The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-14
GONE TO THE JURY.
THE GREAT CRONTN TRIAL,
ALMOST ENDED.
The Instructions of the COurt-A
Long Consideration of the Mat
ter by the jury ExpeSted-NO
VerdlGt Last Night.

The Instructions of the COurt-A
Long Consideration of the Mat.
ter by the jury ExpeSted-NO
verdict Last Night.
CHICAGO, December 13.-Luther Latin
Mills, an eloquent lawyer who was ex-
pected to make the closing address for
the prosecution in the Cronn case, was
too i'll to do so, and the prosecuting attor-
ney, Longenecker, closed the case today.
At the close OF Judge Longeneckcr's ad-
dress, Judge Mcconnell read his charge
70 the jury.
In nopening his address to the jury, Judge
Mcconnell, after defining murder and
accessory, ClrcumStantial evidence and
conspiracy, said, in regard to Beggs that
1t was not sufficient for them to find
hat the resolution was adopted for the
appointment OF a secret committee in
Camp 20, February 8, but it must fur
ther appear beyond all reasonable doubt
chat such Il committee was appointed by
BCggS, and i'll turtherance OF conspiracy
70 commit murder. If the jury believed
any or all of the defendants had con-
Spired to kill Cronin, they were guilty of
murder, whether the identity OF the ac-
tual murderer be established or not, or
whether such defendants were present at
the time OF the killing or not, whether
Burke rented and furnished the Carlson
cottage or not; and Notwithstanding
that the jury might believe that Cronin
was murdered i'll the cottage, vet they
would not be justified in concluding that
Burke was party to the alleged con-
Spiracy unless Burke's acts were intended
Dy him to assist in the murder. The
same applied to Coughlin act in hiring
Dnan's horse, and to O'Sullivan's con-
tract. The jury could not legally convict
| upon the mere doctrine OF chance and
probability; and if, after careful consid-
Grafton, they did not feel morally certain
Of the guilt of the defendants, it was the
Jury'S uuty to aCquit them.
After the retirement of the jury, and be-
| fore the prisoners were escorted back to
Jail, there was considerable discussion
over the question of which of the articles
| offered i'll the evidence should be taken to
the jury room for the inspection of the
| jury. This discussion lasted fifteen or
twenty minutes, and, in course of it,
counsel for the defence formally renewed
the various motions before made against
the introduction in the evidence of those
| specified, consisting mostly of the trunk
valise in which the clothes were found
the instrument case, O'Sullivans cards,
trunk strap, the doctors memoranda
fbook, etc. In short, only the articles
which were offered in evidence which
were not taken to the jury room were
the doctors clothes; and had the State
insisted, they would probably also have
gone to the jury, but Longenecker did
not press the point, and, as the defence
objected, it was decided that the clothing
should not go TO the jury room, unless It
was so requested by the jury later in it's
deliberations.
At 4.35 p. m., the court adjourned un-
til 8 p. m, at which time the jury in the
case, it it has agreed upon verdict, will
be brought into the court room.
Although there is naturally no we'll
founded ground for the suppostion, it is
generally expected that the deliberations
Of the jury will be long, tiresome and
stubborn, and no one expects verdict
before late in the night or sometime to-
morrow.
Judge Mcconnell came into the court
at $50, and, after waiting a few min
utes, lett again without opening the
court, as there was no communication
from the jury. He said he would return
at 10 O'Clock.