The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-11-07
BURKE's FELLOW PRISONER.


furniture was for temporary USE
BURKE's FELLOW PRISONER.
A special dispatch to the Inter-0cean
from Winnipeg, says: Gillette, the forger
who was sentenced to ten years in Manitoba
prison, and who was the co-prisoner OF
Burke, the Chicago suspect, was inter-
viewed. He said Burke almost necessarily
talked about the Cronin murder, and gave
the details of the crime of the prisoners.
He said Burke would frequently burst into
tears. Although he never admitted he
killed Cronin, he, however, told
connected with the abduction
of Doctor Cronin from his house, the doc
tor, who was suspicious of O'Sullivan,
being informed that woman was in child
birth and required immediate attention.
On entering Carlson cottage Cronin was
dubbed and the body put in trunk.
Burke did not inform Gillette who struck
the blow. Vile in jail on more than one
occasion Burke expressed willingness to
give the whole thing away, and
then on reconsideration he said
there were several men that
he did not want to implicate in the crime
and he would not give their names away.
Gillette went on to say there was a great
deal of truth in what Haffer and Mills SAID
about the alleged confession of Burke TO
them.
Gillette asked Burke while in Jail if an
offer of 81, 600 was made If he would give
the whole thing away. HIS reply was.
Il would not for $4,000; indeed theTe are
men implicated whom | would not like TO
rive away for $4,000, for my life would not
be worth ANYTHING to me if did so.
Burke then wanted Gillette to get his law
yer 10 mail letter for him, stating that he
had no confidence in his own attorney, but
Gillette. believing this might be trap to
catch him by the Jail authorities, refused
Gillette saws the letter referred to some
thing of Cronin's, but not to the clctnes'
The letter, according to Burkes story, was
not sent.
After Hatfield had identified the furniture
sold to Simonds as that subsequently seen
nv him at Carlson's, the trunk IN when
Doctor Cronin's body was carried away was
brought into court Hatfield after eXamlh-
ing it testified that it was Identical WIN the
one sold to Simonds. ,ia
On DISCRIMINATION he SAID ne couiu
not swear that it was the ldenucai truhk
because the firm kept such on hand always
and perhaps other dealers did also. 1t
came ont that Mr.. Forrest, of counsel 1or
defense. had bought just such a trunk IRON
witness. 1t could not be sworn to positlVely
that the furniture in the Carlson cottage
was fine same furniture sold to Simonds. II
was precisely like it, however
Recess was taken. A..
When the court resumed its session the
inv, was excluded and the matter OF strlk-
mo ont Witness McGarry's evidence as 70
What was read during his visit to OSulil-
van;s ice house on Sunday following the
murder was taken up The court hnally
decided to exclude the talk in regard to the
former attack on Doctor Cronin. This was
not satisfactory to the defense and announcer
nlea of eloquence was the result.
Finally the cross-examlnatloh Oh hlc"aiS
was resumed. ,,,, tro,yr q.
"Major" Sampson, was next cai1eu, aHu
Terrified that about two years ago CoughilI
tried to hire him to "slug" Doctor Cronln
Witness. on cross-examination, ADMITTED
+b of Coughlin had arrested him three OF
fonr times, once for robbery; that ne nae
been convicted for passing counteriel
Money. that he was gambler by PROBES
a;on int denied that he followed Mr.. Blame
shrnnoh Michigan when he was max
;na sneeches there last fall, on
those of Governor Hale or Senato
thurman for the purpose of securing sport
inc privileges. He naively explained ina
he was "piaying de shells" which is varl
alton of what is known as three-card inohte
a' Mr. Linn, who was with Sampson TheI ,
he met Coughlin and was asked to slug a,dg
Cronin. testified to the fact two men hei9
conversation. the purport of which he dl'
not hear. at the time mentioned.
Jas. O'Keefe, Doctor Cronln's tsIior' sal'
he attended the meeting of Camp ~ IN sep
tayober 1Sss. After the meeting he had
Conversation with Defendant Beggs 2; ap9 Gu
Doctor Cronin and Alex Sullivan. Said I'm
wi viii 1--WE were speaking first N refer
ence TO the union of two rival factions 0
the t order, and John Beggs said he did !. no {,
have much confidence in the new ex ts ~;
Committee that was elected. Then the ina "a
cOmmittee came under discussion, and n
said Doctor Cronin was not proper man I I
mt on rial before the comnlllteec " "
Alexander Sullivan said Doctor Cronli
I'D not have as unsavory arecord as Jane
T Rogers. of Brooklyn. Another of the he tina
committee, John f.. Beggs, theh loiu ~
Cronin had admitted Coughlin as mem
Sar Of Camp So without formal initiation