Telegram-herald., 1889-12-11
FIGHTING HARD.
LGr. Forrest ; Strong Effort for tbs
CrOnin Suspects
DISSECTBC TIE STATES EVIDENCE.
lie Claims That the Cause ~ Dr. Cronia's
Death Has N0t bsen Proven The
Prosecution Charged @lth Has-
IBg Fabricated Testimony

CHICAGO, Dee. 10 In the Croaln
trial Monday most % the after
noon VS. devoted by Mr.. Forrest
70 the proposition thar the indict-
uent alleging that death was caused
By the violence OF blows on the head
face and body. death must b. proved 20
have occurred In that way and no other
From this ne proceeded % show,
or attempted 20 show, that the
proof utterly failed 20 establish he ex-
act cause OF death. and that, therefore
they must acquit Tie allegation
OF the cause OF death as due % violence,
instead Of, as the truth is, By means un-
known, he SAD VAS a blunder on the
part Of the States Attorney for which
the Jurors were not responsible and 90
correct which they were not called on
20 violate their oaths-to leap beyond
the evidence and assume a cause OF
death when the witnesses could 1nd none.
The evidence of Mrs loertel,
he declared, was hideoas in ts
absuriity. Take for instance the
wounds found on the head of the dead
man. Not one of the wounds caused
scratch on the skull, and yet
Mrs. Hoertel swore that when She
passed the cottage that night she
heard the sound of blows. Blows she
heard through the door from her place
on the sidewalk. and yet no scratch on
the skull" shouted the attorney. Mr..
Forrest next took up the trunk and the
course taken by the wagon seen on
the night OF May 4, and sup
posed 20 have carried the trunk. With
the aid of a map he traced the course al
legged 70 have been taken by the men,
and argued that the wagon did not con
tain the trunk having the body inside,
or, having it, the doctor was not
murdered in the Carlson cottage.
His reason for this theory was
the roundabout route taken by
the wagon, supposing the cottage to be
the starting point a route that went
through thickly settled part of the
city very unlikely one for murderers.
Mr. Forrest devoted some time 10 IN at
tack on the identity of the trunk, after
which court adjourned.
At the resumption of court in the
morning Mr.. Forrest continued his at
for the State He also insisted that if.
as the evidence shows, the wagon which
carried the trunk crossed the North
western railroad tracks on its way to
the catch-basin, il could hardly
have been driven from the Carl
son cottage, for that would
have been considerably out of the way
of a rect route. He then took up the
expert Testimony in regard to the blood,
and clsime% 'snat the State had failed
10 prove that there was any human
blood at all in the Carlson cottage.
Then the speaker took up the joke Of
the newspaper boys who bloodied some
cotton and stuffed it into crevices in the
basement, as a text on which 70 preach
a sermon on the newspapers. He said:
DO you think it was only joke that these
newspaper men wantedg No, il was a sensa-
tion-something TO sell the papers and get two
cents for the proprietors. II is this tone Of lev
ity, OF recklessness-I don't know what % call
(which makes IL so despicsole for an imper.
sonal being 10 attack the character Of you and
me- 20 wreck your character or mine. ard 70
treat the lives OF prisoners on trial as subjects
for a Jest"
Mr.. Forrest continued to discuss the
expert testimony with regard to the
blood. He said that the State had start
ed out with expert testimony. They had
engaged experts at the expense of Cook
County 20 show that the blood found in
the trunk and in the cottage was
human blood The defense were
put at disadvantage in this respect.
They we're not allowed, Mr. Forrest
claimed, to have equal opportunitie,
with the State. The defense were ex.
pected by the State 10 make an indie
pendent expert examination OF the
specimens They could not afford 70 dc
So
The hair question was next discussed
in a ridiculing manner. The STATE
claimed that bunch Of hair was found
on the wall Of the cottage but un-
fortunately had been lost. SO they
did not have the bunch Of hair,
but they found one single hair
nicely placed right straight across q bar
Of soap. One of the experts took this
hair and found that the alkali had taken
the color out OF the hair. Anyhodys
hair will be bleached in the same way
by placing f. on piece Of soap.
Then Mr. Forrest attacked The States
counsel He asserted confidently that
every Circumstance which has been
introduced At this trial. which
vas not hrough. out a. the
coroners inquest vas fabricated
They were fabricated since ~
Clan-na-Gael took charge of this prose-