Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-08-27
THE WEST HAVEN MYSTERY.
James Malley Details His Move
ments on the Night of Jennie
CramerS Death.

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falsehoods about myself and Walter. l
was not at the shore on Friday night,
August 5, and / do not know the man
Gilchrist who testified that he saw me
there, and I don't believe he knows me
or would recognize me were he to see
me. On the night on which he says he
is so positive he recognized me l was at
home, where 1 went early, say o'clock
or little later.
"Shortly before went home stopped
at the Elliott House, and there held
Walters horse while he made prepara-
tions to start for Bradforn Point with
Blanche Douglass. Witnesses will SUBJ
stantiate this.
After their departure l walked up
Church street as far as Temple street.
meeting ON my way two ladies who rec
ognized me, and who, believe, will tes-
tify to this effect at the proper time. I
then got on Westville car and rode
home. AS I passed up the walk / saw
the dressmaker up at the window and
nodded to her and entered the house.
As my shoes hurt my feet, took them
off in the presence of Mrs. Malloy and
daughter, my three sisters and the SER
want girls, and sat for awhile until the
= dressmaker had supper, after which
had mine and subsequently went to bed,
where remained until about l o'clock.
when got up and tried to quiet dog
which was barking and annoying sick
neighbor. J. then slept until morning.
"I last sow Jennie Cramer on Thurs
day morning, August 4, as she passed
out of Walter Malley's fathers house.
1t is not true that she was with Blanche
Douglass, Walter and at Redcliffs at
half-past ten o'clock on that night, and
Walter was right when he said So"
Have you reed that part of Blanche
Douglass's confession in which you are
made to appear as dragging Jennie
Cramer up stairs at your uncle's house
while she was screaming and resisting ?"
eyes, and say that don't believe
Blanche made such statement, and
furthermore, that IN due time / will
prove that no force was used. It was
not necessary [laughingl, and there was
no screaming, as reported. / and my
cousin have been terribly prosecuted on
q charge of which we are innocent, and
in time our innocence will be shown.
But what will bring back our good
name or efface the stigma of imprison-
ment? Everybody seems to be against
lis, and all the newspapers are hound
ing us with but one exception. 1t may
be that we will be able after q while to
remember those who have been so un-
just to us.
Walter Malley smiled when the con-
fession of Blanche Douglass was referred
to, and said that it was not half so i'm
portant or as startling as it was gener-
ally believed to be.
''She has told the TRUTH" he said,
''and I have nothing to fear from it. "
He could not imagine who the man with
the black moustache could be, and said
he could prove that he was at the Bran
ford Point Hotel until $50 o'clock on
the night OF Jennie Cramer's DEATH
He believed that Miss Cramer commit
ted suicide. or might have died from
the effects of eating arsenic, which he had
heard she used to beautify her COM
plexion.
The prisoners occupy separate cells
on the main corridor of the jail, but are
not allowed to converse with each other,
and separately, and at different times
enjoy the privilege of the hall for a
short time. He acknowledged that he
sent letter to Blanche Douglass Fri
day, and from his manner when speak
ing of her, it is apparent that he is still
greatly infatuated with her and believes
that she still loves him. He said that
he had been offered $50 for photograph
of himself, but declined the offer.
THE PosTMAsrER's STORY.
Mr.. n. d. Sperry, the postmaster of
New Haven for the past twenty years,
says emphatically that he believes that
Blanche Douglass knows as much about
the mystery as either of the Malley
bows, and that if she was shut up in jail,
as she ought to have been at first, she
would confess quickly enough. He be-
heves moreover, and he says it very
earnestly, that Jennie Cramer was not
alive on the Friday, which has been
thought to have been her last day
ON earth. He argues that if she had
been alive she would have been seen by
some one who knew her, and that bet.
ter testimony of facts would have been
found than has been brought out at the
inquest. He believes that the witnesses
who swore to having seen her are mis-.
taken. and he thinks that the girl who
was seen on the flying horses and at the
baseball match was Miss Mills, of New
Haven, who works in Harmon's factory,
and who resembles Jennie Cramel
strongly, and who was there that even,
ing and did take ride on one of the fly.
ing horses.
All attempts to interview Blanche
Douglass by newspaper men have been
thwarted by the sheriff who has her in
charge, and who actually assigned as 8
reason for not admitting reporters that
he did not like what had been saidabout
him in one of the papers. He has even
: excluded the Chief of Police of New
Haven from seeing her, after the New
Haven police had been requested to as
sist in working up the case. Loca
jealousy has thus been added to the diff
ficulties already numerous enough, in
the way of finding out the truth. There
: are good many persons who donot be-
lieve that the mystery will be cleared
| up, and as a matter of fact it is toler
{ ably certain that nobody knows mucf
, more about the case than was vel
3 known two weeks ago. 1t is true tina
the authorities continue to say that they
) have found out important things, but i
! is impossible to think that they have il
/ view of their actions.
: THOSE BLANKETS. A resident of Sal