The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-26
BURKE TALKED In JAIL.
ALLEGED NEW EVIDENCE COMING
FROM WINNIPEG.

The Prisoner Said to Have Confessed
That He Was in the Carlson Cottage
When the Murder Was Committed.
More Witnesses Testify at the Trial
John Dewey Denounces One of Coun-
sci FORESTS Statements
CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-A dispatch from
Winnipeg says: Possibly further light
may vet be thrown on the Cronin murder
case from Winnipeg. Burke. while here,
was incarcerated in the iron cage in the
iail where prisoners are kept waiting for
their trial. With him were three prisoners
named r. Heffer, T. Mills, and A. Gillette,
who are awaiting trial for forgery. For
some weeks past, in fact ever since the
visit to this city of Chicago detective,
there have be4a rumors that Burke had
confded to his companions in misery the
particulars of the crime. 1t is said that
Gillette has told his lawyer that Burke ad-
nitted being in the Carlson cottage on the
night of the murder. and said he witnessed
the commission of the crime, though not
actually participant.
PARTIALLY CoRRoBoRATED.
"This story has been corroborated, in a
measure, by that said to have been told to
Heffer, who was released yesterday. This
man told a police official that Burke told
him who proposed him as a member of
Camp No. 20, who ordered the execution,
who were present at the Carlson cottage
when it was committed, how the body was
disposed of, who paid him the money to get
out of Chicago-in fact, everything that the
police and press of Chicago have been en-
ieavoring to unravel for the last six months.
The police do not place much reliance in the
story, bet have notified the Chicago au-
thorities."
THE IDENTITY OF THE BODY.
The taking Of evidence in the Cronin case
was resumed in the criminal court this
morning. The prosecution continued the
presentation of witnesses. whose only testi-
mony was as to the Identification of the
body found in the catch-basin as that of DR..
Cronin.
Several witnesses were called for the pur-
pose of identifying the body.
The next matter taken up was the finding
of the body in the catch-basin. The two
sewer cleaners who discovered the body
aud notified the police of the fact, and the
policemen who were sent and assisted in re-
moving the body, were sworn as to this
point, and described the proceeding.
Lawyer Forrest, for the defense, made
the cross-examinati0n on this head very
searching and rigid, compelling the wit
nesses to go over the proceedings in con-
nection with the removal of the body with
the utmost minuteness.
THE BLooD-STAINED TRUNK.
The trunk in which DR.. Cronin's body was
carried from the Carlson cottage to the
Lake View catch-basin was brought from
the central station this morning to the
states attorneys Office, and carefully locked
up in the vault there, to be kept until needed
in the trial. A large and curious crowd
gathered quickly, to see the CORY evidence
of the great crime as it was taken by the
guard of officers from the patrol wagon to
the vault.
The taking of Identification evidence was
then resumed. Patrick McGarry, boiler
maker, and friend of DR.. Cronin, identified
the body taken from the catch basin as that
OF the dead physician.
PECULIARITIES OF HIS TEETH.
T. W. Lewis, dentist, who had operated
professionally on DIR. Cronin's mouth, also
identified the body. He described the Pc
culiarities of the doctors teeth, the number
of missing teeth, the form of the jaw, ETC. ;
identified the plate with false teeth attached
as one he had made for DR.. Cronin, and
had made, fitted that of the corpse.
DIR. j. K. Egbert. assistant county physi-
can, identified the plate with the teeth
attached as the one he had taken from the
mouth of DIR. Cronin on the day after his
body was found.
RESULT OF THE AUTOPSY.
In the afternoon Dr. Egbert described the
wounds at great length and the condition
OF the internal organs as shown by the
autopsy. 1t was his opinion that death
mad resulted from the wounds, all of
which were upon the head. The skull was
not broken. 1t was impossible to say
whether the wounds were inflicted before
or after death. None of the wounds were
such as would necessarily cause death. If
the skull wound had caused death it was
owing to conclusion of the brain, though
the usual post mortem evidences of death
from this cause were lacking.
Q.-ls it not scientifically true that the
physicians found no evidences on that body
That were certain and conclusive of the
torm Of death2
A.-That is true.
DIR. Egbert was of the opinion that exces-
slve loss of blood had caused death.
DIR. Charles w. Perkins who, at the re-
quest of DR.. Egbert assisted at the post
hortem, was of the opinion that death did
not result from blood-letting but concus-
sion Oh the brain, though tine brain was too
gecomposed to afford any information on
that point.
DEVoY DENOUNCES FORREST.
The Daily NetUs publishes the following
nm CHICAGO ILL, Oct. "a, 1889.
= ne Editors In an interview published in to-
10y Morning Neios Mr. Forrest, one of the
counsel for the defense in the ronin case, is
ttTTported to have said, among other things,
Il IHere is lnformer Dewey Informer McCahey,
1uIormer Luke Dillon, and don't know how
many other informers'
az, II MIR, Forrest used these words he is guilty of
vIect lncitement to the assassination of the
lily having used them, / shall hold him
tcesponslble so far as they apply to me. He
Soluot S pretend to misunderstood the full mean
~, is ana significance of the word 'informer' as
,ou among Irishmen, esp ocially among the
@ @en VINO pay his fees and instruct him. The
I,pIesSlon quoted can have but one object.
- - Is notice served on all Irish witnesses for
@ Ie prosecution by the chief assassins who
tuIploy Mr.. Forrest to defend their dupes, that
CraT or testimony concerning the murder OF DIR.
yIiii1 Igli1 and the organized system of thievery OF
wsulCh that murder was the direct result, will be
Ecu eu al the peril of their lives. IL is part Of the
S!eOem OF intimidation of witnesses which has
rsuFd prominent feature of the tactics Of the
Iense from the beginning of the Cronin case.
,,onle ~ yne case were not now pending in court, |
,,uu treat MIR. Forests statement, If left
rr,ulssonlradicted, r,ls as would that of any other
e,siaih 1iah made out Of court. AS 1t is think il
,-.lcient Tor the present 20 call public atten-
JOHN DEyoY.
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