Evening journal., 1889-11-20
0'SULLIvAN WAS IN BED.
He Remained at Home the
Evening of May q.
WITNESSES FOR THE ICE DEALER

MoFuinS.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20.--In the Cronin trial
Nieman, the saloon keeper into whose place
the Hylands claim they went on the evening
Of May with O'Sullivan, pronounced their
story false. He says they are not the men
he saw. Both the Hylands in their testi
mony declared that when they entered
Nieman's saloon, between Q and 10 o'clock,
there was nobody present but Nieman him
self. Nieman says that, at the time they
mention, more than twenty men were in the
saloon. he has given the names Of several
OF them to the state, and they will be called
when the state opens its rebuttal proceed
ings
= More Alibi Evidence for Copgbiin.
Redmond Mcdonald, policeman Of the
East Chicago avenue station, testified that
he went to Casey's funeral on the afternoon
of May A. He went on duty as patrolman
at o'clock that evening, his beat being on
the west side Of Clark street and east side
Of Wells street from Oak street to Chicago
avenue He remained on duty until o'clock
in the morning He saw Dan Coughlin that
night as the latter was going into the sta.
AtQhs AbOAb CsnJ VI ~ " hAolh- NAtitnH M&Ar
on Wells street, and was just going 10 the
patrol house. Witness was a member OF
Camp 90 On his cross-examination witness
said he did not ask II all the horses were in
at Dinan's stable on Saturday night He
knew Coughlin was suspected man, h,
said because he read it in the papers. Wit
ness upon being pressed said that he did not
know that not word had been printed on
the subject until three days after the corpse
had been found in the Lake View catch
basin.
Helping Ont the Iceman.
William Mulcahey, an employe Of OSul-
livan, the iceman testified that a man re.
sembling Coughlin called at the icemani
residence in April and asked him IL he knew
Kunze. On his replying in the affirmative
he told him TO notify him (Copghlin) by tele-
phone 10 the Chicago avenue station when be
turned up Coughlin was confronted with
the witness, but the latter would not swear
that he was the same man. Mulcahey went
ON to say that in April he was troubled with
a sore leg and that O'Sullivan told him to &c
down and see DR.. Cronin, as he had con.
tract with him. He also swore that on May
he was out with OSullivan peddling ice
until late in the evening. They went home
and had supper. OSullivan went TO bed al
9o'clock, the witness following soon after.
About 10 o'clock he was awakened by hear.
ing some of the workmen returning. OSul.
livan went down and let them in. He and
O'Sullivan remained In the same room for
the rest Of the night.
Signs OF a Poor Memory.
Witness had got 100 cards from OSullivnn
toward the last Of April and distributed
them around the stores aud saloons. He had
heard old man Carlson talking to O'Srllivan,
and the latter said that he did not know any
of the perties that had rented the cottage.
On cross-examinationb by Judge Longeneoker,
the witness exhibited a poor memory. He
said he had known OSullivan's brother and
had brought a letter Of introduction from
him 20 the Lake View man. Although be
had occupied the same room with O'Sullivan
he could not tell the color Of his underwear,
what time be went TO bed or what time he
got up. He admitted that O'Sullivan might
have left the room without his knowing it.
Did lie Drive the white Horse?
The witness was piled with questions con-
rerning the clothes he wore and how often
he was shaved in May, which led to the sus-
picion that the states attorney believed that
the witness was the man who drove the white
horse. Forrest objected 10 the questions as
insinuating, but the court ruled otherwise.
o'sullivan Was at Home.
Thomas Whelan, a cousin Of OSullivan,
with whom the iceman and his employees
boarded, was the next witness. He remem.
bered the evening OF May 4. Witness had
supper with OSullivan and the rest OF the
family, and went TO bed early. O'Sullivan
had gone to bed previously Whelan slept
very soundly, and II O'Sullivan went out he
did not near him. Tho witness also remem-
bered Sunday evening, May g. When he
came home that night he found the two
Hylands az his house. They and O'Sullivan
wen, out about 10 o'clock, and OiSulliyan
returned alone, the Hylands having gone
home. This was to fortify the evidence OF
the Hylands as to their drinking with
O'Sullivan in Nieman's saloon At the con
elusion Of Whclans examination court ad-
lournod 20 2 o'clock
A Reporter Testifies.
William M. Glenn, a reporter. was the
FIRST witness at the afternoon session. In an
interview, May II, Mrs. Conlxlin told the
witness that Capt Setback had brought 4
horse to her on the day before, and that II
in no way resembled the one that took DR.
Cronin away; that it was a jnded old nag.
NAA'
was q spirited one
The Witnesses Disagree.
James Knight, an employe Of O'SulHvan,
gave testimony corroborative Of Witness
boynton relative to the occurrences Of the
night Of day 4. On the cross examination
ne severely impaired the attempt Of the de
fense to snow by former witnesses that early
in the evening on May when the Hyland
fant He'd Dfkl,t
he said OSullivan was at home at o'clocl
that afternoon and remained there until b,
lett with the Hylands at 10 o'clock.
The trunk Maker Testifes.
James Ninnehan, another emplove o.
O'Sullivan's repeated the story about wha
took plcce at the O'Sullivan household q,
May A. He also rendered null to q prea
extent the testimony Of the Hylands. win,
declared that they did not visit O'Sulhvan,
house between May and last Sunday. b,
swearing that he saw them there on MAY Il
Continuing, Minnehan said that he 20
O'Sullivan's cards from the printer last Ma,
and distributed number of them daily.
Jacob Schnur, the trunk manufacturer
testified 20 having examined the blood
trunk, lock and paint stained key in posse
sion Of the states attorney; that he mani
Kactured the trunk and many others like
and that the key and lock had many dupl
Gates
Patrick Brennan, another employe
O'sullivan's, told of being in the iceman
house on the night of May 4, Of all havin
supper between 1850 and o'clock, and ,
O'suilivan and Mulcahey going to bed t,
gether ut 8 o'clock
Court then adjourned.