The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
did not keep his mouth shut he would

did not keep his mouth shut he would
get the worst Of It.
James Quinn was TIE next witness,
and was questioned about the same
matter as The witness who preceded him.
1t developed nothing new.
Then the States Attorney sought to
introduce correspondence between B"ggs
and Spel!man. Mr.. Foster, attorney Tor
Becss, said he was ready to admit any
thing that Beggs ever wrote, but that
he could say nothing about letters
written by any one else. So the matter
went over, pending the appearance OF
Spellman. :,
W. 2. Hatfield, salesman for ReVell
e. Cox, was called, and told Of sellingto
nan calling himself J. B. Slmonds a
bill Of furniture which was taken to a
flat at III Clark street, and was snbSe-
quently conveyed to the Carlson cottage,
the scene of the murder. The only new
point developed was the fact that ST.
monds said the furniture was "for tenn
porary use.
After Hatfield had identified the fur
niture sold to Simonds as that subse-
quentIy seen by him in the Carlson cot
tage, the trunk in which Cronin's body
was carried away was brought into
court. Hatfield, after examining it,
testified that 1t was Identical with the
one sold to SinondS.
On cross. examination he said that he
could not swear that it was the identical
trunk, because the firm keep such on
hand ALWAYS, and perhaps other dealers
did also. II came out that Mr.. Forrest,
of counsel for the defense, had bought
lust such Il trunk from witness. 1t
could not be sworn to positively that
the furniture in the Carlson cottage was
the same furniture sold to Slmonds. 1t
was precisely like it, however.
\ recess was then taken.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-slartin McHall, a
carpet layer, was the first witness IN
the Cronin trial this morning. He teS-
tilted that the carpet bought by y: 3.
Simonds'' in February last was laid by
him (witnesS) on the floor of u room at
III Clark street. Witness was then
shown piece Of carpet, presumably
from the Carlson cottage, and he lden-
tilted it as identical in pattern with that
which he laid in the Clark street room.
After the shipping clerk, the delivery
man and other employees of Revels had
testified, the first important witness of
the day, Anne Carlson, was placed on
the stand. The young woman began
her testimony very timid!y. After
several questions she became so nervous
that her replies were almost inaudible.
1t frequently became necessary
for the court stcnosrapher to repeat
aloud the barely uttered sentences
which fell from her lips. The audience
in the court room. assuming that reveia-
tons of most startling character were
being made, craped their necks IN the
direction of the witness stand, and the
excitement became intense as Mr.. Mills
put the next question. Witness then
vent on to state how, on the 10th of
March, while she was at Carlson's,
man came TO rent the cottage which
stood near the house. He said his sister
was to keep house for him, and that he
had some furniture he wanted to move
in al once. He gave his name as Frank
Williams.
Mrs. Carlson" asked the lawyer,
'do you see that stranger IN the court
room now"
Yes, sir.
"W'ill you point him out to the jury"
"There he is'-[witneSs pointing to
Martin Burke.
do you mean Martin Burke-that
man." continued Mr.. Mills. pointing to
Burke again. eyes" replied witness;
and that ended her examination.
Mr.. Forrest then cross-eXamined the
witness at great length, going into all
the details of her movements and her
visits to Carlson's house. She testified
thar she had never seen Burke from the
day she entered the cottage until few
DAYS ago, when she came into TIE court
room for the purpose Of identifying him,
yet she recognized him immediately.
His eyes, hair and mouth and his pecu-
liar woy of looking, she said, made a
great impression.on her, and she knew
him at once. Mr.. Forrest made the wit
ness look away from Burke and at the
ury and then describe his features and
the color of his hair. This she did.
Mr. Forrest. for the defense, raised
the question as to whether this testl-
mony was applicable to any other one
of the defendants except Burke.
The court decided that that was
question which would have to be decided
by subsequent Developments of the
trial
jonas Carlson, owuer of the cottage,
was the next witness. He corroborated
the testimony of his daughter in-law
about the stranger coming 10 rent the
cottage. Witness then said: He asked
INC Il ii was my house, as he wanted to
rent house. told him yes. He said,
.sLet me see the house." and we walked
over to the house, and l took the keys
and went to the cottage with him. We
entered by the back door and he looked
around and said there were six rooms.
"Now," he asked, "how much do you ask
forit.'' | said $12 month. Hesaid, "Can
YOU take s11l" "No, I cannot, [ said. II
will give You the money now" he said.
Then got the money, and my boy gave
him receipt, when we went back to
the other house.
Carlson Went on to say that the
stranger, who gave the name of Frank
Williams, said he had three brothers and
his sister, who was to come on from Bal
tlmore TO keep house for them. lie had
bought furniture and it would arrive in
two or three days The stranger then
took the key. Witness said he had met
and talked with O'Sullivan, one Of the
defendants, many times C'Sullyan
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