Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-20
OF Some Policemen Who Are Members
of the CIan-na- Gael.

OF Some Policemen Who Are Members
of the Clan-na- Gael.
CHICAGO, November 16th-The first wit
ness in the Cronin trial this morning was
policeman Redmond Mcdonald. He testi-
fed that he saw Dan Coughlin at East
Chicago Avenue, near the Police Station,
between $40 and o'clock on the night of
the murder. On cross examination witness
fixed the time at 8 to 9:15.
Cross examination developed the fact
that witneas was a member of Camp 20,
Clan-na- Gael. Witness did not speak of
the fact to anybody but officer Scott. who
was also a member of Camp 20. until last
Saturday, when he told Captain Schuettier.
Witness said the fear of being mixed up in
the matter kept him from speaking of it
sooner.
The witness was then asked when he first
learned of the connection of Coughlin' g
name with the horse and buggy in which
Cronin was driven. He stated it was before
the body was found.
There was sensation when the counsel
for the prosecution asked the witness if he
did not remember that Coughlin's name
was never connected with the horse in any
manner in the public press until three days
after the discovery of the body.
William Mulcahy, an employee of O'Sul-
livan, testified that he heard O'Sullivan
speak of his contract with DR.. Cronin on
the day of the murder. The witness fur
ther testified that O'Srllivan ana he were
on the ice wagon together; they had supper
together and read during the evening, 60
ing to bed at the same time and sleeping in
the same bed. O'Sullivan was not out of
the house that night. The witness also
said he had heard conversation between
fha old CarIcnr niGnlIiror, oh
the tenants of the Carlson cottage. The
old man testified that O'Sullivan said he
knew that they were all right. The wit
| ness testified that O'Sullivan said he knew
nothing of them.
The groundwork was laid in the cross
examination for connecting the witness
with the driver of the white horse, who de-
coyed Cronin to death; but the witness de-
MED that he had let his beard grow in that
| time, or wore different overcoat from the
one brought by him to the Courtroom.
Mulcahy knew of O'Sullivan's contract
with Cronin, having once spoken TO his
employer about lame foot and being told
to go to Cronin. who was under contract to
treat all of his men.
Thomas Whallen, whose wife keeps a
clearinghouse. where O'Sullivan and the
men lived, was quite sure the iceman was
llOt OAt VI biIC 1OhoC OL4 tIC lAl5Al VI llC
| murder.
William Flenn, an Inter Ocean reporter,
testified that one week after the murder
Mrs. Conklin told him that the white horse
brought to her door from Denan's stable
did not resemble the horse behind which
Cronin was driven away.
Edward Jones, a Daily Ne1gs reporter,
testified that he and another reporter went
10 the Carlson cottage after the discovery
of Cronin's body and as joke got some
cotton batting and piece of liver and
smeared the blood from the latter upon
the cotton and put the blood. stained bat
| ting in the cellar. Witness denied that he
had put it there to furnish material for q
sensation in his paper
Three of O'Sullivan's employees corrob-
| Grated the evidence to establish an alibi
for the iceman. One of them told about
distributing a number of O'Sullivan's cards,
which have been produced in evidence,
with view to working up trade.
On the cross examination of Pat Bran
nan, another employe of o'Sullivan's, the
fact was brought out that the lawyers for the
defense got a lot of their witnesses together
at OSullivsn's house last Sunday and went
over their testimony in the presence of the
entire company.