New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-23
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
BLANCHE DOUGLASS IN COURT.

Essex Market Police Court yesterday was crowded
with spectators, and large number OF persons con-
gregaed outside OF the Court House, enger TO eaten
n glimpse of the notorious Blanche Douglas ana
Walter T.. Maley, again before the puDilc III CON
nectOD with the arrest OF the three young men e
charged by them with larceny ana Dlachinali
With Counsellor Conrad n. l.. BlydenDurgn, OF
New Haven, the two compliments arrived III the
courtroom early, and were usheTed INTO sergeant
Longs private room pending tine beginning OF Jne
examination. They sat together, and during ther
long wait frequently engaged IN cOnVersatlOn;
When not so occupied 4ahey lntentIy ,peruseu
several newspaper articles III reference 10 inc c'1e,
while Blanche sat rs II IN deep thought, apparently
taking 10 heed OF the Chances cast at her ny those
in the room. Alter the usual court cases had Dteh
disposed of Walter Malley made affidavit TO the
complaint. Blanche Douglas, who gave her ilalle
as Mrs Annie Zimmerman, also signed an a1lda'lt'
Her writing was so scrawly as to be scarcely legl-
ble In answer to Interr0gatlOns she said that ier
age was twenty. AT first she s3ld she nau HFeo Iot
the last three weeks at No. 1,7ol Ihird-ayr2 puC
corrected herself and gave the NUMBER as LEV. III
referring 10 the theft of be letters from her AMER
Maey described her AZ Nellie MAXWELL "hoSo
real name is Annie Zimmerman"
Edmund H. Pnce appeared IN the interest OF INC
prisoner, Edward Hanley while Oliver Bogaft
represented William Pratt John G0urlyen, Tue
third prisoner, had no counsel. Ihe accusGu n9 t
when arralgned TO plead SAID they had ho'hlls "
say at present
Lawyer Bogart, on behalf of Pratt, demurred to
the complaint as being insufficient 10 constitute
crime within the statute. lie Will be accOICcu al
argument on the subject to-day. The examination
OF the prisoners was fixed for thursday next
The detectives employed IN the case causeu
the attendance in court OF Mrs. Annie
Snyder, the hOusekceper at No. l4S Spring
ST., where Blanche Douglas occupied iuI-
nlshed room when. it Is alleged, tho robbery VAS
committed. 1t wa3 intended That her testimony
should he taken, but II was dispensed with Tor the
present. Her story Is that Hauley was an almost
Oaliy visitor to blanche Douglas. The latter repre-
Sented him TO be her brother ln-laW. On October IL
during BlanCneS absence, Hanley calleu az inc
house and going to his friends room Inserted Key
in the lock, which, however. Gld not ht lie then
went to Mrs. Snyder and informed her that his SIS
tcr-in-aw had sent him 10 procure some things
from her room, but had given HIM the wrong key.
Mrs Snyder gave him key to her room anu he ielt
the house taking with him satcheI. Inc house
keeper further stated to reporter that Miss Dong
las first occupied rOOLs in her mousse hye years ago,
nhen she only fifteen years old. she WAS then
the wife OF q German named Zimmerman. Iney
were with her during diucrent intervals of time
ranging from two months 70 Il year. Sac returned
as "a logger about three months ago, when she
palmeu OFT y Hanley her brother-m-law.