The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-06
.NR. HYNH'S ARGUMENT,
His Eloquent Plea for the De-
tense in the crouin Case,
AN ALlBI FOR o'SULLIYAN
And coughlIn the Burden of HIS
speech-He Gets In Some Strong
Points Not Hitherto Madeaud
Occupies the Whole Day,


CHICAGO, Dec, 5,-When the court wa
called TO order for further hearing in th,
Cronin case this morning, Mr.. Hynes, o
counsel for the prosecution, took up tn,
argument to the jury, He began hil
argument by Rrraying facts to show tht
defense had been organised before the
murder was committed, There wa
evidence Of that in Bsgg's declarations
that DR.. Cronin would turn up; ia the
sending Of dispatches to the effect thai
Cronin had been seen in Canada; and
this defense was only thwarted by the
discovery Of DR., Cronin's body which
had not been bestowed according to the
programme, In the presence OF bis
dead body 1t could not be claimed that
he had gone to England to testify as a
British spy against Parnell, But counsel
for the defense evea contested the iden-
tifcation Of the body until DR.. Cronin's
clothes and his instruments were found.
Then for the lirst time they admitted
that the identification was complete. II
the clothes had not been found perhaps
the persons who sent the dispatches
would have been put upon the stand 10
testify that they had seen DR.. Oronin
alive alter May 4. And so the defense
had been reduced 10 the claim that IL
had not been proven that DR.. Cronin
died OF the wounds inflicted. The
speaker then reviewed the evidence OF
the medical experts 70 show that their
evidence sustained the statement that
he died oi the wounds on his head.
Mr.. Hynes next took up the alibl ayi.
dence Ia 0'Sulliyan's case and at con.
siderable length proceeded to show in..
consistencies ID 1t. He then said that IL
was not necessary TO Claim that 0'Sulli-
van was in the cottage when the blows
were struck In TACT, II was better that
he should not be- seen by Cronln on his
arrival there, Tor Cronin llad been told
that he was out OF town.
The speaker next turned his attention
to Coughlin, saying that not only did
Nieman swear that nc drank with 0'Sul.
liyan that night, but also that lie was
seenin that neighbOrhood byan acquain-
lance that afternoon. Both agreed that
he wore Prince Albert coat.
Merits, the milkman, saw a man at
the Oarlsos cottage whom he believed 10
be Coughlin, but all this aside, II made
no difference whether CUughlln or
O'Slllivan was at the Carlson cottage,
whether either OF them struck q blow al
DR.. Oronin, the grave crime was the
conspiracy 10 murder. Mr.. Hynes then
analyzed the testimony for Coughlin
given by his brother policeman, saying
II was strange that they should keep
their knowledge TO themselves till they
came upon the witness stand. Then
he took up the matter OF the
man Smith, who gaye the white
horse and declared Coughlin not only
allowed the man To 20 away, but gave
false descriptions Of him, saying that he
was cross.eyed and mistating the cut Of
his hair. II the story about Smith that
he came from Hancock, Aiiclr., was true,
why was he not put on the stand?n On
this point Hynes said: "No man wor-
thy the name; no man unless he were
the worst cur, would remain concealed
when the man whose kindness aud
accommodation 10 him had placed him
under accusation OF this awful crime.
II Smith were innocent he would come
forward and tell the truth, and yindiCate
Dan Coughlin."