New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-04
THE CRAMER MURDER CASE.

prom SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBUNE.I
NEw-HAyEN. May 3.-The wind whistled
around the corners of the City Hall this morning. send
ing cold chils through and through the crowd- o. peo
PIE who were awaiting impatienty the opening Of the
outer doors The air and cold a. IL il n an
early November morning In addition the usual posse
OF sherhs who have hitherto been adequate to the
casion three ponlerous policemen, with drawn clubs
standing in the entrance kept back the crowd that
ana then surged against the doors in the vain
endeayor to get into the building where
the Maoy trial ia in pro. ress. A stranger
passing by at that time would have thought riot in
Progress Or a sociallstc meeting breaking up. In the
crowd were Old men, gray-hared and wrinkled, mulled
up to their necks in And there women,
too quaint, queer and curious who have stood
by this trial through thick and thin. The pushing and
rushing did not fail to rufle their tempers aud their
feathers But noticeable in the crowd young
men in the full flush Of spring trousers and ties OF
yariegated hue who smoked the vicious cigarette and
Z" chafred the wayfaring man.
There H. however, marked change in the decorum
OF the crowd when IT gets within the court
room. There it is quiet and still
as at funeral The crowd begins gather early
O'Clock, and increases until the time for opening the
cour begins Formerly the Old bell OF Church
seepe announced the opening Of court but since the
Hayden trial that practice has been discontinued "A
soon as AL OF the seats In ths room filed the doors
are cioe"d and those have shut oter in the
up Now and then aged pilgrim has his curiosity sat
sed long before the session closes and he ont
another slips in 10 I'll the vacant chair People wait
outside for two hours at time waiting for such oppor
tunities this
Th~rc are more system and order here than
common to the ordinary court Shortly
before 10 o'clock the Mlley boys down from the
jail IN the best city hack and work their way 70 the
courtroom through the staring crowds little later
Blanche Douglass In much less pretentious manner
shakes the dust OF the Shers from her feet and
glde- into the with the air OF injured innocence
she talks much, her counsel but keeps
up constant thinking. Occasionally she smiles at the
reply OF Witness but generally maintains stod in
difference to all that is passing The demeaDor Of the
Malleys has changed somewhat Of late. They
70 realize their position fully
and have dropped the airs which they as
sumed at the opening OF the trial Walter Malley
spends bis time during he in taking notes and
cleaning hf eglasses james drops bic head on the
back o. the chair stretches ont and ryets his ewes on
with unntel lace, Low forehead and frecled
complexion. His cousin, however, IL nice looking
young man, possessed ot more thln ordinary nIcL,
gence He was at one time a student in the sheffield
scientific school where 1t Is SAID he had many oppor
iuhts 10 stuy me properties OF arsenic ana no" 10
use lie Is Tcspo4o1e' ,r .a 1or sIs
a. the preliminary hearing in West Haven, ana
tue stories when the three accused persons told
said been the product Of his fertile brain. H.
certainly knows more than either Of tho Others and
Tue tra the talk of the town, and The Gu
rsity o. the public II constantly whetted by the dis
play type OF Ie local press Ine interest taken III the
recent Hayden oise which was considered rrmarkaDc
al that tmc d"inilcs INTO insigniicance when com
pared with the interest IN this trial
The counsel COR the s'ae have kept the srictest 81
lence upOn what they intended 10 do Their silence has
caused little uneasine-s and the suiienness with
wEch thcy splng their witnesses upon the stdud
sta ties and couiu-es the lawyers Tor the defence
The manifest curu-ity OF the defence a. TO ~nat the
State viii do next, and tne careiness vi when hcy
eyer word aud act Of their opponents are ia strong
|
his Assistants who pursue tHe case IN most matter Of
fact way aud act more as II they measuring tape
over a cOuute tnan dealing with human lives
When he court opened tns morning the examination
OF Dr. frudden a. an expert on arsenic when hdd bceh
left over rom he preceding day, was resi me
counsel for the defence made strenuous efforts 10 empha
the point that irritation OF the stomach and ntesines
generally resulted r9m IataL arsenic pOrOlLg lIIs
the witness admitted with the same qualifications he
Dr. Leonard L. SANFORD was then called. He testified
that he had heard the testimony Of Drs. Dewen and
the Ilme " the inquest Dr. SANFORD testified frther as
10 whether, ID ms opinion Jehuc trainer mao oeoH SUI
| jccted TO violence previous to her death, as
rar and giving hi- reasons I'm detail for coming 70 such
"a conclusion. several obi cOns were made Oy the de-
fence ~ the examination OF the witness by ne DISTRICT
Attorney. but they were Oyerruled by the Court
The defence nave endeavOred 10 show that the nght II
the room IN the Nest Haven morgue under when the
girl was examined, was not sufficient To auo" an e1-
animation to be carefully and accurately made. Dr.
sanford was questioned a. To MS ieas on TINS
ponI ana Itpued lha' the HsA' ne tno"7D',
quite sufficient. The defence mas
dNelt point. and the STATE proved To-Day by
several witnesses one OF "hom mao IMAGE cirei.l ca
animation or the spot last saturday, ,nat the hgt was
sufficient and tnat the cXaminI iIOn carefully made
During the crOss-eXamint UDn, conducted entirely by
Mr. Jones tO-Iay there sharp WORKS between
counsel oftentlmes did not cease until Judge
Wen in rnr course Of Dr. Prudien's examination he
made she statement IN nls analy sis he took away
oue-ih II thr Diin ana ieI me lci,ier OF IL Oh me
table III the undertaken shop me defence jumped AZ
outrage
Mr. Jones Do Won mean to say that you llft two
I lar IN. lIr Al Ina
away or lett To- ,he chlcAeLs
Mr. JOucs-W nat became Of tAat part OF the heart
me vi ness-l don't know left such of the organs
az lid take away the table ar the Under
takers. Ihc body taken away before went Way.
The undertaken Was ia hurry ahc tie body away, 80
- 10 D. ia time Tor the funeral Tie portions the
wic icft AZ the underwriters were two-thirds
OF tnc brain, turccuar.'r- o the ner @pOut onehlrd
lII-s aDou, ntf 0i tnc spleen gave no
orders regard 10 the disposition Of these parts.
Nj. J"uca asked hs questions III dIaln1uc way IN
tending 10 impress upon inc jury the ueA tnat gross
III me redirecs examination Mr. Dooittc asked Of the
doctor " Is II customary for doctors Al an autopsy 10
ithFo upon tnc 'apie VIC POI .oa 0cy Wv "t '.Np
away want To ascertanl II any .hng exceptional mas
been done III his case."
Witncss-Inat depends On circumstances Ifperformed
IN private house where There attendants the
OPP usually Careful to replace Inc PORTIONS n the
Ir Jones took up arsenic question, and asked,
II person swallowed three grains OI arisen Gus acid,
would yOu not expect To nud irritation IA tAe stomach
Wiiness~I should have no expectations. know that
sometimes irritation In found uId sometimes not.
Mr. JonesDou't you consider II most remarkable that
II Jennie ramcr dlrd from poison her stomach should
show .l-lis col Inflammation
Mitncss-i do III "a certain sense. Being m instant
poison II utdr that II should have al Instantaneous
action. But there many c1lcpuOns-tnlry -slA
OF 50 having been mentioned BY one author-tLat
absence irritation would not be regarded by me- as
ali conclusive.
there then long list OF authorities cited on one
eide aud Oh the Otucr Al 2. III. Professor Chttcndcn
recalled. Nj Case asked " be mad weighed out
and brought into Court tne mi eeram lie lad said he
would. Inc Professor replied that ue had and handed
10 mr. Case small glass Ootde IN wich was inc iDe
Containing miilgrdm Of arsenic. lie de-
fence mad supposed that in dealing with
mill, they nad been treating something innul-
teslinal small aud small to be invisible TO the
naked eye. Mr. Ca-e had made request OF Professor