Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06
A DAYS REST.
Tns Election Cz4ses = Postpone
E.szs u Ehs Crontn Case.
facslBLE LENGTH % TIE TRIAL
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W. Al t.LLLW TraEtErr
CsunAss. Nsy. s-in order - avoid
question as ~ tas Legality ~ TIE Pro
sss1l1Es. Inder sas new laa making
slscsoh tay iegsl holiday. Judge Nc
C0HEsil ordered a. adjournment q ne .
yEgcssdllss il shs Cgonia INA snll %
- ~. " Wsiaescay
Judge Long enecker sad % . reportss
that hs sxpecssd ~ get Ia al .hs direct
sFiteurs fCH the STATE 5y Saturday ntghs
u ~ week As - the length q time
that Nouid BE- rec aired ~ Ene defense
he could nos say. bat expressed his be-
nsf a. not more th4n three weeks
mere soa-d be required o. give tls case
- to jury ard obtain a verdict
AJLOrasy Forrest. however. ridicules
ths icsa = tne cAse coming - an end 80
econ ~ 1y' he exclaimed, tho
defense Nil req ltre three weeks
- present al its evidence. And
tolt ses hos ths State eX-
pes - conclude shls week With the
mass " evidence concerning the Clan
ua-l5aei ! nierstand De intends 20 Offer
IL IS mors lkely that s-x weeks VII %
required shan raree-'
lt Nas rlmorel about the courtroom
thar Alexanter Sullivan intended %
take te s-aad for rhe defense. Not
tha- pa testimony would have much
relevancy Do tae prisoners. bat IN
order to sweep away tbe doubts
that have risen Ira the minds u his fol-
losers regarding -he honesty ot his po-
sltioa. A. attorney Cor the state said
taas hs had rot heard of any scch in
ten1on. but a. the same time ~ ad-
mitted ,lat such a thing is not lmpFob-
abe
Frederick " smith, one % the in
d-cted Jury bribers In The Cronin case. Is
once Eaore In all He had been out for
Two weeks On boL1s of 5000 bat
one OF his two bonlsmen, Frederick
g. Like. brought him into iail and sur
rendered him on his bond 10 Sheriff
Aatson. Mr.. Llbke deohned % make
any statement 0f his reasons for 50 do
Ing
CuIcAGo. Nov AT the afternoon
sessi0n OF the Cr0nin trial on Monday
the actions OF Cvnins murdsrers in
trying 20 sp9se Of tho body OF their
victim were related 70 the Jury.
Ofncers Steib and Riley, ~ the Lake
View police force, saw carpenters
wagon dawn BY bay horse pass Fuller
Ton avenue and Cooper streets on the
"a ght OF ne murder. There were three
uen o. no seat A huge trunk or tool
chest Va-s IN the wagon The horse was
travelling at a good gait. The officers
did not challenge the men because
thoy thought they were carpenters
moving sheir tools. Ofdcer Steib, how
ever. 5 positive that the box was n
trunk. II was 12-o5 o'clock when the
wagon with its mysterious occupants
passed OGcer Smith at Frederick and
Clark streets The horse was
travelling fast and toward the
north. or in The direction OF the
sasoh- basin. The trunk, or tool-chest,
was in the wagon. At l o'clock
Oflcer John Way, who IL night watch
man az EdgewAter, heard a wagon cross
the railroad tracks. lie walked hur-
rsedly in the direction Of the rum bling
and saw man perched upon the seat Of
tho sams strange vehicle his
brother officers had suffered 70 pass
unchaleny yed. TIE wagon was then
within a few feet Of Lake Mich
izan and TIE head Of the
horse wa directed toward the
beach. When Officer Way challenged
the travellers the driver. who wore a
ssiff hat, Asked ia location Of the Lake
Shore drive. Way replied that il vas
several miles 20 the southwark Then
t~o other mon came through the dark
ness from the direction OF the beach.
Ono Of tnem. Who corresponds
With tbo description u the man
who lured Or Cronin from his
home saiA be bad been looking for the
Lake Shore drive OFicer Way had bis
hands on .ho wagon and on the horse.
He saw Che TOOL chest or trunk. but did
not shlnA the actions of tho men sufl-
ciently suspicious 20 warrant him in de-
tanning tnem After securing from
Oficer Way Information as 20 tho bes-
road back 10 chicago the two men on the
ground loaped into the wagon and mo-
u1snt later we're dashinr at . flrious
gait along the Evanston road. The
catch basin where Tho body was found
IS only hali mile from tne spot where
Oficer Way chal lienEei the men. Oflcer
snith again saw Che riE sn hour later
a. Divarsey and Clark streets. The
trsnk was .heu gone and the horse and
wagon wrh Che 'hree men on Tho scat
wers travelling rapidlv toward tho city