Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-10-29
LEAD TO HIS DEATH.
MRS CONKLIN TRLLS HOW CRONIN WAS
BNTRAPPRD.
She Describes the Nan Who Game At,sr HIM TO Go to
0SallIvan's-An Interesting Story Told
on the Witness Sand
Bsck's Story.

l AVeLA ot A1c tAAuc auA NnpicA nAuicii oh cuA-
ploye Of Patrick DiuaD, the liveryman,
VAS called instead. He testitied as TO the
facts OF the hiring of ths white horse on
the evening of the 4th of May, when DR..
CrOnin was killed. A new point wss
reached when no described the condition
Of the horss when returned to the stable
about hslf past nine o'clock that night,
after hayirg been out little over Two
/ hours. The witness said: "He was in
/ tie condition OF u horse that mad been
driven very fast for the length Of time he
wss out; he was sweating all over. His
nOstrils were blowing st the time he came
in. The buggy vas covered with sand and
eONlevAEd mud
THE MAN WHO ENTICED CRONIN AWAY.
Mrs. Ocrklin, at whose house DR.. Cronin
last lived, was the next witness. After
numerous questions es to the location of
the roUms in the fat, Mrs. Conklin pro-
ceedsd to tell the story Of how the doctor
was called away from her house on the
night Of May Sne said that at 7:30
s.4auger, wbo seemed nervous and excited,
rang be d0or-bell, and when she opened
the door, he seemed very reluctant TO en-
ter, bat fiDally did 80 when told the Doc
tor was engaged with other patients. The
stranger then took a seat in the waiting
room. When DR.. CcOnin came O1t of his
Office, the man advanced and said
TAKEN To o'sULLIvAN's.
"Dr Cronin, you are wanted to attend
I L l. >,
/ Ice office. The Doctor made a remark
which l did not hear. Az that moment
/ the man drew d card frsm his pocket and
presented 1t 70 the Doctor. DR.. CTOnin
took the card and said, 'Oh, yes; what is
the nature Of the sccidenl?' .
He said: "A man has been run over By
d wagon
''The Doctor said, I will be with you
soon,' or something 10 that effect Tue
man sat down sgaln on the edge Of
chair, and the Doctor turned, lNyiUg the
card OF the maniel piece.
The man said O'Sullivsn was out Oi
town and lefJ word that Dr.. Croain was
10 sttend his men. DR.. OroDin Tau tC
his c.iNste room and gathered together
some baudsg5s snd cotton bstiirg. H.
brought It out With ais surgical Gaze and q
case of sDiints. Thsn drawing on his Goa,
as quickly "a possible he left, running cut,
carving these ihing5 and The case IN his
arms. The two went hurriedly out of the
house a. fast as they could, and did not
even shut the door. Witness heard them
running dOGn ths stairs.
THE WHITE HORSE AND DRIvER.
The witness continued Der testimony,
sayipg that she then went 70 the window
overlooking The street ana saw baegy |
with a whiss horse attached standing be-
fore the door. Dr. CrOnin and the man
who called for him got into ihe buggy |
which wac thsn driven nosthWard. The
msn seemed anxious 10 get away. Mrs !
Conkhn went on to give a description Of
DE man Who csme fox tie Doctor lie
was. she said, Of medium height, with q
beard Of a few days growth on his tacei O
small soft hst dawn down Over bis eyes, |
and light faded overcoat. Her descrip- |
tion tallie3 very closely with that given
by former witnesses OF the man who se-
eursd the white horse from DiDan. 10
the morning she and her husbaDd discov-
cred the card which the man had brought, !
thai OF O'Suliivan. Mr. CODklin vent to
O'sanivsn's place at onee, and that after
noou a Pinkerton detective brougn. O'Sul-
livan down 10 the Corklius' fiat.
MRS CONKLIN's PLAIN TALK
Mrs Couklin then related her cOnversa-
tion With O'Sulliysn. She told him IN
substance tnat she thouht it very strange
that man who employed only three mel
and who had never had 81 accident,
should employ o physician to be ready OF
call in case of something happening.
Furthermore, it was strange that be
should pass by hundreds OF competent
phvsicians who lived near by AID % seven
miles 10 arrange vith Dr. OIOnini and 1t
was strangsst If al that very soon there
after man should appear with his
(O'5ullivan's) card and take The doctor
awsy. presumably to his deagh.
Mfa. Conklin's cross exam nation brought
ont the fact that within few days atSsr
the disapoearance of lr. CrOnin, Oapt
Setback had taken the white horse to her
door and that she had failed at that umt
to identity the sUimal as TIE one which
hauled the Doctor away TO the Carlson
cottage. On the 25th Of May, when the
animal wss brought by reporter, she
identified It.
THE MISTAKE ACCOUNTED FOB
Mr.. CoukIin accounted for this by say
iny that ths circumstance Of weather and
hoht and the aogle at which she vie ned
the horse when brought by the Csptsi.
were different from those uuder which SIZE
saw him when the man called for Dr.
Cronin. The reporter presented the
animal under similar conditions. Sne
particularly noticed peculiar and unusual
motion of ths hOrse's knees when standing, |
both when the Doctor was taken away aud
y hen the reporter showed her the animal
Furthermore, when Capt Schaack brought |
the horse il was raining, and the Ialn |
changed the horses color. In addition to |
that. the horse was driven beyond her |
house. so that tue buggy was between her |
AID the animal.
HEB STATEMENT UNSHAREN.
The cross examination lasted ualil late
in the afternoon, ard the witness was
phed with INSTRUMENTATION and Re |
iteration-as TO the circumstances uader |
which she ssa ths hOrse's complexion aud |
color OF the moustsebe Cf the man who
came for Dr. CrOnin, etc, but her state |
meut7 On direct examination were not
materially shsken.
In rep,y to a question IS 70 where Dr.
Cronir kept his money, indicating pos5i-
bIs defense Of murder for purpose Of rob- !
bsrv Mrs. Conkhn named the bank IL |
which the Doctor kept his FUNDS, and said |
she vas sure he had little with him on the
night of the murder, because he never car
ried much money about his psrson'
REPORTER BECK on THE STAND.
The next witness was Ohas. W. Beck
the reporter for the Cbicsgo Times, who
drove the white horse to the house OF the
Conklins on May 5, when Mrs. OonAhn
identified it. Ee merely testi6ed to taking
,bs White horse there for identification
and to Frank Scanlan for the same puI-
pose. ..e,s NJ
r. T. Conkliu was recalled, but nothing
Of importance was elected from either.
STRONG AGAINST BURKE.