The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-11-11
IN THE SHADOW OF THE GALL0WS.
Belief In Chicago That the cronln
Suspects are Guilty.
wherein Last Weeks Testimony
Gives Grounds for the Belief.
Sandbagging Adopted to Prevent the
Appearance Of a Witness.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, November 9.-The testi-
mo. ~ of this week in the Cronin case has
cast the shadow of the gallows on four men.
If the jury think as do the public, the con-
spiracy is proved, and consequently all are
doomed.
To the present Burke alas been posi-
lively connected with the Carlson cottage
and the bloody trunk in which the remains
OF DR.. Patrick Henry Cronin had been car
ried to the Lakeview catch basin. Proof
was never more absolute than that connect
ing him with the trunk, in which was found
human blood and lock Of Dr. Cronin's
hair. Supplemented by his flight to Canada
and his desperate fight against extradition,
his guilt cannot be doubted.
Coughlin, like Burke, 0'Sullivan and
Beggs. was a member of the Clan-na-Gael
and hostile to DIR. Cronin. Coughlin had
repeatedly threatened Cronin and told Spell
man that the doctor ought to be killed.
Coughlin denies having been to Lakevlew on
the evening of the murder. but has been
identified by Milkinan Mertes as going into
the Carlson cottage, and by liquor dealer
as having taken drink in his saloon at IL
o'clock on the night of the murder.
Coughln, while city detective, had also
engaged the white horse which was used to
drive DIR. Cronin to his death. Afterwards
he acknowled yed to his superior officer that
he had seen the man who drove the horse.
and, although sent out purp0Sely to arrest
him had allowed him to go.
Coughlin, Burke. O'Sullivan and Beggs
ere ao1ghn o9G g E were % ver1 ntmats
as evidenced by the iact that they talked re-
peatedly to each other over the telephone,
especially during the week previous to the
murder. They were also twice seen near
the cottage on the night of the murder.
O'Snllivan lives near the Carlson cottage
and made a contract with DR.. Cronin, the
result of which was that the doctor was
driven to his death.
O'Snllivan denied having been out of his
bed more than five minutes after o'clock
on the night of the murder. That five min
utes was before o'clock and was spent with
one of his men. He then, he says, immedi-
ately returned to bed. A saloon keeper,
we'll acquainted with him, and who, the day
take ice of O'Sullivan, swears positively that
O'Sullivan was in his saloon at IL o'clock on
the night of the murder.
Z O'Sullivan also denies having known
Burke while that defendant was living in
| the Carlson cottage. Burke himself had
told old Mr.. Carlson that O'Sulliysn would
| be responsible for the rent, and OSullivan
| had told Mr.. Carlson that he knew Burke.
or Williams, as he called himself.
One Of the charges against the defendants
| will almost inevitably result in a verdict Of
| guilty against Kunze, as he was seen to drive
| Coughlin up to the Carlson cottage on the
| night Of the murder, and afterwards. the
| same night, was seen in a saloon with O'Sul-
| livan and Coughlin.
| The evidence against Beggs so far is moi
| conclusive. He was senior guardian OF
| camp 20 and an active opponent OF Cronin
| He suppressed the findings of the COMMITTEES
| appointed to investigate the conduct OF the
| doctor, and which so FAR has not been made
| public.
In the main the above are the strong point:
1 against the defendants. They are filled In
| and corroborated by mass OF minor anC
| convincing evidence.
But the motive, what induced the men Il
make way with DIR. Cronin? There Is moth
ing to show anything other than politica
/ or society antagonism between any of th'
%as af eVtf9 pR6fs grHe' GgonlI
| der Sullivan, Feeley and Boland with EN-
bezzlement and clamoring as constantly fol
meeting and verdict of the Clan-na- Gae
trial committee appointed at Buffalo to In
| vestigate DR.. Cronin's charges against the
| triangle.
| But what possible motive could Beggs, {
shyster lawyer, Coughlin, a city detectiyt
| and ward politician, O'Sullivan, an iceman
Burke, plug-ugly, and Kunze an almos;
feeble-minded German, have for numbering
| Dr. Cronin?
Alexander Sullivan's bondsmen were to
day released from Sullivan's bonds Of S25,
600, in which sum the leading Triangler wa
held by the coroner's jury. Subsequent
grand iuries have failed to return indict
ments. and there was no way of longer hold
ing legally the man whom every Chicago pa
per has charged with melting the tools nov
on trial to do the murder.
Today's testimony was mainly that of ex
perts. Walter f. Haines, professor of chem
istry in Rush Medical College, swore thu
stains in the Carlson cottage and in tn
trunk were made with blood Professo
Tolman, microscopist, testified positivel
that the blood was human blood.
Mrs. Mandie Morgan. supposed to be al
important witness for the state In the Cronil
case was sand bagged and rendered uncon
scious last night by an unknown man. Mrs
Morgans thick hair deadened the force o
the blow and saved her life. The man
supposed to have committed the assault t
prevent Mrs. Morgan's testimony bein
| heard in court,