Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-16
|7HB LAWYERS VRANGLH.
"A Salesman Tells How Burke
and 1.-THE Fox" Bought
a Shirt.
Attorneys for the Defense OBJ
Ject to the Use of SuIli-
vans Name.
From "Wednesday Daily.

From Wednesday daily.
cHIcAGo, NV. 12.-In tie Cronin cas-
this morning the counsel on both sidet
continued their wrangIe on the blood
stained pieces Of wood, etc.
Forrest. for the defense. demanded that
the chips be put in also, and that the hail
be left in the custody OF the clerk. This
led to a bitter dispute between the
opposing counsel, which was finally
dropped.
Statesmen Hatfield, who sold the furni
ture to J B. Simonds. was called to the
witness chair. He positively identified the
frame OF the satchel found in the sewer
Friday as corresponding in size with one
which he sold to Simonds, and that the
material OF the cover Of M Of the handles
was the same. The frame vas admitted
in evidence.
Pauline Hoertel, q washer-woman, testi
fed that she passed the Carlson cottage
between 8 and 8 o'clock on the night OF the
murder. She saw a white horse drawing a
buggy, in which there were two men, driven
UP to the cottage. The larger man got out
Of the buggy, and taking a satchel or box
out Of the buggy, entered the cottage. The
driver OF the white horse at once turned
around and drove back toward Chicago.
Witness stated that she then heard some
body crying, ooh! God" and then the
sound of hard blows and OF somebody
falling.
At the afternoon session Officer John
McKinnon, Of the Winnipeg force, was
put on the stand. He told
the circumstances of Burke's arrest.
McKinnon said Burke's ticket to Liver.
pool bore the name OF w. G. Caspar. After
a time he ad United his name wal Burke,
and that he was sometimes called Delaney.
Burke said he came from Hancock, Mich,
where he had been working.
Henry Plausible, q salesman in q shirt
store in Chicago, to- Titled that the morning
after the murder q man cameinto the store
and bought u shirt. When he asked il the
salesman thought the sleeves large enough,
PIauslis suggested that he take his coat of
and be measured. The man refused in a
vain manner to do this. Then he took the
shirt and went across the street, returning
v Will 0AOUACA uUdA JO4ukCx 1uN
smaller, who also bought a shirt. Plauslie
said his first customer was the prisoner
Burke and identified the photograph OF
'sCoonsy the Fox" as the other.
Chief OF Police Hubbard testified as to
talk he had with Dan Coughlin about the
% or "a, asking the detective where he was
On the 4th. Coughlin could not exactly re-
member, and when asked about the man
he sent yer to Dinan's to get a rig, told
the story about the visitor from Hancock
with q letter from his (Coughlin) brother.
A long wrangle took place over the testi-
nony oil Daniel Brown, an ex-polIceman
and an ex.member OF the Clan-na-Gael.
The states attorney said he proposed to
show that in 1885 this witness had moved
the appointment Of a committee to try
Cronin for treason; that q committee from
the different camps was appointed; that
Coughlin was a member Of that committee
and that Cronin wasfound guilty o ftreason
lawyers got this matter tangled up with
Cronin's alleged trial Tor reading the report
of the committee to try the triangle (Sulli.
van, Feely and Boland) in Buffalo last
year.
Finally Forrest said, NOW we are not
here to apologize for Alexander Sullivan or
t., defend him, but we protest that the preiu-
dire which exists against him sh. uld not be
allowed to have weight against Our clients.
I protest against anything against Sullivan
being introduced in the case. So far Is the
counsel here are concerned we are willingt to
say ITO perdition with Alexander Sullivan;
il they say they want him to perdition, W
are not his friends, we do not repre- ent
him but what we protest against is that to
prejudice existing agains: the name OF Alex
ander Sullivan should be heaped on the,
unoffending heads OF those who had no hing
whatever to do with the trial."
Foster said the counsel for the state ex-
pect to convict my client Beggs because he
was a friend OF Alexander Sullivan. I sub
m t to your honor you are not going to
convict these men upon the evidence that
they were thefriends OF Alexander Sullivan.
II he is q black sheep, il he is guilty as they
say he is, why do they not indict him?"
The states attorney said: IF some OF
his dupes will tell us the facts and the
truth we will get an Indictment against him
pretty soon. We propose to show here
that Notwithstanding Alexander Sullivan
walks the streets OF Chicago thatfour years
ago this very same man, who was On the
executive commit 90 and charged with the
appropriation OF these funds,
prosecuted DR.. Cronin, and that this man
Daniel Coughlin was on the committee try
ing DR.. Cronin for writing q circular that
reflected on Alexander Sullivan character.
Judge Mcconnell finally announced he
would hold tha matter under advisement
until tomorrow.