Telegram-herald., 1889-10-29
LURED TO HIS FATE.
11rs. CcnkIn Tells How Dr. Cron-a
Was DscoysL
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CHICAGO, Ocs. 5s-At the morning
session " tae Crouin trial the State
called foe Mr CIonin. the brother of Or.
CEonlB, but that gentleman s-s not ln
the roon at that time, and Napier More
lana, GA employe ~ Patrick Oman. the
useryman, ~as called instead. The ex-
animation on behalf Of tie State WAS
conducted by Mr Mills M0relAnd tesll
te- as % the strange man WHO came
% get the horse that C0ughLn
hlred. lie lad on q faded brown over
coat, lighter than brown. 1t was but
toned up bY tNo buttons. and the collar
came nearly up % his cheeks. He wore
q soft hat with a narrow brim Witness
did not see his face. Ia obedience 10
Dinan's orders, and against tho Objec-
tlon Of the stranger, the hostler said be
hitched up the old white horse. Witness
was present when the rig came back
about $50 that night The horse had
the appearance OF having been driven
very fast The buggy was muddy ami
was covered with sand and boulevard
mud. He could not say positively
whether the same man brought the rig
back, bat his general appearance Was
the same.
Mrs. Il. T. Conklin was next called.
She told how the murdered man had
made his home in her family for the last
eleven years, and described the arrange
ment OF DR.. Cronin's office, the rooms IN
the Windsor Theater building. DR..
Cronin took dinner at her house about 5
% b.. - 4
AT 1880 on the same evening the doctor
was in his Office waiting on patient.
A man called and asked 10 see him.
Being told that ne was engaged the
man entered and waited for the ply
sician. He sat on a chair and appeared
70 be very nervous. DR.. Cronin soon
came in, and this man arose and ad-
yanced TO meet him. He said Doctor,
man is hurt and you are wanted to
attend TO him. He is one of O'Sul-
livan's men. O'Sulliyan is out of
town and he said ne had a contract
with you TO attend any of his men" At
the same time he drew from his coat
pocket on the right side a card which he
handed 10 DR.. Cronin. Then DR.. Cronin
asked him how the man was hurt, and
the man said that the man had been run
over by wagon.
When Mrs. Conklin described the man
drawing the card from his pocket she
drew one from her pocket and held il
ont. The card was shown to the counsel
for defense and then offered in evidence
by the State. 1t was, in fact, the iden-
teal card handed to Dr. Cronin.
The doctor said: 'Ill be with you
soon, and began to gather up splints,
cotton. bandages. and so on. The man
said an ice-man had been run over and
hurt by wagon. The doctor got ready
in a hurry, and ran downstairs with the
man, who said be had horse and buggy
outside. Witness went to the window
and looked out. The electric lights
were burning, and she could see
tho horse and buggy plainly. 1t was a
white horse. The horse had a very pc
culiar motion. Il was very restless, and
its knees seemed to be very large. 1t
| had a strange motion with its forelegs
which witness declared she never could
forget. She saw Frank Scanlan approach
the buggy and speak TO the doctor just
as they were about to drive away. DR..
Cronin gave Mr.. Scanlan some keys.
Tho parties in the buggy then drove
away. and that was the last time Mrs.
/ Conklin saw DR.. CrOnin alive.
She described the man who called for
DR. Cronin as follows: He was Of
medium height and seemed well-built
and wiry. His face was sdirty-looking, as if
/ il had not been shaved for some time.
/ He had dark straight hair and such bad
/ eyes. His eyes were the most villain
/ Gus she ever saw.
Mrs COnklin then related her meet
/ ing with OSullivan on the next day
/ in her own house, whittier he had
/ come in response to a call which She
and her husband had made to his
I Office early on Sunday morning
/ O'Sulliyan was not at home this time,
I but afterward came 10 Conklin's. Mrs.
COnklin said that she taxed O'Sulli-
van with the seeming connection be-
/ tween him and DR.. Cronin's disappear
ance O'Sulliyan said he could not ex-
I plain it. He had contract with DR..
Cronin, he said, but ne had not sent for
him. The witness continued:
You must explain it, I said. 1t looks
! very bad for you I can't explain a. he
said / asked him Why be made the con
/ tract with the doctor. who lived seven miles
/ away when there we're others Just as good
near him He said the doctor had been
highly recommended 70 him by Justice Ma
honey. He was introduced 20 the doctor. he said.
[ bv Justice Mahouey about four weeks before I
I asked him II be did not know DT. CTOnin before.
( IL said only slightly I asked him. then. why
I was r. necessary 20 be introduced He
/ said he bad only three men employed. but ex-
/ pected 20 have more. He also said be never
/ had had an accident, but h didnt know how
/ soon one might happen. he was very nervous
all ths time and kept twirling his hat and
would not look IN my face"
on The o5th of May Mrs. Conklin said
she saw the same horse and buggy in
the identical position in which she saw
it on tho fatal evening II was brought
there by Reporter Beck. of the Chica-
90 Times. Nr Beck asked her 20 como
70 the window and look az something.
She did not know what was 20 be shown
her. and was greatly astonished on see-
ing the horse. She said tho animal
was making the Same peculiar motion
with lis legs spoken - above. The
witness most emphatically declared u
was the same horse driven hy tho
stranger who called for Dr. Cronin-
Nr Forrest moved 20 exclude al 'he
testimony given by Mrs Conkln 70 lative
20 what tho stranger said or did al
/ Conkin's chat night This motion was
overraIod and Mr Forrest took an cx-
cepflon.
/ Ne Forrest be-an his cr1su-oxaraira