New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-10
PHENOMENAL MEMORY OF WITNESSES.
Mr.. FORREST sATIRIzEs THE TESTIMONY FOR
THE STATE IN THE cRoNIN CASE.


THE STATE IN THE CRoNN CASE.
Chicago Dec. 0.-At the opening of the Cronn trial
This morning Mr. Forrest resumed his address TO the
Jury in behalf of the defence He proceeded al length
10 argue on the unreabity of ccumstantia evidence
said he:
Now, gentlemen, ! want in all seriousness 10 ask
few questions: Suppose that the accident Of orde
ng the men to clean that sewer had not occurred until
after this trial don't you know that in speech
urged By these distinguished orators you would have
been told that Martin Burke guilty. because
he sent Dr. Cronin's clothes the sea! Ask your
selves: If that argument had been used me. and
those clothes had not been discovered would not
nave given 1t weight Cannot you learn. gentlemen,
from that simple fact SOM lessons? You can learn
that these gentlemen that have been studying this
for six months safer guides than we are.
You learn that circumstantal evidence will lie and
mislead You learn another thing that although
these defendants may not be able to disprOve what they
can prove be true, they does not follow that
they are guilty. You see the difficulty, gentlemen,
that the defence is in when we are called upon to
prove negative. You see the unrehabty OF CIR
:umstantal evidence. You how unsafe all human
iacts are You the danger of assuming to be
true what cannot dlsprove."
After reading the numerous authorities as 10 the
,redbllity witnesses and alludng to the fact that
In identifying certain men the State witnesses IN
this case had evidently agreed beforehand all
handicapped by the pressure of public opinion against
them and said that the prosecution had its caquers
iudiciously distributed through the audiences. lie
admitted that there was a peculiar combination OF
circumstances against his clients, and showed how
the case turned the financial interest of some OF
the principal witnesses for the Stae-Dnan and the
Carlsons-to show that it white horse that
took Dr. Cronin away, and it IN the Carlson
cottage that he killed. Oman IS receiving
siOO a week from dime museum manager where
he horse is exhibition. and the Carlsons are
making money fast by charging admission fee 10
the cottage.
Now, there is another circumstance he went
on. 1t is proven tat the Clan-naCSael through.
the United states Is divided into two wings One
wing of the Clan sits in the prisoners dock and the
,iher wing sits in the witness seat. How does the
wing that sits in the witness seat. and which en-
5elopes this entire prosecution-how does
that wing feel toward my clients, and
the wing 10 which its side belongs! Now,
gentlemen, there is not witness that has been dis
covered in this since the cooners jury returned
It's verdict that is not suspicious witness. never
such body Of witnesses and you never did
They have eyes like the eagle. Like owls they see
longer and further by night than they can by day.
Their hearing is sensitive as that of the deer thai
rOams our northern forests. What extraordinary
peceptive faculties, what reasoning powers what
pI9dSloMs memone, Evsfy one OF them doe, an
does something remarkable to impress upon his
mind the date of the occurrence he t'sfes 'c 1t
De proved put they do some remarkable thing them
serves 10 hX the dale such intellectual gymnastics
were never before heard Of In the future time when
.le Wrltes OF Intellectual science want 10 get the
pest JURISDICTIONS OF full. accurate and prCdigious
memory, uey VIII search the records of the 'rODin
behalf OF the State" VI "'0 "'''09so9 ~"
captain schuetiler came back this morning from
snoihci oOney chase TO Milwaukee but Without
Cooney though bloody trunk, a missing owner ami
other mysterious clements of the case nromi:ca we'll
for another CrOnn sensation. P''"ii'0" We"
a" ! haven't got COOney.@ laughed the can,ain " aud
] don't think he had anything to do with the Nil,
waukee trunk. though there Is a mystery connec,cd
with il that the police there would do well TO In. |
vestigatc."
The owner Of the trunk which Police Cantain
schuetilcr went 10 Milwaukee see walked nto
thief Iubbard's office today and proved p,Onertv lilo
Is porter in a Chicago hotel who went 10 WIiw.uLee
TO look for work. and departed in a hurry ~ avoid .
lawsuit transaction in which had hecomc i'm
VOWED former visit. lie described the pronerfv
IN NE trunk supposed 10 belong 10 COOney the Cionin
ssuspet aud the contents of the mysterious Letters
Neing the chief and the captain that he owned the
LIN and also that he innocent Of any more
Oos crime than that OF jumping bOarbill lie
,ni requested that his name be not given 10 The
s ss he afraid he would lose his present
md eyra at As he had saved the officers the trouble
"'-' 'APchee OF long HINT hfS yuch