The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-13
In the CrOnin Case.

CHICAGO, Nov. 12-At the opening Of the
Crenin trial this morning, States Attorney
Longenecker offered the hair which the
experts had examined in evidence, but did
not offer the other specimens such as the
blood stained pieces of wood. Forest for
the defense demanded that the chips be
put in also and that the hair be left in the
custody of the clerk. This led to bitter
dispute between the opposing counsel
which was finally dropped and Salesman
Hatfield, who sold the property to ]. B.
Simonds, was called to the witness chair.
He positively identified the frame of the
satchel found in the sewer Friday as cor
responding in size with the one which he
sold to SimOnds, and that the material of
the cover and handle were of the same
material. The frame was admitted in evil
dence
Pauline Hoertet, washerwoman. testified
that she passed the Carlson cottage between
s and O'Clock on the night OF the murder
She saw white horse drawing a buggy,
in which were two men, driven up to the
cottage. The larger man got out of the
buggy and taking a satchel or box out of
the buggy entered the cottage. The driver
OF the white horse at once turned round
and drove back toward Chicago. Witness
stated that she then heard somebody cry
ing: 20 GOd' and then sound of hard
blow and of somebody falling.
AT the afternoon session Officer John
Mchlnnon, of the Winnipeg force, was
put on the stand. He told the circumstan-
ces of Burlle'5 arrest
Mckinnon said Burke's ticket to Liver
pool bore the name of w. G.. Caspar. After
time he admitted his mime was Burke
and that he was sometimes called Delaney
Burke said he came from Hancock, Mich,
where he had been working.
Henry plausible, q salesman in shirt
store IN Chicago, testified that the morning
after the murder man came into the store
and bought shirt. When he asked if the
salesman thought the sleeves large enough,
PlausGe suggested that he take his coat off
and be measured. The man refused in a
vehement manner to do this. Then he took
the shirt and went across the street, re
turning soon after with another man
younger and smaller, who also bought q
shirt Plauslie said his first customer was
prisoner Burke and he identified a photo
graph of "COoney the Fox" as the other.
Chief of Police Hubbard testified as to
talk he had with Dan Coughlin about May
% Or "a, asking the detective where he was
on the 4th. COughlin could not exactly re-
member, and when asked about man he
sent over to Dinan's to get rig, he told
the story about the visitor from Hancock
with letter from his, Cougnlin's, brother.
a long Wrangle took place over the tes-
tinony of Daniel Brown, ex-policemau and
ex-member of the Clan-na-Gael.
The states attorney said he proposed to
show that in 1885 this witness had moved the
appointment of committee to try Crouin
for treason; that committee from differ
ent camps was appointed that Coughliu
was member of that committee. and that
Cronin was found guilty of treason and
expelled.
In the course of their talk the lawyers
got this matter tangled up with Crouin's
alleged trial for reading the report of the
committee TO try the Triangle, Sullivan,
F'eeley and Boland, in Buffalo, last year.
Finally Forrest said: ''Now, we are not
here to apologize for Alexander Sullivan
or to defend him, but we protest that the
prejudice which exists against him should
not be allowed to have weight against our
clients. / protest against anything
against Alexander Sullivan being intro
duced in this case. So far as counsel
here are concerned we are willing to say
To perdition with Alexander Sullivan
If they say they want him to perdition,
we are not his friends; we do not repre-
sent him, but what we protest against is
that the prejudice existing against the
name of Alexander Sullivan should be
heaped on the unoffending heads of these
poor men who had nothing whatever to do
with the trial"
Foster said: Counsel for the state ex-
pect to convict my client Beggs, because he
was a friend of Alexander Sullivan. l
submit to your honor that you arr not
going to convict these men upon evidence
they are friends of Alexander Sullivan II
he is black sheep, if els guilty as they
say he is, why do they not indic' nim!'
The states attorney said: ''f some of
his dupes will tell US the facts and truth,
we will get an indictment against him
pretty soon. We propose to show here
that notwithstanding Alexander Sullivan
walks the streets of Chicago, that four
years ago this very same man, who was on
the executive committee ana charged with
fraudulent appropriation of these funds,
Or. Cronir, and that this man
Daniel Couglir was on the committee try
ing DIR. Cron;L for writing circular that
Oh Alexander Sulliean's charac-
teri
Judge Mcconnell finally announced that
he would hold the matter under adv.s 'ment
until tomorrow.
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