Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-03
Jennie Cramer's Case.


 mfnatfon-FavOrabieI Inn pres- 1 sions.
 Court in the Malley case at West Haven resumed session Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. The testimony of the little Quinn girl, given the day before-her's being a part of the alibi testimony for James Malley. jr.-excited great interest on the part of all who heard it as a remarkably bright, clear and straightforward statement The prose cution were utterly unable to shake the girls statements, which fixed the hours that event. full Friday night in so far as they related to the doings of James Malley, jr., from the time he is alleged to have reached home till he lay covered up in bed. People present said of her: ''She was the best witness we ever saw" It didn't seem at all probable to anybody that her story was made up. Her testimony was phenomenal for it's clearness Her care in answering questions also greatly won favor. The girl was cross examined Saturday morning by Mir. Bollman. The witness said she had quit going to school about year ago She was in room 6, Web ster school. Her father and mother were both alive. On Saturday evening, August 6, the witness was up stairs in the James Malley house, and she heard Miss Katie, Miss Lulu and Miss Healey talking, and heard them say 8 young lady had been drowned. Nothing was then said about James Malley, ir When she went to the Malley store in the | evening she heard of the drowning, but not then was James, name mentioned She first heard about him being connected with the affair from the newspapers, which she read | at the Malley house whenever she got a ! chance.
 Witness got the news from the newspapers that James was reported to be out with Jen- nie Cramer at the. shore that night. Miss Lulu read to her good deal about the case. and witness herself read also. I read the papers pretty much every day; the COURIER comes in the1norning and the Registe. and Union every day; I don't remember whether l read the papers the next day to see what Miss Lulu testified to; thought it would not be in the morning pap=r-that it would not be out till evening think read that even- ing the names of those who testified, Miss Kennedy and others from the store; don't remember what Miss Lulu Malley testified I don't remember anything about fshwoman or that I laughed at it; no one talked to me about this matter except MT. Fox and MT. Blydenburgh, who came up to the house two or three weeks ago. it was before you cane, I think I don't know that it was few days after that Friday evening it might have been on the Friday after; I think it was Fri. day, because Miss Harland, of WallinRford, | was down; she did not generally come to the | house when in town, but did that Friday when MT. Fox and Mir Blydenburgh were | there; before that time none of the family l talked to me about what knew about James | Malley being present that Friday evening.
 Continuing, witness said: They told me if | should come here I should tell the truth and nothing but the truth think it was ! James Malley, ST., who told me that: I am sure no one ever spoke a word to me or asked question of me about this case-no one of the ! Malley family-before Mr. Fox and MT. Blydenburgh called; it was a day or so l after MT. Fox and MT. Blydenburgh called that Mir. Malley told me to tell the truth: he | has never spoken to me on the subject since. ! nor has either of the lawyers. The lawyers 1 tried to task witness memory by asking about other dates and days, but witness gave the clearest kind of answers 1 think James was home Tuesday night of that week and Friday night Saturday night as at home
 
 Thursday nights of that week because did not see him the mornings after I was up first Thursday and Friday mornings of that week, and Miss Lulu next; if James had come to breakfast either of those two morn lngs l would have known it don't know about Monday of that August first week. be- cause that night the store closed late and James came home late; might have gone to bed before he came home but do not remember; go to bed some evenings ear Her l am not sure about his being home that Monday evening; can remember just what we had for supper that Monday even ing; yes, know 1t is two months ago; the next (Tuesday) evening we had steak, mashed potatoes and sponge cake for supper
 The child was now asked about Friday and what James Malley, jr., did and said to her Knowledge that day. She said he came in the evening in his stocking feet in the din ing room he had to wait for supper a quar- ter Of an hour or twenty minutes while SUD- per was being cooked; he came in between 6 and z, or it might have been ' Miss Healey, the dressmaker, was up stairs when James came in and sat by the window; James had supper and his two sisters ate with him James, father said he did not want supper and he told me to bring it up stairs and leave it there and he might eat it during the night; before supper Miss Lizzie got some lemonade from her father; James, from the first time he came in till he finished his supper. could not have been away from the dining room five minutes without my knowing it, I don't think; after supper he went up stairs when I brought the supper up to James, ST., he was writing am sure Katie sat at the table while James and Lizzie and Lulu were eating; Katie and Miss Healey had eaten supper before; before supper was ready Mrs. MalIoy and her two daughters came in and went into the back parlor one of the Malloy girls is taller than mel will be thirteen next June-and the other small CT; the Malloys came in before Miss Healey came down and before James came in; after supper, Misses Katie, Lizzie and Lulu joined the Malloys in the parlor.
 While Katie and Miss Healey were eating, James went into the kitchen you did not ask me about going into the kitchen before don't remember that said he did not leave the dining room from the time he came in till he ate supper; Katie called Miss Healey down stairs to supper; while she was eating James stood up in the kitchen, think, smoking cigarette; after supper we went out in the garden to get some fruit; then heard Miss Lulu say that James, jr., wanted towel, that l he was going to take bath then we went | into the parlor. given by James Malley, jr.. and his father at | the inquest as to many little points.
 am sure James Malley, jr., had his eyes l shut when I went through his room, and l thought he was asleep; I go through his | room because if went through the other | room would be afraid of the garret stairs; | there are two rooms in the front of the | house up stairs James Malley, sr.'s, room is | to the right, the sewing room to the left Katie's room is between her fathers and | brothers rooms; I sleep next to James Nal | ley, jr. E, room, only there is 8 hall between; the bath room adjoins Miss Katie's room on | the side of her father's room
 At the request of MT. Bollman, James Malley, jr., made 8 diagram of the upper part of his fathers house, showing the rooms in question. This he exhibited and explained to the justice.
 Witness was asked many questions to see if she had been coached or trained, or assist ed to recollect, but adhered firmly and ap- parently with the utmost candor and truth fulness to her statement to the contrary, and l that she had talked with no one about her testimony till the lawyers saw her; never heard the Malley family talk about this case or Jennie Cramer in any way; yes, I am with them good deal and hear them talk about a | good many things; if they have anything se- cret to say they don't say it before me; we had roast lamb, huckleberries and cake for tea Saturday night, August 6; on Wednesday night of that week we had for supper pork o-,l 1,okh 1-L |