Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-11
Witness-I don't think said which one it

q the dining room on that evening?
 Witness-I think 1t was @ center table near y in front of the archway.
 Mir. B.-If Walter Malley, in point of fact, at at side table, then you have got the wrong party, have you not. when you locate he party you speak of at the center table
 Witness-I am sure that the party of whom 1 speak sat at the center table, and am 'ure that neither of the parties sat at side | able on that evening"
 MT. B.-Did you have more than one con Versation with the party you speak. of about his hat :?
 Witness-Yes, sir, I did, and two other young men were with him. The young man who talked with me about his hat is the one that made the party of three, and not or four, as he stated.
 Mir. B.-Do you think you could recognize either of the young men who came in with the young man who talked about the hat?
 Witness-No, sir, don't think I could.
 Mr. B.-Look at my. associate here (Mr. Fox) and see if he is not one of the parties who came in with the Malley boys.
 Witness-I have seen the gentleman be- fore; I think in the store. Cannot say whether he was with the boys when they came in to see about the hat. Don't think l could recognize the other gentleman who was with them was very busy at the time, and did not have time to talk with them.
 Mr B.-Can you remember the name or description of any persons that were in the restaurant from half past until you closed
 Witness-I cannot, except the parties have named.
 Mir. B.-Do you know the number of the last check or order taken that night?
 Witness-No, sir, do not.
 Mr. B.-Was there not party of four 1n there that night after half past nine who sat at the center table and had lunch baskets with them?
 Witness-There may have been such a party, but don't remember about it.
 Mr. B.-Now the number of the check given was number 3S. Were there not fifty checks given out on that evening?
 Witness-Not in that room where l was.
 MT B.-Dont you remember check 36 given by two ladies and two gentlemen for ice cream and other things?
 Witness-E cannot now tell about 1t.
 Mir. B.-Don't you recollect a young lady there that evening with red scarf on her shoulders
 Witness-I think there was, but am not sure. No, don't recollect party of two ladies and one gentleman who were there at the same time when the lady wore the red scarf. I am sure that the Malleys did tell me that there was party of four at the cen ter table, but told them that l knew differ ent.
 Re direct-Witness said the checks were numbered continuously, and If 16 was the last number at night then 17 would be the first number in the morning. The pads on which the orders are given are lettered alpha hetically and are used in regular order from A to z, and each leaf on which the order IS given is numbered
 At l;45 recess was ordered until ? o'clock. Afternoon.
 The waiter John Henry was examined a few moments further and shown 8 diagram bv Mir. Doolittle of the Redcliffo place and WAS then excused. Edward Platt-(Mr, Bush examined)-l restaurant in August last. I knew the late Jennie Cramer Last saw her alive on the 5th day of last August, that was Friday. l
 saw her out on Elm street passing my place about II o'clock She was with another lady whom did not know at the time. The lady with her was that lady over there (Blanche Douglass, and Blanche took on pensive air on being pointed out Next saw her after | three. or four. weeks. The two girls were going up toward Church street. MT. Bucks place is next door. He is boot maker My place is on south side of the street, next door to Todd's block. The tu girls were on the south side of the street. Yes, Grand and Elm street meet.
 Cross examined by Mir. Cassidy-I keep a restaurant. I saw Jennie about Il o'clock. I was at the time in Mir. Ruck's, the shoe- maker was talking at the time with MT. Ruck, who was engaged at his business, s1t- ting down at his work bench. I was sitting AI,o hoH SJ O there 10 minutes I had previously been to the market to buy fish,
 What impresses you with the fact that you bought fish that day? I never buy fish ex- cept on Friday. Laughter. l recollect re- marking to MT. Ruck l must go and have the fish fried. Yes, and my rent came due on the 7th and I had to raise money to pay the rent I went to man that owed me; his name is B ,bcock it is Arthur Babcock, l think Yes, it is Arthur Babcock, if you must know. I think one of my boarders told me where might find him. No, sir, have told you repeatedly that I could not tell you the name of the friend who told me-. l have very few boarders with me now that were boarders with me then. l saw MT. Babcock the next Saturday after Jennie Cramer's body was found He worked at the rubber shop. Mir. Babcock gave me the money on Monday. don't know as anybody was by and saw him hand me the money. He boarded with me. started to find him as l hadn't seen him for two days. remember that got the money on Saturday, not Monday. l hunted for him on Saturday, but did not find him. If you had hunted for gold watch on cer- tain day and didn't find it, you would be apt to remember it. (Laughter.) had seen Jennie Cramer in her fathers store; she waited upon me several times; purchased tobacco it was two years before; besides seeing her in the store I saw her two or three times outside of the store; 1 can't give you the day of the month or the day of the year that saw her two or three years ago; saw her once on Grand street near the store no, didn't salute her or recognize her In any way; no, I made no memorandum Of my seeing Jennie Cramer visiting the store; when she passed the window on Elm street she stopped nearly in front of my restaurant and turned and looked back she had on white dress and white hat the lady with her had on a dark hat and a dark feather did not know the other lady, and so far as know had never seen her before; no, don't recol- lect anyone else I saw on that day on Sat- urday I stayed in my restaurant till l, and afterward went to Whitney Lake; my wife went with me; recollect seeing Mir. Bab- cock after left Bucks; other persons came in; yes, sir, after leayin the restaurant l saw MT. Day and son !; saw them at Whitney Lake; no, sir, I recollect seeing no one else between the time of leaving the restaurant and arriving at Whitney Lake.
 What was in the window of MT. Ruck's establishment ? Nothing but shoes there, l believe I have been talking about Saturday. It was Saturday that I went to Whitney Lake; my wife assists me in my place. No, sir, can't recollect any person l conversed with onsFriday except Mir. Day at the lake. The girls were laughing together when they passed my place. They turned and one of them motioned with her hand and they turned and went up Elm street.
 Did you ever say anything about identify ing this lady (Blanche) by her la|gh2 think did. think described her by her smile. .,
 Did you not say she had New York smile I might have said she had peculiar smile.
 To Mir. Case-Your place is really part of Todd's block? Yes, they are connected.
 Mir. Doolittle-It is in the old house.
 To Mir. Case-My restaurant is about two feet below the level of the sidewalk Mir Ruck's Is in the Todd building proper. It is right adjoining. His stoop is higher than the walk It has three windows on Elm street I got my fish at Judson's market. I go into Ruck's three or four times day. When I went in had my fish with me.
 MT. Case-What fish had you got with you ? can't answer that. !
 Perhaps you can get as far as this intel lectually, as to whether they were fresh or ya1t ? Tbeu xyaro fresh I had z or q ponnds !