National Republican., 1881-09-03
BLANCHE DOUGLASS
TELLs HER sroRr OF THE TRAGEDY.
She Sticks Pretty Closely TO Her First statement
About Jennie Cramer-A Discovered
Witness Gives an Entirely DIFF
ferent Story.

New HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 2.-Blanche
Douglass, spite OF her own wishes and the explicit
orders Of the officials has again been interviewed.
She sat prisoner in her room In the jailors
house, adjoining the jail, surrounded by news
papers and other reading matter. Notwithstand-
ing the oppressive weather, she looked cool and
comfortable. Her brown hair was brushed back
aud done up in French coil She wore blue
dress, studded, like the hat-bands of the Malley
boys, with white polka dots. mass Of white lace
was about her throat and she wore string of
pearl beads. Bracelets encirclcd her arms and
imitation diamond rings hung in her ears. Her
room Is small. The floor is bare, and tho white.
washed walls are unornamented. She has mar
row cot to sleep on The room is always kept
locked. Miss Douglass, in the course of the inter-
view, did not shed much light
ON THE cRAMER MYSTERY.
Che stuck pretty closely to the story which she first
told TO the ooroners jury in Thompson's Hall, and
to the jury second time in the house of Sheriff
Peck. She declared that she had not seen Jennie
Cramer since the noon Of Thursday, August A. and
that she had no knowledge OF how the girl met
| her death. She first heard, she said of Jennie's
death from q reporter In the Elliott House. 81
was ready to drop" she continued, ~ felt so
badly felt as though should go crazy. at
| once went out and up to tho Maley store. l sent
|
along some street. told them had heard of
Jennie's death, and asked them II 1t was true
| They said they heard IL In the store. was very
| much excited. and told Walter wanted to 60
back to New York. did not want 10 stay here
and get mixed up in this matter ut all. They ad-
vised me TO stay, saying that it would only be
| worse for me 10 run away then. Neither OF them
dropped word that would give me any idea that
they know how the girl died"
| "IIave you seen the Malleys since you were
brought back to New Haven p she was asked.
al have not spoken TO them and don't want to.
| Only for them would not be here now. don't
think have been treated right In this matter at
oil. They nll told me when came back that II
| would turn States evidence and do just rs they
told me would have nothing to fear, and would
get good treatment. Mr.. Kelsey told me that If /
| told oil would not be locked up; yet here l am
| under lock and key. turned away my lawyers and
refused to see them, and in every way did as they
wanted me, and still they break their pumise to
me. No; know am not locked In cell like the
Malleys, but still am q prisoner here, and that's
bad enough. can sec the newspapers and every
body is trying to lay the blame Of the girls death
upon me-"
"was Jennie, so far as you know, a good girl
previous to the Wednesday night she slept at the
Malley houseg'
81 don't know-only so far as one of the Malleys
told me-"
"What did he tell your"
"You go and ask him."
"Walter Malley always used you wellf'
"He never did so very much for me. He gave
me $50 the day left the Austin House and went to
New York. and that soon went"
The woman said that when the name Lizzie
Bundy" was discovered on her linen she would at
once have disclosed her true condition and way Of
life in New York, bat Walter halley opposed u
Lawyers Fox and Bydenburg advised her to tell
the truth in the matter but Walter Malley became
greatly excited threw his hat on tho floor, and
said that he would not have 1t known at any cost
that she had anything TO do with Lizzie Bundy.
"He said IL would disgrace him forever" the
Douglass woman continued, "and must be kept
out OF the newspapers. In the afternoon he came
back, and, giving me the money, said should 60
back to New York. was to so some other house
| but under no circumstances to Mzzie's."
"And you told what you did in the beginning on
| account OF Walter MalleyT
"Yes. He said on no account must the Bundy
name come out He told them all in the store, he
said, that was respectable girl who lived In
New York, and who was supportedby my brother y
You insist that you last saw Jennie Cramer OF
the ThprssdiaSy siSy ,gaH2 gSH92p preceding her deathY"
: "And yet Mrs. Charles II. Miller and Mr.. Mat
toon, the clerk in sperrys drugstore under tn,
Elliott House, both satisfied that they saw yol
and Jennie together late that rfternoon?"
THAT is not So"
Were they mistaken, did they testify falsely p
t al guess they were mistaken"
How could Mrs. Miller be? She distinctly re
members that gold brocaded affair you wore ant
women are not likely to be mistaken about articles
of dress. Did you let any one else wear your dres
that afternoon and eyenlng2'
No, indeed; not even Jennie Cnmer coult
have borrowed IT,"
"Thcn how could Mrs Miller be Mistaken"
al am pretty certain can explain the Who'll,
thing, and show just where was that afternoon
but won't do II now"
, With reference to her photographs, the woman
said that she had eft the whole matter Of arrang
, Ing for the sale Of them with Deputy Sheriff Peck
5 He had power to fix a price for them and do al
|. the business, She needed money, she said, ant
the only way she knew Of to raise II was by sellinI
her pictures.
While the Douglass woman was reiterating he
original testimony and denying that she saw Jen
E ME Cramer after the noon of Thursday, August 4
+ a newly discovered witness was telling Br. Boil
Y man that she saw Blanche and Jennie together oil
the evening Of that day. This new witness is Mrs
S Charles Klipstein, colored woman, the wife of
barber In the uaiGI building. The Kipsteins liv,
stloO Chapel street. just opposite the Elliott House
Their rooms on tho third floor, and their from
q room overlooks the windows of room in the Ell
) liott House, which Blanche Douglass occupied
. Mrs. Klipstein says that she had known Jenni
: Cramer since she was child. She saw her OF
s Thursday evening August 4, she says, sitting II
Blanche Douglass room with lady and youn
G man, and saw the three go out about dusk an
walk up Chapel street. On Friday evening, Au
# gust 8, Mrs Klipsein further says she saw youn
n man with team In front OF the hotel and saw tn
@ woman who was Jennie's companion on the pre-
vious day get into the carriage and drive away
Mrs. William CrofIit was in Mrs Ylipsten's roor
at the time, and said the young man was Waite
, Malley. Mrs. Peck wife of the West Haven sheriff
!. who for two weeks was Blanche Douglass jailer
, says that during the first part OF the younl
J woman's imprisonment the female neighboB use
: TO drop In every evening and hold prayer-meet
= iuRs in Miss Douglass interest