The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-11-14
THE AGONY OF CRONlN.
AN UNsoPHlaTleATEp GERMAN Wo'
MAN'e DAMAGING TESTIMONY

aerimmage 0oing on and Probably tho
last wovas the Doctor Ever Uttered,
The Mlssiue Link between The peeoy-
iug Of oFenin from nis nouse apd the
Finding Of tho nody In the oateh'
nasin,
CmoAGo, Nov ia,-Aitcr the cronln
oahe had been called a war Of wprda
passed between Mr. Longenecker and
Mr, Mills over the disposition Of the hair
found In the catch.baaln To settle the
matter the court ordered the clerk 10 put
them In an envelope aud keep them in
his possesilon, The first witness called
was Salesman Hatfield, who sold the
furniture 20 -, Il, Almonda," He was
given tho frame OF the aatohel found In
the sewer on Friday, and, after eNamln'
ing II mnutely and measuring Il care
fully mId that II ooTeaponded exactly
In size with that OF the one which he sold
10 "smonda, aud that the material OF
the cover ana OF the handle were the
same, The frame was then admitted In
evidence,
An importaut witness
Pauline lI0erlel, washcrwoman, teb'
titled that she passed the Carlson cottage
between aud . o'clock on the night Of
the murder She saw q white Horse
drawing a buggy, In which there were
two men, driven up 20 the cottage, Tho
larger man, who appeared like q gentle
man, got out of tho buggy, and, taking
aatchcl or box out Of the buggy, went
up the steps and entered the cottage,
The driver OF the white horse NJ once
turned around and drove back toward
Chicago. uuIt.. Hl'.. I'N
Up TO this point an effort had been
made % understand the lubored effort Of
the witness 20 express herself Ia English,
Mr. Mills had 10 give II up, however,
and an interpreter was sworn, ContInu-
ing Mn Hocrtcl said that she saw the
tall man take something out OF the
buggy, and that he carried II into the
cottage, After the exclamation 20, my
Cod she heard another, 30, Jesus,
and sound az OF some one crying or
moaning, followed by blows, and II
sounded ~ though there was something
breaking, Then she heard more cries
and moana, after which the sounds
neemed 20 die away and all was still,
Tho witneHa, an unaOphlatcatod German
woman, gave her evidence with 40 much
Hlmplcity aud drhlghtforwnrdncA that
nearly every one ia the court room was
Impressed with the recital, Coughlin
and Burke at FIRST turned palO, and then
"A look OF blank despair settled over their
faces. The witness went on 70 say that
after passing the cottage she went
round on Roscoe street, where ahe saw u
man standing between the cottage and
another house m the shadow This was
near the real estate office, where another
witness yet 20 como will testify that
OSulliypn was on watch whilo the
l,saasains were at their bloody work.
With the statement that the man In the
haggy did not have 10 wait On the steps,
bit that the door was qilckly opened
Cor him, the examination In chief OF tho
witness closed.
severe Cross.ESaminntion.
Judge Wing inauguratcd the cross.
examination. The witness admitted
that she had boon arrested two or three
times for troubles with saloon keepers,
but IL turned out that these people had
made trouble for her because she had
tried 90 keep her husband away from
their snlunna. She had also been COM
PEELED 20 cause the arrest ~ ono saloon
keeper for selling liquor " her husband
In the face Of her protests, AZ she 70.
lated her suiiCrings and tribulntiOns NJ
the hands of the saloon keepers and her
Incorporate husband she bccnnto dra-
matte In voice and gesture, She fixed
the date on which abe had seen the man
enter tho Carlson cottage 10y tho fact that
II was Monday OF the samo week that
Aho had sued the saloon keeper,
Judge Mcconnell stopped tho cross.
examination NJ this point In oonse.
quenoo Of tho fippant manner in which
Il was being conducted, and Mr. Mills,
In his most impressive way, remarked;
"Thia is too Serious a matter for this
kind OF by-plny and ] will take no part
in II. The rebuSo had ita effect and
after % few moro questions the witness
was dismissed and recess takOn.
Tho Last Missing Link Furnished.
The evidence OF yesterday furnished
the last missing link in the period be-
tween the docoying OF the Irish patriot
from his home and the finding Of his
body In tho catch,basin. Tho defense
has always maintained that DR.. Cronin
coul not be traced 10 the cottage. That
contention exists no longer, Thursday,
or before, tho state will close. II has
not vet been decided whether II will bo
policy ~ introduce evidence concerning
the quarrel In the Clan.na.Gael and DR.,
Cronins notes Of the Buffalo convention
A winnipeg Omccr TcatlncG
Officer Thomas McKinnon, Of Winni-
neg, was the first witness called in the
afternoon. He testified 10 the arrest Of
Burke In that city on June IL. Burke,
when arrested had railroad ticket 10
Montreal, u steamship ticket from
Montreal 10 Liverpool, and $500 In
money Tho namo Of w. j. Cooper was
ON the ticket, but after being warned
that anything he said would be used
against him the prisoner admitted that
his name was Martin Burke. When
askod how many names he had the sus-
pect replied that he was sometimes called
Delaney. Ho said ho came from Chi
aago via Hancock Mich, and In the lat
Ger city worked In store owned by John
n. Ryan. McKinnon's cross.examination
was postponed nntil to-day.
Henry Plank, clerk ina North Clark
street gents furnishing store, testified
that on tho morning OF May he sold
shirts and collars TO two mon, ono Of
whom he identified ~ Burke A photo
graph Of Cooney, the "Fox," was shown
the witness by the prosecution and he
declared Il was an exact likeness OF the
other man.
The next witness was Thomas Carroll,
u railroad laborer and once q fellow
boarder OF Kunze He testified that one
evening in May or June Kunze asked 10
SOC newspaper which the witness was
reading. The witness asked what he
wanted Of IL and Kunze said he was
afraid he was going 10 be arrested in