The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-09-05
JENNIE CRAMER.
James Malley, Jr.. Held Criminally
Responsible.
THE JURY RENDERS A VERDICT IN
THE CASE

New HAVEN, Sept. 3.-The Cramer jury OF
inquest gave verdict tonight, after an all
day session, discriminating James Malley, Or,
and holding Walter Malley and the Douglass
woman morally responsible. During the lore
noon, while testimony was being taken, the
Malleys were present, and looked pale and
worn, though each sported button-hole Dou-
quet Both refused to say anything IN altera-
ton or correction OF the testimony tney gave
ssss~- '-s.s. JsaAaasA body Was ton acls
of yolminous value and in confederation OF
previous witnesses Mrs Kiippste1n, bar
bers wife, and Mrs Crofqt, milliner, testl-
fed to seeing Blanche Douglass and Je4nle
Cramer in company at the Elliot House on the
evenings OF Wednesday and Thursday, Aug
8 and i, and to seeing Walter with them.
Both witnesses also saw Walter Maliey and
Blanche Douglass go to take the ride which
Walter Malley claims as an alibi.
The most positive witness was John j.
Hauser, a driver. He testified: do not
know Jennie Cramer by sight; saw James
Malley on the Friday before Jennie's body
was found: it was Lao O'Clock; have know n
James Malley about a year; he was with
lady; was within 20 feet of them. they were
ON the sidewalk and was in the middle OF the
asked. ooh, yes" t'Do So" "There he is,
there" pointing at James Malley, Jr. When
the witness was asked TO describe the hat he
did So and James held up his hat obligingly.
The witness then continued: The lady Re
was with was about his size; she was very
white in the face; 1 remarked how white she
was; know it was Friday because was In
hurry to get back, so as to come down on the
shore, as / do every Friday. This was as di-
rect contradiction of James Malley's alibl as
that furnished last week by Henry @. Allen,
whose deposition was to day read, james listen
ing and watching the coroner intently. All
that was left for the jury was the statement
of DIR. Prudden, who made the autopsy, and
Prof. Chittenden's report. DR.. Prndden re-
marked that there were no marks OF violence
over the general surface of the body. There
were numerous small abrasions and scratches
over the face, and two irregular wounds on
the lower lip, all OF them probably made after
or about the time Of death. There was con-
brain, which was otherwise normal. The
lungs were healthy, contained no water
and were fairly well filled with air. The
heart was healthy, and contained but little
blood. A small quantity of reddish fluid was
in both pleural cavities. The stomach was
partially digested food (huckleberries, lean
and fat meat, and mushrooms) The intes-
tines were healthy. The uterus was bent for
ward and to one side. There was small cys-
tic tumor of the right ovary. The kidneys
and spleen were healthy. There were, at the
time of the autopsy, no marks of violence
about the generative organs, concerning which
definite conclusions could not be drawn, ow-
ing to the advanced stage of decomposition in
these parts. The blood was dark-colored and
but little clotted. No semen was found in the
generative organs. The post mortem examl.
nation did not reveal the cause or manner OF
death The appearance OF food in the stom-
ach would indicate that it had been taken
within about eight hours of the time OF death.
Prof. Chittenden reported that he had foun d
arsenic distributed as follows: Stomach and
sesophagas, 15S-1000 grains; liver, l09-l00u
grains; Kidney $4,000 grains; heart, 2oslO00
grains lung, 1146-10,000 grains; intestines,
$4,000 grains; brain, $4,000 grains; total,
7776-10, 900 grains. From this Prof Chitten-
den concluded: at is evident from these re-
suits that arsenic is contained in all parts OF
the body and in such quantity as under ordl-
nary circumstances would indicate probably
fatal Dose" The jury, in secret session,
found three separate verdicts, all oblectlon-
able in phraseology, but none rejected because
of substance, before they rendered TINS YER
dict: The undersigned jurors, being duly i'm
paueled and sworn to inquire of the cause and
manner of the death of Jennie e. Cramer, late
of New Haven, whose death was sudden and
untimely, and the cause and manner OF when
were unknown, having viewed the pody Oh
said deceased and considered the evidence
given TO us. do on our oaths says that said Jen-
ME Z. Cramer came to her death by poison
and violence, and that Jam es Malley, Dr.. Oh
New Haven, CT, is criminally Responsible
for her death. We also find that Walter u.
Malley of New Haven, Ct, and Blanche
Douglass OF New York city are morally re-
sponsible for the same. Whereof we subscribe
our names.
DURELL SHEPARD, M. D., Foremen.
GEORGE Il. KELSEY,
HENRY l.. PAINTER M. d.,
ALHABEL CURTIS,
S. l.. MARsDEN,
JAMES Ill. PECK.