Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17
THE ICEMAN'S FEARS
O'Sulnvan's Actions When Oronlus
Body Wss Pound
THEY ARE DESCRIBED wrsFSS
ns f.isa ~iSh HuEht aaa t'itssssly
BsEsed a. Bs k1cassa fVsE. ts@Elss
gpaE ths kssasias- ths Ae-
fSEsa HesiEs-

rHK KElAI GAsUNEn
cmcAso. Nos l6.-ProHp1y upcn
the reopeniRg sf the Oronin trisi tie
states attorney oslleo James Clanoey,
special correspondent II the New lork
Herald, @15 their lsst witness. - tie
stand AE Clanoey sid that ~ the
day DI Cronlns oody vas oisooverea
Patrick O'Sulllyan sold kiEu that he hsa
known CronIn for I've yesrs sne Aad
made q contract with him because 1e
feared . repetition 81 accidents tlat lad
formerly 0ocurrea IN the evening -
soon as the witness had heard that ne
body wss founa. Ae aroye - once -
OSuAiyan' house and Informed hiM ~
the discovery. lie said thai the ice-nlan
received the intelligence WITH much
emotion. lie said thst he then asked Tie
loeman ~ - viii hlm 10 Identify tie
body This be refused "a oo. declaring
wlth much confusion and horror that be
Was not sufficiently acquainted viii The
doctor T. tell whether 0r not ths body
was his The witness asked him for
Jusuos Mshoneys sddress. bat the lcs-
man Wss 50 nervous lie ooule net ruool-
leci IL
The cross-enamination. conducted by
Attorney Donah0e vas rendered ln-
terestinF BY tie witness telling the
story Of his very romsntls ufe. How
In Sos he hsd joined tue irish hepUt-
llcan brotlerhood. a. TIE same time
being connected viii The British
army Hew he had been very acuso
in IA. rt.. .H. US. 81"
Hrothegloo6 and hoN a. obeGlenea a. .
summons IN 1906 from James stephens
Do had left the army. taking Ulih him
3 number OF recruits to participate "a
the inSgrTection ia Ireland How tAo in
surrecuon had not ooIne of, aE1 bow
he had spent his time lu London
lodging the British police How when
arrested ID 1908 he had shot az two
policemen ia hopes Of escaping. fuT
which be had been tried for murder ce-
clzred by the Judge 10 be- very danger
ous character. in view of hls connection
with the renians and sentenced 80
penal servitude for llfe. ant bow owing
- the interposition of frle.4s ~ Parlis
ment be Lad been released after serving
ten years.
After he had descended from the
stand Judge Iongenccker announced
that the State had closed its case. and
Mr. Forrest began a series 81 motions
20 exclude tie testimony q nearly every
witness SO far heard These we're a.
overruled
Frederick Squihb. a shorthand re-
porter. MAS pat on BY the defense tc
swear 10 the correctness ~ ~ transcript
OF the testimony 81 the witnesses az ne
coroner's inquest Tie bulk a. hls tee
timony was altogether directed 80 mere
omissions on the part q Jonas Carlson
Scanlan and " Ma Sampson 81 tie cor
oner's inquest, q matters sworn 90 by
these witnesses before The present Jury
Captain Schaack tod Of his having
taken the white horse 20 Mrs Conknr
on Nay & and hor falling 20 Identify e.
Captain Schsack's examination va not
concluded, az he had not HE notebook
with him. and Lieutenant Koch was
called 10 corroborste that part 81 the Cap
tain's testimony relating 10 the failure
Of Mrs. Conklin 10 make the identified.
tion This De- cid. but Immediately
after destroyed TIE effect 81 both bis
testimony and schaack's by stating that
rain had fallen Just before taking ths
horse 10 Mrs. Conkln and the steedf
color made several shades darker there
by The court then a. 0lourned until
Monday.
At least two weeks viii be- oe-
cupied by the defense. and should
the oss-exsminztion 81 witnesses
be un6uly prolonged, ss ia quite
probable. another week may bc con
suned before the State gets into ia
rebuttsl testimony. As much - The latter
is in the shape of corroboration %
witnesses who have already appeared
for the prosecution, and other wit
nesses will be called as % the character
OF the witnesses for the defense. 81 IS
expected that az least two weeks VIII
be occupied by this branch - the case
This viii bring the trial 20 the M d6le
/ o. Deoemh her a. least before TIC final
speech making begins.
For the State u is expected that
Nessrs. Longcneclzer. Hvnes. Ingham
and Mills VIII each address the jury in
the order named. the last word prior 30
the Judge delivering hls Instructions 70
the jury being allotted ~ Mr. Mills
For the defense Mr Foster wll opon
on behalf Of Bergs M Donshes fol-
lowing 'or OSul-ivan and Kunze Tie
longest speech for The prisoners Nil pa
made by Mr.. Forrest. who purposes take
ing the record almost line by line and
showing the Inconsistencies in the
theory SGT up by the prosecution Judge
Wing VII follow Mr Io-rnaL