St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-25


they had all gone there and rented that
cottage. The act of Patrick OSullivan
in going TO that cottage at the time it
was rented was the going there of all
who were Interested in the conspiracy.
So Patrick O'Sullivan, in making the
contract with DIR. Cronin. if Patrick
O'Sullivan made such a contract with
the dOctor,to attend any of his men who
were injured, Is the
CONTRACT OF EVERY ONE
of those parties who were in the con-
spiracy, and if that was part Of the con-
spiracy, then they all entered into the
contract as a part of the work to be
done. 1t was the act of all. Every act
of all. if you believe, after hearing the
evidence, that there was conspiracy
to kill DR.. CrOnin. Another thing
wish to call your attention to, and that
is that an accessory is regarded the
same in law as principal. 1t doesn't
matter, and it is not necessary, that
every party should strike the fatal
blow. 1t does not matter if one of the
parties to that conspiracy was
not within thousand miles
of the cottage. Ii it was
conspiracy, and they were accessories
to the crime, they are equally guilty of
the crime just as much as if they struck
the fatal blow. When you take the evil
dence into consideration, and take the
fact that COughlin hired the hOrSe-and,
another fact | wish to call your atten-
ton 70 while l think about it-that after
Dinan had gone and inquired about the
white horse, COughlin says: Don't
you say anything about my speaking
for a white horse, as l had trouble with
Cronin." After that he claimed that
the man named was Smith, and he also
claimed that he had seen Smith.
You will also remember that he was
sent out to hunt up Smith, and another
peculiar fact Is that after finding
the hiring of the horse and buggy, the
hiring of the fiat at III Clark street:
take the buying of the furniture and of
the trunk and the strap; take the rent
ing of the cottage by Burke under the
name of Williams; take the fact of the
knowledge of that renting by O'Sulli-
van and the further fact that the Carl
sons. were told that sister was to 90
there and keep house; take the driving
of the doctor
AWAY FROM HIS HOME
on the night OF May under the Suppo-
sitiOn that he was going to minister to
the wants of an injured man; take also
the appointment of the secret commit
Ctc dilu NY DdIIlCl
Coughlin to have that committee ap-
pointed; take the further fact that the
senior guardian said: THAT committee
reports to me, and not to the camp" on
the night of the Sd of May,-the coming
together of all these things shows the
conspiracy, and the act of one man in
this case is the act of all of them. Gen
tlemen, we will present the evidence as
speedily as possible, but | trust you will
be patient with us while SO doing. 1t
Is matter OF great consequence, not
alone to the defendant, but also to the
people of our state. say we will pre-
sent it as rapidly as We can consistent
with doing our duty. and after you
are not satisfied DIR. Cronin
was murdered; if you are not satisfied
that these 4meHs- whether present at the
killing of the doctor or present at the
conspiracy, were connected with it; il
you are not satisfied they are guilty of
the charge-then of course you will turn
them loose. If, however, this evidence
shows cOncluSively to your mind this
deepIaid conspiracy, If it shows this
premeditation, it it shows the GOODNESS
with which they planned the murder, if
it proves to your mind beyond reason
able doubt that they are guilty, then
your duty is plain to inf1ict on them the
highest punishment known to the law"
This ended Judge Longenecker'S adj
dress. Counsel for the defense then,
one by one. waived their right to make
each an opening address to the jury,
and the taking of testimony was begun.
The first witness called to the stand was
ex-Capt. Francis Villiers. of the Lake
view police, in whose district the mur-
der was committed. His testimony was
entirely unimpOrtant except as to one
fact, that he knew DIR. Cronin in his
lifetime. and that, as the body was be-
ing conveyed in police patrol wagon
from the catch-basin to the morgue, he
had identified it as that of the dead
doctor.
OTHER WITNESSES.
James F. BOland, cashier in a coal
dealers Office. and an associate of DR..
Cr0nin in various secret societies, also
gave testimony as to the Identity of the
body, and to the location of CrOnin's
office. Lawyer Forrest, for the defense,
elected from Boland on crOSS-eXamiDa-
tion the fact that, contrary to general
belief, CrOnin's Office was so situated
that view into its windows could not
be obtained from the Clark street fiat
supposed to have been hired by the ac-
cused. CrOnin'S office not fronting on
Clarke street, but being in the rear of
the building and facing OH an alley.
The other witnesses before adj
journment were j. c. O'Keefe,
porter; Henry Rosch, sewer foreman,
who found the body in the catch-basin;
Stephen Connolly, a mOrgue keeper;
W. o. Wisch, in whose barber shop
Cronin had his tonsorial work done;
Maurice Morris. associated in weekly
newspaper venture with CrOnin;
Joseph OByrne. secret society friend |
of Cronin's. Their testimony related |
wholly to the finding and Identification
of the corpse. The cross-examinatlon
brought out nothing apparently except
that all the witnesses but the sewer
foreman and barber had been actively
aid the prosecution.
WAS CRONN'S NAME THERE?
P. w. Dunne, who is indirectly con-
nected with the prosecution in the
Cronin trial, said to-day that efforts had !
been made and were to be further |
pushed to obtain il possible from Par |
nell or his counsel. Sir Charles Rus |
sell, categorical statement that CrOn- |
ms name was not of the four handed |
in by the spy, Le Caron, as that of the |
men who were Systematically betray |
ing TO the English government the |
secrets of the Irish movement in Amer |
lea. Letters to this end have been |
written, one at least by Dunno to the |
Irish leader, Matt Harris. 1t is now |
proposed to forward to the other side as |
formidably signed petition as can be |
secured demanding the desired informa-
tiOn, and taking the ground that if |
CronIh's name was not on the list of |
spies, no breach of trust will be made |
by breaking silence and saying so.
Magnificent Gift to Pierre.
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rived last night containing several of the |