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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 6088 ^ 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 { TERMS—$1 50 A YfAR. NO. 43 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. - 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-