The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-03
RLHADNG FOR LEE.
The Strong Argument by Judge
Wing for the Defense
IN THE CRoNINMURDER TRIAL
A Speech in the Line of an Alibi,
The Knives Found on coughlIn,
A Witness who swears They
Were Not DIR, Cronin's.

The Knives Found IN conohIin
a witness VINO sWeaFs Fhey
Were Not DIR. Cronin's.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.-At the opening Q
the Cronin trial this morning Mr.. Fol
rest for tho dsfanse anronncsd thar h
s sn ~ 'so ~. ~ t. =
was prepared W lh9'Vuuue aoule eNIuenr
In rehuttal, as he had been stipulated b
might do before the arguments begun,
| Aronst Jowanstsir deaIsr In cloth
ss. :. V''sss, - = N's ~,
lns' was 'nen puson 'le sIanu auu 'ess'
ied that he sold 10 Dan Copghlin, OF
April 27, the week before the murder.
nair NJ nsnts wb;cb rorshl,n ,bsr m,
r. H. = ~. rtN W. " JSsAh 'tsl' w., "nS w
EueIe Pu' un. ~ uvsn 80 he 1ook ol
the old pair which he wore and emptieC
the Eocksts. placing the. contents on 4
chair Amon. tbosa toos wa,e TOO
~ ~ 49, ~ 1s,S WV
kulVes, Ine knives aKeh IRON uough'
lin by Detective Flynn at the time ,ol biz
arrest, and ON Friday last identified by
Mr., ConkIin IS having been carried by
Dr. Cronin, were then shown TO the wit.
ness he testified that ne could not say
Uivss ,aSs ns wie Sess 'no Go,sSIIe sSe
have on April 81, but they looked some.
thing like them.
9a lt. GrosseSamlnalon, ag ihe witness sag
ne us. anse% ~ " ,ha, sne NvSs ana ana staftea
iidn't need both. bu2 Couvl,lin stonneJ
him saving he wanted both NJ than,
The examination brought out the fact
that the witness Ia "A brother of az.
Detective Jake Lowenstein, Dan Coupb.
Inns partner.
The next witness was Juke Lowen.
stein, He testilled that he mad seen ona
of OouvLliu's knives ouite often and The
other he had carried himself When
shown the knives already In avidence
he said: "This one-ths LARGE onp-is
Dan Coupllin's-i know from the wsv
il Ia prourld. from the color of liza honIlt,
and rom ia general apurnrance IL had
been ground TO point on the sandstone
at thS stati0n. A. IN tha oIbar LnoS
he had one inst like il il
,,,o, 49,, ,,,,..,
UDuA ~, "4Nn "hSvAES'
Judge wing ior the defense, then re-
sumed iis argument which was inter.
rupted bv the adiournmen, NJ court nm
Co., - "' ~ " 49, - ~
SATURDAY al'ernoon' he warned tue
jury that they were not expected to de-
eide upon the question of innocence.
Tbev ntoht nelievs viii .onsidorohl.
con 2dencs ,hat ,Ln @ oos,e.auae ,,,'is Wv.
innocSnt hnt i,'js wonIsI % mi e'1 ;,s,;tn nos "
convictinn for inv ,"rS, no os c5!us;n5a% !S; =
bevonJ n reSsonabi, don % ~ 81 ~ tLa r."SSH nrison
er:, cniIt 4 mare T" "ronorSar.inaa sns nrsVn ~
evidanca IN favor ~ ouiI, ponIJ ,,n, ino' ~
,itv conv;n,;"n Tbs. ,r snn.IaH mGau ,"! ~. US
stateI ,hs nrinciniss 'ps"S ""vsr,ins .,eu ,h, H.
analysts and rae ~ circSmst,ntisI I ev;' snS
dence as given in ,his 'sI aJIrsss nm sa,nr. s
dSv: that ths citcnmstsncs ] Tnst W hovs a
d;;.ct connect;on wifi thn S co".m;as;o" %
oi the crime and must he nrsyni.inohI..
ON the theory of innocenes imI"s
Wing then beSan hls revIe% of the All.
dencs. ~ " Wy "
AIter denonncln, ,ha ev,1arco ~ Ga.
loonkeensr Nienan M,;or SamNS,n HS ~ snI ~"
MIlkman Merls. the nsxt soint bsniIad
was that Of the two knives sl,o',ossd 'tS IN
be Cronin's, shown In Coughiin's pos.
session. On this point Judge Wing said:
oo.iIv iIYwh ,it.uoasd .ss wIoe ~ uesoh IL vefy
two propositions. ia which 'tS every mind ID
on this Jury will agree with me, Think
nrst, tue defendant UoGghlln IS either
gulity ot lnnoceh. II innocent, he
could NOT nave hau those knives II they
were Sr9nihs; II guilty, ny would not
nave nau M,, sn,em, II they belonged 70 Dr.
Ofonin. tn9se two,pIaln propositions,
IN t1e mihu oi any reasoning man,
WouIu pe t1e emu o. tnat khile episode,
Ihe last anu gtano cIimax that the STATE
gave 70 ~. case Oh suspicion against These
Inen; ihat tney are not Dr. Oronln's is
CtohclusslNely SHOWN sr py these Two con:
slueIaLohs: that they were lounu
twenty uAys aIter tne homicide IN the
E,ossessiou VI Ooughhh tuAt- II Cou gh;;
~ was inhoCeht he conlo not nave had
tnen " tney were Ofohih's; II ne Is
guilty., he would not have had them.
hat u ali tnste Is upon that episode,
an9 inat u all tnat eau 10 made Ol 1t BY
iegl'iuate argument.
THE CONSPIRACY.
Judge Wing then took mn tho ouest;on
=, ,he .,ia.aJ a..,..,i..,.i T.. . 60 M
VI s"e "iekeu conspiracy III Oamp W
and said; NOW, there are only three
ways under heaven OF establishing icon.
apiracv In anv narticuIar casa ona IA hy
direct nrnoi Another wsv 0 circ,,Sy. m ~
Stantiai nrooi TbSse ars .wo wsvs ~
estahllshinv tha consH;racv and thara Il Il
tbe inrther wav and the onl" othss UaS 1S
that aver hssrd nj and ihSt ia ha cnn. "
sidsrinv ali III" in1snSnSsnt | 70 sci. Sv" and
iacta " Ssrs nroven Ssainst and from @ b ihs
conSidero,ion NJ those Isc,s cansniracv az
1Now lat ua see b,isav II ihnrn IL a
consnlracv hars estahI;Shad hovoni rsol
SonSbIs iomh, io 9'S @hiSh Tnr:SIin Tuu ie", y :
rsrtv T,hsv Il" moi claim n all a, ~ Jnn,"saa 20
lions of liz NartIss IN liza s c.,n ,U Os ~, liz
vstinna msatinos consIitnIa az, 20 ,,,nat, ~ w
of thS eonsnirscv excant ENTERTAINMENTS ioTIII
and nv nTocpsa oi Ieason I wiiI Iii NJ I'y an,
That tIors mt conatitrta onv n,nnt y, III iii
I n,vSr hsntI nrassnIsd ~ ali "i,,".S ~ g., =