The Portland daily press., 1889-12-07
CLEARING THE PATH FOR THE JURORS.
Eloquent ATTORNEY Hynes Sweeps
Aside Budenbender's Horse Story,
And Weakens Some OF the Defence
In the cronln Case.
Mr.. Fosters Efforts to Explain the
Part Taken by seggs.

CHICAGO, December 6.-Additional seats
were wedged into Judge McConnelPs court
room this morning, but they were utterly In
adequate to accommodate the crowd which
was intent on hearing the close of Attorney
Hynes's eloquent and convincing ad-
dress to the jury In the Cronin case.
There is another alibi 1 must mention,
gentlemen Of the jury, and then l will rapid
ly close the case," said Mr.. Hynes.
1t was the white horse alibi, sworn to by
witness Budenbender. The witness had
sworn the white horse which took DR..
Cronin away was not the enc owned by
Dinaa. He had simply. according to his
own statement, been a disinterested specta-
tor. Yet Budenbender was sure the horse,
which he had not seen from May until No
vember %. was not Dinan's: Budenbender
swOre also that four white horses, all with
dark legs, two black horses and seven bay
horses had passed in front OF him while
looking at the white horse waiting Tor DIR.
Cronin. Not a member Of the jury believes
any disinterested spectator would have been
so particular. The witness LIED, and every
man took the old white horse from the stable
the horse had not been used for several
weeks. The horse started off In such fine
style that Dinan had watched him until he
tuEucu d COIucks 1o iCndlh hCu snC AlhpAOf-
ed action Of the horse to his wife. who, by
chance, also noticed it. Mrs. Conklin swore
the horse was high-splrited one, with pc
culiar trembling in the front legs. fact cor
ToboIated BY Dnan; She afterward Mrv a,d & ldentl-
Inns friend, II his mission in taking the
white horse rig were an honest one, attempt
to disguise himself by turning. up. his over,
coat collar and pulling down his hat, when
the thermometer stood at over 70 degrees?
" did ha inciSf having siia aurfainl9
Every member of the jury. Is convinced the
object of the man was criminal But when
the man got to DR.. Cronin's home he could
no longer attempt to disguise himself. His
description there by Mrs. Conklin, Miss Nc
Inerrey and Frank Seaman was exactly the
same as that at the stable, except that his
coat collar was turned down and his hat was
no longer over his eyes. He must present no
show of disguise or it might make the doctor
suspicious. Coughlin says the man drove
the rig towards the stock yards. When 1t
was driven back to the barn it showed con-
elusively from the testimony OF Hostler
Moreland that 1t had been In Lake View and
through Lincoln Park, where 1t must haze
gone to reach the Carlson cottage This was
proved by the Yellow Lake View Sand and
boulevard mud on the running gear Of the
carriage.
/. Not one word of sympathy for the MUIR
dered doctor had come from the attorneys for
the defence. not word Of criticism on the
foul murder, not syllable Of feeling for the
man WAC, with heart throbbing with SYM
pathy for suffering, had been struck down by
cowardly and brutal murderers. Lake. ponds,
ditches' sewers, woods ana SANDS an % were search aS
the defence began its horrible task OF send
ing word that Dr. CrOnin aad been seen here
and there 1t was not until May % that the
mutilated body was found. not thing on 1t
except a towel and an Agnus Del about his
neck. These brutal murderers. lost to every
sense Of Christianity violat0rs Of Gods
word, the Ten Commandments, careless of
the Divine command, "Thou shalt not kill,
still had not the courage to remove this owl
dence of the butchered mans faith. They
could not touch the Agnus Del.
No attempt has been made to prove de-
fence for Burke, continued the speaker 1t
was probably for the reason that no defence
was better than poor one. Burke's flight
alone was confession of guilt.
"Oh, no, there is no citadel of crime back
of these men. There is no citadel of crime
Of which these men are but the outer breast
works! Do you believe it?"
began his argument in behalf Of Beggs. He
said that whoever believed DR.. Cronin an
angel in disguise was mistaken. 1t had
been charged that the Clan-na-Gael So
ciety was dy Lamite organization, but the
the society had been unthinkingly over
looked.
This brought the States Attorney to his
feet with jump. II shall object to the
charge that DR.. Cronin was a dynamiter,"
he said. HE was opposed to the dynamiter
policy, and for opposing it was expelled" 1
This Disconnected Mr.. Foster, and for a
few moments he, the States Attorney and
the court all talked together. AT last order
was restored, and the court ruled the state
ment out on the ground that no such testi-
mony had been admitted. The attorney
then referred TO Beggs's connection with the
Clan-na-Gael. His clients connection with
the society was an open book. He was
champion Of peace; The statement that
be on the committee that tried Alexander
Sullivan might be true. What of 1t! Had
not Cronin, In convention of the national
bod body rch,I charged ,,t Sullivan, ns Boland
ana marders sGy Such being S the hS00ss esse %as ans
it unreasonable to believe any one making
such a charge would be unfit to try and judge
the ones accused? "And that statement"
continued the attorney, sis the only one that
making. None other has he ever made.
Making that statement, he did right. II you
are going to hang him for that statement,
you might as well stop here and let him be
taken at once to the narrow passage in the
Jail and strangled. The state desires to con-
vict my client because Burke went to his Of
ice three times, twice In January and once
in February. Let the gentlemen for the
state look to their own nest, and see where
tice and say if such facts would warrant the
conuiction of themselves Of crimes of which
the fugitives are guilty. If not, In Heavens
name, let them not make such an accusation
nor express such desire against my client"
Continuing, the speaker said Beggs was
made senior guardian the last Friday night
in January. The meeting at which the con-
spiracy was claimed to have been Matched
was held February g. Therefore the senior
guardianship of Beggs could not have been
long used to produce and nouIish the germs
Of conspiracy. The only thing against his
client was having, at his first installation.