Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-01-17
MPORTE PENNA, THURSDAY, JANUARY H. 1901
ASIXTY MlNUTEJURY
Rapid Work at the Bosschie.
ter Trial.
MOTION TO eUASH IS DENIED.
Three of the Men Accused of killing
Mill Girl In Paterson, n. j., Placed
ON Trial-ExnminatiOn of
Witnesses Begun.

PATTERSON. n. j., Jan. 15.-The trial
of Walter L. McAlister. Andrew Camp
bell and William \. Death. three Of the
four men accused of the murder of Jennie
Bosschicter, mill girl of this city, under
circumstances revolving in their utter lack
of humane considerations, commenced
yesterday before Judge Dixon in the Pas
sale county court of oyer and terminer
George j. Kerr, the fourth man under in
dictment, was not in court. as he has been
granted Il separate trial on the ground
that he was not present when the fata
dose was administered to the girl
Before the trial was begun it was eX
pected that at least two days would be
necessary to complete the jury. but Judge
Dixon carried the proceedings on with
such vigor that within one hour after the
court was called to order he had empan.
eled his II jurors and heard the opening
lines of the address of the prosecuting at
torney. The remainder of the day saw
four of the principal witnesses in the case
on the stand. Mrs. Nina Bosschieter, the
mother of the unfortunate girl. was one,
her daughter Susie another, Christopher
Saal, the proprietor of the saloon where
it is alleged the :S;r was administered the
drug. was the third and Gus Scouthorpe,
the hack driver of the horrible midnight
ride, was the last Mother and daughter
told of Jcnnie's life at home and at the
mill, telling fully of the incidents just
previous to the girls disappearance.
OF the four witnesses the testimony OF
Scoulthorpe was the most important a.
well as the most startling. In his crude.
nnvarnished way he told to the minutest
detail the story of the crime. He graphic
ally described the taking of the almost
unconscious girl from the saloon TO the
Victoria and of the ride out of the city
and the unspeakable crimes committed
ON the dead or almost dead girl
Apparently little beside the murder case
was on the minds of the Paterson people
yesterday, and an hour before the time
set for the beginning of the trial the little
courthouse was surrounded by great
crowd of peering, gossiping men and
girls. II was q ragged and idle throng fol
the most part that watched every door
and window of the low building.
1t was but a few minutes after ~
o'clock when Judge Dixon asccnded the
bench. The three accused men then en-.
tered the courtroom. First came Death.
then Campbell and McAlister, preceded
10y the sheriff and escorted by constables.
The prisoners had To walk the entire
length of the courtroom, and their atti-
tudes were charncteristically different.
Death seemed the most oppressed. and
his jaw was set firmly. and he stepped
quickly, as though he We're anxious to
reach his seat instantly. Campbell smiled
and carried himself bunyantly. McAlis-
ter, who looked his nickname in the term
of sport" went up the aisle with
swaggcr,
As soon as the preliminarics had been
disposed of the counsel for the defens,
made formal motion to withdraw the
pleas and quash the indictment on the
ground that they were defective. The
motion was denied, and Immediately the
court began to examine the talesmen.