The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-28
EXCITING SCENES IN A GRIM DRAMA.
Saturdays Developments In the Trial
of the cronin Suspects.
Attorneys for the Prosecution Suc-
cessfuiIy Oppose Queer Ruling.
The story Of the Stable Keeper Who
Let the White Horse.

CHICAGO, LII, OcCODer 20 1T was again
cold and dismal around the criminal court
building when the Cronin case was resumed
this morning. When the prisoners, led by
ex-Senior Warden Beggs, tramped into the
room from the slippery bridge of sighs
every seat reserved for spectator, was occu-
pied. The court was in session just two
hours and half. In that time the prosecu-
tors introduced two rare witnesses, and sue
cessfully combated remarkable ruling by
Judge Mcconnell.
The firstlwitness was DR.. d. G.. Moore,
who witnessed and assisted in the dissection.
DR.. Moore did not testify at the coroner's in
quest or before the grand jury, and he made
no deposition in the extradition of Burke
Mr.. Forrest, drawing these admission from
the witness, objected to his giving testimony
but the court promptly overruled the objec-
tion. The doctor told of the appearance of
the wounds and the condition of the viscera.
These gashes, the witness was convinced,
were necessarily mortal. Death had come
from concussion or confusion OF the brain,
and not from hemOrrage, caused by the
Severing of the facial and 0cclpital arteries.
While strong man could bleed to death
from the seyering OF these arteries dlssolu-
tion would not be speedy. as these vessels
are small. Death had doubtless come from
the shock the brain received, and while the
hemorrhage was yet in progress. A thorough
examination Of the viScera showed no signs
of ante-mortem degeneration. This was an
other proof that the doctor had died from
violence. The brain, however, was gone.
Mr.. Forrest drew from the witness the ad
mission that he had but a few hours before
read the newspaper reports OF Dr. Egberts
testimony Of the previous day. Then Mr..
Forrest created a sensation by moving that
Surg Monrp'S pntira taStimOnV he stricken
from the record.
Judge Mcconnell, to the amazement of
nearly everybody in the room, sustained
the motion. A dramatic scence followed,
from the audience. For an Instant the pub
lie prosecutors were dumfounded. Mr..
Hynes was the first to combat the ruling.
His face was crimson with passion
as he drew his massive form above the table
at which he was sitting, and in a loud voice
declared that, If such an unprecedented rul-
ing were observed, the trial might just as
we'll stop then and there. Raising his arms
so that his clenched fist was on level with
the bar of the court Mr.. Hynes challenged
Judge Mcconnell to show authority to sus-
tain such ruling. Besides the big lawyer
was Luther Latin Mills, pale with excite
ment. The index finger of his right hand
was shaking nervously at the court. Al
most before Mr.. Hynes had finished his
laundering attack, the clear, resonant
the street and the mumbling of the specta-
tors. He, too, declared that it was time to
stop the case if the testimony OF the rest OF
the States witnesses was to be excluded 1or
the reason that they had read the testimony
of the witnesses who had preceded them on
the stand. Judge Mcconnell sat in his chair
with his head in his hands. Before him were
MIR. Hynes and Mr.. Mills, the first red and
violent in attack, the other almost startling
in his pallor. The prosecutors had hardly
A1,1s. to4 tAIa hn n
their first volley, when Mr.. Forrest arose and
intimated that DR.. Moore had been called at
the eleventh hour to patch up the holes In
the testimony of Assistant County physician
Hynes and Mr.. Mills to their feet .sand called
forth censure from the court. Judge McCon.
nell, speaking in low voice, then said that
if such ruling was enforced in its spirit,
there would be no reason for continuing the
case, but he did not contemplate such
course. Mr.. Hynes seeing that the court
was retreating now, leaped to his feet
and with burst of rhetoric that
came very near provoking applause
in the benches of the spectators,
declared that with such ruling
as that delivered from the bench, the testi-
mony of honorable men who would appear
for the State, and who could not be infiu-
enced by newspaper reports, would pc ex-
cluded, while the testimony OF the perJurers,
who would swear that they had not read the
record. As the big lawyer sat down Mr..
Ingham and Mr.. Scanlan returned with law
books piled high upon their arms But the
battle was now over and the prosecution
had won.
With much deliberation and gratuitous
encomium on the press for its enterprise and
influence Judge Mcconnell reversed his pre-
vious decision, and ruled that the testimony
uf witnesses who had read the newspaper
reports of the testimony OF other witnesses
was competent, and that it must be admit
ted. Mr.. Forrest thereupon took an excep-
tion to the admission of DR.. MOores evil
dence. After this sensation was over, the
prosecution introduced Patrick Dlnan, the
livery man, who rented a rig to Coughlin'
mysterious friend on that fatal night. The
ing and ha noticeable effect on Coughlan.
who moved uneasily in his seat. Dinan had
known Coughlan for fiYe years. On May
the detective came to the stable and engaged
a rig for a friend, who was to call Tor IL at
o'clock that evening. AT that noqr a YOUNG dag
overcoat and who wore soft hat. the rim OF
which was turned down so as to conceal the
eyes of its owner, called at the stable ana
asked for rig which Coughlin had engaged.
The strangers trousers were frayed at the
bottom, his boots were muddy, and his mus
tache was dark at the roots, but sandy at the
edges. He also had about weeks growth
of beard on his face. Dinan called for an
old white horse Tor the stranger, and the
beast was harnessed to buggy which had
Whitechapel body. The stranger found
fault with the rig, and suggested that he be
given chestnut horse which stood harness
ed in the stable. But Dinan refused to make
the change. The stranger was also opposed
to the buggy assigned to him, as it had no
side curtains. Dinan said the night was
dark, and with the top up his customer could
easily escape recognition from the street II
he so desired. The strange man drove out
of the barn at 710 O'Clock. He went directly
north and in the direction of DR.. Cr0nin's
home. Dinan watched the horse pass Chest
nut street, and saw that he was working in
good form. That was the last he saw of the
rio until tho uayf