Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-15
JENNIE CRANIER.
The PurpOrted story OfsHer Poisoning.
Nelc IntL N..aoi-I

Neeo York Special 12th.
New Haven special to the Times
says: "The most mysterious character who
figured IN the Malley-Cramer mystery two
years ago was the individual known as
the man with the black moustache. MANY
witnesses swOre that they saw such a
man with Jennie Cramer. the murdered
girl, the two Malley BOYS. and blanche
Douglass i'll their trips at the shore imme-
dlately preceding the murder, and that he
seemed to be on intimate terms with them.
In the early stage of the investigation into
the circumstances attending the girls
death every effort was made to ascer-
tain who the man with the black
moustache was and where he came
from. But the man disappeared so sud
denly and completely after the nvestiga-
ton was set on foot that many interested
In the case were disposed to regard him
as myth. Royal NJ. Bassett, a wealthy
manufactures of Birmingham, arrived
home from trip to Europe a few weeks
ago. Unless he is the victim of a gross
and motlveless deception, he had the
strange fortune to meet the man with the
Dlack moustache on his travels. He is a
warm friend OF Edward Malley, father of
waiter Malley, and partly on this account
and partly because he is averse to notOrie-
", retralned from saying ANYTHING about
MS remarkable adventure. But few even
Ings ago to small circle of friends
ne related now he met young man the
railway station at Brussels late one night.
and Travelled with him to London. The
two became acquainted, and it resulted
IN the stranger telling Mr.. Bassett that
ne was the mysterious man with the
black mOuStache. The man went on tn
give full details of Jennie Cramer's nois-
Onlng. He said he was in hiding for the
hrst few days. They were looking for
MN, ana he took passage for Germany.
beng literally supplied with money by
parties whose interest it was to keen him
out OF the way of the authorities. and
Delng 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. One
OF the gentlemen to whom Mr.. Bassett
told this story says: Mr.. Bassett spoke
OF his adventure in the course of a CON
VersatlOn which we had about the strange
acqualntances people make when travel
ing. The man said that the girl was
poisoned at the Malley House. He claim
ed that the killing of the girl was not in
tended. She had refused to comply with
thelr solicitations, and Walter fixed up a
dose to drug her so that she would
De helpless, or at least. [ think the
dose was spoken of simply as drugs.
1t had Unexpectedly fatal re-
suit. This occurred, as under
stood Mr.. Bassett to say, Thursday night
instead of the night following, which was
the one on which the State in its prosecu-
ton OF the Malleys and Blanche Douglass
built It's theory as to the time of the mur
der: 1t was not until the next night that
the body was taken to the shore and thrown
into the water. The black-moustached
man told Mr.. Bassett that he assisted i'm
this part of the job. The man said he was
formerly clerk in New York, and told in
what office he worked and all about him
self. He also described all the details of
the girPs death and the way in which her
body was disposed of with particularly
WhIch evidently made deep impression
on Mr.. Bassett's mind. The man is now
in Australia, as he said he was on his wav
there at the time otmeehng Mr.. Bassett.'"