Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-15
'H[ BOS})H|[|ERCAS[
Rapid Progress is Made in the
Trial Of the Alleged
Murderers.
Four Of the Principal Wit
nesses in the Case
Testify.
Hackman Schulthorpe Tells Of
the Fatal Midnight

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New York. Jan 15.-Rapid progress
10 being made in the trial Of the three
men accused of the murder of Jennie
lBossehieter. the min girl a Patterson.
Before the trial WAS. begun it was ex-
pected that at least two days, would be
necessary to complete the jury, but
Judge loixona carried the proceedings on
With such vigor that within one hour
after the court was called lp order he
had .sinpanelled his twelve jurors and
heard the opening lines of the prosecut-
Ling attorney.
The remainder Of the day saw four Of
Ithe principal Witnesses in the case
questioned. Mrs. Nina Boss Meter, the
mother Of the. unfortnnate girl. Was
lane her daughter Susie another; Chris
ltopher Saal, the proprietor the saloon
Where ii Il, alleged the drug was adj
Iministered to the girl. was the third.
and Gus Schulthorpe, the hack driver Of
the horrible midnight ride was the
blast.
The mother and daughter told of
Jennie life at home and 81 the mill.
Schultzhorpe. in his crude, unvar-
nished way, told. 10 the niinutest de-
tail. the story of the crime He graph
|ically described the taking of the al
most unconscious girl from the saloon.
Ito his Nictoria and Of the ride to the
country and unspeakable crime com
nitted on the deaSl, or almost dead
sill, He was the important Witness of
the day
Apparently little besides the MURDER
casS, was On the minds of the Paterson
people, and the court house was crowd ;
ed all day by a crowd OF peopis. trying
y set in. The crowd that was allowed
in the square old shioned court vac
Iapparently of the beitar class of pat
Isetsofi. There We're number of women
present.
Aside from The principal Witnesses,
examined. there ws-re OH the stand n.
w Il! Fcunda, a surveyor. Who gav,.
an enact location of the place where
1.-The body WAS found: Cornelius Garry.
q teamster for the ice company. who
found The body Leonard lSamerling.
lwhp testified that he saw Jennie Boss
Icfieter talking TO Campbell on the. night
Tot the murder; Nellie Davies and Ber-
tha loyseil, companions who Testified
that they SAW Jennie Bossehieter and
8'sanspbell together carly in the night
Ipreceding the murder.
In his opening address Prosecutor
Emley said he would ask for a verdict
lSof murder in the first degree and quot
led he law 70 the effect that AIRY per-
SON who should kin another in the per-
las'iatioii OF rape shall be guilty Of
murder in ie first degree.
Mrs Nina Bossrhieter, Jennie Boss
tsellletsrss stenntothrr Was the first Wit
ilcss Shesdid not Know that Jennit.
had not been at home during he night
lof October On cross examination
Tbs Dir Dunn Mrs Bosschieter said
that Jennie sonetitnes remained oiit
late at night. but che always thought
THAT the girl stopped With some friend.
Cornelius Harry, q tearnster. said he
found the body of the murdered girl aon
her back with her feet toward the riy-
er Her clothing was somewhat Cis,c,,-
i.tiered and her hat was lying about four
feet from the body.
Leonard kamerlng testified that he
saw Jennie on Main street at Kent s,
drug store AT $3.50 o'clock on the night
loi October ] S She was talking 10
I ainpbell. one Of the Defendants An
other young man. whom he did not
know, was standing near her He stood
on the curbstone and watched Jennie
and Campbell for a while. He could not
near their conversation. When he firs
saw them however, he heard Jennie
say no no, in snappish manner.
She appeared rather pale
Nellie Deyries saw Campbell on the
sidewalk at Saals saloon and Jennie
was With him They entered the side
door and another young man Joined
elefn Bertha Dyson. Nellie's conpan-
ion, told The same story.
/ Christopher Saal testified that he
ownea the saloon at Bridge and River
streets. He remembered the night ar
i October Is. McAllister was in his nlace
that night Campbell was with him.
I NJ eAllister ordered drinks and carried
them into the rear room.
Later OF he went into the rear room
1cAlllster. Campbell, Death and a gir]
@ere seated at table McAllister or
dsreal bottle of CHAMPAGNE. Witness
carried u and glasse.s into the room. H
then had TO go TO the cellar and When
lls' emerged the party was gone
Did you see any of the parties the
next day.
Yes; Mr.. McAllister said to me .The
girl is dead
He said: i had nothing to do with
it McAilister said u should not give
them aSsay II any one came around
4 he said even If u big rewards was Of
fered shoud stick by him"
Hackman Schulthorpe, in whose We
hicIe the four men and the girl rode
said on the night Of October IS a young
man came to him and engaged his vic
| toria. The man was George Kerr. Kerr
told him party of four would use tbs
hack and ordered him to drive to saal's
i saloon. He said McAllister came out
of the ealoon and told him to turI
around. In little while the four men
McAllister, Campbell, Death and Kerr
came out carrying a woman TIL,
womanlwas placed in the rear sea This
witness was told to drive out along ifle
Goethe road 10 Lees place Lees place
was closed, so they pulled up into tht
i rock road They went along this to {
4 point between the railroad tracks. II,
was then ordered 10 stop. The plac.
1 where 'he stopped was a clear one Will
no bushes. All four men left the car
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