Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-17

thought it was the taller of the two young men who said it. Others had asked witness if he wasn't mistaken, but he insisted that he was not mistaken and that what he said was so.
 WITNESS WHO SAY THEY SAW JENNIE.
 William Twining, of 161 Temple street, New Haven, and an employe of Sargent & Co.,, testified that on the forepart of the af- ternoon of Friday, August 5, he was stand ing on the stoop of Hatstat's store, corner of Whitney avenue and Trumbun street; it was after dinner-think before o'clock. had known Jennie Cramer for eight years knew her because she had waited on me at her fathers store; she has been at my house once in while calling on my folks; haven't spoke to her lately, but have met and seen her; saw her that Friday afternoon right alongside that little green on Temple street j; she was between Trumbull and Bradley street. she was on the walk opposite the green; she was with gentleman don't know who he was, but he had white straw hat with polka-dot band can't say whether the band was blue or black they were walk ing toward Whitneyville; they were thirty or forty yards from me; I have. no doubt this l girl was Jennie Oramer.
 Witness spoke to John Hatstat about the couple; don't remember the words used 1 but spoke because knew it was Jennie Cramer she wore white dress Temple street leads right through the Green to Nal ley's store
 George T. Audley, son of Charles Audley, proprietor of the livery stable office on | Trumbull street, testified to seeing James Nal | lev ir, on the afternoon of Friday, August 5, at about o'clock, ,betweenTrumbuu and Brad | lev streets, walking on TrumbulI street, be- | tween Whitney avenue and Orange street, ! with young lady whom he did not know. I He was positive the young man was James | Malley, ir., as he had known him for eight or nine years and went to school with him. | Witness when he saw them, was on wagon | in front of his office. He noticed that the lady had four rings on, and broad br1mmed \ hat. The parties passed within SIX or eight feet of him. It was about three minutes to | three; he knew the time, because he had | some trunks to take to the depot at three. l The couple were walking toward Orange l street.
 \ In reply to Mir. Fox witness said he first told this story on the evening of the day when the body was found.
 THE FATHERS TESTIMONY.
 Jacob Cramer, father of the dead girl, was the next witness. He appeared rather feeble and resigned as he took the stand. He testified I am the father of Jennie Cramer; she was twenty years old she always lived at the house; don't think ] have ever had occasion within the last five years to kick or strike my daughter | I know I haven't; it is so long ago that | get it she was school girl and I might have given her slap or two; I never dragged her by the hair around the room | Qaughter) never threatened to do so don't think I have said I would strike ol beat her, might have done so never have given her cause to think would punish hel severely since she left school: I don't think my daughter was afraid of me except as : child will fear a scolding; have never scolded so that she would fear violence fol the past five years she has received
 THE K1NDEsr TREATMENT
 she has been sick and my wife took care O her; didn't interf-re in any shape; nigh have done so if I had been better; she wa sickly and we treated her very leniently;
 have never seen MT. Malley at the house, bu know he sent notes there, for l have seer the notes the last time saw Jennie aliv
 was on the Wednesday preceding the day sh | was found the hour was between and ! o'clock; she took her sister and visitors iron New Britain to the depot to see them of ; knew she was away Wednesday night be ! cause her mother who had been sitting u]
 for her told me; believe she set up all night ! I did not tell my wife would do violence t. l my daughter when she returned; perhap | my wife said that if she carried on that wa.
 she wouldn't have home, and l may hav
 said, ''That is right; j" don't recollect tha such thing was said l had no idea tha ' CQlS WOulQ nave Or1V6u uoE HUH eA0 AOuSO If she had returned I would have received , her.
 The father further testified that this wa
 the girls first night away from home, excep
 when visiting. The girl used to retire by Il or 1O:3O. He went to the Elliott House t'
 inquire for his daughter, being worried, bu I did not see Miss Douglass, and received wort
 from the porter that Miss D. said my daugh ter had gone to New York. He said he dit
 not send word to her that Jennie was al right, and never opened messages sent t' her, and never saw James Malley at his stor
 after Jennie's death, and never called on tn
 Malley's at their store.
 THE MOTHER TEsTIFIRs.
 Mrs Cramer testified don't remembe that Jennie's father ever touched her O threatened to hurt her he never in his lift threatened to drag her around the house b. the hair; he has been sickly for six years l she has been sick I have never struck he ! nor threatened to do so; we humored her Il every possible way could depend on he to take care of herself;' she was sensible il ! every way when my husband found tha Jennie had not come home Wednesday nigh he only said, she is lost for us.
 ! This was Thursday morning; l nevel 1 threatened to keep her out of the house, nol did he; Thursday Jennie came home witl l Miss Douglass they were in the parlor or | the sofa I asked Jennie why she did no 
 because they wouldn't let me-; I said, 'Jen nie, you could if you wanted to, as you could before' this was not the first time she hac been to the Malleys and they had tried to keeI her; the week before she came home at 8 m. said: 'tDon't you know you are disgracine yourself by staying out over night; If the neighbors should find out that you stayed away over night you would lose your good | name;" Jennie said 'tMamma they don't know have been absent over night ;" I re piled ''Yes think they do know it." ther said, E'You said you thought it best not tc that the week before when I asked Jennie why she didn't come home, Miss Douglass interrupted her reply, ''They wouldn't lei me-" by saying, q wanted to have her stay with me over night at the hotel;' replied 1 Miss Douglass, you have no right to keeI Jennie there over night; she said, Mrs Cramer, there are no gentlemen coming tt the hotel"
 Witness was requested to go slow, the jur, 1 wanting her evidence fully. Witness said She said ''it does not look well to keep res pectabIe girl out all night" She replied tha no gentlemen were allowed to come to tn. hotel. I told her I knew better for at al hotels in the United States gentlemen wer' allowed to come. I then told Jennie if sh' kept on that way carrying on nights, i 1 would never dc for her to stay home, anC when her little sister came home she woult I have to go away was very e1clteo ane was crying at this time, and I added if could find another place for her she woult have to go. I then stated that if Jame Malley kept her out he had no right to, ane he would hear from my husband, and would tell him (Ir. Cramer.) Miss Douglas said nothing more than what I have said l that remember.''
 I did not mean for Jennie.t to leave the homt for good. Witness told how she called upor James Malley, jr., at the store to learn about her daughter. He said he thought she wa all right at home; afterward he told me she had stopped at the Elliott House with Mis- Douglass; he promised to find her and send her home come himself or send message later Thursday evening message came tc the house from him when spoke to hin on Thursday evening he spoke about taking her down to the shore that evening to ride
 ''She was naturally of lively disposition inclined to be jolly and pleasant"
 tDo you think from what you said tha morning that your daughter committed sui cide9''
 No, sir"
 This was all. The jury returned to an an l te-room and deliberated, aad after ten or if l teen minutes they returned, and Justice an6 Acting Coroner Metcalf announced that the