Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-15
GIRL WAS DRUGGED
Ugly Facts Developed in the Jennie
Bosschieter Case.
LOOKS BAD FOR TIE DEFENDANTS
Prosecution Making Out Strong
Case of Murder.
EXPERTS ON THE STAND

PATERSON, N. j., January 15.-McAlis-
ter, Campbell and Death the three men on
trial for the murder of Jennie Bosschieter,
showed when they were brought into court
today that they had had a sleepless night
following the terrible disclosures made by
witnesses during the first days proceedings
In court 1t is not yet definitely known
whether George Kerr, who is Jointly In
dicted with the other prisoners, but who
was granted separate trial, will be called
as witness for the state.
The principal evidence yet to be intro
duced by the state is that to be given by
physicians and experts to prove the cause
OF death and to prove that Jennie Bosschie-
ter was criminally assaulted before she met
death. and that it was through the assault
that her death was brought about The
prosecution has number of experts to tes-
tify, and the cross examination of these
witnesses will undoubtedly bring out the
line of defense, which has thus far not been
disclosed.
DIR. TOwnsend Testifies.
DR.. Cyrus Townsend of this city was first
witness today. He said that about = a
on the morning of October 10, McAlister,
got him out of bed. They told him that
they had young woman in carriage out
side and that she had met with an accident.
The witness went out to the carriage which
was standing in front Cf the house, and
found Jennie Bosschieter in the vehicle.
The body was in sitting position, with
the chin resting on the chest. She was
dead. When the witness announced the
fact to the prisoners, who stood on the
sidewalk near the carriage, and said 1t
was too late for him to do anything. one
of the men, with trembling voice, asked:
"Are you sure she's dead, doctor?'' The
witness replied that the woman had been
dead for at least an hour. The doctor then
returned to his house and the prisoners
drove away with the body.
DR.. Townsend was not cross-eNamined.
Thomas Mc1nerney, a local detective, who
was the next witness, testified that he went
with Sculthorpe after the body was found
and made a search for the bottle when
was supposed to have contained the drug
which caused the death of the girl. BY
Sculthorpes direction the search was con-
tinued through side path off the rock
road and there the bottle was found. rhe
witness kept the bottle in his possession
until November %, when he gave it to Ma
thaniel Shane, attached to the prosecutors
office.
Nathaniel Shane corroborated the previous
witness as to receiving the bottle, and said
that by direction Of the county prosecutor
he took the bottle to Prof. Witthaus. an ex-
pert chemist, III new Ork.
81 The witness was not cross-eXamined.
Testimony of the Coroner.
Dr. William L. Vroom testified that he
was coroner of Bergen county; that on
October 10 he was notified of the finding of
a woman's body at Alyea's mills. he went
there and found the body, which proved to
be that of Jennie Bosschieter.
There was a cut on the head, and the
hands. face and chest were cod, but the
rest of the body was warm. The wound on
the back of the head about one and one
half inches in length, was probably caused
by the body falling or being thrown against
a rock The body was dressed in full street
attire. On the Sunday following the finding
of the body, the witness, In company with
DR.. Mcbride and DR.. Todd, held an au
topsy. The skull was not fractured. The
brain was normal and the other organs
were in healthy condition.
On cross-examina alton DR.. Vroom said the
stomach of the dead girl was sealed up in
a jar which he himself took to his labora-
tory. He kept it there for two days.
Anybody could have had access to it,
could he not?' asked Mr.. Lunn of counsel
for the defense.
mo one knew 1t was there" responded
the witness.
from the autopsy that embalming fluid had
been used. The undertaken told the wit
ness that it had not been used.
Tuns Vermullon. the undertaken who
look charge Oh i1le gin UOuy, leStillei liidl
he had embalmed the body on Friday after
the murder. He gave DR.. Mcbride a portion
of the fluid used in the embalming. The
witness was sure that he told DR.. VroOm
and DR.. Mcbride that he had embalmed the
body before the autopsy was made. The
witness was not cross-eXamned.
DR.. Mcbride Made Autopsy.
Dr. Andrew F. Mcbride, county physician
of Passaic county, testified that in making
the autopsy on the body he found on the
palm Of the left hand marks that looked
as IL they had been made by finger nails
He said that all the organs OF the body ap-
peared to be in normal condition. To sum
up, he concluded that there was no evil
dence Of the girl having suffered any physi-
cal injury or having been victim of any
disease. In view Of these facts he con-
cluded that her death had resulted from the
administration of poison, and he thought
that the poison used was choral hydrate.
The witness said, on cross-examination,
that had the girl taken as much as two
ounces of absinthe or a considerable guam
tity of champagne the fact would not
change his opinion that death was caused
by choral hydrate. Prof. Rudolph Witt
haus of New York, an analytical chemist
was the next witness. He told of his an
alysis of three drops Of liquid taken
from the bottle found near the Wagaraw
bridge, and which he found to be strong
solution of chloral hydrate. He had also
In the stomach he had found five grains Of
choral hydrate.
Witnesses Who Testified Yesterday.
Four of the principal witnesses in the
case testified yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Nina Bosschieter,. the mother of the unfor-
tunate girl. was one: her daughter. Susie
another; Christopher Saal, the proprietor of
the saloon where 1t is alleged Knockout
drops were administered to the girl was
the third and Gus Schulthorpe, the hack
driver of the horrible midnight ride, was
the last. Mother and daughter told of Jen-
nie's life at home and at the mill, telling
fully Of the incidents just previous to the
girls mysterious disappearance.
OF the four witnesses, the testimony Of
Schulthorpe was the most important, as
well as the most startling. In his crude
unvarnshed way he told to the minutest
detail the story of the crime He graph
ically described the taking of the almost
unconscious girl from the saloon to his VIC
toria and of the ride out in the country, and
the unspeakable crime committed on the
dead or almost dead girl.