Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-02
THAT'S The MAN.
Burke Pointed Out as he Who
Hired Carlson Cottage.
Old Carlson and Daughter lake wi
lians' Quail b Court.
HE Talk With o'euIlivan Brought Out
In the Testimony.

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Witness on the moor OF room a. iid tiafs
street
The witness vas then shown piece oi
carpet presumably from the carlson cottage
ana ne idehthed IL 4" idenueAi IN pettefn
win 'hat when he had iaia In the CiArk
street room
AFTER the shipping clerk. delivery man
and other employees OF ReSeils mad tesnned,
the nrst important witness OF the day Annie
LARSON was placed on the stand
rne young woman stated that on the 10th
Oh Mareh, "hiie she was AZ Larson ., man
came TO rent the cottage when stood near
the house. He SAID his sister was to keep
house Tor him and he had some furniture he
wanted TO move IN at once lie gave the
name OF FRANK Williams
| Mrs. Carlson, asked the lawyer. ''do
you see that stranger IN the court room
now.
Yes, SIR.
Will you point him out to the jury:
There he is tWifness pointing directly
to Martin Burke
| "Do you mean Martin Burke, that man,
continued Mr.. Mills. pointing to Burke
again
Yes, replied the witness, and that ended
her examination.
Mr. Forrest then cross-examlned the wit
ness at great length, going into all details of
| her movements and her visits to the Carlson
house. She testified that she had never seen
Burke from the day he entered the cottage
until few days ago when she came into the
court room 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 great i'm
preston on her and she knew him at once.
Forrest made the witness look away from
Burke and at the jury and then describe his
features and color of hair. This she did.
Jonas Carlson, owner Of the cottage. on
the stand corroborsted the testimony Of his
daughter in-law about the stranger coming to
rent the cottage. He said the stranger gave
the name of Frank Williams and said that he
had three brothers and his sister was to
come on from Baltimore to keep house for
them. He had bought furniture and it
would arrive in two or three days. The
stranger took the key
During the afternoon session Jonas Carl
son vas recalled. He said the stranger, after
renting the cottage, walked across lots to
OSullivan's stable, where he met OSullivan
and talked with him. The witness heard
Burke say to O'Suliivan, The cottage is
rented - Witness saw Burke about five
o'clock in the afternoon, May 4th, a few
hours before DIR. Cronin was murdered, on
the front steps of the cottage. At o'clock
that night the witness heard two men talking
in the cottage In a hard voice" as Carlson
expressed it. In A April witness had conversation
with O'Sunivan about the men who rented
the cottage. O'Sullivan told him that he
knew one of them and that he was ''all
right and would pay the rent when due On
MAY 10Th Carlson told o OSullivsn that the
co,tsge was vacant and that he had received
letter from the man who rented it, asking
him Carlson to put the furniture IN the
basement aud saying that he had painted the
parlor floor to save his sister the trouble OF
scrubbing it. The witness VAS asked how
many times altogether he saw the man calling