The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
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evening Of May T."
Did you ever go that sachsl beforey"
"YeA. That e the leather hand sachel
be carried his surgical instrumsutsi in. he
took It out with him ON the 4th Of Nay"
did you ever sse that pocket case be-
fores"
eyes often. described 1T before IL
was found. Il was DR.. Cronin's."
.Did you ever - that book Of surgical
and medical refsrencesf"
Yes. It was DIR. C~ronin's."
Arc you able to identify that coat"
eyes, 1t 70 the dress coat DIR. Cronin
wore the evening no left my house. He
wore in the button.hole Of It . badge Of
tho Royal Arcanum Just like tho one pro-
duced."
do you recognize that cuff botton:"
"Yes, It wa DR.. Cronin's."
The prosecution then offered all the ar
ticlss identified as evidence In the case.
Clerk j. r. Hatfield, OF Revolt s. Co.'s
store was called to identity the framework
Of the sachel found in the Lake View sewer
containing tue clothes.
The sensation of the morning was fur
nished by Mrs. Paulina Hoerbel, a German
woman who lives near the Carlson cottage.
81 was passing the Carlson cottage OH
the night Of May a, some time between z
and 6o'clock, whom I saw two mon in q
buggy drive up to the cottage. One Of
the men got out and went up the steps.
He knocked. Some one came to the
door and the mau went In"
What kind Of looking man was heg'
sBig and broad-shouldered.n
ibid he have anything in his hand."
ives, he carried something like a
sachel. It looked as though it might he a
snrrAon,s case.n
What kind Of a horse was it that drew
the buggys"
cit was white"
There was a buzz of excitement at this.
for any n In the court room could not but
remember the color Of the horse which on
May 4 Dan Coughlin hired "for his friend
Smith,"
The witness stopped in front of the cot
taRe and heard the sounds Of the death
struggle. When the tall man entered tho
house some ono Immediately closed the
door. Then there was the noise of u
great struggle. Shu heard sounds as
though heavy blows were being dealt some
one. Then she heard some ono cry out:
sOh, my God!s
"There were q few more noises as of
some n struggling" said tine witness,
and then all was still"
CATER the mar went INTO the cottage"
continued the witness, 1.-THE man who was
yet in the buggy turned away and drove
south on Ashland avenue"
ibid you not hear the word Jesus ~
81 did. I heard some one cry out, 20
God! o Jesus.' and then there was the
sound as OF some one crying or moaning,
and the sound Of blows. Then it sounded
as though some one fell, and there were
more blows, and l heard something sound
like something breaking. Then heard
more cries and means, and then the sounds
seemed to die away and all was still.n
"What did the noise sound like?'
ut sounded as II some people were fight.
ing in there, and then after the blows all
was STILL"
The witness seemed to be an unsophisti-
Gated German woman, and the evidence she
was giving was SO plainly a truthful state
ment Of facts that 1t impressed every one
as being the last link in the chain Of cir
cumstantial evidence which the State
promised to weld around the accused.
The appearance Of Burke and Cough.
Inns faces during the recital of the actual
murder of DIR. Cronin was more grave
than at any time during the trial. Each
man seemed completely paralyzed by the
evidence. MIR. Forrest had always main.
tanned that DR.. Cronin could not be tracei
to the cottage on that night. While Mrs.
Hoertel did not positively identity DR..
Croni,. her description of him. the cir
cumstances Of the white horse, the instru-
ment case the men took from the buggy.
and every incident shows as clearly that
the doctor was In that cottage on Nav 4.
at s o'clock, as though a photograph Of
the men was exhibited to the Jury. A
look Of blank despair seemed to cover
Coughlin's face, and the first expression
of real anxiety which Burke has shown
since the beginning Of the trial came over
his countenance. Kunze did not appear
affected by the witness story. and O'Sulli-
a was as stolid as ever.
Tt attorney for the defense took tho
witness all over her route from her own
house to the time she heard the noises in
the Carlson cottage. after seeing the
white horse. She repeated without devia-
ton the answers given in her direct
examination as to the streets she Travelled
before reaching the cottage.
Judge Wing drew from the witness the
statement that the night Of May 4 was q
bright, star-lit night, and That there was
no lamp-post nearer the Carlson cottage
thar a block distant and that she was not
nearer the white horse than the tsdistance
across the court room.n There was not a
new fact developed on the cross.eXamina-
tion.
On the re.crOSS-exanlnation d
Wing questioned the witness as to her
whereabouts and occupation each day from
May I to May 10, and Mrs. Hoertel knew
every event occurring in this period.
Henry Folanski. restaurant and hotel
keeper, was the next witness called. In
reply to his question he said:
III was employed last May in Mr.. Bach
arach's shirt store, 2S North Clark street.
I was there Sunday May 5, and sold some
shirts there that day" Witness then told
of a man coming in between 8 and 9:l5 in
the morning and asking for . shirt. In
order to insure q fit witness asked him to
remove his coat that be might be measured,
which tue man with an oath declined to
do. He bought a shirt and two collars
He then went out and across the street
where witness saw him talking 20 his part
ner, who then came in and also bought q
shirt. The second man was much smaller
than the first. The little fellow wore q
wooden shirt and the big fellow wore q
white shirt. Both hal their coats but
toned to their throats and the collars up
about their uscks. The larger man he had
seen since that time; he was now in court;
wa the second man in the row Of prison-
ers. Pointing to Martin Burke.
Witness was shown q picture Of Cooney
which he identified as one of the small
man
Chief Hubbard was then recalled and
gave testimony regarding his converse
tion with Dan Coughlin after the recovery
Of the body Of DIR. Cronin.
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