Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-30
ISanrnzl a1rN Gourter.
Fri.ay a arning, June 30. 1882.
The MalIey Case.


 ceeded. There were many members of the Malley family present who occupied seats as- signed to them inside the rail During the afternoon recess another handsome basket of flowers was sent in to Blanche Douglass, and later handsome bouquet was sent to Judge stoddard, Blanche's counsel. Who the donors were could not be ascertained. It is presumed that MT. Doolittle will conclude his argu- ment this morning or by the time the noon recess is taken. Then will follow the judge's charge to the jury and the swaiting for the verdict" If the jury agree after reasonable consideration of the case it is probable that 8 result will be reached this evening some time. There is considerable speculation as to the verdict SO far as an acquittal or disa- greement is concerned, but it is only specula- tion. No one can tell or even guess what the verdict will be until it is rendered. All those in any way connected with the case will re- joice that it is So near a termination.
 Following are yesterdays arguments:
 Morning Sessipn.
 Court opened promptly at 10 o'clock, when MT. Case continued his argument. He said
 
 while l recapitulate little of my argument of yesterday afternoon. He then reviewed briefly the points of his argument Contin- uing, he said: Now, gentlemen, I take up my argument where I left off, which was ill relation to the evidence of the Malley sisters and the apparent discrepancies in their testi mony given here and that given in the court below, which he said vent to show that there was no story made up between them. The State asks, How can these girls remember every minute circumstance which occurred Friday night, and cannot remember what occurred week later? We answer that on the followingsaay these girls read in the pa pers that Jennie Cramer is found dead ano that their brothers name Is mixed up in the matter. Is 1t not natural That they should recall everything that occur led on the even ing previous? You cannots gentlemen, iect the alibi of James Malley except on the theory of perjury. I leave this part of the subject and take up the hypothesis of suicide, and if don't convince you that there was motive for suicide then re ject my theory and accept that of my brother Bush that ther. was no motive. Mir. Case then went over the circumstances of the visit of Jennie ano Blanche to the Malley house, the breakfast hb heucl1H0 5, tno r0Gutu or Jen016 C0 ler home with Blanche Douglass and the intro duction of Blanche to Jenne's mother Then, said MT. Case, the trouble commences The mother tells her daughter that when her little sister gets home from New Britain she must find another home. Then it is that she leaves that home never to cross it's threshold again alive. She goes up Chapel street anu takes a car to West Haven. Her gloomy and melancholy appearance attracts the attention ov, Ahx, 1oo, alone and is seen again about o'clock on Thursday evening and there is no evidence that she ever returned to her home again On that evening, alone by herself, she con- summated that act which took her own life God forgive her, as I believe he has, for that crime. Mir. Case then read from Cushing the opinion of Chief Justice Shaw on the definition of reasonable doubt'' and asked them to remember it when thpy went into the jury room. Concluding he said Gentle, men, am through. I have stood here more than three hours and talked of shadows You gentlemen are to be the judges of the law and the facts. believe that you will re lease these boys and that lonely girl; they are not your children or mine, but they are somebody's children and sorhe mothers holy kiss has been upon their brdws. They have waited many months for you, languishing behind iron bars. Will you pluck from your breasts the key to conscience and let them go free
 Mr. Jones commenced his argument at 1O:38. In his opening he congratulated the court and j1ry that the trialswas nearing the end. have no doubt, he said that you are tired and you feel as though no more can be said I ask you, gentlemen. to have patience with me while I address you. This case has been prosecuted at the bar of public opinion and the public press for nearly eleven months These boys have said nothing while the press have found all sorts of theories for the death of Jennie Cramer. Now, gentlemen there is no compromise in this case. The ac cused are charged with murder, the penalty of which is the gallows If these accused caused the death of Jennie Cramer then hang them. but l ask you to weigh the evi deLce carefully before deciding. Mir. Jones then referred to Jennie Cramer, her style ot dressing and the liberty given her by her mother. Proceeding, he said I now want you to go with me from Thursday morning until the time the body was found, and l think can convince you that that girl died by her own hand Referring to the theory that rape was committed he said 1t was pre- posterous to suppose that such was the case It was hot weather, the windows were open the house was in 8 thickly settled neighbor hood, and One scream from that girl would have aroused every body in the vicinity Imagine girl of your own. Think you. gentlemen, that if 8 daughter of yours had been ravished she would have waved good bye to her seducers? :? 0, what piece Of folly! Tell me- gentlemen if you believe such crime committed. Does anyone pretend to say that when Jennie got hom+ Thursday morning she told her moth CT about abuse2 Not word. I say then, gentlemen, that I propose to show you by Jennie Cramer herself, dead though she is, how she came to her death. Go with me thens and follow closely He then took up the time when Jennie left her home for the last time, her taking the cars to the shore, going straight for one place and for some purpose. I say to Mrs. Crarner that you hold the key to this whole mystery from the time that girl entered that house bright and cheerful something had been said by that mother to cause that girl to leave home as she did. And again, ill less that one hour her father leaves the house to find the daughter Why does he do this unless some thing has occurred at the house? :? I tell you. gentlemen, that something had been said that burned into the very soul of that girl. I can imagine the thought that passed across that girls mind, My mother has turned against me-" Is there any doubt about it j? What would affect, girl of that age when her mother tells her she must seek another home; you know how it would affect one driven from the home that ,.. had had sheltered her
  these parties we have got to settl. th1s ques tion. The State say s that she died from the effects of arsenic administered by the Nal leys. Who says SO? Why the attorney with the State treasury at his back and Pinker- ton detective on every corner has not been able to produce particle of such evidence MT. Jones then paid his respects to Dr. Prudden and dissected his testimony. He then passed to the autopsy, and referred to the partially digested mushroom found in the stomach, and asked if anybody but lunatic would believe that those mushrooms had re- mained in her stomach from Thursday morn ing until Friday night undigested. tell you truth will out ? That body is taken out of the water on Saturday morning and there are evidences of decomposition and a smell pro I ceeding from the body. Do you believe 1 there would be any smell proceeding from ] that body if it had been drowned after 10 ! o'clock on Friday night and found the next 1 morning st o'clock? You don't believe l word of it, gentlemen. I don't want to ask | you if you have reasonable doubt, but | want to ask you if right down in the bottom of your hearts you don't believe that girl | died on Thursday night.
 A recass was ordered at 11:30, which con- tinued ten minutes.
 After recess Mir. Jones continued his argu-
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