Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-12
SurnaI aIlo Gpurisr.
Wednesday, Morning, Oct. 12, 1881
The Maney Case.

stton-The Tides and Sand Bars-A United States OmcfaI and What He Found and Testified To-sherfR Pecl's Testimony for the Defense-Testimony to Im- promptu Experiments Made by Two Gentlemen From Kelsey's Wharf.
 The first witness in the Malley hearing at | West Haven yesterday morning was Mrs. La vinia A. Woods. Her testimony and that of ! others was to impugn the reputation for | truth and veracity of s. R. Bunnell, who | testified to seeing parties at the shore ! that Friday night whom he averred were Jen- | nie Cramer and James Malley, jr. Mrs. Woods testified :: I live in East Haven; l am the wife of Horace Woods I recollect Friday, August 5; our Sabbath school had picnic on the Wednesday before; saw Sam ] uel R. Bunnen at his house on Friday, Au- gust 5; I went there about o'clock that evening, and stayed there until o'clock; MT. Bunnell was there while I was there his reputation for truth and veracity is not good; ! have heard my neighbors speak of it Ed ward Goodale has spoken of MT. Bunnell' g reputation for truth and veracity as being bad he told me that one could not tell any ! thing about how BunnelI's mother was by what Samuel said she had heard others speak of the same thing this was one year ago last summeRSss1 can't say that he has ever told me a falaehood have seen him quite frequently; saw Samuel R. Bunneu ] come home on Thursday evening; I hardly think 1t was sundown
 \ Horace Woods, the husband of the prev1- ous witness, was next sworn He testified that he lived in Foxon, East Haven, and know Samuel R. Bunnel1, of Foxon; yes, sir; | knew that the reputation of MT. Bunneu ! for truthfulness is bad.
 | (-- 9 | that he could refer to the whole neighbor- \ hood, if not to the town, as to Bunnell's rep \ utation. Being pressed for individual names, | the witness named County Commissioner Hi | ram Jacobs one who had said Bunne1 could not be believed.
 I George Bunnell, father of Bunnell, living I in East Haven, testified He could not say | positively that his son Samuel R. rode with him from Foxon to Fair Haven on Friday evening, August 5th. He thought it improba- I ble as there were circumstances which would prevent the two from leaving at the same time owing to the illness of his wife and | Samuel's mother q do not know what the ! general speech of people is with regard tc the truth and veracity of my son.' | Witness said nothing against his sons rep utation for truth telling, though asked other questions on that point.
 l Sheriff James H. Peck corroborated pre- I vious witnesses that Mir. Bunnell was liable | iect with anyone.
 Witness continued: I have never spoker | to Mr. Bunnell, ST., Mir Bunnell, jr. ! about this case. know of the family rela tions between them, and when MT. Bunnell ST., said that he at the shore with hi son was surprised.
 | Mr. Bush stated to the court that Mir. Bun nell, ST., wished to come before the cour ! and explain his position with regard to hi ! sons connection with the case.
 The defence would not accept him anC turned him over to the State for the rebuttal James H. Cannon sworn Live at g. Broad street; was hostler for Joseph Son | nenberg; I was at the shore the morning ] when Jennie Cramer's body was found l saw Joseph Marvin there by the body tha | morning we tended the flying horses at tn
 shore; have not seen him since.
 A question by Mir. Fox being objectet ! to, the lawyer said that at the time Marvn
 first saw the body, he made statements in tn ! presence of the witness with reference t, | knowing the girl, seeing her the night be
 fore, etc., far different from those that h (Marvin) made in court Mir. Bollmal
 held that such testimony was not in contra
 diction of anything Marvin testified to, fo he was not asked what he said the morninl of the finding of the body and so could no
 be contradicted.
 MT Fox insisted that the testimony shoul 1 come in, and said: ''We propose to prov ! that Joseph Marvin, on the morning tha the body was found, said that the body wa
 that of an Irish girl who lived on Frankli1 | or Hamilton streets, and that he saw her tn
 night before on the flying horses Now il
 this court Marvin has testified that he say
 Jennie Cramer and knew her, on the hyinI horses, and also recognized her dead body
 Surely we have 8 right to contradict that"
 Justice Booth ruled out the inquiry.
 q don't know anything about the law o1
 this subject,'' said the justice. ''but don
 think that any casual remark he may hav
 made to a person at the shore at the time tn
 body lay there has any bearing on the case
 If you should bring Marvin and have hin
 testify as to what he said to this man, don l believe his testimony would be admissible.
 The counsel on both sides referred to thei
 notes of Marvin's testimony, and MT. Boil
 man said that Marvin was not called to iden
 tify the body at the time.
 Wm. H. Peck, jr., was sworn-Live il West Haven was representing the Unite | States in the New Haven harbor improve l ments am an inspector and civil engineer | the government employed me for the pas | four years at Portland Me-, and other pol
 tions of the country; made an examination | as to the tides at West Haven shore at MI | Bollman's request; ascertained about tn ! tide August 6, and as to the wind was cog
 nizant of that from my own knowledge; yes
 I know the spot where the body was foun | and where the stake was placed. ) "Have you formed an opinion as to whetE
 CT the body could float, and if so from whe
 point and from what direction did it float ?''
 Mir. Bush objected to this question. H
 said there are so many circumstances unde l which the body could float.
 The witness answered the question finall l and said, ''It must have foated from soutt
 westerly direction if it fioated at all"
 ''Can you designate any point on Kelsey I wharf, or any point around there, from whic | fha hrN7r airYI7k hox1o ko1
 ''It would have floated from the first land
 ing at Kelsey's wharf, about l 1,OOO feet fror | the shore"
 Witness detailed in general the work h | performed to ascertain his conclusions. A
 to the shifting of sand on the bars he foun
 a noticeable shift of about two inches fror
 some of the bars between September 21 an 1 October 9.
 On the outer bar I found the highes points of water about 30 or 40 feet within
 range of the first landing and the stake wher
 the body was found; on September 21
 found the inner bar to have one foot and on
 inch of water at mean low water the inner most bar had three feet and two inches o
 water there is an average of to 10 inche
 more water between the bars than on top o
 them.
 Yes, sir; body could have hoated tha
 morning from that landing of the wharf t
 where found there was one feot of water o , the innermost bar that morning at o'clock which would have foated 8 body from on
 point to the other.
 B Yes, sir; since August the sand has shift ed somewhat on some of the bars owing to
 southwest storm, and there would have bee , more water on the bars August than ther 3 has been since.
 No, sir; in my opinion there was nothini
 to prevent body from floating from the frs landing at Kelsey's Wharf to the point wher it was found. The wind was from the south
 west and made 8 chop sea.
 Recess till 2.
 Afternoon Session. , | At the afternoon session the cross-e -examina : tion of William H. Peck was commenced b
 MT. Bush. He said it was high tide at '7:3 o'clock on the morning that the body wa
 found. and it was three or four inches highe than the ordinary tide. A strong breeze wa
 blowing at the time and the morning wa clear and there was no rain during the night remember that the ground was dry in th morning.