Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-11-20
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FROH ALL QUARTERS.
THE CRONIN TRIAL.
A Little Sensation in Yester-
days Evidence.
ANOTHER TIE UP IN BROOKLYN.
A Strike impending on tho
New York Central.
BRAzlL'S new GOVERNMENT
The Marine Conference Disp0ses
ofthe RuIes of the Read.
BRAzIL'S new GOVERNMENT
The Marine Conference DispOses
of the Rules of the Road.


of the Rules of the Road.
THE CRONIN TRIAL.
A small Army OF Detectives ON the
Track of witnesses for the Defense-
malcaheY,s TestimOny-Cross-Ex
ination Takes an Unexpected and
Sensational Turn.
CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-Redmond Mcdonald, q
policeman of the East Chicago avenue sta
ton. was the first witness called in the Gro
min case to day. He testified that he went
to Casey's funeral on the afternoon OF May
in a buggy with Officer Mccormick. he
went on duty as a pstrolman at O'Clock
that evening and remained on duty until
o'clock in the morning. He saw Daniel
Coughlin that night as the latter was going
into the station, about 8:45 or Q O'Clock.
| Witness was q member of Camp 60. Being
cross-examined, witness could not remember
| what he did or where he went the day OF the
funeral nor whom he saw at the Casey funer-
al. He did not 60 inside Of the church, but
remained in the buggy. Witness returned
| to Garrity's saloon. (Whalsn yesterday was
positive It was o'clook) He did not gee
Martin Burke at the funeral nor did he see
Dan Coughlin at, Garrity's saloon. Witness
denied that he went to Dinan's livery stable
Saturday night to ask if all the rigs were in.
| Witness admitted that he had benin Dslan's
saloon last night. The questions put to wit
ness indicate that small army OF detectives
are keeping track Of the movements OF wit
| nesses for the defense.
William Mulcahey, an employe of O'Sulli-
van, the iceman, testified that a man resem-
bling Couphlin called at the iceman's resi-
dence in April and asked him if he knew
Kupze. On his replying in the affirmative
| he told him to notify him (Coughlin) by tel
ephone at the Chicago avenue station
when he turned up. Coughlin was confront
| ed with the witness. but the latter would not
swear that il was the same man.
Mulcahy went on to say that in April he
| was troubled with sore leg and O'Sullivan
! told him to 20 down and see DR.. Cronin, az
| he had a contract with him. he also swore
| that on May he was out with O'Sullivan
| peddling ice until late in the evening. They
| went home and had supper. O'Sullivan went
| to bed at 8 O'Clock, the witness following soon
after, About 10 O'Clock he was awakened by
| hearing some of the worlmen at the door.
| They were let In. After that Mrs. Whalen
came into the room to get cot bed and
spoke to O'Sullivan. The witness further
| testified that he had heard the conversation
between old man Carlson and OSulllvan
about the tenants of the Carlson cottage. The
/ Old man I68blRSu tuhu " 00A4toh SSAN AO
knew them and that they were all right.
| This witness testified that O'Sullivan said he
knew none of them. On cross-examination
the States attorney endeavored to elicit from
The witness the statement that in his evidence
| before the coroner's jury he had stated that
he had not heard the conversation between
O'Sullivan and the elder Carlson, but the
witness persisted that he never 10 testified.
Further questions ELECTED the statement
that on the night of the murder o'Sullivan
| got up when the men who were out came to
| the door and let them in. O'Sullivan never
left the house that night.
The cross examination took an unexpected
and sensational turn, the evident intention
being to direct suspicion toward the witness
as the man who drove the white horse which
drew Dr. Cronin to his death. The witness,
however, denied that he had ever wore a
beard or that he allowed his beard to grow
| for two weeks in tho latter part of April
last. Witness did not 60 to see DR.. Crontn
| about his lame foot when O'Sullivan sug-
oested that course because 1t Was
not troubling him them. He was quite sure
| that he did not see Dr.. Cronin On May A.
The witness said that since last spring he had
been acting as collector tor Osuiii.an, put
he was unable to give the name OF anyone
who had paid him money for O'Sullivan.
At this point the prisoner O'Sullivan rose
| and said:
ssIf your honor please" whereupon the
court, addressing MIR. Donahue, said: "aave
your client sit down."
Reyerting to the suspicion that he drove
the white horse the examination continued.
and in answer to the question asked hin II
he had an overeoat replied yes, that 1t hung
| in the anti-room. On -crOss-examination
the witness was asked, the overcoat having
been in the the meantime brought in:
How long have you had this overeoata
think this oyercoat I have had since ias'
fall "A year ego this fall.
Il 1t the only overcost you have gota
Yes.
A motion to strike ont all the questions
| bearing an insinuation and their answers Wal
overruled, but the court instructed the jury
that they were not to be considered as evil
dense.
Thomas Whasl, cousin Of Patrick O'Sul-
Ivan, was the next witness. BE was mar
ried and his wife kept boarding house q
which OSullivan and his men lived. ne
was not member of any Irish society. BE
testified that ON Sunday, May 8
when he returned from work hi
found the two Hylands with O'Sulli
van. They all had supper together;
O'Sullivan and the two men went out and
returned about half an hosr later. He re
membered the night before and that O'Sui.
Ivan sat next to him at supper. About hall
past eight his wife and sister went out ant
O'Sullivan and some other men were sitting
In the kitchen. Soon after the women wen
out at about quarter to nine, O'Sullivar
went to bed.
The first witness at the afternoon session
was William N. Glenn, a reporter for tn
Inter. Ocean. He testified that one week afte
the murder Mrs. Conklin told him that thu
white horse brought to her door from Dinan'
livery stable In no way resembled the hors
behind which DIR. Cronin rode on the fate
night; the one which Captain Schaacl
brought she said was q jaded old nag
while that which took DR.. Cronin awe
was q spirited animal. Robert Boying
ton, an inmate of O'Sullivan's house, cor
roborated In detail the testimony of the ice
mans other witnesses. Edward Jones,
reporter for the Daily News, testified that
went to the Carlson cottage with another r.
porter several days after the discovery OF VI
Cronin's body. A story had been told tbs
, morning in vague way about the Carlso
cottage, and as joke on the wa
there they got some cotton batting and
, piece of liver, the blood from which the
c smeared upon the cotton. They went mt
the cellar and put some of the blood-staine
batting in the chinks in the ceiling and
some rat holes in the floor. The witness
response to q question, denied that he had pr
-. 1t there to furnish material for sensation J
his paper. On cross-examinatton the WI
ness said that neither he, nor the rePorte
put any of their blood. stained batting
the cottage up-stairs. John knign
another of O'Sullivan's employees, go
roborated the evidence to sstaeiil
an alibi for the ice ma
Jacob Schnur, trunk maker, testified TN
the trunk which is supposed to have CO.
tanned DR.. Oronin's body, was made IN 2
factory. Patrick Brennan, still another or
ploye of O'Sullivan, elaborated further 81
ieeman's defence. On cross exaninatis
the fact was brought out that the lawyers 7
the defence got q lot of their Witnesses
gether ut O'Sullivan's house last Sunday a.
went over their testimony in presence OF o
entire company. The court then adjourne
The Ocean King ON Fire.
LONDON, Nov. 19--The steamship Gee
King, at Bremerhaven, from New Orleans,
on fire in her forehold.
The Orkio,s Cargo Ruined.
LONDON, Nov. 19.-The fire ia the stea
ship Orkio yesterday at Liverpool was gu
serious. Nearly her entire cargo was ruin
by fire and water.
The Consolidated Road Subscrib
100000 to the Worlds Fair.