Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1889-11-23

that she SAIL:
That hat is the one worn by DR.. Cronin
when he left my house on the evening OF
May t.
did you ever see that overcoat"
eyes. that overcoat is DR.. Crouin's."
when did you last see it"
zine last time before seeing it in your
office was on May 1. DR.. Cronin wore it
that evening when he left my house."
Did you ever see that box before"
81 did in Dr. Cronins possession. That
is the spllnt box he took with him the
evening of May l."
Did you ever see that sachel before?
eyes. That is the leather hand sachel
he carried his surgical instruments in. He
took it out with him on the 4th Of May.
"Did you ever see that pocket cass be-
foreg'
eyes, often. described 1t before it
was found. 1t was Dr. Cronin's"
Ibid you ever see that book of surgical
and medical references
eyes 1t wsS DR.. Cronin' s."
Are you able to identify that coat"
eyes it is the dress coat DR.. Cronin
wore the evening he left my house. He
wore in the button hole of it badge of
the Royal Arcanum just like the one pro-
duced. "
''Do you recognize that cuff botton"'
eyes, it was DR.. Cronin S, "
The prosecution then offered all the ar
tlcles identified as evidence in the case.
Clerk J. F. Hatfield, of Revell & Co. IS
store was called to identify the framework
of the sachel found in the Lake View sewer
containing the clothes
The sensation of the morning was fur
nished by Mrs. Pauina Hoerbel German
woman who lives near the Carlson cottage.
81 was passing the Carlson cottage on
the night of May 4, some time between
and o clock, when | saw two men in
buggy drive up to the cottage. One of
the men got out aud went up the STEPS.
He knocked. Some one came to the
door and the man went in"
"What kind of looking man was he?''
''Big and broad shoul Tered. -
"Did he have anything in his hand%'
'H es, he carried something like a
sache 1t looked as though it might be a
surgeons case. -
What kind of horse was it that drew
the buggy"
at was white"
There was a buzz Of excitemei.o at this,
for any one in the court room could not but
remember tine color of the horse which on
May Dan Coughliu hired "for his friend
Smith"
The witness stopped in front of the cot
tage and h ard the sounds of the death
struggle. When the tall man entered the
house some one Immediately closed the
door Then there was the noise of Il
great struggle. She heard sounds as
though heavy blows were being dealt some
one Then she heard some one cry out:
'Ob, my GOdn'
There were few more noises as of
some one struggling" said the witness
''and then all was still.
''After tue man went INTO the cottage :"
continued the witness, 'the man who was
yet III the buggy turned away and drove
south on Ashland avenue. "
did you not hear the word Jesus ?"
81 did. | heard some one cry out, %
God O Jesus' and then there was the
sound as of some one crying or moaning ,
and the sound of blows. Then it sounded
as though some one fell, and there were
more blows, and | heard something sound
like something breaking. Then | heard
more cries and moanA and then the sounds
seemed to die away and all was still -
What did the noise sound like?''
at sounded as if some people we're fight
was still"
The witness seemed to be an unsophisti-
Gated German woman, and the evidencA she
was giving was SO plainly a truthful state
ment of facts that it impressed every one
as being the last link in the chain of cir
cumstantial evidence which the State
promised to weld around the accused
The appearance of Burke and Cough
] 70. La - Al !
m.rder of Dr. Cronn was more grave
than at any time dur ng the trial Each
man seemed completely paralyzed hy the
evidence. Mr.. Forrest mad always main
tanned that Dr.. Cronin could not be trace |
to the cottage on that night. While Mrs
Hoertel did not positively identity DR..
| Cron her description of him. the cir
cumstqnces Of the white horse, the instru
ment case the meu took from he buggy,
! and every incident shows as clearly that
! the do tor was in that cottage on May 4,
at o'clu k, as though a photograph OF
! the men was exhibited TO the jury A
| look of blank despair seemed to cover
Coughin's face, aud the first expression
! Of real anxiety which Burke has show.
since the beginning OF the trial came over
his countenance. KGrze did not appear
affected by the witness story, and o. Sulh-
van was as stolid as ever.
The attorney for the defense took the
! witness all over her route from mer own
. '-,-.,--- :" TIA time eLe hes:S 10 noises in
The .e".-aE Gotta e, after seeing the
white horse. She repeated without devia-
ton the answers given in her direct
| examination as TO the streets she Travelled
before reaching the cottage.
Judge Wing drew from the witness the
statement that the night Of May was a
bright starlit night, aud that there was
no lamp-post nearer tho Carlson cottage
than a block distant and that she was not
nearer the white horse than the distance
across the court room"
On the re-cross- examination Judge
| Wing uestioned the witness as 30 her
whereabouts and occupation each day from
May ! to May TO- and Mrs. Hoertel knew
every event occurring in th, PERIOD.
Henry Folauski, restaurant and hotel
keerer, was the next witness called In
reply to his question he said
81 was employed last May In Mr.. Bach
arach's shirt store - North Clark street.
4 | was there Sunday May 5, and sold some
shirts there that day" Witness then told
| of man coming la between y and 9.l5 in
/ the morning and asking for a shirt. In
order TO insure a M witness asked him 10
4 remove his coat that he might be measured,