Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-23
VALLEYS FRET.

Thu Attempt to Blackmail the Alleged
Murderer of Jsnnis Cramer-HOw tn.
eliminating L tiers Were Obtained
Scenes In the Court Room Vest. ~
M'sdemsan"rs and Accidents.
THE MALLEY BLACKMAILING CASE.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-Essex Market po-
lice court was crowded to the doors to-day,
aud large number of persons congre.
gated in the streets, all eager to catch
glance of the notorious Blanche Douglass,
now Nellie Maxwell, and Walter E. Malley,
both again brought prominently;beforet the
public by the arrest of three young men
on charges of larceny and blacknail,
with Counsellor Conrad N. L. Blydenburg,
of New Haven, complainant. Blanche
and Walter arrived in court early, and
were ushered into the police sergeant's pri-
vate room. They sat beside one another, and
during the long wait before
the examination, became frequently en-
gagged in conversation, and when not so
occupied, Malley read several publications
of the case, while Blanche sat as if in deep
thing going on, taking no heed of the con-
slant gaze of those admitted in the room.
Judge Patterson disposed of the routine
business of the court and called ''the one
case of the day." The court room was
cleared of those not connected with the in
vestigation, and then Walter and Blanche
slipped from the sergeant's room through
the court room into the magis-
trates private chamber, where the clerk,
John M. Kean, took the affidavit
of Walter MalleY. It consists of a repeti-
ton of the particulars of the case as pub
lished, and embraces the statements of
Blanche, who gave her name as Mrs. Annie
Zimmerman, and signed slip 'Annie
Zimmerman" in very poor hand, so
scrawling as to be hardly legible. In
answer to interrogatories, she said her age
was twenty years, and at first said that
she had resided for the past three weeks at
1871 Third avenue, but corrected herself
| and gave the number as 1890. In refer
| ring to the letters from her, Walter de-
| scribed her as Nellie Maxwell, whose real
| name is Annie Zimmerman. Edward E..
Price appeared in the interest of Edward
Hanley, and Oliver Bogart for VIM. Pratt,
while John Goevera1 had no counsel
When the affidavit was taken it was deliv-
cred to Justice Patterson, and the accused
| were placed at the bar. They had nothing
| to say to the charge at present, and furth-
er examination was set down for Thursday.
Lawyer Bogart commended that so far as
his client (Pratt) was concerned, he de
| E1urred to the complaint as being INSULT
Gent to constitute a crime within the stat
utes. He will be accorded an argument on
the subject Monday. After leaving court
Malley and Blanche walked
to Grand street and the Bowery
and behind them walked lawyer Slyden-
burg and Malley's friend. On reaching
the Bowery Blanche and Malley had a talk
aside from the others. The lawyer at
length left, and the remaining three took
the north bound train Oh the Third avenue
elevated road. Detectives caused the at
tendance in court Of Mrs. Annie Snyder,
housekeeper of the furnished rooms where
the alleged robbery was committed. It
was intended that her testimony be taken,
but it was dispensed with for the present.
Her story is that Hanley visited Blanche
almost daily, and the latter represented
him as being her brother-in-law. On the
18th inst, during Banche's absence, Han
ley called at the house, and going to his
friends room, inserted key in the lock
which, however, did not fit. He went to
Mrs. Snyder and informed her his sister
in-law had sent him to procure some things
from her room, but had given him the
wrong key. AS Blanche had stated to her
she was going to move, Mrs. Snyder gave
him key to the room and he left with
satchel The housekeeper further stated
to reporter that Blanche first occupied
rooms in her house five years ago, when
she was but fifteen years of age and the
wife of a German named Zimmerman.
They were with her at intervals since of
two months to the year, and Blanche re-
turned as ledger about three months ago
when she ""paimed Off Hanley as her
brother-in-law. The complaint was taken
in the case for conspiracy to blackmail
and extort money in violation of the stat
utes.
JERSEY CRY, N. j., Oct 22.-Augustus
Seeds, of Philadelphia, engineer on the
Pennsylvania railroad, was severely scald-
ed by the giving way of the blow-back
valve which allowed the steam to enter the
cab instead of escaping through the smoke
stack.
-t4 CHURCH BURNED.
CALAIS, Me-, Oct. 22.-During morning
service the Second Parish Baptist church
burned. Loss, $4,000; insured for 81, 900.
No lives were lost. Cause, a defective
chimney.
SAFE BLOWING.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 21.-Before day
light this morning the safe of Nelson &
Walsh's saloon was blown with dynam-
lite by burglars and robbed of $500. The
robbers are supposed to be the same gang
who attempted to rob the bank at Frank
lin this week and perpetrated .burglaries
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 21-She sherif,s safe,
county safe and private safe in London,
Tenn, were robbed of $4,000. &c. Sher-
wood, F. w. Morrison and VIM. Nest were
arrested.