The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-13

a Talk with q Man who Claims to Know
the Facts of the Case.

the Facts of the Case
New York Special.
A New Haven special to the Times says:
The most mysterious character who figured
in the MalleyCramer mystery two years ago
was the individual known as the man with
the black mustache. Many witnesses swore
that they saw such man with Jennie Cra-
mer, 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 on intimate terms
with them. In the early stage of the inves-
tigation into the circumstances attending the
girls death every effort was made to ascertain
who the man with the black mustache was
and where he came from. But the
man disappeared so suddenly and COM
pletely after the investigation was set on
foot that many interested in the case
were disposed to regard him as a myth
Royal NJ. Bassett, wealthy manufacturer of
Birmingham, arrived home from trip to
Europe few weeks ago. Unless he is the
victim of a gross and motiveless deception he
had the strange fortune tC meet the man
with the black mustache on his travels. He
is a warm friend of Edward Malev, father of
Walter Malley, and partly on this account
and partly because he is averse to notoriety,
refrained from saying anything about his re-
markable adventure But a few evenings
ago to q small circle of friends he related
how he met young man at the railway sta
ton at Brussels late one night, and travelled
with him to London. The two became ac-
quainted, and it resulted in the stranger tell
ing Mr. BaSsett that he was the mysterious
man with the black mustache. The man
went on to give full details of Jennie Cramer's
poisoning. He said that 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 parties
whose interest it was to keep him out of the
wow of haip
agreement not to return to America, he was
about to go to Australia, as he saw favor
able 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 conversation which we had about the
strange acquaintance people make when
travelling. The man said that the girl was
poisoned at the Malley House He claimed
that the killing of the girl was not intended.
She had refused to comply with their solicit
atoms and Walter fixed up dose to drug her
so that she would be helpless or partially so,
at least. | think the dose was spoken of
simply as drugs 1t had Unexpectedly
a fatal result. This occurred, as | under
stood Mr.. Bassett to say, on Thursday night,
instead of the night following, which was the
one on which the State in its prosecution of
the Malleys and Blanche Douglass built its
theory as to the time of the murder. 1t was
DOI ullll lllG llcAG llSub Ill0 DOuy WIS
taken to the shore and thrown into the
water. The black-mustached man told Mr..
Bassett that he assisted in this part of the
job The man said he was formerly a clerk
in New York, and told i'll what Office he
worked, and all about himself. He also de-
scribed all the details of the girls death and
the way in which her body was disposed of
with particularly which evidently made a
deep impression on Mr.. Bassetts mind The
man is now IN Australia, as he said he was
on his way there at the time of meeting Mr..
Bassett"