Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-01
His Graphic Account of Cronin's
Murder.
MANITOBAN WITNESSES TO TESTIFY
A Sheriffs Posse in West Virgins
Turn Lynchers.
A CHINESE BATTLE IN SAN FRANCISCO
BURKE'S CONFESSION.
He Tells the Whole Thing and the Law
yers Believe 1t.


WINNIPEG, MAN, Nov. L-Gillette says that
Burke told him Cronin was dubbed the
moment he stepped through the door Of the
Carlson cottage.
HE was very strong" said Burke. at the
same time applying very impolite epithet to
the doctor, land it was q bigger Job than We
had expected"
Burke said that after the murder they put
the body in box and drove to the lake shore.
Not meeting their confederate they threw the
body into the lake from the shore, but the water
was shallow and they were fearful of its being
washed ashore. so they put it in the box again.
The body bled profusely and they had to cover
up the blood stains by shoveling soft sand upon
them. Then they took the body back to the
| city and dropped it into the catch basin where
it was found.
Burke also said that q man who worked at
McGinniss' fish and oyster depot, West Randolph
street, was to have taken hand in the murder
but his heart failed him and he backed out at
the last moment
Burke said he himself rented the Carlson
cottage and put the furniture in. When they
got to the catch basin they could not get the
body in and had to double it up While work
ing at it they got scared by some passing
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finish the job. Burke said that when the
police of Winnipeg searched him they found
everything but the check for his baggage
That they missed and his baggage went on to
its destination
Gillette pressed Burke to tell him whv they
had conspired to kill Cronir He said he had
squealed on man who was short in his accounts
and was traitor and had been false to the
cause and it had been decided he should be put
out of the way.
The lauvarS ara .o%;.eod xhox Al.
true in every detail. Gillette is retiring into
| the solitude OF Stony Mountain penitentiary for
ten years. Mills and Heffer have practically
the same story, and the question is how to get
them to Chicago. Heffer is a tough and Mills
| very little short of a lunatic. Still they can
undoubtedly give very important evidence if
they can be got to testify. Gillette was pressed
| to say whether Burke had ever mentioned
Alexander Sullivan. The prisoner said Burke
had once or twice referred TO u lawyer named
| Sullivan.
| THEY CHANGED COATS.
When Martensen, the expressman, came TO
Winnipeg to identify Burke he (Gillette) and
Burke exchanged coats When Martensen was
brought in Burke whispered to him: That's
| him; know him, but he don't know me"
| Referring to the murder Gillette said: .'As
| nearly as can call the names he said that the
| men who killed DIR. Cronin were himself. a
Dennis and Dan Coughlin a Pat Cooney and
one whose name don't remember. One man,
he said pulled out at the last minute This
man worked for Maginniss. fish and oyster
man on West Randolph street and the Hay
market. He did not say what weapon they
used. but that 1t was something like a club.
| When DIR. Cronin was down they pounded him
| all over the face 80 as he could not be recog-
| nized."
Burke would not say who struck the first
| blow. According to Gillette Burke told him
| all the details of the crime-regarding the put
ting the body in the trunk, driving with it to
| the lake and afterward to the manhole of the
sewer. The money given them for the murder,
Burke said, was paid them in Office ON Dear
| born street, south Of the fremont house.
Zone day l asked Burke if he would accept
q, 200 and give the whole details away. He
said he would not do it for S20, 900, as he would
be killed if he did"
THE TRIAL TO-DAY.
CHICAGO, Nov. Attendance is small Kunz
no better, sits pillowed in a rocking chair
Yesterdays line of proof went on today. Martin
McHale, carpet layer for Revells. swore he
laid a carpet on the floor of the front room of
the top fiat of III Clark street, February 20 to
22 He identified the carpet. His description
of the man in the room was the same as Hat
fields and Throckmorton's yesterday of -. b.
| Simonds."
After the shipping clerk, delivery man and
other employees of Revers had testified the
first important witness Of the day.
| stand. The young woman began her testimony
| very timidly. After a few questions she be-
came so nervous that her replies were almost
inaudble 1t frequently became necessary for
the court stenographer to repeat aloud the
barely uttered sentences which fell from her
| lips. The audience in the court room, assum-
ing that revelations of the most startling char
acter were being made. craned their necks in
the direction of the witness stand. The ex-
citement became intense, as Mr.. Mills
put the next question. The witness
| then went on to state how, on the Goth of
March, while she was at the Carlson's a man
came to rent the cottage which stood near the
house. He said his sister was to keep house for
him and that he had some furniture he wanted
to move in at once. He gave his name az
Frank Williams.
DRAMATIC SCENE.
'Mrs. Carlson" asked the lawyer, "do you
see that stranger in the court room now?"
"Yes, SIR"
'swill you point him out to the jury?"
There he is" (the witness pointing directly
'Do you mean Martin Burke that MANI" con-
tinued Mr.. Mills, pointing to Burke again.
'Yes," replied the witness, and that ended
her examination.
Mr.. Forrest then cross-examined the witness
at great length, going into all details
the Carlson's house. She testified that she had
never seen Burke from the day
he entered the cottage until few
days ago, when she came into
the court room for the purpose of identifying
him, yet she recognized him Immediately.
His eyes, hair and mouth and his peculiar
way Of looking. she said, made q
great impression on her and she knew him at
once. Mr.. Forrest made the witness look away
from Burke and at the jury and then describe
his features and the color Of his hair This she
did.
DoDoxRa
Capt McRae Of Winnipeg has consented to
come and give his evidence against Burke. He
and Spellman, the Peors witness, are both
''dodging." Spellman was one of the first men
TO send money for the prosecution He got in
with Luke Dillon and 20 deceived Longenecker
that no cubpona was served ON him Il was
supposed he would be . voluntary witness
Dox'T WANT WINNIPEG TESTIMONY
Judge Longenecker says he knew of Burke's
confession TO the Winnipeg prisoner. Baker
informed him - soon - he himself learned il.
Longeuecker says there 10 nothing in the con-
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