The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-04
THE CRON1S TRIAL.
Judge Wing Argues That It was not Proven
That DR., CTonIn was Murdered,

Ihht nF' Gronlh was mufueFedP
CHIcAao, Dec. S.-Judge Wing re-
aumed his argument in the cgppin trial
this morning. After touching on q
number Of minor points he took up the
question Of the cause Of death, stating
the law to be that the cause must be
proved in accordance with the terms oi
the indictment, else q conviction could
not follow. In this case Il was charged
that DR., oronin died from the effects OF
the inhiction Of wounds and conclusions
Of the head, The speaker went on to
argue that this allegation was not proved
and that the experts in their testimony
could not say that the wounds on Dr.,
Cronin's head and face were such as 10
necessarily cause death,
Judge Wing next took up the ques-
ton as 10 whether or not the blood
found in the cottage was human blood,
The prosecution talked as II the door
and tue walls Of the cottage had been
dslnged 10 blood, but none Of this blood
has been shown. Experts had testified
to having microscopically examined
dity,six corpusclet, an amount invisible
to the naked eye, tor single drop Of
blood contained many millions OF cor.
pusCles, TheproseCution had brought
IN large sections Of flooring covered with
foot marks mado by paint, but no blood
stains, II was safe TO assume that there
were no such things, or they would
have been shown, There was not cot.
tsgei in the city in which It would be i'm.
possible to find fully as much
blood as was examined by the
experts, and the best evidence
they could give in this case was that II
was the blood Of some mammal. The
speaker then proceeded to attack the tes.
timopy Of Microscopist Tslman on the
subject Of the microscopic hairy fuzz,
which he found In the blood specimens
examined by him. The speaker de-
nounCed Talman as a man OF small ex.
perleuce aud little learning, who posed
rs q professional witness. Judge Wing
then told how the microsc0plsts for the
defense, men OF great learning, had do
clared that II was impossible TO predicate
humanity on any Of these tests, This
closed his address, and Mr.. Ingham took
up the argument on behalf OF the prose-
cution.
Alter a brilliant exordlum in which
he described tho killing Of Dr., Cronin |
and the disposal Of the body, Mr.. Ing.
ham defined and illustrated the applica.
ton Of the law Of conspiracy. He said:
$50, under the law, II these defendants
conspire together, either alone by them.
selves or with others who are at present
unknown, and II some one ot those con
spirators In that cottage on the night Of
May 4 did the deed, then all are guilty"
STRONG POINTS.
The speaker then proceeded To reply
% Judge Wings argument, addressing
himself first to the question Of the value
II circumstantial evidence, and quoting
egal opinions to the effect that II may
% stronger than any direct evidence.
Then Mr.. Ingham proceeded to analyze
he evidence. Why did Burke rent the
Carlson cottage and hold possession OF
t unocclpied month after month? He
vas day laborer, getting 81 so per day
lud working only part OF this time.
Where were the brothers aud sick sister
who, he said, were TO occupy the cottage
With him2 Why did they net appear and
estiiy in his behali2
Four or fve people were 10 live in this
cottage, yet 1t did not contain q single
lrtiCle Of kitchen furniture. II was To
lttend one Of 0'Suilivan's men that the
loctor was called the cottage was close
o 0'Sullivan's house, and Burke told
)'sullivan about II as soon as he rented
I, Alter that 0'Sulllyan vouched for
lim. The speaker dwelt at length
)n the suspicious charaCte1 OF the Ice
mans contract for Cronln's services.
Next the hiring Of the white
horse aud Coughling's suspicious
lctions, his caution to Dinan
o say nothing about It, and his
allure to arrest the driver OF the white
iorse when he found him were dwelt
IN. The driver Of the white horse acted
uspiCiously. He wanted horse with
/ less conspicuous color and lie wanted
lido curtains ID the buggy.
Mr.. Ingham' then proceeded 10 trace
he connection between Coughlin,
Sunze aud 0'Sullivan. The speaker
lext reviewed the light between tlronin
md the Triangle as the moving cause OF
he murder, aud closed with an appeal
or conviction.