The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-11-06
BURKE FULLY IDENTIFIED.
He RENTED THE CARLSON COTTAGE.
Old Man Carlson and His Daughter Posi-
lively Identify Burke as the Pretended
Frank WtIliams-A Sensational
Scene in Court

tihcatlon of Martin Burke as the man who
rented the Carlson cottage under the name
Of Frank Williams Revell's clerks first
identified the furniture found in the cot
tage as that purchased by Frank Williams
and first taken to the rooms at III S.
Clark-st. Then Mrs. Annie Carlson testi-
fed to the renting of the cottage by man
who called himself Frank Williams.
"Mrs. Carlson" asked Lawyer Mills, edo you
see that stranger in the courtroom nOw%
YES sir"
"Will you point him out to the jury%
There he is' (the witness pointing directly
nf<Asr7s->BurBe.)
Y A rigorous cross-examination did not
shake Mrs. Carlsons testimony. Jonas
Carlson, owner of the cottage, corroboTated
his daughter-in-law's statements and told
Of the conversation with Burke or "Will-
Jams" when the house was rented. will
Jams" said he had three brothers and
sister who would come on from Baltimore;
he had purchased furniture and it would
arrive in two or three days. Witness
had frequently talked with O'Sullivan.
Carlson said that the stranger. after rent
ing the cottage, walked "across lots" to
O'Sullivan's table where he met O'Sulli-
van and talked with him. Witness heard
Burke say to O'Sullivan "the cottage is
rented" The next time the witness saw
Burke was about o'clock on the alter
noon of May 4. 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
in hard voice" as Carlson expressed it.
In April the witness had a conversation
with O'Sullivan about the men who had
rented the cottage. O'Sullivan told him
that he knew one of them; that he was
''all right" and that he would pay
the rent when due. On May 10
Carlson had another conversation
with O'Sullivan, in which he told OSulli-
van that the cottage was vacant, and that
he had received letter from the man who
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 scrubbin2 it. O'Sulli-
van remarked that he was having hard
luck with his cottage. The letter spoken
Of and its envelope were identified. On
the 10Th of May the witness entered the
bloOd-stained cottage, he said, and proceed
ed to describe the conditions there appar-
ent. The examination of this witness had
been prosaic enough up to this point. 1t
continued as follows:
Q--"How many times altogether did you
the man calling himself Frank Williams?
A.-"Three times"
Q--"That is, in the neighborhood of where
you lived on Ashland-ave?"
A.-"Only two times there"
Q.-"You saw him once besides those two
tines"
A.-"Yes, sir"
At this point in the examination Mr.
Mills paused for moment, as if realizing
that crisis in the examination was near
at hand. Leaning slightly forward he put
the momentous question to the witness:
Il will ask you If you see that man
now?"
A sudden hush fell upon the court. and
in the midst of the profound silence
which followed Mr.. Mills interrogation,
the old man in the witness-chair sat ap-
parently unmoved, as the audience breath
lessly awaited his answer. Slowly raising
his head, the witness permitted his glance
TO travel. first over the group of lawyers
and reporters Immediately at his feet, and
thence in bewildered way TO the back of
the court, in an endeavor to pick out from
the sea of faces before him the man he
wanted. Evidently fearful that his wit
ness might be unable to identity the man
he sought in the densely packed court
room, Mr.. Mills came to his assistance.
Extending his hand he indicated the back
OF the court, and invited the witness to
step down and pick out the man he wished
him to identity. 'Look back of the law
yers, Mr.. Carlson" said Mr.. Mills, as the
old gentleman advanced with hesitating
step, and scanned the faces of the counsel
for the defense.
He had hardly uttered the words when
the witness, walking straight up to the
defendant, Martin Burke, shook his hat at
him and exclaimed: That's the man."
Despite his utmost efforts to appear un-
concerned it was evident that Burke fully
realized the damning nature of old man
Carlson's testimony.
Mr.. Mills was not slow to clinch his
advantage. "Is that the MANI" he asked,
indicating Martin Burke, ''who called at
your place and whom you called Frank
Williams| p and the witness unhesitatingly
answered, ''Yes, sir"
John Garrity, teamster, testified that
about two years ago Coughlin told him he
wanted TO see Maj" Sampson he wanted
10 get him 10 slug man. He wanted
the man disfgured for life, and if be was
killed 1t would not make much difference.
CHICAGO, Nov. "A special dispatch
from Winnepeg says Asst States Atty
Baker had a long interview with Bob
Heller Yesterday, and from him received
corroboration of many of the details con-
nected with the butchery of Cronin,
which Gillette recounted on Thursday.
Burke, according to Gillette, took quite a
!. fancy 10 Eef1er at first, and was very COM
>,s-casaSe with him, telling him many
~saiis about the crime. He told Heffer
that Coughlin was the main actor in the
tragedy, and he had engaged both him and
Cooney to participate in the crime. He
told Heffer that sand-bags were used by
two Of the assassins, while the third
welded common base ball club
Burke was under the impression that
Cronin was being decoyed to the cottage
under the pretext that he was going to at
tend the woman mentioned in yesterdays
dispatch. Four men were waiting in
the cottage for him. Thev listened for the
sound of wheels. At last the carriage
drove up, and an instant later the doctor
hurried up TO the door. He knocked
loudly and hastily, as if he realized that
his presence was urgently required. Two
of the assassins stood behind the door
ready to strike, while one of the others
from the inner room called out in a loud
voice, Come in" The door was Quickly
opened, and the doctor strobe in. The in
slant he was in one of the assassins
slammed the door, while the other struck
the physician terrible blow with a sand
bag. The doctor fell heavily to the floor.
Burke always declined TO say whostruck
the first blow, and this fact, Mr. Baker
says, makes il quite clear that it was Burke
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