The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-25
A GORGEOUS GANG.
OF uNsAvoRy REPUTATION,
Walter Mallsy and Blanche Douglas Appear II
Court Once Mors-E1eerp,s Of the Jennie
Cramer Trasedy-Corrsspondenc Al.
~ legged 10 Have Bssn Stolen.

Court Once More-IIeerpts Of the Jennie
| Cramer Tragedy -Corrsspondencs A.
| legged to Have Bssn Stolen.
New ioRH, November oi.-Waltcr L.
Malley, Of New Haven, sat for two hours In
tho Court OF Special Sessions to-day. read.
| Ing n magazine, and waiting for the black.
mail case, in which he was complainant, to
be called. Edward Hantey William Pratt
ind John Gourivan were in the prison pen,
and Blanche Douglass sat in corner Of
the Clerks office, across the corridor. She
was bundled tip in heavy dark dolman.
Young Mallcy was summoned 10 the
witness stand half an hour after noon, and
the Clerk next called out: Mrs. thinner.
man, Annie Hines, Blanche Douglass. She
came in from the Clerks room and sat
down at the edge ofthe prisoners box. A
cameo signet ring glistened OH Malley's
finger rs 10 raised tho Dible to kiss It,
lie then testified TINT he had 70.
ccived n letter signed Baldwin," inform
| ing him that the writer was in possession Of
letters Of Ills 10 Blanche Douglass and
would make other use OF them II lie did
not buy them. He responded TO the letter,
and met Gourivan Mt the Grand Central
Hotel. Gauriyan wanted 5000 for the
letters. Afterward met Gourivan and
Pratt together. Pratt had the letters.
"While they were reading thcm,' said the
witness, in conclusion, "they were arrest
ed" 1ic identified theletters and stepped
from the sand
Blanche Douglass was the next witness.
She. was Irosperously dressed, The skirt
Of her dark gown WAS short enough to re-
veal herncat boot. A iur-trimmcd dolman
was thrown over her shoulder, and she car:
ried large reticule covered with crimson
velvet. A stuffed bird, with plumage OF
long canary-colored and olive.green fcatl,-
ers, nestled on the side OF the green plush
hat, She had diamonds-sr something of
the sort-in her ears. She kissed the Bible
and then glanced through the bundle OF
letters handed to her by one ofthe Justices
and testified
THESE letters were stolen from my trunk
at No. is Spring street, while l was absent
from home, by Ned Hanley. lie admitted
the theft to me, and said he took tile letters
to raise money on them. | never saw
llanley and Gourivan together before their
arrest. l don't know who James Baldwin
the, name signed to one OF the letters is.
Ned told me he was going to get $500
through the letters" 20 .s,.,.0
l. n. Blydenburg, Malley's lawyer, mar
rated his interviews with the prisoner
Gourivan. "Gourivan told me-" he said,
that $500 was the lowest the party he
represented would take for the letters. II
he didn't get $500 for the letters he would
sell them to others. saw Hanley with
Gourivan on the night Of October 18th, I
think, and again in front OF the Metropoli.
tan Hotel Gourivan agreed to let Alallcv
see the letters at the last interview, on the
18th. They went out together, and then 1
sent out the2policemen, and the arrest was
made" e,s' ,DI,If5 r. -5I50@,'!'
llanley was called next. He shifted his
tobacco from one side OF his mouth to the
otner, and slapping his lips on the cover Of
the Bible ior moment, sat down, stretched
out his legs, and, clasping his hands over
hls Derby hat, chcwed and testified
"Alss douglass gave me these letters to
read. live in the same house. She gave
them to me to read in the afternoon Of the
day before my arrest. l returned four, and
she told me to keep the rests No; she didn't
ask for them subsequently. never saw
Malley until l WAS arrested" -Il =
Gourivan, the former divinity student.
was called. He, too, objected to kiss the
Bible. .',0.- - -,
"What do you knowa about this?" Justice
Morgan asked him. d, g
u wlsn to have counsel assigned me
before ! say anything" replied the prison.
er, looking around with q smile. gH,
Frank Oliver was assigned to defend
the prisoner. After consultation OF
about twenty minutes he called Mallcy
back to the stand, and in reply to his ques.
tions the latter said: q,
u don't know who wrote the Baldwin
letter. None OF the letters are worth
dollar to me in money value"
THAT'S tho defense" said Mr.. Oliver,
and moved to dismiss the complaint, dc.
claring that there was no proof that either
his client or the other prisoners wrote the
alleged blackmailing letter. and that there
was equally no proof Of conspiracy. More
over, the complaint has been drawn up
under q special statute Of misdemeanor.
1T don't seem to have been drawn under
any thing in particular" remarked Justice
Morgan, slapping the complaint on the
desk. He then leaned over to Justice
White and back again toward Justice Blk
by, picked up quill pen, wrote few
words on the complaint and remarked :
"rhe prisoners are discharged"
The. party left the Courtroom, followed
by detectives and crowd OF curious peo-
pie: Another crowd gathered in the street
and gazed at Blanche Douglass and at Wal
ter Malley as he stood by the curbstone
talking with Judge Blydenburg. A little
further on tile released prisoners were hay
ing very angry interview. Finally. with
aparting explosion Of profanity at woman
who joined Gourivan outside, Hanlcy and
Pratt walked away. Gourivan and his
companion went in the opposite direction.