The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-09

| I'll few days ago. when she came into the
courtroom 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 grcat impression on her, and
| she knew him mt once. Mr. Forest made the
witness look away from Burke and the jury and
then describe his features and the color OF his
| hair. This she did.
| Mr.. Forest for the defense, raised tho aues.
tion rs to whether this tcs timony was applicable
to any other one OF the defendants except
| Burke.
| The Court dccid d that that was question
which would have TO be decided by subsequent
| developments
Jonas Carlson the owner of the cottage was
the next witness. He corroboratcd the testi-
mony OF his duughtcrn-aw about the stranger
coming to rent the cottage. The witness then
/ aid: 'Hc asked me If 1t was my house, rs he
~o.-' led to rent the house. 1 told him yes. He
said, ';et me see tho house. and we walked
over to the house, and took the keys and went
| up to the house with him. We entered by the
back door, and he looked around and said there
| were six rooms. How much do you ask for ity
! said twelve dollars q month He said, Can
| You take elcvonY NO, L can not I said. Il
will give you the money now he said. Then
got the money, and my boy gave him receipt
| when wa went back to the other house."
Carlson went on to say that the stranger who
gave the name OF Frank Williams, said that he
| had three brothers, and his sister was TO come
on from Baltimore to keep house for them. He
had bought the furniture and IL would arrive in
| two or three days. The stranger then took the
| key. Tho witness said he had met and talked
with o Sullivan, one of the defendants, many
times OSulvan lived in the immediate vi
cinity.
Jos. L. Brousc, n photographer took the wit
ness stand and identified photograph shown
him as one taken by him. 1t was picture of
the Carlson cottage and O'Sulivans house and
ce-houso. 1t was placed in evidence.
John G. McDavitt n clerk in the criminal
court, Unidentified diagram made by him of the
neghborhood of the Carlson cottage and of the
| cottage itself, the size and location of whose
rooms he described 1t was admitted in evil
dence.
Jonas Carlson was then recalled, and his testi.
mony on behalf of the State was continued.
| He said that the stranger, after renting the
| cottage, walked across lots to O'Suivans s
| stables, where he met O'Sullivan and talked
| with him. Witness heard Burke say TO o Sulli-
| van 1.-THE cottage is rented" The next time
the witness saw Burke was ut about clock
| on the afternoon OF May A. few hours before
| DIR. Cronin was murdered He stood on the
| front steps of the cottage. At o'clock that
| night the witness heard two men talking in the
| cottage. They were talking sin a hard voice.
as Carlson expressed 1t. In April the witness
| had q conversation with OSullivan about the
men who had rented the cottage. O'Sulvan
he was 'al right" and that he would
pay the rent when due. On May 10 Carlson
| had another conversation with O'Suivan,
in which he told O'Sullivan that the cottage
was vacant, and that he had received letter
from the man who had rented it, asking him,
(Carlson) to put the furniture in the basement,
| and saying that he had painted the parlor floor
to save his sister the trouble of scrubbing it.
| OSullivan remarked that he was having hard
luck with his cottage. The letter spoken Of
| and its envelope were identified. on the Goth
of May the witness entered the blood-staned
| cottage, he said, and proceeded to describe the
| conditions there apparent.
At this point in the examination Mr.. Mills
paused for q moment, as ifrealizinG that crisis
| in the examination was near at hand Leaning
slightly forward, he put the momentous ques-
| ton to the witness: II will ask you If you see
that man now!" After scanning The faces of
attorneys, jurors and audience for some time,
| his eyes finally lit upon the form OF man, and
the witness walked up 10 the defendant. Mar
| tin Burke, shook his hat at him and eXclaimed
| That's the man."
Despite his utmost efforts to appear uncon-
cerne1, il was evident that Burke fully realized
the damaging nature of old man Carlson's tes-
| timony. MIR Mills was not slow to clinch his
advantage. SIS that the man" he asked dnd-
eating Martin BurSe), "at your place YOU called
| Frank Williams" and the witness unhesisat-
| ingly answered, "Yes, sir
CHICAGO, Nov. 2-Charles j. Carlson, son of
the owner of Carlson cottage, was the first wit
ness in the Cronin case this morning. He testi
| fled as follows:
was sitting with my wife and my father in
the house in the rear of 1872 Ashland
| avenue in the forenoon, some time about the
| 10th of March last, when there was knock
| on the door. and q gentleman came in and
said he wanted to rent the house The stranger
| said that he expected some brothers and n Sis
ter from Baltimore to come and keep house
4 ia Hal~
so, when his sister would come from Baltimore.
| He gave his name as Frank Williams Subse.
| quently he brought the furniture. Williams
came again, Aprit 90, to pay tho second months
rent. never saw Williams again until saw
him in Winnipeg.
| @. Can you point out Frank Williams in the
courtroom? a. Yes, sir.
| @. Point him out please A. The second
one there (pointng to Martin Burle)
Kunze was pointed out TO him by counsel for
! State but the witness could not identify him as
| any one he had ever seen before.
The witness was subjected TO long crosseX
animation, which did not develop any new
facts. He was followed by Johanna Carlson,
his mother
| The States Attorney directed that she point
out the man known to her under the name of
| Frank Williams, If in Court. She pointed to
Burke, and said That's him. next to the fell
low on the pillow"
Hollan Martinson, the eXpressman, pointed
| out Martin Burke as the man who hired him
to move the furniture. He said he had seen
Burke in Winnipeg on the 2lst of June last
and had there Unidentified him in the jail
yard.
| Aftera long cross examination the Court adj
| journed until Monday.
| 1t was announced this afternoon that Senator
Kennedy, the Wisconsin lawyer who has been
of counsel for Burke, had withdrawn from the
case. IT said that he was dissatisfied with
the position assigned him.
Edward Spcllman, OF Peoria, the district
officer of the Clan nagael, sent telegram
TO Sheriff Matson to-day saying that he would
arrive here, prepared to testify in the case on
Monday morning,
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