Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-16
Jennie Cramer,s Sad Death.


Jennie Cramerss Sad Death.
BLANCHE DOUGLASS MAKES FALSE STATEMENTS TO
SHIELD HER COMPANIONS AND Is HELD IN 81 900
BAH. FOR PERJURY.
Annie Clements alias Blanche Douglass, the
woman who plays so prominent part in events
preceding the mysterious death Of pretty Jennie
Cramer, Of New Haven, was arrested in New
York on Friday, charged with perjury. She con-
sented to go to New Haven without the for
Tality of requisition, and In default Of bail
was temporarily locked up. She admits having
made some misstatements about what occurred
at Mr.. Malleys house when she was there with
Jennie. She describes Jennie as a very wild
girl, and the Malleys had told her that she was
not entirely innocent. This was confirmed by
the fact that Jennie accompanied her and the
Malleys to their fathers house and spent the
night with James In one room. while Walter and
herself were In another room. She also adj
mits that her statement that she was at the
Elliott house on Friday night was false as
she again visited the Malleys; but she re-
| fterates the rest OF her testimony before the
c0rOners inquest, that the last she saw Of Jennie
was in car bound for Savins Rock shortly
| after her mother had sc0lded the girl for being
| away from home all night. The New Haven
| Union urges the authorities to place Walter and
James Maliey under arrest, arguing that 1.-THE
Douglass woman is now under arrest and will
testify in fiat contradiction of many of her for
mer statements and the statements Of the NAL
leys The latter may or may not acknowledge
| that the Douglass woman IL now right, and con-
fess that they perjured themselves; but that
they will voluntarily, while free from arrest tell
all that they know, we do not believe. But if
once put under arrest and made to feel that the
| strong arm Of the law was resting upon them,
| they might make full breast of their whole
| connection with the case. Of course, if the au-
| thOrities do not feel that not enough has been
ELECTED so far to cast suspicion on the young
men, and that they have acquitted themselves
satisfactorily, SO far, then their conduct is un-
derstandable. But this view is not shared in by
the general public. We certainly have no feel
| ing against the young men. but we dare say
that if they were poor and obscure they would
have been arrested long ago on suspicion. Now
they are amenable under the charge of perjury
and seduction. and deserve no more considera-
ton than the Douglass woman, if as much"
| PRESIDENT JOHN W. GARRETT AND THE Cut
RATEs.-In a conversation i'm relation to the
cutting of rates of the trunk lines. Mr. John
! W. Garrett, president Of the Baltimore and
ONO road, said his attention had been called to
| the publication of a statement of President w.
| FL. Vanderbilt to New York Tribune reporter
in the Tribune OF August 10. Mr.. Garrett said
| that, as several days had elapsed without any
| correction having been made he assumed that
President Vanderbilt accepted the responsibility
| of having made the statement. He added that
1t is painfully easy to convict President Wander
! bllt OF great lack of knowledge on the subject
his statement in reference to the Baltimore and
| Ohio COmpduy Uciilg dDSOiutell TO TACT.
| In view of the Importance of this matter Presi-
dent Garrett has sent for the documents which
will enable him to present the case through the
press at an early day in a manner which will
cause the public to understand the history of the
course OF the New York Central company
AN AERONAUT recently descended safely in a
brickyard near Manchester, England but as
/ soon as he emerged from the basket a crowd of
rlffians surrounded the balloon and declaring
that s'fhpy Wha no on
to slit it in pieces with their knives. The aero
| naut finally escaped with many bruises and
about $3.50 will repair the balloon.
STRANGE ACCIDENT IN THE SURP.-Mrs John
I. Terry, of Bayport, while bathing in the surf
last Friday, was thrown violently upon stake
supporting the lifeline. The stake penetrated
her side, inficting probably fatal injuries.
SIGHT RESTORED AFTER SIXTEEN YEARs-A
singular case Of restored sight, after total
blindness OF sixteen years. occurred the other
day in East Dubuque. The person is Mrs. La
Claire, an aged lady, who has resided in Dun
lelth for many years. and who has been an object
of pity among the good people Of that town be-
cause of her affection. Mrs. La Claire lost the
sight of one eye from disease about twenty
years ago. and four years later the other eve
became affected. and in a short time thereafter
the power of vision was destroyed and she be-
came totally blind, remaining in that condition
until one day last week, when her sight was
chair at the family residence in Dunleith.-
Galena (Iu) Gazette.
AN EDITOR SHor.-A special from Mayersville,
Miss, says most cOwardly and unprOvoked
crime was committed at Rolling Fork, Sharkey
| county. Miss, at O'clk last Friday night Chas
NJ. Murphy editor of the Deer Creek Adrance
was shot and MORALLY wounded by Joe Thomas.
The assassin is still at large. Two hundred and
| fifty dollars reward is offered for his capture
Great excitement prevails.
BURGLARS DRIVEN OFF BY GIRL.-The town
| ship committee of East Orange, alarmed by the
number of burglaries in the neghborhood have
| appropriated $500 to- be used i'm the detection OF
burglars. The residence Of Mr.. Joseph B. Ham
| Hton, in Walnut street. near Park avenue was
visited by burglars ON Tuesday night. The Ser.
want girl. who was alone in the house, was
awakened by noise in an adjoining room She
sprang out of bed seized a large dinner bel
| that she had left on the bureau. and rang it IL
alarm the neighbors Throwing open a win
dow she saw three men with blackened face.
run to Park avenue: where they Joined two othe
men, and then the five Sprang into a wagon ant
drove away. conservatory window had beer
| left open, and through it the burglars entered
the house, ransacked every drawer and closet in
the dlning-rOom, but got nothing, the girl hav
Ing taken the silverware to her room. Wher
they visited the second floor they tied cord *
the knob OF the door Of the servant girls room
Then they made bundle of Mr.. and Mrs. Ham
| 1ltOn'S clothing. In opening q bureau drawer
they awakened the girl-N. Y. Sum- 18th.
RANK GROWTH OF WEEDS IN New ORLEANS
| The news from the country is that everything
| thanks to warm sun and refreshing rains. Is
| growing with unexampled rapidity If the
crops in the parishes are thriving as well as the
weeds are in the city the yield this year will be
| something more than prodigious A gang of city
| labOrers cleaned out the cutters of an uptown
street about two weeks ago, and vet to-day the
grass aud weeds on that identical spot are waist
| high, the flow Of waters through the cutters is
| stopped. and q stagnant pond is created, un-
pleasant to the neighborhood for several squares
| around. Even in the gardens of the finest up-
! town residences the weeds have been too much
| for the flowers, which are choked almost to
death, while those with plenty of room have
run to plant, and show few blooms, blossoms,
or dowers.-Ne,o Orleans (Ld-) Densocrat, dug s.
ATTACKED BY A SNAKE.-Ac Orresondent of the
" Y. World writing from Duchess Junction,
N. Y, August 9th, says: A few days ago as Mr.
Isaac Penny, of this place, was walking along
| the track Of the Newburg, Duchess and Con-
| necticut Railroad he was struck on the leg by q
large black snake OF the racer variety. which lost
| no time in wrapping itself around his limb. Mr..
Penny took it by the neck with both hands and
held it so firmly that the snake could not further
coil itself around his leg. At length he killed
the snake with stones and sticks and in order