Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-08
Jennie Cramer's Fate.

NAAWAE.cI- - u1eu1cA1 The Mother of the Deceased Testify ing.
 The Malley boys were brought down yes terday morning at about 10 o'clock. The trial was resumed shortly after their arrival They appeared in fine spirits and chatted to- gether for while. Each wore flower on the coat. It was lawful hot, !" was remark coincided in by the perspiring lawyers, re- 'porters, witnesses, etc., and even the stern trying justice looked ready to smile approval as he deposited his avoirdupois in his magis- terial seat. Spectators were not numerous. The intense heat kept away not few. E. c. Dow, Blanche Douglass counsel, was spec tator. Justice Booth started the ball rolling, and Dr. Durell Shepard, the physician, West Haven, and member of the Cramer jury, was called. He testified to his opinion that the body of the deceased .was not long in the water; did not handle the body at the beach, but did at the morgue; assisted in re- moving portion of the clothes for examina- tion. After describing at length the general appearance of the body he testified that the hymen of deceased was ruptured and the in dications were that it had been effected with ! in eight hours, and not outside of three days. \ His conclusions were that deceased had not | been sexually intimate until recently, at least not frequently. His opinion was that the | girl was not drowned. it was unusual to find a I drowned body face downward, and the eyes | are usually open-in this case they were | closed, as also the mouth. Was present at | the post-mortem. There was but little water | in, he cfopooch and fba nntira contents c0n1d have been put in Q pint cup. There was air ! in the lungs, 8 considerable quantity, which should not expect to find in drowned body. There was no water in the lungs. ! When person is drowning the air is ex- peIled from the lungs and more or less water I taken in, which confirms my belief that death ! was not from drowning.
 Witness on the cross-eXamlnatlon by Judge Blydenburgh said I have seen num- Der of drowned bodies; about one year since have lived here; I saw the body of a man named Hotchkiss drowned off the watch house he had been in the water about an hours all bodies have seen had frothy mu- cous at the mouth; I should expect to find some congestion in the head I have heard of people who tried to commit suicide and | attempted to save themselves as soon as they struck the water; death by drowning is | death by suffocation :; if there was no breath ! ing after going into the water I should not expect to find water in the lungs or stomach I have never made 8 post-mor- | tenn of @ drowned body my opinions are | based upon what have read and heard; l ! have never dissectsd body where the hy- | men had been recently ruptured; I made the | first examination of the private organs and Dr. Painter followed me; gases cause a | drowned body to rise to the surface; gases are formed by decomposition; in this case | there was no decomposition; the reason that | the belt around the waist was difficult to un- | fasten was not because the body was bloated, \ but was because the steel buckle was rusty; ] | do not claim to be an expert; my opinions have already given, andl have no reason to change them now: I engaged Dr. Prudden ! and requested him to make a thorough post ! mortem; did not order him to look for any especial thing that remember of.
 | The excessive heat caused desire on the part of judge, counsel and reporters to take of their flesh and sit in their bones. A sup ply of fans was opportunely furnished by
 Sheriff Peck to the reporters, who thereby
 were kept from melting.
 | Dr. Henry w. Painter was the next wit
 ness, and testified that his profession was
 that of physician, but that he had not prac Fticed for fifteen years; that previously he ! pract1ced twelve years. He was examined al l some length with regard to his viewing the
 body of Jennie Cramer, it's appearance
 bruises, etc. The face had dark and livid
 look, suggesting congested blood; by the in ! struction of the fury closer examination
 was then made of the private organs. (Iht
 witness" testimony was simply corroboratlye
 of Dr. Shepard who previously testified,
 The fourchette had been ruptured within three days and was done from unusual vi l olence Dr. Painter believed that the body | was dead when it went into the water.
 | Cross-examined by Lawyer Fox: am | graduate of the Yale Medical school; have | practised in West Haven mostly; for the las I l.
 for three years was in the brokerage busi
 ness in New Haven.
 At this point Lawyer Fox commenced ques
 tioning Dr. Painter, creating a sensation, in quiring of him if he did not write letter tt
 Blanche Douglass promising if she would
 give him an interview and tell her story tha
 he would not divulge the information ob } tained. A. No, sir; not to my knowledge Mir. Bush objected to further question: about the contents, and the defense gave no
 tice to the State to produce it. It was in thu l possession of Blanche or Detective Brewer or some of the authorities. It was to be uset I to show the bias of the witness
 Mir. Bush said he would gladly produce
 the letter if he could. He was not afraid
 of it.
 The witness continued: Had an interview
 with her at the house of Lizzie Bundy; Lizzie l Bundy was present; a colored woman re
 nained there 8 short time, but soon went out ! maQ0 bIaQCae no prOLQlSoS, duu RdV0 UT ph1l
 her no money wrote some articles in tht | New Haven papers while was juror bear ing on the case; one was in the Register
 couldn't tell you where the manuscript is; il | I can get it will bring it in wrote one fol
 the Union; wrote dozen lines or so, that
 think was called acard. which was published
 in the Register; the object of the communi
 cation to the Union was in reference tc
 Blanche, but was of no value to the jury; the
 card in the Register was sort of defense tC | criticism by the jury there was no allusior
 to the Malleys' guilt or innocence in them
 have received no money for them nor nego
 tiated for any have not been going about
 interviewing parties to get them to testify ir ! this case or before the coroner's jury.
 The rest of the time till the noon recess
 was consumed in producing and identifying
 the letters which passed between James Nal
 ley, jr., and Jennie Cramer.
 | Afternoon Session.
 | The afternoon session opened at 2:1t
 o'clock
 The first witness called was Deputy Sheriff
 James H. Peck. He testified as follows:
 was one of the members of the jury of in quest; was present when several letters wert
 identified by James Malley, jr., as written by
 him to Jennie Cramer; he recognized all but
 one, which he said was written by friend 1T New York named Duff. [The Duff letter shown and recognized.l I went to Mir
 Jacob Cramer's house on Saturday after the
 body was found and found reporter copy
 ing the-letters on piano; after considera
 ble urging Mrs. Cramer gave the letters tc
 me, promising to return them to her;
 recognize the letter shown me as one of tn.
 number. Several other letters were show1
 to witness, which were recognized as letter.
 obtained from Mrs. Crsmer, and whicl
 James Malley, jr., recognized as his at the
 coroners inquest.
 At this point objection was made to tn. question as to what Walter Malley said, i
 anything, in relation to the character o
 Blanche Douglass
 Justice Booth admitted the question anG
 witness proceeded: Walter Malley told mt
 that Blanche Douglass was introduced to hin
 by Mir. Duff, of New York, as a sister o
 an intimate friend of his, and that he had
 sent her to New Haven for her health
 At 3:15 8 recess of fifteen minutes wal
 taken.
 Mrs. Christina Cramer, mother of the de