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THE IUAllS FOUND
Of thi; I)itr<. wiiu u c.ylskd J i s.mk
Cramer s Death.
TIIE OPENING 8- ENES OF THE TRIAL—-
THE STATEMENT C/THE PROSE¬
CUTING ATTORNEY— THE LAST
scenes or Jennie Cra-
ykr’slife por¬
trayed—THE SILENCE OF DEATH
RESORTED TO-THE EVIDENCE.
New York. April 27. —The Times’
New llaveft, Connecticut, special
says: The introduction of evidence in
the trial of the Malloy boys and
Blanche Douglass commenced to-day.
Before calling the first witness the
State’s attorney Doolittle addressed
ti e jury, saying he proposed to maAe
a brief outline of what the state
expected to prove. He said : ‘Ob the
6 th dajy of August last, the dead
body of Jennie Cramer was found on
the shore at Savin Rock, near the
Hill homestead. It was partly
submerged in the water, ami no one
was in sight We expect to show
that her death was not produced by
drowning. There were none of the
evidences to show death by this
Cause. There was none of that foam
about the mouth that was to have
been expected. She was lying upon
her back and her hands were crossed-
No water came from her body. We
shall claim that her death was caused
by tho arsenic found in her
that had been recently administered,
T Life .. was extinct a- * —i when the body
touched , , tho * wa:er. James , Malley. •»r ,i
Walter Malley .. and , Blanche Louglass „ . I.
bad formed a conspiracy to min the
girl. Walter Malley had a mistress
in Blanche Douglass, who was an
inmate ’ of a New York house of ;i|,
fame. ... \\ alter .. brought , , . her , here, and j
1Q ^ ot .
she , stopped , at . some ot the . hotels .|,i_ ot
the city James Klalley came to
know her. and Jennie t rainer s
confidence was gained. Walter
introducing Blanche to the dead girl
as his cousin—a lady of respectabil¬
ity, who had come here on a visit.
They persuaded her, on Wednesday
evening preceding her death, logo to
the house of Edward Malley, a be iu-
tiful place on the outskirts of the city,
Mr. Malley was absent at tho time
That bight Jennie was ruined. The
next morning at 11 o’clock she went
with Blanche Douglass to her mother’s
house. Her mother Upbraided her,
1 she said she had passed
p.ght at a hotel with Ivanchc*. They
stayed there a short time and her
m ither never saw her alive again
The prison *rs have claimed they
new r saw her after Thursday noon.
>vhen they saw her in a horse car,
apparently going to Savin Rock.
Th y foun i she had separated from
p r vile assoc.ates, and were appre
h h ive she would disclose what had
be m done Her They feared she had
started for New York to find her
brother. With this idea Thursday
afternoon, Walter started for New
York, but at Stanford was stopped
by a dispatch from James saying that,
‘they were 0 . K.‘ That afternoon
Mrs. Cramer called upon James
Malley to inquire after her daughter
Later in the day Jennie returned
from the shore. The next night
Jennie and James were walking
together in the more quiet streets of
the city. She was expostulating with
him and urging him to make the oqK'
reparation in his power for having
ruined her. That night she went to
the shore again, and Walter Malley
aud Blanche Douglass went to Beau-
fort Point, took supper there re-
turned, and we think we can show
they were all four at Savin Rock that
night. They were seen together late
on the shore. The Malleys did not
waut to have her take legal proceed
ings against them on account of wli^t
had transpired at the Mallev house
Wednesday night. In the uiqrning
the dead body of Jennie (.ramerwas
found. James Malley did not want
to marry this woman, and he feared
publicity. There was one way he
could seal her lips. Jt is well" said
that dead men tell no tales, and
Jennie Cramer met her death,’
Tne first witness called was John
G Hauser, the state departing from
the regular order to accommodate the
witness, who has been delaying a
projected trip to Colorado for several
weeks for the purpose of being
present. He is the driver of a beer
> agon, and testified to seeing .Tames
1'OCCOA NEWS.
By hdw SCHEAFER- f-
VOL. II.
Malley and a young lady, unknown
to him on the green Friday noon,
August 5. He was cross-examined
at great length by ex-Judge Blydcn-
burgh, who continued his questions
mostly to the remembrance ol other
events on that da } 7 and the days
before and days after. The witness
could remember little of what had
taken place at the time referred to,
but was positive that he saw James
and the young lady on the day in
question. The court then directed
Hauser to remain ia the city, the
defense stating that they would
probably call him.
Edward Turtle, a civil engineer,
testified in explanation of a map of
West Havtu shore.
Asa Curtis, the fisherman who
found the body, told his story, lie
told it with so much readiness that
he was frequently interrupted by the
counsel for the defense with injunc-
0 ™ to s!ow - ty facc ■<“»
redder than ever as he became exe,ted
with his recital, ’ and he could not sit
still under the interruptions . * .
. by
1
; counsel. He .. has . taken , , many dead , ,
>» d ‘ e3 tll<! , w f t cr ' 9n 'l ...... 1,18 tc3t "
mony on tins point was g.yen as an
^ tho defense object,ng to ,ts
introduction m any other suape. t
was at 3:30 - when he went down to
Uie suore to bail out his boat t and ,
discovered the body. When he first
»** “• * about Uyo rods trom
b ea ch. ‘Jenny was lying face down
with the hip a very little way out of
the water ; her hands were clasped
across her body ; her mouth looked
ragged, as if the fish had nibbled it.
Curtis, atter taking the body to the
shore, raised it up, as he testified, to
draw out lhc watcr » threw her heud
back * and °P cneJ her mouth 5 no
water came, but there was a bad odor,
He did not know what the smell was
but a l ter ward went to Gaylords
dent.stry office, anc srr that it
' 4180,1 c rolornv ht <4
'- but clear blood from her
r
nose. The witness said: ‘I never
saw a drowned body but what it
would purge at the mouth with blood,
froth and water. I have seen them
when you gat a good deal of water
from them. This has been my usual
experience, The hands are not
generally open. We find them grabr
tting something and shut. The eyes
are not often closed as in this ease*
and tho mouth is not closed up tight,
but open a little. I should say. from
my experience with other bodies, that
she was dead before entering the
water.’ Drs. Due Shepard and Henry
\V r \ ainter, both of West Haven,
,
testified that they reached the shore
early 011 the morning of the finding
of the bodv. Both described the
dress ot the dead girl and the general
appearance of the body. I he shoes
were wet. but did uot appear to have
been soaked. From the mouth was
a little trickling of blood, but no
mucus or froth. 2 ’he face was darker
than was natural. The principal
wound was a cut in the lower bp an
inch lon S iu a later ^ 1 direction, and
three-sixteenths of an inch deep Nlie
was found oq her face, the eyes were
<d°sed. There was no mucus in the
mouth » or » as sllowl1 b v tlic auto P s
.
watcr in tbc lungs or stomach * The
body was floating when first seen,
an d the hands were crossed on the
breast. All things led the doctors to
think tbat lt wa3 nofc a case ot
drowning. Both witnesses gave at
length their reason for believing that
their examination showed conclusive-
ly that the girl had been outraged
recently—within sixty hours.
professor Chittenden’s testimony.
New Haven, April 27,—In the
Malley trial to day, Professor Chit-
teuden testified in reference to the
chemical analysis of portions of
Jennie Cramer’s body, and that he
had found in the internal organs
more than a grain of white oxide of
arsenic. Chittenden's examination
i« expected to last two days
Devoted to News. Politics. Agiricature and General progress-
TOCCOA, GA., MAY 6, 1882
HOME, SWEET HOME.
tee magic OPMUSXC--A reminiscence
OF JOIIN H <> WARD payne.
[Little Rock Cor. Chicago Times]
From a gentleman who just reached
this city from Indian Territory, the
Times' correspondent learned of a
new and ^interesting chapter in the
history of the life of John Howard
Payne, author of ‘Home, Sweet
Home.’ Payne was a warm personal
friend of John Ros 9 , who will be
remembered as a celebrated chief of
the Chcrokces. At the time the
Cherokces were removed from their
homes in Georgia to their present
possessions west of the Mississippi
River, Payne was spending a few
weeks in Georgia with Ross, who was
occupying a miserable cabin, having
been forcibly ejected from his former
home. A number of prominent
Cherokees were in prison, and that
portion of Georgia in wh ; ch the tribe
was located was scoured \?y armed
squad 3 of the Georgia militia, wha
had orders to arrest all who refused
to leave the country.
While Ross and Payne were seated
before the fire in the hut. the door
was suddenly burst open and six or
eight militia men sprang into the
room. Ross’- wife was seated on a
trunk containing many valuable
papers and a small amount of money,
and at the unexpected intrusion she
sprang up and screamed wildly. Ross
spoke to her in the Cherokee Ian-
cruage, telling her to be seated, as she
t-bus save the oonbents of the
truu p. an G, us she sat down again
the intrutlers told Ross that both he
^ p . iyJ . 0 werp un ,i cr arrest and
mus t prepare to accompany ttye squad
to Mil’cdgeville, ^ where they would be
j r - lson # The soldiers lost, no
tlie ; r prisoners away,
Koss wa8 permitted to ride his own
horse. whUe Payne was mounted on
one led by a soldier. An the little
party left the hovel rain began fall-
ing and continued until every
was drenched thoroughly. The joiii*-
ney lasted a l night. Toward raid-
night Pa} 7 ne’s escort, in order to keep
himself awake, began hu n n-
ing, ‘Home—home—sweet—sweet —
home,’ when Payne remarked :
•Little did I expect to hear that
song under such circumstances and
at such a time. Do you know the
author?’
‘No,’ said the soldier. ‘Dn youV’
•Yes,’ Payne answered: ‘I com¬
posed it.'
‘The devil you did! You can tell
that to some fellows, but not to me.
Look here, you made that song you
say ; if you did—and I know you
didnt —you can say it all without
stopping. It has something in it
a \ )OUt pleasure an 1 palaces. Now
pitch in and reel it off: arid if you
can’t, I’ll bounce you from your
burse an! lead you instead of it,’
This threat was answered by
Pay^ne, who repeated the song in a
slow, subdued tone, and then sang it,
making the old words ring with the
reu der melody and pathos of the
woods, it touched the heart of the
roug h soldier, who was not only
captivated but convinced, and who
said that the composer of such a
stmg should never go to prison if he
CO uid help it. Jnd when the part}*
reached Mlledgeville they were, after
a preliminary exam nation, discharg-
e ^ t muc /i to their surprise, Payne in
s i s ted it was because the leader of the
squad had been under tbe magnetic
influence of Ross’ con versation,
^^Tn^nanirandTmnrisuninPn?
fcbe p OWcr 0 f -Hojag ^weet Home,
sung as onty those who feel causing
it. The friendship existing between
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grave closed over the latter.
A Providence girl, on beiug told
that her false hair was coming off,
replied that it was no such thing, as
she didn’t wear false hair. And then
she went <ind looked in the. mirror.
AN EXCITING NIGHT.
A band of lyxchers met and
dissuaded from t^fir under-
takin > —tbe Jail guarded ard
EVERY PREPARATION MADE TO
DEFEND THE PRISONERS— THE
CIT1ZEN3 OF ATHENS DETERMINED
TO PRESERVE TIIE RAW.
Athens Banner.
Several days since the authorities
of Athens received reliable informa-
lion that an attempt wonl.l be made
by gentlemen from adjacent counties
to lynch the murderers of young
Rountree, and that Thursday night
was set for the purpose. Bqt the
matter was kept quiet, not exceeding
a dozen persons in the city being
acquainted with the facts. Prompt
steps were taken to avert the trouble.
Extra police were selected to guard
the city, while the original force,
comprising seven men under Chief
Davis, were armed to the teeth, each
having a Winchester sixteen shooter
and three pistols, and stationed on
top of the jail, where entrenched
behind a wall of brick they* could
resist an army. ;4bout midnight,
when these officers invaded the jail,
the prisoners took them for a mob and
expressed great fear, but upon
learning their names quiet was rc-
stored. It was fearfully caW upon
the tin roof and the guard suffered
from its effects, but they nobly kept
their post.
D’J.t hi the meantime a delegation
of our best citizens had gone out to
meet the parties who come to lynch
the prisoners and do all in their
potver to dissuade them from the task,
They knew the direction to take, a id
near the paper mid came upon the
advance guard, comprising about one
hundred and fifty men, armed to the
teeth und each man carrying a breech-
loading shot gun. 'I hey stated that
six hundred more recruits were com-
ing on behind, many of them having
ridden fifty miles or more to lend
their aid. The situation in Athens
and the wishes cf our people were
explained to these gentlemen by the
committee of citizens. The } 7 were
told that while our citizens were as
much incensed as they at the brutal
murder, it was the unanimous wish
thai the law be allowed to take its
course. There was no necessity for
mob violence as we had a fair and
just Court, which would mete to the
crimrals their just deserts. The
party stated that they did not come
to override the will of our people, but
rather to ten l their aid to avenge
this inhuman butchery that had
aroused the white men of Georgia
from the mountains to the sea board,
J’iiey knew the gallantry of the men of
Athens, and at the same time rceog-
n j Z od the fact that it would not do for
them to take the law in their own
hands after the prisoners were placed
in the charge of legal officers.
They respected the law abiding
sen timehts, and would quietly
disperse at their request, as they had
con ie not as enemies tq the whites, but
as their friends and helpers. And
they further stated, that should their
8erv ices be required to quell any
f ur thcr disturbance they would march
gCVera l thousand strong into the city
at short npticc, as they were thorough-
i v prepared. This large body were
GOm p Q sed of the best men in the
various sections from which they
bailed. They were not a desperate,
hot-headed mob, but quiet, determined
ci tizens, who hqd come boldly and
undisguised to the redress of a great
wrong. Upon learn iqg the wish of
our peqplc they quietly returned
borne, No mention was made to
them about the jail being guarded,
as they were men not to be frightened
from anv undertaking, it mattered
not what be the danger,
The action of our citizens cannot
be too highly commended. Here the
white men were ready, aye willing to
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sacrifice their lives, if necessary, in
the defense of two despised murder-
ers in jail, and that they might have
a fair trial. It should prove to the
blacks in Athens that their past fears
are groundless —that while our
people intend to meet justice to all
criminals, they will at the same time
preserve peace and law at any cost
or hazard. They are determined that
the prisoners in jail shall have a fair
an( * impartial trial, if it takes every
man in Athens to enforce it. They
wil1 not countenance anything that
smacks of mob law, whether it
emanates from the white or black
race. They can also learn from this
the lesson that it is suicide to resist
tbe law of the land by forcible resis-
tance to the whites. While the
Banner-Watchman has been accused
of inciting strife between the races,
its counsel has always been in
defense of submission to law. It
would been tbe easiest matter possible
to have fanned public iddignation
into mob violence, but we contended
from the day of the murder for the
law to take its course. Wc think the
action of Athens in this matter should
relieve our people of the stigma of
cowardice and place them where they
belong—as brave, law abiding men.
WOMAN’S CAPACITY FOR
LOVING.
One principle endures while life
lasts in women's hearts,—her capacity
for loving, Love in one form or
another makes up the beauty of her
life. It enters into all she does. Any
work outside her immediate circle is
undertaken most often from pure
desire to help some one else, to know
something of the mysterious happiness
of love. Unlike the men, women
chiefly look for personal iitercourse
with those fer whom they are working,
If their interest lies among the poor,
the } 7 are desirous of sympathetic
acquaintance with them, and very
little good work of a lasting kind has
been done by women without their
own influence of love being brought
to bear on the individual case. The
strength of women lies in their hearts,
JVithout dwelling on the great phys-
ical weakness of women in general,
it is a fact that their brains are more
easily deranged, and unless they
change greatly they are apt to deter-
ioratc iu essential womanly qualities
if thrown much or prominently before
the world. They are seldom title 1 to
rule, emulation and jealousy being
strong in their character, while their
feelings and judgments are rapid in
the extreme. But while the heart is
true, hopeful and courageous, their
powers for good are not weakened.
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GOING HIM ONE BETTEfe.
An ingenious tramp, thinking to
wring tears and inoi.ey and assistance
frora the stoniest hearts with a new
scheme, gave it an experimental trial
in the North end. He has decided
not to patent the invention. Iletold
a North end lady of his unfortunate
condition, and asked if he might eat
some of the grass in the yard. The
lad} 7 , not less amused than
said ;
‘Certainly.’
He went out, and, getting dowq on
all fours, commenced oh the grass
after the neglected and never popular
fashion of Nebuchadnezzar, and
par ntly not enjoying the diet any
more than that ancient sinner of
olden time. Presently the tramp’s
anxious eye caught sight qf the
servant girl beckoning to him from
backyard. Hg thought a rich
reward for his humility was instore
and instantly responded.
‘Did you motion to me?* asked he.
‘Yes.’
‘What did you want? He now
wore a look, of most hopeful expec¬
tancy.
‘You ma}* go in the back yard if
you wanv 10 . The grass is taller
there. — Exchange<
HOFFKN&TmNON THE MILlTAr
RY.
New Orleans. Times.
‘I vould like to get away de sdore a
leetle early dis evening, Misder lloff-
enstein,' said Herman, as he began
taking down the goods which were
hung tip as display in front of the
establishment.
‘Verc vas you. going 9 ' inquired
Hoffenstein.
‘I vant to go to dc meeting of my
milidary company,’ replied the clerk^
‘To de milidary company meeting!
my gracious, Herman, I don’t can’t
afford to bay twenty dollars a month,
you know, und den let you vast your
dime mit de milidary. Yen all of de
droublcs vas going on mit de strikers^
und de milidary vast vanted, I tell
y° u dot you can go mit cm und fight
Yor de law. But nobody fights, und
vhile I vast going around delling my
friends dot you vas mit de milidary,
und dot you vill fight a sow-mill
backwards, you don t do noding but
blay o.er. or t ree ays t on
mit de soldiers, und you don’t shoot
nobody* yet. Efery minute vat
passed I cxbected to hear uf de
fighting, und efery man vat comes by
dc sdore I says to him: ‘Vas de
droops out?’ und he says. ‘Yes, dey
va 3 oud ; dey shust veut down to get
dinner.’ Dink of it, Herman, und
don’t exbect dat I vill let you vaste
your dime mit dc soldiers. I know a
gouble of things about dc milidary
myself. Ven dc var was going on I
vas dc member uf a corabany vat
sdayed at home tind kept the Yaukces
avay. Ve only lest von man. lie
vent to a bardy und cAfc so much dot
he vas killed mit de gramps, und ve
dook him to de graveyard und Shoots
guns ofer his grave.’
‘But, Misder Hoffenstein,’ expostu¬
lated the clerk, ‘it vasn’t ray fault
dot de milidary don’t fight noding. It
yas—^
‘Don’t dalfc to me, Herman. I vant
3 'ou to keep avay from de milidary,
und instead uf valuing arourvt de
streets mit a gun, dinking. dot all de
ladies vas looking at no one else but
you, it would be better uf 3*011 dake
de old shoes from do box under de
gountcr und vipc dem mit de black¬
ing-brush, und tell de people ve shust
got dem in from New lork. Here •
vas more money in it, you know . 1
SPECIAL STATE TAXES,
Sumter Republican.
The law, with severe penalties
attached enacted by the last lcgisla-
ture, makes it the duty of all those
p ft ble for the following special taxes,
f or t t ic y ear 1882, to pay the tax
co \] e ctor before beginning business,
sa pj ] aw having gone into effect on
April 15th of the present year, upon
auctioneers, keepers of pool, billiard
or bagatelle tables, ten-pin alleys or
an y other game or play not prohibit-
c ,} by law, traveling venders of med-
i c i n cs or similar articles; insurance
agents, emigrant agents, traveling
vendors using boats on the rivers
of the State, lightning-rod agents,
persons selling musical instruments
on commission, show.s, or exhibitions
no t exempt, liquor dealers and agents
of sowing machine companies. Form-
er ty the tax collector had no other
remed } 7 to enforce the collection of
this special tax than to issue execu-
tion and turn the same over to a
levying officer. Under the present
law a failure to pay in advance as
j demanded is a criminal offence.
Audit is made the duty of the
tax collector of each county* to lay
before the grand jur}* on the first day
D f the term of each court a full
statenQe nt of all special taxes received
by him preceding said term, as well
ag a list of defaulters. The judges of
t be superior courts are specially
re q U j re d to give this law in charge to
t he grand jury. Where true bills are
f oun d, the solicitor general is required
to d raw up bills of indictment and to
prosecute all persons so indicted-
7 p be punishment of offenders
is
prescribed in section 4310 of the
code.
An Illinois girl found that she
must cither give up her lover or her
gum, and, after one day spent in
reflection, site* pressed his band good
bye and said she would always be a
-sister to him-