The Portland daily press., 1889-11-07
THE FOURTH MAN WAS N The TRUNK.
An Attorneys chastly Joke in the
cronIn Murder Trial.
restlm ony TO corroborate the Win
nipeg convIct's Story.
Kunze identified as Having Been in
the Clark street Flat.

crowd at the Cronin trial. but the one this
morning surpassed anything in that line
which even this celebrated case can show.
Yesterdays vacation seemed but to whet
the appetites Of sensation-seekers, and fully
1000 would-be spectators were clamoring for
admittance when the trial began.
R. T. Stanton, editor of Lake View pa-
per and job printer, was the first witness.
He identified the card given to DR.. Cronin
by the man called for the doctor on the night
of his death. 4t
-Ex-Captain Violliers of Lore View, hold
ing mis- office at the time Of DIR. Cronin's
murder. testified that he also held the posi-
tion of commissioner of public works at that
time. The witness identified a blue print
map of Lake View, and pointed out min
utely the route which the State will attsmpt
to prove was the one taken by the wagon
which was used to aid in disp0sing of the
BODY of DR.. Cronin. The detailed explana-
nation was purely technical and brought out
accurately the scheme of the prosecution in
the stress laid on the exact location of streets
and distances from point TO point.
Attorney Forrest, for the defence, attempt
ed to prove that part of the route was very
poor, and another part very, good driving.
This brought out the usual tilt between him
and Attorney Hynes.
"Now, wasn't it easy at that time to drive
wagon containing only trunk ON Bryor
Mawr avenueW Attorney Forrest asked the
witness.
''And four big men, besides the trunk"
chipped in Attorney Hynes.
why, the State only claims there were
three men in the wagon, and here my distin-
guished friend wants to stretch it to four"
explained Attorney Forrest, rolling bis eyes
triumphantly at the jury.
"The fourth man was in the trunk" added
Attorney Hynes.
1t was CHASTITY joke, but it ''caught on
with the crowd. which had oyer-excited it
self in attempting to follow Captain Well
lers explanation Of Lake View street.
The witness testified that on May 5th, a
broken, blood-stained trunk was brought to
his office. 1t contained a quantity of blood
stained cotton batting and lock of hair
was glued to the side by some coagulated
blood The historical trunk, about which SO
far has grouped the greatest sensations in
the court room, was again brought in.
Witness had noticed the appearance of the
trunk particularly. He had become accus-
toned to SO notice possible evidences of
crlmlnailty in his official capacity, The cot
ton batting in the trunk was soaked partly
with, water and partly with blood. The
trunk shown in evidence was the identical
trunk brought into his office. He had
turned the trunk over In exactly the same
condition., to his successor, Capt. Wing.
being soaked with water was bit of evil
dence liable to prove fatal point against
Burke in the hands of the State. Heffner
the winnipeg man who was there impris-
oned with Burke says Burke told him that he
(Burke), Coughlin, Beggs and O'Sullivan
had murdered DR.. Cronin, and that they had
In vain attempted to shove the trunk con-
tanning the body into Lake Michigan. The
waves constantly washed the body back to
shore, and finally Burke suggested they
should throw the remains into catch basin.
Heffner will deliver his testimony on the
trial in few days and the fact that ex-Capt.
Villiers testifes the cotton was watersoaked
will be strong corroberatiye testimony.
Herman Theel, saloon keeper, who
found the trunk on the morning of
gone out early Sunday morning
with 4 friend on Evanston avenue. On the
west side of the street, on part of the road
lnfrequently travelled, he had seen trunk.
saw in it the blood-stained cotton and the
lock of hair. The trunk was broken and the
lid easily bent back He and his friend car
ried the trunk nearer the road, and leaving
it there went ON to Edgewater.
For the ninth time during the trial the
trunk was identified. Winess was positive
it was the one he had found. The blood in
the trunk had partially coagulaGed, but was
fresh. There was little water
in ths trunk. He had found the trunk on
and seven in the morning
Herman Pansee. TheePs companion on
the hunting trip during which the trunk was
found, corrOborated Theel's testimony.
At the opening of the afternoon session,
Job Phillips of Lake View, the policeman
sent out to bring in the trunk, after its dis
covery, told of the contents of the trunk as
he found them. Witness identified the
trunk in the court room as the one he assist
I'd in removing from Evanston avenue to the
police station. On the 23d or oath of May,
The witness went to O'Sullivan's house to ar
rest him. While there, 0'Sullivan, looking
toward the Carlson cottage, saw number of
people going into 1t, and said: "What in hell
are they going in there for; the damn FOOLS"
Capt. +. II. Wing, of the Lake View po-
lice, VINO accompanied Officer Phillips on
The trip when the trunk was brought in, was
The next witness. He told the story SUBJ
70 receiving a key from another policeman
which fitted the lock of the trunk, and on
1ne end of which was some yeflowish paint.
The relevancy of this, ret to be shown, is
that the key was found in the Carlson cot
Lage and the paint ON it is the same as the
paint on the cottage floor.
Police Officer Geo. Hiatt, of the Chicago
force, testified that following the discovery
Of Cronin's body, he and Officer Larch made
careful search of the Carlson cottage. He
Identlhed the paint smeared key as the one
found by himself and Larch in the cottage.
VIM. l.. James, a lad of 16 years, testified
That IN February last, he occupied room in
the Opera House Block overlooking the up
per nat at III Clark street. In that month
he often saw two men in those rooms. He
Identified the prisoner Kunze as one. Kunze
was washing his feet, and as he discover ed
me witness looking at him, pulled down the