The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
BURKE IDENTIFIED
As THE MAN WHO HIRED THE
CARLSON COTTAGE.
0arritty on the Stand-He Says Cough
lin Wanted Him to Engage Sampson
to "Slug" u Man.


lin Wanted Him to Engage Sampson
to "Slug'' u Man.
CHICAGO. Nov. 2.-Martin McHale, carpe
layer, was the first witness in the Cronil
trial yesterday He testified that the carpe
bought by ~. b. Simonls' in February las
was laid by him the witness on the floor of I
room at III Clark street. The witness wa
then shown a piece of carpet, presumably
from the Carlson cottage, and he identified
it as identical in pattern with that which HI
had laid in the Clark street ROOM
After the shipping clerk, delivery man
and other employees of Revells had test flied
the first important witt. of the day, Annie
Carlson, was placed on the stand. The young
woman went on to state how on March ~
while she was at the Ccrlsons, 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 as Frank Williams.
"Mrs Carlson" asked the lawyer, "dO you
see that stranger in the court room now"
eyes sir"
"Will you point him out to the jury"
"There he is"
(The witness pointing directly to Martin
Burke.)
''Dou you mean Martin Burke-that
man?" continued Mr.. Mills, pointing to
Burke again.
EYES," replied the witness, and that ,nded
ler examination.
Mr.. OrreSt then crOSS-eXamlned the wit
ness at great length, going into all details of
bon rpifS tn fla (o1 .lsOp,
house. She testified that she had never seen
Burke from the day he entered the cottage
until a few days ago. when she entered 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 great im'
preston on her, and she knew him at once
Mr. Forrest made the witness look away
from Burke and at the jury, and then des-
ribe his features and the color Of his hair.
This she did.
Mr. Forrest, for the defense, raised the
question as to whether this testimony was
applicable to any other one Of the defendants
except Burke
which would have to be decided by the sub
sequent developments Of the trial
Jonas Carlson the owner of the cottage,
was the next witness. He corroborated the
testimony of his daughter-in-law about the
stranger coming to rent the cottage.
During the afternoon session Jonas Carlson
was recalled and his testimony on behalf Of
the state was continued. He said that the
stranger, after renting the cottage, walked
across lots to O'Sullivan's stable, where he
met O'Sullivan and talked with him. Wit
ness heard Burke say to O'Sullivan,
''The Cottage is Rented"
The next time the witness saw Burke was
at about 5 o'clock ON the afternoon of May
4, a few hours before DIR. Cronin was muir
dered. He stood on the front steps of the
cottage. At Z o'clock that night the wit
ness heard two men talking in the cottage.
They were talking Gin hard voice." as
Carlson expressed it, In April the witness
had conversation with O'Sullivan about
the men who had rented the cottage. O'Sul-
livan told him that he knew one of them
that he was "all right" and that
he would pay the rent when due On
May 10 Carlson had another conversation
with O'Sulnvan, in which he told O'Sullivan
that the cottage was vacant, and that he had
received a letter from the man who had
rented it asking him Carlson to put the fur
niture in the basement, and saying that he
had painted the parlor floor to save his sister
the trouble of scrubbing it. O'Sullivan' re-
marked that he was having hard luck with
his cottage. The letter spoken of and its en-
velope were identified. On May 20 the wit
ness entered the blood-stained cottage he
said and proceeded to describe the condition
there apparent. The examination OF this
witness had been prossaic enough up to this
point 1t continued as follows:
Q-How many times altogether did you zee
the man calling himself Frank Williamsa
A-Three times.
Q-That is in the neighborbood of where
you lived on Ashland avenue
A-Only two times there
Q-You saw him once besides those two
times?
Ayes, sir. NJ
At this point in the examination Mr. Milly
paused for moment, as If realizing that al
crisis in the examination was near at band.
Leaning slightly forward he put the momen-
ous question to the witness. "Do you see
hat man nowV'
Slowly raising his head, the witness per-
nitted his glance to travel over the group of
awyers and reporters Immediately at his
'eet, and thence in bewildered way to the
,ack Of the court, in an endeavor to pick out
rom the sea of faces the man he wanted
Evidently fearful that his witness might be
Unable to identify the man he sought in the
lensely packed court room, Mr. Mills came
o his assistance Extending his hand he in
Heated the back of the court room and in.
vited the witness to step down and pick out
he man he wished him to identify.
Look back of the lawyers. Mr.. Carlson, ~
aid Mr.. Mills, as the old gentleman ad.
,anced with hesitating step, and scanned
he faces OF the counsel for the defense He
lad hardly uttered the words when the wit |
less, walking straight up to the defendant. |
iartin Burke. shook his hat at him and ex |
laimed,
That's the Man.
)espite his utmost efforts to appear uncon- |
erned, it was evident that Burke fully real |
1ed the damaging nature of old man Carl |
on's testimony. Mr. Mills was not slew t. |
Inch his advantage. as that the man. he |
sked indicating Martin Burke). whom at
our place you called Frank Williamsr and
he witness. unhesitatingly answered, yes