The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-14
MRS. MORGAN,
An Important Witness in the
CrOnin Case, Sand Bagged.
Dr.. CrOnin's Clothes and In
strument Found.
Another Disastrous Flood at
JOhnstOWn, Pa.
A Peculiar Sentence -. Other
Items Of Interest.

CHICAGO, Nov. s.-Mrs. Mandie
Morgan who is said to be an important
witness in the Cronin case, was sand
bagged last night by an unknown per
son, and as result Of the blow is now
IN dangerous condition. Mrs. Nor
gan was returning from a visit about
$3.50 last night. To shorten the dis
tance, she walked through the alley in
the rear of the house. She had Just
entered the alley when a person closeN
wrapped in a heavy shawl stepped
from the shadow of the building and
dealt her severe blow on the head.
Had it not been for the roll of her hair
the blow would have probably killed
her. For nearly an hour Mrs. Morgan
was unconscious. Upon recovery she
described her asSailant as a man dis
guised as woman. The police are
searching for the person.
WITNESSES EXAMINED.
CHICAGO, Nov. S.-Gerhart Wardel.
gardener, the first witness in the
Cronln trial this morning, testified that
on the night of the murder at about
half past 10 o'clock he saw two men en-
ter the Carlson cottage. They were
unknown to the witness. Through an
opening made by A broken Stat on one
OF the blinds the witness could see there
was a light inside. The witness then
went home and on the following morn
ing, the day being Sunday, he went to
the o CLOCK mass, passing the cottage
on the way to church. On being Ques-
toned the witness said that on the side
walk in front of the cottage and to the
south of the steps he saw stains which
resembled blood stains The cross-ex-
animation developed nothing of inter
est.
Archibald Cameron. keeper of a
saloon on Lincoln avenue testified that
he knew John kunZ3 one of the de-
PENDANTS. and that lie saw KunZe in
his saloon about the middle of April.
Detective COughlin was with Kunze
and John Dunn, a plumber. was there
at the time it WAS in the evening.
kuEZe introduced Coughlin to Dunn
saving, "This is a friend of mine. :"
The cross examination was uninteTest-
ing.
DR.. James K. Egbert, county physi-
clan, testified that at the time of the
autopsy he removed two locks of hair
from the head of DIR. Cronin and that
it was put into a jar containing alco-
hoI. He also gave portion of it to
Police Captain Schuettler.
DIR. CRoNIN'S CLOTHES FOUND.
CHICAGO, Nov. S.-The sensation in
connection with the all absorbing
Cronin case to-day was the finding of
the surgical case and clothes of the
murdered physician and the forging of
| another link in the chain of circum-
stantial evidence that clanks ominous-
ly around the cOnspirators. For some
time complaints have been made to
hGa ~
View station, that the sewer at the
intersection Of Evanston avenue and
Buena avenue was flush and running
| over. To-day two or three sewer
cleaners We're detailed to investigate
| the cause of this trouble. After some
| hooking and digging two valises were
unearthed.-One a leather and the
| other the remnants or paper one. In
| the leather Valise was found DIR.
| CrOnin's prescription book with
| several prescriptions bearing his sigma
ture. The paper one dropped into
| pieces as it was pulled out, and from it
| rolled out mass of tattered clothing
| that bore the evidence of having been
| cut into strips by a sharp knife. The
only intact garment was a vest which
was in the center and which encirc1ed
| the doctors case of surgical instru-
mentS. The clothing had evidently been
| cut and the buttons removed in the
hope that they would soon drop apart
and he borne away in the waters of the
lake. The surgical case and perscrip-
| tiOn book bore the doctors name. and
| they, as well as every article of out
ward clothing were recognized by the
Conklins and dozen others as the
property of the murdered physician.
The most damaging of al circum-
stances for the prisoners is the fact
that all this was found only one block
from the spot where the bloody trunk
| was found after it had been thrown
hurriedly from the wagon on the night
of May 4th, or half mile south of the
spot where DR.. CrOnin's body Was
found. The paper valise is supposed
Ill. SimonGs" from y II. Reyel & Co =.
| and tomorrow a clerk from that store
will endeavor to identify the rem
| nants.
a tragic event which occurred lust
i'll front of the court house while eyery-
body was examining these articles
caused the widest excitement and for
time was supposed to be the de-
Monument of this great murder mys-
terry. A shot was heard Just at the
entrance of Judge McCOnnells court
and supposing it to have con-
nection with the sensational trial the
state 8 attorney and a dozen of law
yers and reporters rushed from the
states attorneys Office into the street.
Stretched lengthwise on the sidewalk
was strong man with a self-cocking
revolver in his hand and brains oozing
frem his skull. He was quite dead and
as no one could identify him it was at
once presumed that his tragic death
had some mysterious connection with
the sensational discoveries of the day.
After an hours investigation by the
states officers however. it was ascer-
tanned that his name was Edward
Rheme, and that ne had been known to
be partially insane. His dea h was
doubtless d. . to suicide while IaborinR
under mental alteration.