Telegram-herald., 1889-11-20
The ALIBI.
p Called % ths A4c OF Couznno
sad OStlIllszn-
II RESULT IS sOf SATISFACTORY.
umsss sr1snas - tAs ssspeets Ts.-
ufy la Their bsa&iL ssn sfak.
se-as DsciasaiY 3sEi14s
Hlaudars.

fsen $50 aEd o'clock. ard
lding thst be szs not a. home 1ers
sag vita his cousin and ia nos re-
RI again anll ABOUT 2 oclocz He
rEoborzted his cousin : story IN most OF
sdstzils relative 20 theiE visit - Me
an's
On cr0ss- xaIli1arion witness said -
1e~ several mem sers Of Camp 20
1ere we're = feN remarks made ar
eglliFan's house ABOUT tne dsaDpear-
lcs of Dr. Cronln, blt not much Nas
al Then an effort vas made % zel
ON oim 4 deseri ption 0f the dramatic
iens between Osu.ilvan and PAT Mc-
AIRY. which be- must have heard Il he
a. IA the iCem8ns house between :
"a Q oclock, bat To failed on account
The stiffness poor memory. He visited
Sullivan for me purpose ~ getting
- lstters influence Ia securing his
lasin Job he contradieted his
llsln on half a dozen material Doints.
az the most important one ~as relative
The meat hs a-e ~ O~lihVan
.ble tiat Sunday night The other
Wand had said 10 vas hot. while
ls second one Was positive that 10 was
I'D Before he left the room he and
unze we're placed back % back By
adge Wing Cor she purpose OF compar-
ig their height The little German
as tribe the taller. but the Irishman
a. heavier and better built than the
risoner
An aiibi for Coughlin vas the next
linx in order and ex-Detective Mike
Fhalen. Coaghllns old partner. was
ailsd 20 the stand tn lay the foundation
pr IT, He set out by identifying May 4
the day be attended the funeral OF a
iuron stfset salOon-keeper and grocer
amsd John Casey. He further identified
~ day a. the one on which Lieutenant
,rennan had been restored % the chief
ierkship of the department That
ight between 7.30 and o'clock Whalen
aw COughin standing in tront Of the
hicago Avenue station. and about Q
clock he and Coughl n and officer John
lfel went into Msloney's saloon next
. the station and had a drink together.
fe claimed also % have seen Coughlin
regular intervals until nearly mid
light. when be went home.
Mr. LOngenecker In his cross-ex-
rninaticn called Whalen's attention 20
discrepancies between his testimony
iven from the stand and that given az
he coroner's inquest. where be said be
aw c0ughlin at o'clock de denied that
- had ever said % Captain Schaack or
o the chief OF police in the pres
nee OF the mayor and others that he
hdn't know where Coughlin was the
light Of May a. He gave the Old reason
or not bringing in the man Smith when
te and Coughiin met him on Michigan
street The captain had said
hat Mrs. Conklin had failed 20
IDENTIFY Dinan's white horse, and
as inferred that Smith was no longer
wanted. smith Is the man whose
rrest had been ordered. and whom
-0ughiin and Wbalen had been directed
70 nud. because the former had said he
~as he man Cor whom be had ordered
the rig at nuan's stable.
OHcer Suft. the next witness, said
that ia May De was a patrol sergeant az
shs East Chicago Avenue station, but
that in the latter part OF June be was
reduced % the ranks and was now a
patrolrnan- He corroborated Whalen in
the statement he made as % drinking
with Coughlin in Gleason's saloon on the
night of May A. Judge Longenecker
conducted the cross-examinatiOn, be-
ginning By testing tho witness memory
for dates
Finally witness got down % the date %
the order be received % instruct the pa
trolmeu toinquire a. livery stables as 70
what horses wers olt saturday night.
This be said was Sunday. May 5.
'sYou are sure DO was sunday morning.
Nay 50" Judge Lonrenecker asked.
Yes sunday morning
The newt morning after you drank
with CouVhlin2"
The very next morning.
Forrest fastened % correct the police
mans hlnnder which. if all owed -
stand. threatened 20 destroy the whole
aIibi He asked Stiff IL no did not mean
Monda7 morning and he used every art
known 20 a trained lawyer % point out
his mistake bus Stiff. with an 0bstinscy ,
almost unparalleled. persisted that u
was sunday
When he left ths stand a lawyer for
she STATE whispered 20 a reporter that
Couvblin's alibi was done for 'If >tif'
wa as slid in his guess about The mig l'
Of May as he wss about sunday morn
iur.r he said. "it VIII be difi0ul'
for the defense to prove that its
alb = worthy ~ belief Why II va
simply impossible for him 20 have rs
eeived such an order from Captain
e,haark on That sunday morning. be
ranse no less shan three of our witnesses
have shown that Schasck lSaew noth
Ing about the murder until sundays
noon"
saloon keeper Nienan saw he 'w'
Hvlsnds On The witness stand Monday
and smpha.icaiy declares they were no
The men who drank AZ his bar wi-i
Creullivsn on tha night 90 MAY Ihe-
nay have been in -he saloon or tn'
nigh ~ May 7 1ut 81 so their evh1enr'
that there was ne one present save f1'
bartenasr "a false. Nieusn 3erlare
asat ha bad an opening tnsf can1a'
afternoon and ths bar-rooTu vas croWte'
~ith a large party Of jolly friends, rh'
remained until long after MD
night At cha hcur ths HTla7t
sav thar entered. between ans
n o'elceE. Niewso claims t1at cher
wa-e upwards - twenty men seated
tha beer tables sr3 staudinE before t1
bar Ha has Furnished tta ~nte
tae names 7f ss mary ~ lis friends q
r. can renerr her. and sltrwnas har
been issaed fer them al 70 arrear vhe'
fhe state opens rs rehrttal pr,ceetlng
Cslckso. Nov ~ The first wi mess o
fha morning session Of -he Cr0nln ---a
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