Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-25

rangements with Cronin by which IL the lat
ter received one of O'Sullivan's cards he
was to accompany the messenger, in order
TO attend professionally upon any of O'Sulli-
vans men who might be hurt in handling
ice for hlm.
Ihe state attorney pointed out that this
seemed queer contract, for up TO this time
there never had been an accident TO one of
O'Sulivan's men, and there were many
doctors nearer than Cronin, Before that
Daniel Coughlin had declared in saloon
that there was certais north side man,
leading Catholic, that would soon bite the
dust, or something to that effect. O'Sullivan
was with Coughlin that night,
Longenecker told about Coughlin's ar
rangement with Livery Stablekeeper Dinan
and said the state would prove that Coughin
was seen going into the Carlson cottage the
night of the murder, and that the horse and
buggy procured at Dinan's livery stable was
the rig IN which DIR. Cronin was driven to
the Carlson cottage.
"At meeting of Camp 90, on the night of
May B some one inquired whether that
secret committee had reported, whereupon
Beggs SAID ,.oo ~a,,u, . -, ~,
not to the camp
parties that Cronn was spy; that year
before he tried to hire man TO slug DIR.
Cronin.
1--WE will prove that O'Sullivan was seen
at certain point on the night of May 4,
was not in his house at the time.
ION the 9th of May Martin Burke had a
box, the contents of which were not seen.
soldered up by a tinsmith. Where that box
is or what became of it no one knows, but 1t
Is an important circumstance in the case.
1--WE will prove that Kunze was seen in the
fiat on Clark street at the time it was occu-
pied; that he had been intimate with Cough
lin; that he and Coughlin were at Peoria
together; that KunZe stated to a man when
the papers were talking about Cronin's dis
appearance that he (Xunze) knew Cronin
was murdered.
After the discovery of Cronin's body and
its Identification Martin Burke left the city
under an assumed name and was arrested in
Winnipeg, having in his possession ticket
to Liverpool"
Mr.. Longenecker went on to say: "Auy
one who looks at the facts or evidence can
see very readily that the acts committed are
of themselves conclusive that they are the
result of conspiracy" He went on then at
considerable length to define the nature of a
conspiracy and the liability of the accessories.
He added that the state would present evil
dence as speedily as possible.
The counsel for the defense one by one
waived their right to make each an opening
address, and the taking of testimony began.
The first witness was Francis Villers, eX-
| captain of the Lake View police. His testi-
m0ny was unimportant, except ss to the one
| fact that he knew DIR. Cronin in his lifetime
and that as the body was being conveyed
from the catch basin to the m0rgue he had
| identified it as that of the dead doctor.
James Il. Boland, cashier in coal desler' $
| office, and an associate of DR.. Cronin in vari-
| Gus secret societies, also gave testimony as
| to the identity of the body, and as to the To-
cation of Cronin's Office. Lawyer Forrest,
| for the defense, elected from Boland on
| cross examination the fact, that contrary to
| general belief. Cronin's Office was so situated
| that view into its windows could not be OBJ
| tanned from the Clark stree fiat supposed to
| have been hired by the accused, Cronin's
| office not fronting on Clark street, but being
| in the rear of the building and facing on the
| alley.
Several other witnesses were examined be-
| fore adjournment, their testimony relatin c
| wholly to the finding and the Identification
| of the corpse. Nothing of Importance was
| brought out.
| w. p. Dunno, who Is indirectly connected
| with the prosecution il the Cronln trial, SAID
| to-day that efforts had been made and were
| to be further pushed to obtain, if possible,
| from Parnell, or his counsel, Sir Charles
| Russell, categorical statement that Cronln's
| name was not one of the four handed in by
| the spy, LeCaron, as one of the men who
| were Systematically betraying to the English
| government the secrets of the Irish move
| ment in America. Letters to this end have
| been written, one at least by Dunno to the
| Irish leader, Matt Harris. 1t is now pro
| posed to forward to the other side as for
| midaby signed a petition as can be secured
| demanding the desired information and TAX
| ing the ground that if Cronin's name was
! not on the list of spies no breach of trust viii
| be made by saying SO.