Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-09-14
THE CRAMERM MISTER
The .'Man with the Black Musaaehe''
Turns Up in
Antwerp and Tells the whole Story of
the Girls Death.

NEW HAVEN, September 1.-THE most
mysterious character who figured in the
Malley-Cramer mystery two years ago, was
| the Individual known. as the man with the
black mustache Many witnesses syore
they saw such man with Jennie Cramer,
| the murdered girl, the two Malley boys and
| Blanche Douglass in their trips at the
shore, Immediately preceding the murder,
and that he seemed to be onintimate terms
with them. In the early stage of the in
vestigation into the circumstances attend
| ing the girls death, every effort was
made to ascertain who the man with
| the black mustache was and where he
came from. Royal NJ. Bassett, IL wealthy
manufacturer OF Birmingham, arrived
home from trip to Europe few days ago.
| Unless he is the victim of a gross and
motiveless deception, he had the strange
fortune to meet the man with the black
mustache in his travels. He is warm
| friend of William Malley, father of Walter,
| and partly on this account aud partly be-
cause he is ayerse to notoriety, reirained
from saying anything about his remark
| able adventure.
But one evening Mr.. Bassett told his
friends that while he was at the railway
station at Brussels, Belgium, late at night
he made some inquiries as to which of the
| trains went to Antwerp. AS he made his
inquiries in English he had some difficulty
in making himself understood until a
young man acquainted with German and
English came to his assistance. The
stranger was bound for Antwerp on the
same train. Pleased with his politeness
and the opportunity of having one to con-
verse with, Mr.. Bassett invited him from
the second-elass car he was occupying
into the first.class carriage with himself,
| Offering to pay the difference in the fare.
The offer was accepted. The young man
said he was going to Antwerp to take
passage for Australia. Arriving at Ant
werp Mr.. Bassett treated his newly-made
friend with royal hospitality, and per-
suaded hiIp to journey with him to Lon
don and take passage there. During their
companionship the stranger became conf
DENTAL. He said that although OF German
birth he had lived in the United States
himself, and inquired what part of the
country Mr.. Bassett came from.
Il am somewhat acquainted in New
Haven" he added.
Mr.. Bassett informed him that he re-
sided in Birmingham, a few miles from
New Haven. Then you knew OF the Jen-
ME Cramer ahair?' said the other. Mr..
Bassett replied that he could not very well
help it. 81 also know something about
it, observed his companion, ''for am the
person who has been so much talked
about us the man with the black mus
tache." The man went on to give full de-
tails of Jennie Cramer's poisoning. He
said he was in hiding for the first few
days. They were looking for him, and
he took passage for Germany, being
literally supplied with money by party
whose interest it was to keep him out of
the way of the authorities. Being under
agreement not to return to America, he
was about to go to Australia, as he saw
favorable opening there. Mr.. Bassett
parted with him in London. When ap-
preached on the subject by. newspaper
man yesterday morning, Mr. Bassett adj
mitted the truth of the story, but Was an
noyed at finding it had leaked out and was
so likely to get into print that he refused
to give Information about the details.