Evening journal., 1889-12-04
KUNZE'S DRAMATIC CRY.
He Loudly Protests His limo.
cence In Court.
GOADED by ATTORNEY INGHAM

no Nfieh Win uphfted Hands, GOD
Knows Am Innocentp'-one OF the
States Lawyers Sums Up In the Cronir
Trinl-The Great Conspiracy.
CHICAGO, Dec. 4.--Judge Wing finished his
speech on behalf Of the prisoners in th,
Cronin murder case In the morning. He
directed his efforts mainly 10 Coughlins
branch OF the case. He admitted that
Coughlin and Kunz were seen ia Lake View
together, bat their errand was a political
one. When they went to Peoria together II
was not on a matter pertaining to the muir
der Of Or. Cronin, but TO look up some facts
connected with distillery explosion.
As for the frequent telephone conyersa
tions between Coughlin and O'Sullivan, they
proved nothing. He said: "Men did not
usually plot murder over the telephone
Attorney InghAm Commences.
Attorney Ingham then commenced his
speech for the state "rhe sanctity OF hn
man life In America is In the keeping OF the
jury he began. "rhe law provides that
the man who takes human life shall be pun
ished, but it Ia the jury only that mete out
the punishment Mr.. Ingham spoke very
rapidly and soon had the jury and specta.
tors Interested To the law and the evidence
Of the case, he said, he should conflne him.
self, but before the echo OF the statement had
died away he had launched himself into
general argument, and chained the attention
OF everybody by the force Of hts reason &c
and the logic OF his conclusions Attorns4
Wing had made the burden OF his argums~1
the unreliability OF ciroumstantial evidence
and 70 "A contradiction Of such an argument
Attorney Ingham FIRST paid attention. He
said that in not one book Of legal learning
could line be found that defined circum-
stantial evidence as less trustworthy than
direct.
The Law Of Conspiracy.
The law Of conspiracy was next defined
and the fact brought out that il mattered
not whether O'Sullivan was in bed. Coughlin
at the East Chicago avenue station and
Burke in Danahy's saloon, II they were in the
conspiracy they were equally guilty with
those who struck the blows. Then the evi.
dence, bit by bit, was analyzed Attorney
Wing had pleaded that not one bit had any
thing in it Of a criminal nature. This Mr.
lngham admitted, bat how about the bits or
links when bound together Separated they
were indeed a shnpeless and uninteresting
mass, but when placed in their proper place
and bound together they look very dark for
the defendants.
The suspects Look Hopeless.
The facts hitherto brought out and appar-
emily incapable Of further development tooh
on new phases under the speakers skillfu
handling, and the faces Of the suspects
showed that they felt their case GROWN.
more hopeless.
The Events AZ the Carlson Cottage.
Attorney Ingham opened the Afternoon
session with a review of the events at the
Carlson cottage. Everything was, he said
arranged for the reception Of the doctor at
the cottage The difficulty was, how was
he 10 be gotten there. DR.. Cronin was not
"A surgeon of any distinction. Notwithstand-
ing this, T. O'Sullivan made contract
with him for the care OF his injured EN-.
ployes. The iceman had told the doctor
that he would be called for by man bear
ing his card. He said nothing about tele.
phoning, much speedier means. This was
the contract, and IL was successful AS for
the hiring OF tho white horse that was very
simply explained. Dinan had supplied the
police department for years with horses,
and Coughlin, knowing the livery mans
natural reticence IN connection with police
work, had hired the horse from Dinan for
his friend Smith. But Dinan's suspicious
had broken down his custom, spnd he in
formed Capt. Setback Of the circumstances.
The Breadth Of the Conspiracy.
The attorney said the conspiracy included
more men than those on trial, but to the
disappointment Of the audience he mon
toned no names. The acts Of the conspir.
acy, he declared, were not buried forever.
only because, as In all large conspiracies,
the heart Of one man failed him. The ac-
complice who had been entrusted with the
charge Of bringing a boat to carry the body
out into the lake was terrified and unable tc
carry out his part
The conspirators were therefore compelled
to dump the body into a sewer. twas their
intention to take the dead mans clothing to
a foreign shore, there to be found ON an un-
recognizable body, but the failure OF the
boatman thwarted their plans
The speaker then attacked the alibi OF
| O'Sullivan. The men who had furnished il
with life were men whose livelihood had de-
pended on the prosperity Of the icemnn and
it was but natural that they should desire 10
assist him.
Kunze Creates n Sensation.
The attorney then referred 10 the part
taken By Kunze ia the conspiracy, and asked
why it was that the suspect admitted 70 a
witness that he expected 10 be arrested in
connection with the Cronin murder
Red in his face, Kunze sprang from his
chair and shouted ia answer, Because Coke
told men
Two bailiffs tried to quiet him, but he
kept on bis feet for a moment and raising
his hands on high be exclaimed with great
earnesiness, 'God knows, am innocentr
Air. lngham ended his address with a brief
admonition TO the jury 70 do its duty Court
then adjourned for the day