The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-30
ALL TIE TESTIMONY IN.
LONGNECKER BEGINS HIS ADJ
DRESS TO THE JURY.

Two Knives Supposed to Have Be.
longed to Cronin Admitted as Evi
dence at the Eleventh Hour-They
Were Found on Coughlin When He
Was Arrested.
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-Among the witnesses
called in the Cronin case this morning tc
strengthen the alibi of Burke, was one who
was silly drunk. After the recess the defense
rested, and States Attorney Longnecker
said: ''If the court please, we have some
evidence that has come to our knowledge
about 10 o'clock, which we have not had
time to look into. OF course, it would be
evidence-in-chief probably, but not having
come TO our knowledge until this morning,
we feel like asking the court to let us intro
duce evidence at this late hour"
After private consultation between the
judge and district attorney, the evidence
was admitted.
Police Officer Bartholomew FLYNN was
then called to the stand and testified as fol
lows: When Dan Coughlin was arrested
was ordered by Lieut.. Elliott to take him
TO the Harrison street station, which did
When we got there searched him III Capt.
Bartram's office.
TWO KNIVES AND A PISTOL.
"These two knives which I have in nv
hand found in his possession. | took the
knives and revolver from Coughlin, took
them back to headquarters, went up stairs
to Lieut. Elliotts office, and then took them
down to my box in headquarters and locked
them up. They were there until Sept 16 OF
II, when l took them over to the Fidelity
vault, where they have since remained
Last night | called the attention OF
Capt. Schuettler to them at the
East Chicago avenue station.
took them to him. l did not disclose the
fact that had them to any one prosecuting
the case. Ex-Capt. Bartram knew | had
the knives, but up to last evening did moi
call the attention of any one else to them.
This closed the direct examination and
Mr.. Forrest moved to exclude the evidence
on the ground that the knives had been in
possession of the state ever since Coughlint
arrest The motion was overruled.
On cross-examination the witness said hC
did not tell the chief of police about tn,
knives, because it did not occur to him thai
1T was matter of any consequence. The
witness had asked Assistant States Attor
ney Elliott for permission to put them il
the safe, but Elliott told him be had better
sonally responsible for them.
SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN CRoNIN's.
I. T. Conklin, the man whom DIR. Cronin
lived with, was called. He identified the
knives as having been carried by Dr. Gro
min when alive. The smaller one the wit
ness had himself carried for two years, and
he then gave it to DIR. Cronin. The larger
one, the witness said, he had found in tn,
fpl,
knives they looked exactly like them.
cdr. Cronin carried the smaller knife il
his vest pocket. The witness saw DIR
Cronin use knife like the smaller one
within week before he was taken away
aud probably within two or three weeks
since he saw him have the other on the
table where he was writing, and sharpening
his pencil. The knives were then admitted
as evidence.
Two more witnesses were examined as x
matters of the saloon opening on the night
of May 4. This ended the evidence, ant
States Attorney Longnecker began hi!
address to the jury.
CONSPIRACY CLAIMED.
Judge Longnecker said he should confnC
himself to the evidence of the witnesses
and leave speeches and arguments to hii
associates: "We contend" he said, ''that
the murder of DR.. Patrick Henry Cronir
was brought about by conspiracy; we claim
that it was concerted and executed, and
that these men on trial are the parties
to the conspiracy, together with others who
are not on trial That Is our position. We
further claim that 1t was a cold-blooded
conspiracy, a conspiracy that is without q
parallel; cold, deliberately planned con,
spiracy, that if true, as we under
stand it from the evidence, would
chill the blood of the warmest
heart; a conspiracy that is most
terrible in its effects. II this conspiracy, a,
we contend it IS, had been planned fol-
weeks and weeks before its execution, and
if that be true, then, gentlemen, you must
notice the line of evidence in the case ia or.
der to !come to a correct conclusion
We claim that this evidence itself
without showing connecting point of it
self. shows that the conspiracy was con-
certed by the prisoners on trial"
GREAT STRESS LAID ON DATES.
Judge Longnecker repeated a sarcastic
the prosecution laid great stress on dates
and said that that was true; that dates
would plav an important part in deter.
mining the cases. He then went over the
chain of evidence OF such successive dates
upon each other. He began with
the explosion in Clan-na-Gael Camp
No. 20, and cited the testimony to
the appointment Of q committee to try the
''triangle;" the reading of DIR. Cronin's
minority report of that trial committee
Dan Coughlins motion for an investigation
into the reading of that report when every
body knew all about it; O'Sullivan's in-
sidious and threatening remarks about DR..
Cronin as traitor and disturber; the hiring
of the Clark street fat; the Correspondence
between Beggs and Spellain referring tc
the "penalties" to be inflicted upon some
unnamed agitator. the plans laid early in
February to provide alibi testimony, etc.
He had not concluded when the court
adjourned for the day.