The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-02
THE CRONIN TRIAL.

THE CRONIN TRIAL.
CHICAGO, Oct. 25-The taking of evil
dence ON the Identification was resumed
in the Cronln case this morning. The
identification is very perfect and very
| positive.
The next matter taken up was the find
| ing of the body In the catch basin by two
sewer cleaners, who notified the police of
| the fact. The policemen who were sent
out and assisted in removing the body,
were sworn as to this point. and described
| the proceedings. Lawyer Forrest, for the
| defense, made the cross examination on
this head very searching and rigid.
They were followed by DR.. Lewis, the
| dentist, who made set of false teeth for
Cronin. He identified the plate taken
| from Cronin's mouth as the one he had
| made. He said that cast for another
Sc. exactly fitted the dead mans mouth.
A recess was then taken.
At the afternoon session, DR.. Egbert
stated the facts revealed by the autopsy,
| describing the wounds at great length,
and giving it as his opinion that death
had resulted from them. All of the
wounds were on the head, but the skull
was not broken, except that small piece
of bone was Clipped off at the corner OF
the left eye. The stomach and some of
its contents were exhibited, and DR.. Egg
bert said that CroEin was killed within
three hours after having eaten. The
cross.examination of DR.. Egbert devel-
| oped the fact that none of the wounds
| we're such as would necessarily cause
death. 1t was impossible, he admitted,
| to say whether the wounds were inflicted
before Or after death. If death had re-
suited from the skull wound it would, in
all probability, have been caused by con-
cuss;on of the BRAIN. The question was
pu. 20 the doctor: "Is it not scientifically
true HAT the physicians found no evl
dence in that body that were certain and
conclusive of the cause of death9" DR..
Eg5ert replied: "That is true.' He was
of the opinion that death had occurred
through excessive loss of blood, but there
Was no certainty of it, he said.
| DR.. Perkins, who assisted in the post
mortem, thought that death resulted from
conclusion of the brain. That organ,
however, was too much decomposed to
afford any information.
|
CHICAGO, Oct. 25-It is announced this
evening that important papers are miss
ing from the states attorneys office, upon
which the county was largely dependent
TO combat the old "boode' claims, ag-
gregating S250,0G0. The documents are
supposed TO have been stolen. They are
needed chiefly to fight the bills of con-
tract OF ex-Warden Varnell, ex- Commits
sioner Frey and the American Stone anG
Brick Preserving Company. The last
named claimant is now represented by
Lawyer Frotbmann, who was assistant
states attorney when the papers wer'
turned over to the present incumbent O.
the states attorneys Office. Mr.. Long
necker has no clue as to how the papers
disappeared. 1t is said that if the miss
ing documents are not recovered it may
result in the loss of many thousands O.
dollars to the county.
THE KENTUCKY FEUD.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 25 "A dispatch from
Pineville says: The force of Wilson How
ard, the outlaw. worked neat flank
movement on tie forces Of County
Judge Lewis yesterday. The lattel
|
an assault on Towards camp. How
ards forces moved around to the flank
got into the town, took possession Of the
court house, and are holding the town
Judge Lewis's party are camped outside
and it is expected that they will make al
effort to recapture the town, when {
bloody battle is expected.
LATER.-The report tonight says that
the outlays did not capture the court
house and that Judge Lewis is gaining
recruits.
RE-RATED FROM OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-A letter was
made public to-day from Secretary Noble
to Colonel J. E. Smith, until few days
ago chief of the certificate divisioa of the
pension office, from which it would seem
not improbable that those employees ol
the pension Office who were re-rated are
stated to lose their places. The letter
says ID pait: IL deem it to the best in