The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-11-19
THE CRONIN TRIAL.
NOT a VERY IMPORTANT DAY
IN THE CASE.
why KuUze Changed His Name,
and the Connection Between
Him and COughIiu and the
Lynch DiStiIIery.


and the Connection Between
Him and COuGhIiu and the
Lynch DiStiIery.
CHICAGO, November 1S.-In the Cronin
trial to-day Peter Koch, worker i'll hard
wood, testified that he lived in Lake
View near the Carlson cottage. He had
known Kuuze about five years. Kunze
worked for him in 1856 and 1887. He
boarded with witness for seven weeks
previous to about the 9Th Or 18th oi
May last. Witness had a talk with
Lynch, distiller, in regard to Kunze in
April.
The prosecution objected to the intro.
duction of this conversation.
Mr.. Forrest-We have got to show
why John Kunze changed his name, why
he expected to be arrested and all about
the connection between him and Cough.
lin and the Lynch distillcry Thomas
Lynch will put on the stand tomorrow
Mr.. Hynes-I submit it is not compe-
tent to show it in this way.
Mr.. Forrest-What propose to show
now is the talk about Kunze at the time
of the explosion of the bomb at the dis
tillery, that Thomas Lynch introduced
him to Coughlin and he and Coughlin to-
gether went first to Coughlin' house and
walked up Lincoln avenue and then he
saw a man walking with Coughlin, that
he went up to his house, that Coughin
waited up and around that house for the
purpose of meeting kunze, that he met
Kunze at that house, that he gave him
in the presence of this man papers, deliv-
cred them to Thomas Lynch, that Lynch
has the papers, that Kunze told him he
had another paper 1.-THE papers were sup
posed to come from the whiskcy trust J,
that Lynch wanted to get that paper, and
that next day Lynch & C"ughlin went
up to his house to see Kunzc, that they
saw Kunze next day. This man drove
Kunze out of his house and told kunzc
there was man out there going to ar
rest him, that kunze left and went to
the south side. that Coughlin kept fol-
lowing him, that this man was sent by
Captain Schuttler to tell KunZe that he
wanted him to come in and surrender
himselfin the Cronin case, that he told
Kuntz he was about to be arrested. that
again he met Captain Schuttler and
Schuttler offered him $50 to go and point
out Kunze. Then will put Mr.. Lynch
on the stand tomorrow, and he will ex-
plain why Kunze and Coughlin went to
Peoria together. The witness then told
i'll detail the story above outlined by Mr..
Forrest.
Police Captain Schaack was the next
witness, and testified as to the livery
stable keepers Devans' description of the
man who got a white horse on the night
of the murder.
James Hyland. freight handler in the
Lake Shore railway, testified that he and
his cousin Jeremiah Hyland called on
O'Sullivan about O'Clock in the evening
OF May 5. They took supper with O'Sul-
livan, and, on leaving between and 10
O'Clock, he and his cousin and O'Sullivan
went to a saloon near, and had two
glasses of sherry and cigars.
This testimony was brought out for
the purpose of contradicting the testi-
mony given by Nehman, one of the wit
nesses for the State, who swore that he
saw Coughlin and Kunze with OSulli-
van, drinking sherry in the same saloon
about 10 o'clock the same night. At the
request of Mr.. Wing, Dan Coughlin, the
prisoner, stepped forward and the wit
ness stood beside him. The witness was
half head taller than Coughlin. At the
request of the counsel for the defence, the
witness then stepped down in front OF
the jurors, and his cousin jeremiah be-
ing ranged alongside him, the jury was
afforded an opportunity of noticing the
likeness between the two men.
At the afternoon session jeremiah
Hyland corroborated the testimony OF
his cousin. The witness took position
beside Kunze in order t'lat the jury
might judge as to the similarity between
them. He identified Nchman's saloon
on Ashland avenue; the evident object
of the defence being to break the force OF
Nehman's testimony ly showing that
it was O'Sullivan aud the two Hyland
and not o Sullivan. COnghlin and Kuntz,
who were i'll the saloon on the night OF
the murder as Nehman testified.
Ex-Detective Michael Whaleu, a friend
of Coughlin's swore that he saw Cough
lin at short intervals up to midnight OF
the murder in the police station, and
optside. The witness is cousin of o.
Sullivan and his brother keeps house for
the latter.
Desk sergeant John Stiff, OF east Chi
cugo auenue station, testified that he
was with Whalen and Coughlin in the
saloon from twenty-five minutes till ten
to a quarter of ten.
The cross-eXamination was very search
ing. 1t brought out that Stiff bad trav'
eled beat with Whaen many years
and that he (Stift) had not mentioned
his meeting with Coughlin and Whaler
to any one except Capt. Schaack, to
whom he reported some days after
Coughlins arrest.
BASE BALI. MATTERS.