Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-30


 alive on Friday night
 It was now 12:4O and Mir. Jones stated to
 the court that as he was about to take up an-
 other topic he preferred that recess be talk
 en at that time.
 The court then ordered recess until ?
 o'clock.
 Afternoon Session.
 Court resumed promptly at 3 o'clock,
 when Mir. Jones resumed his argument. He
 said I have discussed this matter so far,
 gentlemen, with no direct allusion to the tes timony upon which the State relies. The State says Jennie Cramer died from poison They must prove this by evidence equal to that of two full witnesses. Now suppose she died from arsenic, the State must show that she died from arsenic solely and not partly by arsenic anc partly by suff ocation, Now what is there to show that that girl died from arsenical poisoning. The physicians all tell you that if person died from arsenical poi son they would expect to find the stomach in- famed. The authorities, or some of them, say that 1t is possible-a mean word-that 8 person could take arsenic into the stomach without inflammation following The books tell you that when arsenic is taken into the stomach and no inflammation follows it is an anomaly. Continuing Mir. Jones said that Dr. Harris was positive on the point that if arsenic was taken into the stomach and passed to the liver fatty degeneration would follow, and he is not disputed. Now I have nothing to say about Professor Chittenden, tor I think he has been pretty we'll analysed by MT, Case When you come to prove any thing scientifically you can prove it in any way you choose l tell you, gentlemen, that if a professor comes in here and says he has weighed an ounce of arsenic, and weighed it accurately, believe him. But when he ana- lyzes part of body and gets small quan- tity of arsenic and then stimates the amount in the whole body I don't believe him. Ex- perts tell you that arsenic remains in the blood or nervous system, but I don't know whether it does or not AS my brother Case says, scientists laugh at the scientists of twenty years ago. Now when you come here and ask that my life be taken on the assump- tion that there has been 8 trife of arsenic found in dead body, and that was &C., quainted with that party, will you do so !? think not gentlemen. Now I insist, gentle men, that where post-morten examination is made in room where arsenic has been used for the preservation of bodies, and the whole room is impregnated with 1t, is it nos reasonable to suppose that parts of the body laid around loose at an autopsy may not be come impregnated with arsenic ? MT. Jones then referred to the conduct of Walter and James on Thursday They learn that Blanche and Jennie are both gone they go to in quire about them; they go to Blanehe's room she is not there, and then they go to the depot thinking that perhaps Blanche has taken Jennie to New York and they are anx- ious to find her. Walter takes the train and on reaching Stamford receives dis patch that Blanche is o. K. He at once returns to New Haven All Waiter wanted was to find out where Blanche was and when he found out he came home Now suppose that g1rl had been found in the woods at Savin Rock, with all the evidences of poison by arsenic, would you say, ccnsid- ering ali the circumstances under which she left home, that she was murdered by those boys? No, know you would not. What evidence is there to make you believe that if Jennie Cramer died from arsenic that it was
 not administered by her own hand? Now, said MT. Jones, if there ever was an alibi
 proven in the world. it is proved in the eases
 of these boys, unless all this array of wit
 nesses have perjursd themselves. Mir Jones
 then went over the evidence of the family
 and dwelt at considerable length on the dis crepancies of the allbi witnesses. Referring
 to MT. Bush's remark that Blanche was a
 prostitute " he said he hated that word If she was such, he said, who made her so ex-
 cept those dressed in the same habililaents
 that we ..re? Don't in Gods name let us
 curse that unfortunate girl. We don't know
 who led her to ruin. You had her in your
 parlor at West Haven and you held out your
 rewards to her, and then after she told you all you hung out your threats and she rath
 CT than belle herself, said she would go to
 her grave. I do not appear for that girl
 gentlemen, but whatever you do, say in
 Gods name take that girls case in hand first and discharge her. I am not here to say that
 Waiter and James Malley and Blanche Doug
 lass models of morality, and can say the same of many others in this court room. I
 think could pick them out.
 am through with this case, gentlemen, and thank you for your very patient atten-
 ton. Although am counsel for the Malley
 boys, 1 have no more sympathy for them
 than have for that girl I can only invoke the prayer that have offered for others, God give them safe deliverance.
 Mr. Jones closed his argument at 3:1 and a recess was ordered, which lasted ten min utes
 After recess State Attorney Doolittle con-
 menced the closing argument for the State.
 In his opening he said Among all the be- ings God has made none are so beautiful as a young woman in the bloom of womanhood and such was Jennie Cramer whose body was found on the shores of Long Island
 
 show that that girl was not drowned. None of the witnesses for the State have escaped the arrows of idicule from the gentlemen on the other side. Asa Curtiss is called fisher man of clans and fisherman of bodies
 But I tell you, gentlemen, many father and mother have had occasion to bless this man for saving their loved ones from drowning or for recovering the bodies after drowning so that they might have 8 Christian burial. He then referred to the evidence of Curtiss and MT. Marsden, who had never seen drowned person whose position of the hands was folded across the breast
 The arms were folded and tell you, gentle men, that body was laid upon the sand and the arms folded across the breast as if pre- pared for Christian burial. am now dis cussing, gentlemen, the outlined appearance of this body. The eyes were closed, the mouth shut, and these men came to the con- cIusion that morning that there had been foul play, and science has substantiated that theory. These men arrived at the truth and I say science has demonstrated the opinions of these uneducated men. This murder, which was effected by a solution of arsenic, was administered by those who knew that the effect would be quicker than if given in any other form. They knew that when this body was found the theory would be that it was drowned, and when the body was buried in the grave the crime would be concealed. They little dreamed that the unsophisticated fisherman would not accept the theory of drowning. When they prepared that body on the shore to be submerged by the incom- ing tide they did not call any witnesses. None could see them but the All Seeing Eye; but they leave traces behind them, thread here and thread there, and the traces they have left behind them will leave no doubt in the mind of an impartial man from Maine to Cal ifornia. The attorney then defined circum- stantial evidence He read from Chief Jus tice shaws opinion in regard to the circum- stances of the murder of Dr. Parkman by l Professor Webster Continuing, he said /: Hour after hour the gentlemen on the other l side have tried to convince you that this poor l girl was drowned. This body was found i earlg in the morning, and they say the com munity was on fire, and we'll it might be. 1 The community are anxious to know the truth, and these persons l gazing on that body in the early ! are all anxious to know the cause of death. Why did James Malley deny that he