Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-13
9ollrnal artO G0urier.
Thursday Morning, Oct. 1s. 1881.
Jennie Cramer's Fate.

Near KeIsey's Wharf the Day Before the Body Was Found-The Fair Haven BOatman's Evfdence-Other Testimony i'm the Same Direction.
 The Malley hearing opened in West Haven yesterday morning an hour later than usual, counsel being detained.
 Some discussion ensued, MT. Fox raising the point that the justice had consented to allow the defense to adduce points of law on the admissibility of the evidence of James H. | Cannon, whom the defense sought to intro duce to impeach the testimony of Joseph | Marvin, who had charge of the flying horses. | It was closed by the statement of the justice ! that he would admit that what Marvin said at the finding of the body contradicted what | he said under oath But what he said under ! oath could not be contradicted by what he said at the beach when the body was found.
 James E. Futile, boatman and oysterman of Fair Haven East, testified that he was en- gagged during the summer in taking out pleasure parties from the West Haven shore in his sharpie and that on the Friday after noon before the body of Jennie Cramer was found he had out pleasure party. I did not know all of the parties who went ex-
 
 end of the dock also Mir. Dibble's son Frank. and George Doolittle, son of States Attorney Doolittle, and party of ladies whom did not know; two of them were from Meriden; the day was hot and there was not much wind :; I showed the boat out to the first landing; raised my sail, but could not sail my boat, as there was not wind enough to get headway; the wind was from the south just at this time saw white ob- ject floating in the water; I called the atten- tion of others of the party to the fact it was lying on the bottom under the water when saw the body of Jennie Cramer the next morning I thought it resembled the white object saw in the water the day before off the end of the Kelsey dock.
 Witness went out after Jennie Cramer's body was found on the next morning to ascertain if he could see the white object again; went out at the next tide, but saw nothing when I saw the object it was about 16 feet from my boat it was about 100 feet from east of the first landing.
 Cross examined: It was in about two feet of water parties in the boat asked me what I thought it was; I told them I thought it might be stingaree, a fish white on the underside; nobody in the boat thought it was body.
 The witness knew that 8 large picture of Mir. Bradley, the confectioner, had been floating in the water for some days about
 
 l witness knew of clothing floating about in the water at times, but he never before saw any white clothing; he saw no black hair | floating in connection with the object at very low tide the spot where he saw the ob- feet would be bare the tide was coming in when he was sailing out with the party, at | this time; none of the party expressed any l desire to pick the object up; the old wreck down there was about thirty or forty feet l beyond the white object the wreck was | plainly visible from the Kelsey wharf at low | tide.
 The witness in answer to Justice Booth said he could not say how many passengers he had there were a good many ladies on board; my boat draws about one foot of l water.
 To Mr. Blydenburgh-If that object that I saw 1oated that day it would have hoated in shore with the wind blowing from the south as it was that day the ripple on the water will prevent person from seeing what is on the bottom.
 To Mir. Bollman-There was ripple enough that day so that I could not see the object ss we'll as if it had been still.
 l William H. Attmore, residing at 15 Spruce street, New Haven, was next sworn and testi- fied-I keep bath house in the summer near Howes pavilion saw an object in the water on Saturday morning, August g. at o'clock I was standing on the platform in the rear of my place; the object was some-
 
 few minutes; I should think it was about | 100 yards off the shore in one of those gull lies; there was nothing of importance about it's appearance but when the body of Jennie Cramer was found after that, that morning, I concluded it was the object I saw there was not much surf on that morning; I did not see any other object drift ashore that morn ing.
 To Mr. Bush the witness said that he had heard that 8 picture had been floating around there. All through the summer paper boxes and paper had been floating about that had been thrown into the water by the keeper of the confectionery stanl in Howes' pavilion But such rubbish generally hoated at first in shore, while the object the witness saw was pretty well out.
 Mrs. Mary Attmore, wife of the former witness, was called, but she said she saw nothing that morning until Jennie Cramer'l body was taken out of the water.
 Recess till 2 p.
 Afternoon Session.
 The first witness called in the afternoon was George T. Doolittle, of New Haven, sor of Hilton E. Doolittle. He testified as fol lows: I was out sailing with Captain Tuttl
 on the afternoon of August 5; we sailed ou little beyond Kelsey's wharf; when abou
 half way to the end of the pier one of thu
 party saw dark object floating in the water
 it apparently measured from two to three
 feet although it might have been larger i
 had white appearance, but do not think
 was on the bottom; we were sailing at tn
 time.
 No; did not see the body on the beacl
 on Saturday morning.
 Judge Blydenburgh-Can you state iron
 what you saw that it might have been tn
 body of medium sized female that you sax
 floating in the water?
 Answer-It might have been.
 I don't know what the dark portion of tn object might have been if body, but i
 might have been the feet. No; did not connect the object that
 saw with the finding of the body of this girl
 No; don't know that Captain Futile wen out afterward to look for the object he ga, on the water.
 I did not see any object day or two after
 ward that fioated ashore and which core sponded with the white object saw.
 On the cross examination witness said
 was about o'clock on that Friday afternoo
 when they went out sailing; the object b
 saw had the appearance of being fiat th
 upper surface of it was not above the wate T ! ana the lower part ulQ nOG apparently LOuc = the bottom we were going slowly at tn ! time, and only about fast the tid i would carry us.
 :. What was your idea of what the objet n 1 was?
 B. I thought it was skate fish. | Sherman Dibble, of Cheshire, was nex a called. He testified that he was at Wes y Haven shore on Friday, August 9th, and wer
 out sailing with Captain Futile I saw th fl object spoken of by the last witness; did nc see any dark part of the object as testife
 to; did not see the body on the shore th ,a next morning.
 On the cross examination witness said h n thought it was about half-past when the g. went sailing cannot say whether the objet e. moved or not but think the ripple on th Is water made it look so; thought at the tim
 it was dead "skate" floating in shore.
 James Rafey was the next witness called . He testified as follows drive deliver n. wagon for Edward MalIey remember th e, evening of July 28; on that evening we1 ?. with prescription to get medicine for Micl is is ael Malley, taking MT. Edward MaHey's blac