The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-19
AN ALIBI FOR COUGHLIN.
AN ATTEMPT TO PROVE THAT HE
WAS NOT WITH KUNZB.

A Freight Handler and His Cousin
Claim to Have Been With Him on
the Night Of the Killing-Mr. Forrest
to Clear Up the Clouds About
Kunze-
CHICAGO, ILL, Nov. 1S.--In the Croniu
trial to-day, Peter Koch, worker in hard
wood, testified that be lived in Lake View
near the Carlson cottage He had known
kunze about five years Kunze worked for
him in 1886 and 1887. He boarded with the
witness for seven weeks previous to about
the sth or 11th of May last The witness
had talk with Thomas Lynch, distillsr,
in regard to Kunze in April.
The prosecution objected to the introduc-
ton of this conversation.
Mr.. Forrest-We have got to show why
hunze changed his name; why be expected
TO be arrested, and all about the connection
between him and Coughlin and the Lynch
distillery. Thomas Lynch l will put on the
witness stand tomorrow.
Mr.. Hymes-I submit it Is not competent
to show it in this way.
THE BOMB AT THE DIsTILLERY.
Mr.. Forrest-What I propose TO slow
now Is the talk about Kunze at the time Of
the explosion of the bomb at the distillery
last year; that Thomas Lynch introduced
him to Coughlin. and that he and Coughlin
together went first to Coughlin's house and
walked up Lincoln avenue, and then he
saw man that was walking with Coughlin;
that he went up to his house; that
Coughlin waited up and around that
house Tor the purpose of meeting
hunze; that he met Kunzs at that house:
that he gave him, in the presence of this
man, papers-delivered them to Thomas
Lynch; Thomas Lynch has the papers; that
Kunze told him he had another paper: the
papers were supposed to come from the
whisky trust; that Lynch wanted TO get
that paper, and that the next day Lynch
and Coughlin went up to this house to sec
kunze; that they saw Kunze that the next
day this man drove hunze ont of his house
aud told Kunze there was a man out there
going to arrest him; that Kunze left
and went to the south side; that Coughliu
kept following him; that this man was
sent by Capt Schuettler to tell Kunze that
he wanted him TO come In ana surrender
himself in the Cronin case; that he told
kunze that no was about to be arrested:
that again he met Capt. Schuettler, aud
Capt. Schuettler offered him $50 to 20 and
point out Kunze; then will put Mr.. Lynch
on the stand tomorrow, and he will
explain why Kunze and Coughlin went to
Peo la together
The witness then told in detail the story
above outlined by Mr.. Forrest.
THE MAN WHO GOT THE HORSE.
Police Captain Schaak was the next witt
ness, and testified as to Livery Stablekeeper
| Dlnan's description Of the man who got the
white horse on the night of the murder
James Hyland, a freight handler in the
Lake Shore railway yard, testified that he
| and his cousin, Jeremiah Hyland, called on
O'Sullivan about z o'clock in the evening
nf A..nl It'll
van, and on leaving, between 8 and
10 o'clock, he and his cousin and
O'Sullivan went to a saloon near by
and had two glasses Of sherry and cigars.
This testimony was brought out for the
purpose of contradicting the testimony
given by Niehman, one of the witnesses for
the state, who swore that he saw Coughlin
and Kunze with OSullivan drinking sherry
in the same saloon about 10 o'clock the
same night.
THE MEN SIDE BY SIDE.
At the request of Mr.. Wing, Dan Cough
lin, one of the prisoners, stepped forward
and the witness stood beside him. Tbs
witness was half head taller than Cough
lin. At the request of the counsel for the
defense, the witness Thea stepped down in
front OF the jurors, and his cousin Jeremiah
being ranged alongside of him, the jury
were afforded an opportunity of noticing
the likeness between the two men.
OBJECT OF THE TESTIMONY.
AT the afternoon session Jeremiah Hy-
land corroborated the testimony of his
cousin. The witness took position beside
Kunze, in order that the jury might Judge
as to the similarity between them. He
identified Niehmans saloon on Ashland
avenue, the evident object of the defenss
being to break the force of Niehman's testi-
mony by showing that it was OSullivan
and the two Hylands, and not O'Sullivan.
Coughlin and Kunze, who were in the
saloon on the night of the murder, as Nlsh-
man testified.
OTHERS WHO WERE WITH ooUGHLIN.
Ex-Detective Michael Whale1, a friend
of Coughlin's, swore that he saw Coughlin
at short intervals up to midnight on the
night of the murder in the police station
and outside. The witness is cousin of
O'Sullivan, and his mother keeps house for
tho latter.
Desk Sergeant John Stiff OF the East
Chicago avenue station testified that he
WAS with Whalen and Coughlin in saloon
from 9:35 to 9:45 o'clock.
The cross-examination was very searchs
ing. 1t brought out that Stiff had trav-
eled beat with Whalen many years, and
that he (Stift had not mentioned his meet
ing with Coughlin and Whalen to anyone
except Capt. Schaak, to whom he reported
it some days after Coughlin's arrest.