The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-19
YHH GRQBIN TRIAL.
Setback Not a Satisfactory
Witness for the Defense,
TESTIMONY OF PETER KOCH
Who Is a Mascot for coughlln
Tying to Prove an AlIbI and to
Impeach the Evidence ofTier-
mann, the States Witness.

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branch Of the Criminal Conrt was Gale,
to order at 10 o'clock this,norning ant
the Crouin trial was resumed. The frs
witness was Frederick ], Squibb, III,
stenographer, who was on the staad OF
Saturday, aud who gave testimoa,
touching certain contradictions In thu
evidence Of Frank ScaRlRn and others d,
given before the Coroner's Jury and be,
fore the Court in the pending trial
The witness this morning testified as ia
certain questions and answers in the
examination OF "Msior" Sampson, touch,
ing his acquaintance with CouRhlin.
The matters were immaterial, except as
they related to the crediblllty Of Samp.
son,
The next witness was Peter Koch, a
worker In hardwood. He testified that
he lived In Lakeyiew, near the Carlson
cSttage, He had known Kunze about
five years. Kunze worked for him In
1885 and 1887; be boar ed with the Wit
ness for seven weeks previous TO about
the 9th or 1lth OF May last. The wit
ness had q talk with Thomas Lynch, the
distiller, 10 regard 10 Kunze In April,
The prosecution objected 10 the intro.
duCtion Of this conversation. Mr.. For.
rest-"We have got 10 show why John
kunSe changed his name; why he stated
he expected to be arrested and all about
the connection between him aud Cough.
lin and the Lynch distillery. Thomas
Lynch will put on the witness stand
tomorrow"
Mr.. Hynes-''I submit 1t Is not com.
petent to show It in this way"
Mr. Forrest-"What | propose 10
show now Ia the talk about Kun4e at
tue time Of the explosion OF the bomb
at tho distillery last year, that Thomas
Lynch introduced him TO Coughlin aud
he and Coughlin together went first to
C0ughlih's house and walked up Lin.
coin avenue, and then he saw them, and
that be was walking with Coughlin;
that be went up to his house; that
Coughlin waited up and around that
house for the purpose OF meeting Kunze;
that lie met Kunze ut that house; that
he gave him In the presence OF this man
the papers-delivered them to Thomas
Lynchi Thomas Lynch has the papers;
that Kunze told him he had another
paper; the papers were supposed To come
from the whisky trust; that Lynch
wanted 10 get that paper, and that
the next day Lynch and Coughlin
went up to this house TO see Kuuze;
that they saw KnnSe; that the next day
this man drove kuuzs out OF his house
aud told Kuuza there was man out
there going TO arrest him; that Kuuzs
lett aud went 10 the south side; that
Coughlin kept following him; that this
man was sent by Capt. schuettler TO tell
Kunxe that he wanted him TO come In
and surrender himself in the Qronin
case; that he told Kuuze he was about
TO be earrested that again he met Capt.
SchueLtler and srhuettler offered him
so to go aud point out Eunze. Then
will put Lynch ON the stand tomorrow,
and no will explain why Kunze and
Couglin went TO Peoria together"
The witness then told In detail the
story above outlined by MIR. Forrest. lie
said that KunEe got into q little trouble
around his house and that the keeper OF
a little dry goocs shop threatened to
have him arrested, For this reason
kunze lett hls house and changed his
name.
CAPT. sHAAcK's TESTIMONY.
Police Capt shaack was next called.
He was questioned by Mr.. Forrest as to
livery stable keeper Dinan's description
Of the man who got the horse on the
night OF the murder. The attorney re-.
qupsted the witness to let him se6 the
1Otes OF the conversation with Dinan but
Capt. Shack refused, saying that his
note book contained private matters.
Finally, however, he tore out the leaf
containing the notes and handed II to
Mr.. Forrest, The attorney then claimed
the right to cross.exanline the witness
ag he ahowed hostile disposition. The
court held that though the witness
might be unwilling he could not appear
to be hostile and Ovttrulul the motion.
There was struggle over an attempt
by the State to show that Capt. Setback
was not hostile witness, by showing
that at the time OF tue interview in
which Dinan described the driver Of the
white horse, he relied more upon the
statements Of Coughlln than be did
upon pinans, Finally, the Court ad.
mitted and the witness testified that he
bad a good deal Of reliance IN Coughlin
at that time. Then the driving 6l the
white horse 10 Mrs. Conklin's house aud
her failure to identify tho animal were
gone over. The Captain paid that Mrs.
Conklin assumed an unirienuly attitude
during the proceeding.
James Hyland testified that he and
his cousin, Jeremiah Hyland, called
OH o'Sulliyan about I o'clock on the
evening Of May 5, They took supper
with O'Sulllvan, and OH leaving between
0 and 10, ho and his cousin and 0'Sulli.
van went 10 o saloon near and had two
glasses ol sherry and cigars.
This Testimony was brought out for
the nurpose Of contradlCtlng the testi.
mony given by Elemaun, one OF tho
State witnesses, who swore that he saw
Coughlin and KunEe with 0'Sullivan
drinking sherry In the same saloon at
about | CLOCK the same night. AT the
request Of Mr. Wing, Dan Coughlin, the
prisoner, stepped forward aud tho wit.
ness stood beside hin. The witness was
a half a head taller than Coughlln. The
witness then stepped down In front Of
the. Jurors, aud his cousin Jeremiah
being arranged alonRSldo Of him the
Jury we're afforded an opportunity Of
noticing the likeness between the Two
men.
fYLAND on TiIR STAND.
Atthe opening oithe afternoon session
Jeremiah Hyland took tho stand and