Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-30
COUGHLIN UNEASY.
The State Springs a Sensation
in the Cronin Trial.
IT'S BAD FOR THE EX-DETEOTIVE.


When Arrested He Had Two Knives In
His Possession Believed to Have Be-
longed to DIR. Cronin - Attacking
Bourk's Alibi-How Indiana White
Caps Punished n Cruel Horse Owner
The Record of Crime.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3o-The Cronin murder
trial was resumed yesterday. Bernard Car
berry swore he was in Danahy's saloon May
between GEO and $50 p. m, and that no.
body was present except the bartender.
Danahy had sworn that both Bourk and him
self were in the saloon that night between
the hours stated. His evidence was not
shaken ON cross-examination
The first part of the afternoon session was
occupied in patching up Bourk's alibi, so
badly perforated by the rebuttal of the state.
Hugh Gleason, the bartender for Matt
Danahy, in whose saloon Danahy swore that
Martin Bourk was during the whole of the
evening of May 4, took the stand and swore
that he (the witness) was not in the saloon
that night between $50 and IL O'Clock. Wit
ness Carberry in the morning had sworn that
Gleason was in the saloon between $50 and
$50 on that night.
DIR. CrOnin's KNIVES.
The state then sprung a sensation that had
come into its possession in the morning, by
showing by officer Flynn that when Dan
Coughlin was arrested two knives were found
on the suspect, and that the knives belonged
TO DIR. Cronin To identify the knives Mr..
T. T. Conklin took the stand aud swore that
they were identical in every detail with two
Knives carried by the witness for two years
and given by him to the doctor shortly be
fore the murder. He was not positive that
they were the same, but he believed them &c
De 50. The testimony created a decided stir
In the room. Dan Coughlin looked steadily
At the ceiling, and tried hard to assume in
difference, but the nervous twitching of his
eyelids and hands told tale of anything but
,omposure.
The States Attorneys speech.
This was the end of the states case. The
tables were Immediately showed back and a
space of comfortable dimensions made in
front of the jury This DONE the states at
torney began his speech. He spoke in plain,
conversational manner, emphasized at times
by little earnest feeling, but with no at
tempt at oratory. He said he would not
make the argumental addresses that he
would leave to his Notwithstanding
himself with simply reviewing the evidence
The murder of DR.. Cronin, he said, was one
of the foulest in the annals of crime, and was
the result of conspiracy.
The Meeting of Camp 90.
To form a groundwork for his proof he
told of DR.. Cronin having been a member of
the committee that had tried the triangle,
the report of which was read in his camp.
The states attorney read the testimony re-
lating to the meeting of Camp 20 in Febru-
airy, in which Dan Coughlin called for a Sc
cret committee to investigate the reading of
the report. At the time the secret commit
tee was called for Beggs, Coughlin, and
Bourk were present. Touching Kunze's con-
nection with the conspiracy the states attor-
ney said it did not matter whether a member
entered il before or after the murder; he was
equally guilty. The states attorney then
read the correspondence between Beggs and
District Officer Spellman, after which court
adjourned till this morning.