St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-29
Witnesses for the State Stand
the Fire Of CrOSS-EX-
animation.
Police Captain Sehaack's Pc
culiar Action On the Day
Of the Alarm.
States Attorney Baker in
Winnipeg to Complete the
Chain Of Evidence.

CrOnin, but that gentleman was not in
the room at that time, and Napier More
land. an employe of Patrick Dinan, the
liveryman. was called instead. He tes-
titled as to the facts of tine hiring of the
white horse Oh the evening of the 4th of
May, when DR.. Cronin was killed. His
evidence did not differ materially from
that given by Dinan himself OH Satur-
day, either as to the taking out OF the
horse or his description of the man. A
new point was reached, however, when
he described thin condition of the horse
when returned to the stable, about $3.50
that night, after having been out a
little over two hours. The witness
said:
He wVs in the condition of horse that had
been driven very fast for the length OF time
that he was out; he was sweating all over
and had the appearance OF having been
driven fast for the time he was out. His nos
trils were blowing at the time he came in.
The buggy was covered with sand and boule-
ward mud.
Mrs. Conklin, at whose house DR.. Gro
min last lived, was the next witness.
After numerous questions as to the lOca-
ton of the rooms in the fiat, Mrs. C0nk-
lin proceeded to tell the story of how
the doctor was called away from her
house on the night of May +. She said
that at 7:20 p. m. a stranger, VINO
seemed nervous and excited. rang the
door bell. and. when she opened the
door, inquired for Dr.. CrOnin. He
seemed very reluctant to enter, but
busy with other patients. The stranger
~
When DR.. Cronin came out Of his Office
the man advanced and said: ''Dr.
CRONIN. YOU ARE WANTED
to attend a man who has been hurt at
O'Suilivan'S ice house." The doctor
made a remark which did not hear.
AT that moment the man drew card
from his pocket and pre- spnted it to tile
doctor. DIR. Cronin took the card and
said. "Oh. yes; what is the nature of the
accident?' He said, IA man has been
run over by wagon" The doctOr said.
81 will be with you SOon." or something
to that effect. The man sat down again
on the edge of chair. and the doctor
turned. laying the card on the mantel-
piece. The man said O'Sullivan was
out of town, and left word that DIR.
CrOnin was to attend his men. DR..
CrOnin ran to his private room and
cotton batting. He brought it OUT with
his surgical case, and case of
spints; then, drawing Oh his
coat as quickly as possible, he left
running out. carrying these things and
the case in his arms. The two went
hurriedly out of the house as fast as
they could. and did not even shut the
door. | heard them running down the
stairs. The witness continued her tes-
timOny. saying that she then went to a
window overlooking the street and saw
a buggy with white horse attached
standing before the door. DIR. Cr0nin
and the man who called for him got into
the buggy, which was then driven North
ward. The man seemed anxious to get
away. Mrs. COnklin then went OH TO
give a description of the man who came
for the doctor. He was, she said, of
medium height, with stubby beard of
few days growth on his face: small,
soft hat drawn over his eyes, and light
or faded ovtrcOat on. Her description
tailed very closely with that given by
former with esseS of the man who
HIRED THE WHITE HORSE
from Dinan. Tne witness then told the
story of the proceedings of the day fol.
lowing DR.. Cronin'S diSappearatice. In
the morning she and her husband dis
covered the card which the man had
brOught-that of OSullivan, the ice
man. Mr.. Conklin went to O'SulIivan's
place at once, and that afternoon a
PinkertOn detective brought O'Sullivan
down to the COnklins' fiat. Mrs. COnk-
lin then related her conversation with
O'Sullivan. She told him in substance
that she thought il very strange that
man who employed only three men,
and who had never had an accident,
should employ physician to be ready
on call in care of such happening;
furthermore, it was strange that he
should pass by hundreds of conf
petent physicians who lived near
by and go seven miles to
arrange with DR.. CrOnin, and it
was strangest of all that very soon
thereafter a man should appear with
his (O'Sullivan's) card and take the doc
tor away, presumably to his death. Mrs.
COnklin then related how she SubSe-
quently identified Dinan's white horse
as the one drawing the buggy in which
DIR. Cronin was driven to his death.
Mrs. COnklin was then crOss-eXamined
at great length by Mr.. Forrest. 1t
brought out the fact that, within few
days after the disappearance of DIR.
CrOnin. Police Captain Setback had
brought Dinan's white horse and the
buggy to her house for Identification,
and that she had
FAILED AT THAT TIME
to identity the animal as the one which
hauled the doctor away to the Carlson
cottage. On the 25tb of May, when the
animal was brought by reporter. she
identified it. Mrs. Conklin accounted
for this by saying that the circum-
stances of the weather and light aud
the angle at which she viewed the
horse when brought by the captain
were different from those under which
she saw him when the man called for
DIR. Cronin. She particularly noticed a
peculiar and unusual motion of the
horses knees when standing, both when
the doctor was taken away and when
the reporter showed her the animal.
Furthermore. when Capt. Schaack
brought the horse it was raining and
the rain changed the horses color. In
addition to that, the horse was driven
beyond her house, so that the buggy was
between her and the animal. The cross
examination lasted until late in the after
noon, and the witness was piled with
questions in iteration and reiteratiOn as
to the circumstances under which she
saw the horse; as to the complexion and
color of the mOustache of the man who
came for DIR. Cronin, etc.. but her state
mentS on direct examination were not
materially shaken. In reply to Ques-
tiOn as to where DIR. CrOniD kept his
money, indicating possible defense OF
murder for purposes of robbery, Mrs
Conklin named the bank in which the