir. Andrew F. 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 Professor Ru- dolph s. Whitthaus, a chemist, who made a qualitative and quantitatiye 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 admin istering of this drug. A number of de- tectives and policemen were put upon the stand to tell of the arrest of the prisoners.
 With the introduction of Deaths con- fession made to the police came the eli max of day that fairly bristled with in- cidents of dramatic intensity.
 While opposing counsel were struggling over the question of it's admission the young man whose words were now com ing back to seal his doom, pale, breath less, with eyes staring ixedly, was gazing at the witness, who chanced to be De- tective Sergeant McInerney.
 The witness, who had been called to testify as to whether Deaths confession had been secured by fair or foul means, was saying, 'Death was in the private room at headquarters under the guard of Policeman William Perry when I went in. I went up to him and asked him if he had anything to do with the assault on"-
 He got no further. Leaning forward, his eyes blazing with hatred, Death half rose from his chair and hissed out in a voice heard distinctly all over the court room, You lier'
 It was not until an hour later that the real significance of the prisoners bitter emotion appeared.
 Tells the Dreadful Story.
 Perry, the policeman, had followed the four detective sergeants on the stand, each of whom in turn had repeated the brutal words attributed to Death, 'She certainly had the dope thrown into her." and one of them had added Deaths ex- planation that by "dope" he meant knockout drops" After the four detect ives had left Death at the police station and had gone out to arrest his friend Campbell, whom he had inadvertently be- trayed, Death was left alone except for his police guardian, William Perry.
 It was then in the gray dawn of the morning, when the young mans nerves were at highest tension and his thoughts reverted to the bride he had left at home, that he turned voluntarily to Perry and made of him a confdant. No details were spared What do you think they'll do to usT'' he asked the policeman, and then he | tolu the dreadful story, which Perry yes terday repeated with a simple eloquence that was convincing.
 And when he had finished" said the witness, ''he said, oh. I'm nervous as h.. What will my wife think? I told her I would be back In 20 minutes when the policeman came for me. I'm afraid it will be long 20 minutes for me, don't you think SOP"
 With this dramatic climax MT. Elm ley quietly remarked, "I think the prose cution will rest its case"
 Death we'll knew that when Detective McInerney spoke of what was said dur ing the lone vigil with Perry he was ap. preaching dangerous ground. It was this knowledge that broke down his self control, hitherto admirable, and forced from him the bitter challenge You lie!' Death Takes the stand. Death himself had taken the stand in his own behalf before the eventful ses- sion closed. Judge Dixon ruled in favor of permitting testimony bearing on the confession. In the hope of breaking the force of the impending blow, counsel for the defense decided to call Death himself to the stand to prove intimidation. Mir. Emley did not object, and the unfortu- nate youth, trembling and pale, took the oath and told his story. The exhibition he made under Mir. Emley's by no means severe cross examination was so pitiful that when he tottered back to his arm chair the spectators wondered why his udu Stcu Ut hO SuOJtCl uliu lu | the ordeal.
 Once again there was an incident that l held the courtroom silent and breathless | with sustained interest. Detective Titus 1 old and grizzled like a veteran of Ma | poleon's army, was telling of Campbell's arrival at the police station. Il had known the boy for years," he said i Campbell turned to me and said, Oh | Mir. Titus, I'm afraid this Is bad busi ness for us.' Yes I said, it is a bad business; but, my boy, it is always best | to tell the truth"
 Here the old detective, whose voice I had become tremulous, broke down com | pletely, and he wept bitterly, with hi. face buried in his handkerchief. | It is barely possible that unwittingly he may have done a service for the lad whose plight drove him to tears, fol | Mir. Emley saw at once that Titus re
 mark to Campbell about telling tht 1 truth could be used by the defense tc prevent the introduction of what Camp | bell was alleged to have said in comics | sion and in confirmation of Deaths ad | missions. The prosecution therefore diG ] not press for the admissions charged tC ! Campbell, and the defense respected tht
 old detectives grief and waived the priv
 ilege of cross examination.
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