Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-11-16
CARLSTON COTTAGE.
Proceedings in the DR.. Cronm Muir
der Trial.
Kunzc and Couehlin Identified as Those
Who Entered the Cottage-Ihe
Mysterious Buggy Trip

y" Ino n -, Iri,. ,Ionr E,fty ninth "
hiii' oo'' -, ,,,,h,-, vanon for IN u
. s..eos " ,"e ,,ne ,r,nk aud three big v
st''noe' l,' 'o"''" "'''' Wv
NJ. uo,,es dntorruptinyl -Four big men; !
'' W., =, 49,, 49,, mi, 1Sensation /
Mr. Forrest-Ah yes a
~, W. o' 1S,r "i ,ho ,yapon coull 70 along L
nv ',itness also identified the ,runl, in
ny, n. C.onir,s body bnd been carried from {
,,ia' a'c..lson cot,,ea
''y ,o.,,a rhenl saIoon.keeper testified that {
,ha ,,orrirg NJ NAV : in company with
,' ,.or1s he drove through Evanston avenue,
,aJ'ta,, W. Thny discovered a trunk, which
mad bcen broken open, lying in a ditch by the
ionu ROW .'a, ue md his friends drew it out Of
H''' 49," Iocod il an the edge OF the street.
tue ol'e" ""N p,,,'.,, ,no tlon1 stained trunk
"o ''''.,I a..., .,,, .s tho onr 10 which he re-
III VI,
Norman pausce and Cayl Knopf who were
.,, tho trunl, was discovered cor
,,ha,,,nd ,hot witness testimony without adj
,ooo'",eu ,l',,,,,, ,,,to,.,,l no,nts
''5 5o, W. phiiItns ono Of the Ialeyiew poccn en-
p', oo' a,,, ~ hrtn, in the trunk after its dis
So, ,.as mn, On the stand and told OF the |
,,,,s ~ ,he trunI, as he found them on ar
t',I n, ,hn Mace where it was lying on |
r.Nal d. W. ,o Itis aescription agreed |
| with that Of the former witnesses oh 'Ho %pN |
ond olth of Nav tho witnesses went 10 o Sulll- |
avs horse 10 arrest him. While there Sulli
va" -, ,.m,a.a ma Carlson roitare saw
49,. van ~, ,7onr,l. ,to,uy into it, and SAID:
WI, In ~ ara ,hey golug in there Tor, the
d. foolsm
can,oin r. II Wing, Of the Lakevicw police,
who succeeded Captain Vllliers, and who ac-
COMMANDED officer Phillips on the trip whoh INC
| trunk was brought IN, was thc NAV "i'''1'',
He told the story substantially Us 1t WAS to'"
Inv phnltps He also testified to Receiving Key
from another policeman which Tilted the lock
Of the trunk On one end OF 1t was some yrHo"-
ish paint
Tho relovancy OF this yet to be shown, is
that it is the key found in the Carlson cottage,
and that the paint on it is the same as the PANT
~, mo cottage floor. The witness also described
the interior appearance OF the Carlson eol'nEo
. in substantially the same way us pic''ouS Wv
nesses have done
Police officers Jacob Spenglcr and George
: NJ llia corrobora,cd the testimony OF iorH'r
= ,ri,nesscs Police officer George Hiott, OF The
n Chicago force, testified that on the day follow
r ing the discovery oil f.,ron'u po,S' W ,i,
! Ofl,ccr Lorch made a careful search OF the
} Cariston cottage lie ldentih"u t"c pun,
c smeared key as one iouhu by II IiIst'' az" i'''
NJ In the cottage, and added that he subsequently
o saw Captain Schuetller, oil le honE' p"',>
g flt it into the lock OF tlc Dlo"uy Hul" ""'" -
d readily unlocked.
10 Vv,liiom T. James, n lad of sixteen years, ties
is tilted that in February last he occupied room
| I'm the Opera-house Block overlooNlnS 'he uppo
IN fat AT IL oarN s'iTUl t,a.o rooms He den ife'
Ol the {;',;;ct ,;;oct "nnd s soon IS he di,coy
was washlhs MS S,s ,rSs' ,,"H sns Ion,nr nj him IL
,i'' '',y.I t'','s -, s,,o ,ho hind
pm" p4,,,c,co Nov In the Ceoun case thi
,, CHICAGO NOV, ~ ,hn niIl;map. wa
az moraihg w H'.'nA Ino.r .r,,, ramrrnbcr MAY
.'uo" .o,t' " s,ae he'd "Yrs do was on IN
~ east side of Ashland avenue near lha lH','o
Y, cottage, about S'"o clorNa Whom
ST. orlNc up W. ar ,, or sovcntyfyc feet from III
as came aoou' my VI i,t, j., from, NJ The co
49, cottage tHe a uusb' 6nc of tbc fellows 2,
IN tage ana IL s'opi'e" IN IN, front ra
as out oi tl'e puBss "nu IL and nm II
,cr ana went ,''Toh ". ,,'oa ,o mo as thols
of front Steps -, sorro,hira like tn
l.. ne hau so,io ,h,t no orcnod The door hi
~, in his hahu' anu .,"V nav t,,Ia,s s,onncd in Ii
ha sell a. SUI" ,,as sittin, in the bug
be. o'hcr lc'iO" u"a ma ot once and cot aw
lN' lust as quick as he could do H. o'" n.' u,
rh any notice OF me iclo% 'ra' na, MAT on OF
oN house' 10 seo va drr1,.browu o,
CHI cap 'u, nv, tna cnGs aud il 10, keI as thou
rht eo"" D", ~ nro,vn con, As soon as that
his ne hau ua' ,,,, i,,,, turned hi, horse
low 'ha' WIS 1t, u,o Ne ,occ nnttcr, There ~
est gas light there on the corner ana " was IT.
aud could see his race. ,,....o, ,,,,t ttr,s 80
now he"' Jaw VIZ ~, s,root IN the sidewalk,
.oh, lus' ronn mUn. ,hc carlson cottage. WI
ual Twas very no"' ,"s ohomt seventy five ft
;ter theS s'oppc" ,ralI,inr toward them.
ho away Me". ,,, w ,,rocnrr store on the cor
Wen' s"u', n,,o W. 49,, I,ras there about half
hS- OIL Ash'atlu a'T"", hscI, orgin. and whct
net hour men ,,ocl nc,r the cottage, II
his came ABOUT n", ,,ntI,r,, in ,he cottage,
A.. lheard soueUous "",'.,,r r4s ,o,c,ber he
''o they were nam" "a'.n'S Go,S Mock n,,ay"
lore them when was a,''t ,,r,ies since YOU
lesc va you WV ,,orsg"
ula. them uri''nS uP '"''
r,t les .,,,,,,, ro,,.,
"o' DO you see r, ."v'' orn "U Indicating Kun7c)
est Yes slt' nav sr,'.,,,, n, ,hr WAGON and
rom the one tha' wa, n,,,a,,i", conohlin, tha, lc
list big one 'hefe u"u0't'"n wos grttinr into
like the le'io" ''''
house' ,,o mon Won saw there at
These are ,he he" ~"