St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-06
Cronin Suspects Fare Badly
at the Hands Of Attorney
Hynes.
The Eloquent Irish Advocate
80 Demonstrates the Weak
un ~
sd ness of Their Defense.
Detective Coughlin's Double
Dealing Puts Him in a
Bad Light.
The Anxiety Of the Triangle
to Prey Upon the Honest
san Cause.


SO
&c CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-The fact that Mr..
Hynes was to address the jury in the
Cronin case this morning drew great
crowd, and Judge McConnell's court
room was packed to the doors. Many
men of prominence and ladies of social
distinction were present, The eloquent
Irish advocate began his speech to the
jury by congratulating them aud him
self on the near approach of the close of
the trial. All possible safeguards, said
Mr.. Hynes, had been thrown by the
law around the rights of men accused of
crime. Hearsay testimony had been eX-
cluded and the strictest rules had been
laid down defining the limits ofevidence
which might be adduced against man.
A this had been done in order that it
might not be possible that "a man might
be accused behind his back, tried be-
hind his back and killed behind his
back-killed first and accused after
ward" AS the attorney uttered this
sentence in imprisoned tones he eX-
tended his hand toward the men on
trial. The inference he apparently
wished to draw was that this method of
procedure. forbidden by law, was pre-
cisely the course followed by the men
who
FIRST KILLED DIR. CRoNIN,
and accused and tried him aft rward.
1.-The defense IN this case has been very
much narrowed since the 4th of May"
said Mr.. Hynes. ION that date DIR.
Cronin was taken from his home and
murdered. On the 5th, his friends be-
coming anxious. ayOwed that he had
been murdered. On the 9th and Sth
the facts were published in the cOmmu-
nifty. Then the work of attempting to
destroy the character of the dead man
was begun. Dispatches were received
from numerous points that he was alive
and well-that he had been seen there.
On the Sth John f. Beggs said he knew
DIR. CrOnin was all right and would
turn up'-that he was in the inner cir
Gle and knew what he was talking
about 1t was denied by all the dnpes
of the triangle that DR.. Cronin was
dead. He was alive and was all right,
they said" Continuing, Mr.. Hynes
said: "There is no doubt that the plan
of the triangle, which miscarried, was
to have taken the clothes of the dead
man to England, where they would be
found, and then the triangle could point
he was British spy and went to Eng
land to testify against Mr.. Parnell i'll
the London Times suit Even at the
beginning of this trial." said Mir. HyneS.
''the defense actually contested the
- IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODY"
THAT has been abandoned, of course,
since the discovery of the clothes and
the Instruments, but Judge Wing asked:
is il established beyond a reasonable
doubt that DR.. Cronin died from blows
on the head, as charged in the indict-
ment?' This is really confession of
the weakness of the defense" The
alibi of O'Sullivan engaged the atten-
ton of the attorney to considerable
alibi was Slfted until but very little re-
manned. The abSurdity of the story
told by the Hylands about their being
i'm Nieman's saloon on Sunday, May 5,
with the ice man, was held prominently
to view by citing the evidence of Me
man and Anderson, who sWOre that the
saloon was full of jewellers, whereas, ac-
cOrding to the lily lands. it was empty.
The holding Of an opening in the saloon
OH that day supported the absurdity.
Moreover, one of the men whom Me
man swore to have come to his place on
Saturday night, May 4. with O'Sullivan,
had the accent of IL COMMUNICATING
an IriShman does not possess. KunZe'S
intimacy with Dan Coughlin and the
coEStancy of their association. it was
held, was sufficient argument that as
Kunze was so much at home at lii
Clark street, that he
WASHED HIS FEET THERE,
COughlin very likely frequented the
place. Dan COughlin's alibi was then
taken up and some very interesting
views were presented. Three of the
witnesses who gave the testimony saw
him on the steps of the East Chicago
avenue station at three different times
on the night of May 4. The failure of
Coughlin to bring Smith into the sta
ton when he found him was argued
with telling effect, as was also his err
rOneOus description of Smith. the driver
of the white horse. "They say that
Smith did not return to the city be-
cause, no man. no matter how innO-
cent, suspected of such crime would
return to face the charge. There
is no man in the world, unless
he were the veriest cur that
ever lived, who would remain
away when by returning he could save
a friend on trial for his life" On the
Identification of KunZe by Mertes, At
tOrney Hynes dwelt but a short time,
but did very effective work. To Sus-
pect Burke's albi Attorney Hynes next
gave his attention. After commenting
on the contradictory nature of Matt
Donahy's evidence, he referred to the
pitiable impression made by the wit
ness who had attempted to refute the
story of the hackdriver, Swenson, by
declaring that he was drunk. The mo
tive of the great conspiracy was the
next theme for the orators elOquence
and thought. He said it might possibly
be that the appointment of secret COM
mittee at the meeting of Feb. was not
for the purpose of murder. But. if it
had an innocent origin why had not the
members of that secret committee come
here to tell for what it was appointed?
The correspondence between BeggS and
District Officer Spellman was
THEN READ AND INTERPRETED.
Beggs in it, referring to CrOnin reading
the report had bemoaned the reOpening
of old sores, and had declared that
something must be done to stop it, To
this the district officer replied that he
could not do anything. and on that day
the senior guardian received that letter.
a man by the name of j. 3. SimondS
rented the fiat at lit Clark street, and
purchased the furniture at Revefs.
On that day the removal of the clothes
from the body was determined upon.
for the Satchel in which to place the
clothes was bought. 1t was determined
that the body must not be found here.
1t would not do to let it be known that
the murder was committed in this
Icouhtry. That would have been an
acknowledgement of the truth of DR..
iCronin's accusation against the tri-
angle. And this was not desired be-
cause the executive wanted to continue
to prey upon the honest cause. Here
the speaker stated he would not be able
TO finish his address during the session.
but would do so shortly tomorrow, and