Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-24
JENNIE CRAMER'S FATE,

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The Tragic Story If Her Unt,meiy Taking
OFF Again RevIved-Shrouded in Mystery
Trial Of the BIalleys and Blanche
Douglass for Murder to Begiu To-Mor-
row.
New HAVEN, April II, 1ss2.-It was a
bright, beautiful morning last summer when
pretty Jennie Cramer's body was found upon
The West Haven shore. Asa Curtiss, an old
fisherman, passed along the beach soon after
sunrise and. caught the CLEAN of her white
dress amid the seaweed and drift. The body
was borne to the town, and fast fed the news.
for in New Haven, where she lived, and at the
pleasure resorts along the shore Jennie had
been widely known and as widely admired for
her rare beauty. She was young,
twenty or SO, handsome alike Of
lace and figure, gay, happy. care
less, found of amusements, like thousands
OF young girls, yet not bad at heart, and, SO
lar SIS gossip said, unstained by immoralliies
OR low dlssipations. Her father heard of her
death-Jacob Cramer, an old New Haven CT
gar dealer in moderate circume tances-and he
came hnrrying to the scene. It was Saturday,
the 9th OF August, 1881; and to this day the
mystery OF her death is unsolved.
AS 1t lay In the morgus the body was
prsttily dressed in white, plated muslin
dress and overskirt, with figured lace waist,
white straw hat and white mltts. In her
pocket was blue purse, bead trimmed, and
containing but few cents. There were no
marks to indicate the cause of death. The
face was discolored; upon the forehead
slight bruise from the sands of the beach, and
slight abrasions of the left ear and lower lip
Nothing to indicate death by drowning was
evident.
inquest developed the finding of arsenic in
her stomach and 1t was claimed she had been
forcibly debauched by James Malley through
the aid and connivance of a woman named
Blanche Douglass.
THE ALLEGED MuRDEREas.
The parties charged with causing the death
of Miss Cramer-three In number-are James
Malley, Jr., Walter E. Malley, and Miss
Blanche Douglass. James, Jr., is in his twen-
ty-fOurth year, is of Connecticut birth, and
received limited education in the public
schools of New Haven. For long time he
was clerk In the extensive store of his
uncle Edward Malley, the father OF
Walter Compared with his accused cousin,
he is inferior in polish, appearance and
temperament. He does not impress one so
favorably as Walter, nor has he all through
shown so much cheerfulness. His sisters
visit him almost daily in Jail, sitting for hours
chatting with the two young men. While
under restraint James has devoted himself
mainly to reading. If any has been thought
to have guilty knowledge of Jennie Cramer's
death, it was James; yet more than once since
his confinement. when the subject has been
broached, he has repeated he was not at the
West haven shore that Friday night IN Au-
gbst, and had no idea how the girl died.
WALTER E. MALLEY
is in his 18th year, is of Connecticut birth,
and was educated at Seton hall (CAtholic) col
lege, New Jersey. For some time before he
came so prominently before the public, he held
an important position in the wholesale depart.
ment OF his fathers large dry goods store.
1t has been reported that in his own name he
possessed considerable property, left him BY
his mother. He is slim of build, of medium
height, dark brown hair, neat sandy mustache,
and generally wears eyeglasses. His face is
nose. and upper jaw. He has pretty
good education, and is very fond Of
music, being good amateur player on the
piano. beside being able to sketch and paint
some. He some years ago composed march
and since being in the county Jail has COM
posed waltz, which has not yet been pub
lished, He is very neat In dress and manner,
ties of young gentlemen. From the day Of
his arrest he has protested his innocence and
maintained bold and defiant front, always
asserting that he would come out all right
He is an only son and has the confidence and
support of his wealthy father, and
since his Incarceration, has wanted
for nothing that money could
Jail since August Is, and both have gained in
flesh, especially James. They have been con
stantly visited by relatives and friends, have
paid extra for better food and accommoda-
tions than the rest of the prisoners, and when.
ever they were brought down to court in
West Haven or this city, always have ridden
in hack paid for by themselves. 1t is I'M
derstoOd that at the coming trial it will not
be denied that both young men perjured them
selves in swearing as they did about their in
timacy with Blanche, but it will be claimed
that it was but natural they should do so to
keep from the world the knowledge of their
connection with a woman of her reputation
THE WOMAN IN THE CASE.
The person known as Blanche Douglass is,
according to her own statement made the 9TH
er day, but 90 years of age. She does not look
any older, being of small stature and quite
girlish appearance. She has out of court
given her name as Annie Kearns, and said that
when 16 or II she gave birth to a child that
did not live long. One Zimmerman or
Fitzsimmons being the father. The woman
is New Yorker, and lived there
all her life till she was brought.
to New Haven by Walter Malley. When her
child died and its father deserted her, she says
she struggled along alone for awhile, and
then inside OF a year of her appearance here
became an inmate of the Lizzie Bundy house
Of ill-fame in New York. Just previously
she had become acquainted with James
Riley, a bartender, who subsequently
followed her to this city, and became her
lover. In Bundy's she became acquainted
with Walter, and. according to her story. she
was induced to come here by him.
She says she has seen much
trouble long before she came to New
Haven, but she dosen't show it. She is illit.
crate, and is said to be person easily coerced.
She is quite tlady like and attractive.looking
and very pleasant spoken, though not always
correct in her language. She is far from re-
served, and has talked quite freely with yisl-
tors; always, however, maintaining that she
never saw Jennie Cramer after noon on Thurs
day, August 4, two days before the finding OF
the body. Since she has been in Jail neither
her alleged husband, Zimmerman, nor her
lover, Riley, has been seen in this city, and she
has been practically left alone, so far as her
New York friends are concerned.
THE TRTAT,