The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-20
LINE OF THE DEFENSE.
CoUGHLIN AT TIE POLICE STA
TION ON THE FATAL NIGHT.

SOOGhA1N n 445 IOhAOn O4A a.
TIoN ON THE FATAL NIGHT.
The First Witness of the Day Police
man The Cross-Examination Mud
dies Him Up-A Claim that O'Sullivan
Went to Bed Early on the Night of
the Murder.
CHICAGO, Nov. 19-The first witness in
the Cronin trial to-day was Policeman Red
mond Mcdonald He testified that he saw
Dan Coughlin at the East Chicago avenue
station between S:45 and Q o'clock on tho
night of the murder. On the oross-exami-
nation the witness fixed the time as to
9:15 o'clock. On the cross-examination the
fact was also developed that the witness
was member of Camp 20, Clan-na-Gael.
On cross-examination the witness was
asked: ''When did you first learn that Dan
Coughlin's name was connected with the
horse that drove DR.. Cronin awayp
II think about a week after, when they
first got to writing it in the newspapers"
DRIVEN INTO CORNER.
Snow, in what paper did you read about
Coughlin being connected with the horse
and buggyp
II do not know"
"Was that before the body was foundl"
Eyes, SIR"
"Now, do you not remember that it Is a
fact that Coughlin's name was never con-
nected with that in any manner whatever
in the public press until May 25, three days
after the discovery of DR.. Cronin's body!"
[Sensation.1
Hesitatingly-"It was written in the
paparo hort hin, in cOnnaOtior with a t.iu
from Dinan."
O'SULLIvAN AND THE RENTERS.
William Mulcahey was the next witness.
He testified that he had known O'Sullivan
since April 4. He was not member of the
Clan-na-Gael. The witness testified that he
had heard the conversation between old
man Carlson and O'Sullivan about
the tenants Of the Carlson cot
tage. The old man testified that
O'Sullivan said he knew them and that they
were all right. This witness testified that
O'Sullivan said he knew none of them.
On cross-examination the witness said
O'Sullivan was not out of the house after
supper and he went to bed about o'clock.
The men who were out came in at 10
o'clock or 1880 o'clock.
REFUSED TO CONTRADICT HIMSELF.
The states attorney endeavored to elicit
lTO1 Jl6 Wlbu0no hbthbCuOuO buAb ia HIS
evidence before the coroner's jury he had
stated that he did not hear the conversation
between O'Sulllvan and the elder Carlson,
but the witness persisted that he never so
testified Then the cross-examination took
somewhat sensational turn, the evident
intention being to direct suspicion toward
the witness as the man who drove the white
horse which drew DR.. Cronin to his death.
The witness, however, denied that he had
l. -. H. 4k.rA IS
man who was identified as having driven
| the buggy.
o'sULLIvAN's COUSIN ON THE STAND.
Thomas Whalen, a cousin Of Patrick
O'Sullivan, was the next witness. O'Sulli-
van lived at his house. He testified that
| O'Sullivan, at about 8:45 o'clock Saturday,
| May 5, went to bed.
"Was there anything to call your atten-
| ton to that's" asked the lawyer
"My little girl hallooed at him. She was
| in the rocking chair, and he started back
| and came back and kissed my little girl. /
went to bed about half an hour after O'Sul-
| livan." The witness was then subjected to
long gcross-examination.
William Glenn, reporter for the Inter
| Ocean. testified that one week after the
murder Mrs. Conklin told him that the
white horse brought to her door from
| Dinan's livery stable in no way resembled
the horse behind which DR.. Cronin rode on
the fatal night.
TWO TRICKY REPORTERS.
Edward Jones, reporter on the Daily
| NetCs, testified that he went to the Carlson
| cottage several days after the discovery of
| DR.. Cronin's body. He went in company
| with another reporter. The story had been
told that morning, in a vague way, about
the Carlson cottage. and, as a joke, on the
way there, they got some cotton batting
and piece Of liver, the blood from
which they smeared upon the cot
| ton. They went into the cellar and
out some of the blood-stained batting
| In the chinks in the ceiling, and some in the
rat holes in the floor. The witness denied
that he had put it there to furnish material
for a sensation in his paper. On the cross
examination, the witness said neither he
nor the other reporter put any OF their
blood stained batting in the cottage up
stairs.
THE MAN WHO MADE THE TRUNK.
Jacob Schnurr, n trunk maker, testified
that the trunk which is supposed to have
contained DIR. Cronin's body was made in
his factory. 1t was, he said, common
kind of trunk, which has been on the mar
ket for years, and is sold to dealers indls-
criminately The lock was of the kind
which he was in the habit Of buying by the
| 100 dozen 1t had been on the market eight
or nine years at the least.
Patrick Brennan, an employe OF O'Sul-
livan. elaborated further the iceman's de-
fense. On cross-examination the fact was
brought out that the lawyers for the
defense got lot of their witnesses together
at O'Sullivan's house last Sunday, and went
over their testimony in the presence of the
entire company. The court then adjourned
until tomorrow.
Mrs. Conklin this afternoon saw Witness
Mulcahey, but failed to identify him as the
man who drove the white horse.