The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-23
MAY BE LYNCHED
Violence Feared If an Arrest
Is Made in the Paterson
Case.
Especial to .grhe Jersey city News.1

Especial to tsThe Jersey City News'1
PATERSON. April %, 1902.-Though the
authorities of Passaic County openly ex-
press the opinion that MariettHa Odell
committed suicide, their actions do not
show that they believe strongly in what
they say, and it is believed in the neigh
borhood that they are talking for effect
and are unwilling to tell all that they
know until they have gone further into
the investigation of the circumstances
Hserreunding the young woman's death.
The suicide theory is secuted by the
friends and relatives of the dead girl. Her
father openly expresses the belief that his
daughter was murdered, and the neigh
bors share this feeling
Should an arrest be made and should
the evidence against the accused be
strong the feeling is now so intense tha-
violence might be attempted. lhany young
men who have known and respected tie
Oden family for years openly assert de-
sire to wreck vengeance on the man who
druged the girl to death.
Miss Lille Odel an older sister of the
dead girl, may be able to throw some
light on the death of her sister. Last
Thursday night she attended a dance
at the Echo Lake Hotel, and at O'Clock
the next morning she appeared at Pools
Hote. in Midvale and asked to be taken
to her home She said that she had
been suddenly taken i'll and was unable
to walk.
John Pool, a son of the proprietor of
the hotel, drove home with the girl,
who was violently i'll on the trip and at
times seemed to be suffering from drow-
siness. She showed many Of the symp-
toms that her sister exhibited few
hours later and just before her death.
1t is possible that the same drug that
killed Marietta was administered to
Lille. She has not told where she was
between the time she left the Echo
Lake Hotel and her arrival at Pooles
Hotel, except to say that she was with
friends who took her that far on her
way home.
The authorities believe that on the night
Marietta took her fatal bicycle ride she
was in the company of an employe of the
Lanin-Rand Powder Company. This con-
Germ uses large quantities of various
chemicals, ether being one of them. 1t
would be possible. according to the man
ager of the factory, for an employe to
carry a small quantity of ether away in
vial
Both Marietta and Lille exhibited sons
symptoms that would have followed in
haling ether, but that drug would nos
have been likely to cause death hours at
ter it was administered.
An inquest will be held as soon as DR..
Witthaus, the New York chemist, COM
pletes his analysis of the contents of the
dead girls stomach. The jury has been
impanelled and awaits the summons OF
the coroner.
The dying statement of Marietta as
made publs is not regarded as true, and
the suggestion is made that the au
thorities have concealed her real words
with a view of furthering the ends of jus
t1ce 1t is said that DR.. Shippe. who "a
tended the dying girl. has given to the
authorities the name of the man with
whom Marietta said that she was riding
Friday night.
Mayor G. c. Romaine, Of Pompton
Lakes says that DR.. Shippe obtained
from the dying girl the name OF the
young man who was with her Just pe-
fore She became Ill. DIR. Shippe IS act
ing under the advice of the County At
torney and County Physician in keeping
the name of tho young man secret, says
Mr.. Romaine.
Dr. Shippe refuses to discuss the mat
ter and refers inquirers to County Pny-
sian Mcbride and Prosecutor Emley.