Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-07
THE TRUNKS TURN.
Identification Of that Important Instru-
ment in the Cronin Murder.

CHICAGO, H., Nov. 6-The Cronin trial
was resumed today Captain Francis Viii
Tiers, ex-chef of police of the town of
Lakeview, was recalled and explained a
chart of the streets around the Carlson
cottage and all over Lakeview and Edge
water. On the cross-examination Mr..
Forrest asked him. Gould a wagon drive
along Fifty-ninth street to the lake all
right-a wagon, for example, loaded with
one trunk and three big men"
Mr.. ines-Gnterrupting) Four big
men. one in the trunk. [Sensation
Mr.. Forrest-Ah, yes.
Witness-Yes, sir, the wagon could go
along there.
The witness then continued his story and
said that on Sunday, May ), a trunk in
which ne found cotton batting and paper
and loci. of hair was brought to the po-
lice station.
At this point the states attorney invited
the witness to come down and inspect the
inside of the trunk and the lid being lifted
its blood besmeared interior was once
more exposed to the curious gaze. lie
identified it as the one referred to. The
policeman who brought in the trunk de-
hvered with 1t also lock of hair, one end
of which was clotted with blood. This and
the trunk were turned over to the witness,
examination did not shake the testimony
OF the chief.
Herman Theel, saloonkeeper, testified
that early in the morning OF May D, in
company with two friends, he drove
through Evanston avenue. Lakeview.
They discovered a trunk which had been
broken open, lying in ditch by the road
side. 1t contained cotton batting, clotted
with blood He and his friends drew it
put of the ditch and placed it on the edge
OF the street. The witness identified the
blood stained trunk in the court room as
the one he referred to.
Herman Pausee and Carl knofe, vino
were with Theel when the trunk was dis
covered corroborated that witness tes-
testimony without adding any material
points.
The court then took a recess until =
O'clock in the afternoon.
At the opening of the afternoon session
Job Phillips, one of the Lakeview police
men sent out to bring in the trunk after its
discovery. was put on the stand and told of
the contents of the trunk as he found them
on arrival at the place where it was lying
on Evanston avenue. HIS description
agreed with that of former witnesses. He
found some hair in the trunk. He took
portion of ii and delivered to Captain
Niiiiers and Policeman Malta, who WAS
with him, took the remainder. The wit
ness identified the trunk in the court room
as the one which he had assisted in re-
moving from Evanston avenue to the police
station on that occasion. The witness
also took from the catch basin in
which DR.. Cronin's body WAS found
lot of cotton batting which
he put into pail. He here identified the
pail and the muddy, bloody batting. On
the 23d and "A h of May the witness went
10 O'Sulivan's house to arrest him.
While there O'Sullivan, looking toward
the Carlson cottage. saw a number of peo-
pie going into it and said: Nv hat in hell
are they going in there for, the damn
fools"
Captain I. IL. Wing, of the Lakeview
place, who succeeded Captain Niiers and
who accompanied Officer Phillips on the
trip when the trunk was brought in, was
the next witness. He told the story sub
stantially as it was told by Phillips. He also
testified to receiving a key from another
policeman which fitted the trunk. On one
end of it WAS some yellowish paint.
Police Officer George Hiatt. of the Chi
cago force, testified that on the day follow
ing the discovery of DIR. Cronin's body, ne
and Officer Lerch. made a careful search
of the Carlson cottage. He identified the
paint-smeared key the one found by
himself and Lerch in the cottage and
added that he subsequently saw Captain
Schuettler, OF the Chicago police fit it into
the lcck of the bloody trunk. which it
readily unlocked.
William l.. James, lad of l6 who is
learning stenography, testified that, in
February last, he occupied a room in the
Opera House block overlooking the upper
flat at IL, Clark street. In that month he
often saw two men In those rooms. He
identified the prisoner, kuntz, as one of
them. kuntZ was washing his feet. and
Is soon As he discovered that the witness
was looking at him he pulled down the
blind