Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-01
And Other Furniture for Carlson
Cottage Identified.
a Legal Fight Between the Counsel
About Throwing Out Testimony.

CHICAGO, Oct. 81.
In the Cronin case this morning, Patrick
McGarry, who occupied the chair at the
time Of adjournment, last evening. was still
Z witness.
Donahoe, of the counsel for the defense,
moved to strike out that part Of McGafry's
evidence given yesterday, In which McGarry
described his visit to the house of defendan,
o'Sullivsn after DIR. Cronin's murder and 1t
which time he que STONED O'SuIlivan closely
about his contract with Cronin, and O'Sulli-
van exhibited considerable nervousness.
After long argument it was decided to
postpone decision on the point till this
afternoon, In order to allow the counsel
time to present the authorities.
Pending that, the cross-e3 animation Of
McGarry also was postponed.
George Reilly. bar keeper. was called to
the witness chair. He testified that in
the latter part of March Coughlin, O'Sullivan
and others were in the saloon and we're talk.
ing politics. when Coughlin said that q Ger
tain North Side Catholic was talking too
much aod III At if he did not keep his mouth
shut he would get the worst of it.
w. p. Hatfield, salesman for Revell &
Co., was called and told Of selling to 4 man
calling himself J. b. Simonds, bill Of fur
uiAuIS as thAtu " ~ SlAIA street.,
and subsequently conveyed to the Carlson
cottage.
SimoDds said the furniture was for tenn
porsry use. After Hatfield identified the
furniture, the trunk in which Cronin's body
was carried away was brought into court.
Hatfield testified that it was identical with
the one sold to Slmonds. On cross-exsmina-
ton he said he could not swear it was the
identical trnpk hapuuou hia Hprp nj ,ob
hand always and perhaps other dealers did
also. 1t could not be sworn positively that
the furniture in the Carlson cottage was the
same as was sold to Simonds, but it was pre-
cisely like it.
When the court resumed session the jury
excluded matter hessstrking out of the witness
evidence as to what WAS said dur
ing his visit to O'Sullvan's house the Sunday
following the murder, was taken up. The
court finally decided to exclude all talk in
regard to the former attack on Cronin. This
was not satisfactory to the defense. Finally
the crosse eXamination of McGarry was re-
sumed.
John W. Sampson generally known as
"Msjor" Sampson, was next called to testify.
He said that two years ago Coughlin tried to
hire him to slug" Cronin. The witness on
cross examination admitted that Cuughlin
arrested him three or four times, once for
robbery. and that he had been convicted of
passing counterfeit money. He was a gamb-
Ter by profession.
c. O'Keefe, Cronin's tailor. said he atteB J.
ed the meeting at Camp 20. September, 1888.
After the meeting he had q conversation with
defendant Beggs about Cronin and Alexau.
der Sullivan. Witness said: John +.
Beggs said he did not have much confidence
in the new executive and said Cronin was not
the proper man to be in the trial committee
to try Alexander Sullivan He said Cronin
was not III man to belong to Irish societies"
The cross examination brought out that Beggs
objected to Cronin being on the committee
to try the tria ,gle because he was an enemy
TO Alexander Sullivan
Cornelius Flynn corroborated O'Keefe's
testimony. Edward G ThrolImorton, clerk
in q real estate office, testified to renting
rooms at liz Clark street to J. B. Simonds.
Aaron Goldman, collector for the same firm,
testified that the rooms at NJ Clark street
were occupied the 18th of March last and on
the 2lst he found them vacant. James II.
of the firm which controlled the
rooms ut III Clark street testified to that
fact. Court then adjourned till tomorrow.