New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-20
THE ICEMAN'S ALIBl.
A HOST OF DRILLED EMPLOYEES TESTIFY
IN BEHALF OF o'sULLIvAN.
,voeprss OF THE DEFENCE IN THE cRoSIS
MuRpER TRIAL-A WITNESS FOR COUGH.
LIN FALLS BY THE WAY


TIN FALLS by THE WAY.
,sY TELEGRAPH TO THE TABUsE.I
ch,caro Nov 1910 strengthen the character OF the
800. Corchln,s alb,. introduced yesterday, the
ro,,r ao,spc. when this mornings session opened
IN, policeman. Redmond Mcdonald on the stand
Monora,d,s story was that while travelling MS ncs'
on the night OF May he saw Couehhn s'ahu''s on
tho stons ~ the East Chicago-ave stauoh 10" "o
men,s before o'clock. Tho witness mas ooon "e"
her of Camp No. 20 for five years MT. i'".o
nv CANNED the witness He asked MN u ho "a 'o''
a,vbody Of seeing Coughlin on that hish'' ro ~
,,od tho, he told ONlcer Scott, but no one else unu
last Saturday night, when ne 'oiu N"p ~. go .,
H. .uored reason OF keeping silent was his rear Oh
..,- ,nixed I'm with the case. fte toid ocou DO
capse he too was member OF camp ~
awben did YOU tell Officer scoftP aeHeo mi. hsno'
-, week after the disappearance OF Dr. Gro
MIN replied the Witness ......s ~
"How did you know mar No"f"'''
al saw It in the papers .,,
q efore Dr. Cronin's body was ioundr
"Yes.n go. ~,
ans,u,. ,xor know that Coughlin's name was no'
.,,onod Inv the newspapers connected win the
case till after the body was 1ounu . sra,
The witness did not. This paipao'e p0i'"' WIZ
sufficient to discredt his whole tes,ih'o"s' ,,u,.
william MIlcahy testified he had known sum- ."
s,rce Anil A. The witness had heafu GUM
sneak of his contract with Cronin' iho ,.. 80 =,
os an emnloye of o'sulbvan, complained hat one Oh
~, Cot hurt him. and O'sullivan told him 10 go anu
na. r,r Cronin about It. as he (o'suhvan hah con-
So Nth Cronin to take care Of his men. ihis ""e
.Id IN the presence of 0'Sullivanb other moh'
Th witness went on to say that In the iatoor pr,
- Anrl lanes Meahan, one Of O'suiiVans men' "cn'
20 Tho office OF The Lakevew Rccoru anu so' ~
~ O,sullivan's newly printed cafds. ne gov ~.
t,..s about fifty of Them and the witness ds a1ou.eo
- . la o1fy(
.t,ea O,suIlivan and he on the ice-wagoh 10
ro.,o and they had supper together both rcao uui
~. evening going to bed at the same ume Aoou. .
o,clock and sleeping in the same pco' o"'- ~'N
not leave the house that night
rho ,tros. said that he had heard the convessuon
h.tueen old man Carlson and o'suIvan aoou. .n.
tenants Of the Carlson cottage. Inc ou mon =.
that osullivan said he knew them ana enS. .n..
were all right This witness tesuneo '""'
said he knew none of them. ..a and
The cross animation took an uheA
q, turn the evident intention being W u''0o
eusrsc,on toward the witness as the man ~ -.
n. While horse which drew Dr. Crohin !" MS 80
1hon,o wbalen. a cousin Of Patrick osuiliVaifs s.
,os,i6ed that he was married and MS WIG hoP'
boarding house at which osulliVan anu III. .Io-
lived on Sunday, May 5, when he re'urleu ,io"i
his work he found the two hylahus "'." 49,,
- hts house. He remembered the night beioro anu
h.t o,suuvan sat next him at supper. Az aoou'
quarter TO nine OSullivan went 10 ueo'
4, tbe afternoon session william NJ Glenn' re
,or testified that one week from the muruor MT
copkIn told him that tho white horse Drought ne,
Ioor from Dinan's livery stable in no way resemoiou
tho horse behind which DR. Cronin rooe on INC i"'"'
night ,... =. osul,van,s
Robert Boyington. Of the inmates OF SUM- Oh
house corroborated in detail the testimony Oh 'H' ''
mans other witnesses ., %
Edward Jones. reporter, testified that ne wont -
o Carlson cottage several days after tho discovery
% Dr Cnn,ns body. lie went In company NI"'
n+har renorter story had been tola .na. nV an
dnc IN vague way about the carson
"s. ioke on the waS there, they 90. S s whiri
Iatfnc and piece OF liver, the blooa iaV'u Int, N,
,pcv smealed upon the cotton. Inc! N1n. ,tnc 4,
cnIia~ md nut some Of the blood-stalneu pa. a. 81
tbn cinks in the ceiling and In some ra, III ~,
| aoor No blood stained batting was piaeoo !" viz
| cottage upstairs. ,.,-.u ,.suaed that the trunl
ttch &c supposed to have contained III. Cs oid
VII MI" vas made IN his factory. III was, no ar,o
oouS ldnd of trunk which has been on tno iaH
| for years. 49,. .r,n,oves of O'Sullivan
o,.horatcd further the icemans defehce. ~. ~
| oxaojnaton the fact was 0rough. guy 20
iawTers for the defence got lot OF I1eir VA ,roo
| ,a@eber AZ Osullivan's house last SUNDAY an 60
| oycr their testimony in the presence Oh Ino ci'e W
pany. A., n-,,ness Nnlcahy but faile'
| - idsntifv him as the who drove tns "nio
| horse.