The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-20
THEY OBEY THE CLAN
Plain Perjury by Witnesses For
the Cronin Defense.
SEVERAL FATAL IRISH BULLS
When cousfsffs's Partner Heard About
TIE white overwhelmingly Ks-
hearssd Before Lawyers.

CafrAso. Nov. lg.--The Erst witness in
the cg0nfn trial ghis morning vas Police
man Redmond Mcdonald. He testified
thst he saw ban C0nghIan a. the East
Chicago avenue police station between S:a5
and D O'Clock on the night 81 the murder
On ernss-examfnation witness fixed 8 70
els o'clock cross-examination developed
the fact that witness was . member q
Camp -. Can-ns-Gael- Witness did not
speak 20 anybody but OfIicer Scott. who
xas also a member Of Cian-na-Gaei Camp
% until last saturday, when be told Cap
tain Schultz Witness said fear OF being
mixed up In the matter kept him from
speaking 81 II sooner.
Witness being asked when he first
learned Of the connection OF Coughlin's
name witb the horse and buggy in which
cronin was driven away. stated that lt was
before the body was found. There was O
ssasatlon when council for the prosecution
asked the witness II be did not remember
that coughiin's name was never connected
With tie horse 10 any manner In the public
press until three days after discovery Of the
doctors body.
william Mulcahy. q friend Ct 0'SuIl-
van, testified that he heard 0'Sullivsn
make bis contract with DR.. Cronin on the
day Of the murder. Witness further testi-
fed that Ossnlliyan and he were on an ice
wagon together They had supper To-
getheF Both read during the evening,
going 10 bed and sleeping in the same bed.
0'Suslivan was not out Of the house that
night Witness said be had also heard a
conversation between old man Carlson and
0'snllivan about the tenants OF the Carlson
cottage The old man testified that 0'Sul-
Ivan said he knew that they were all
right. This witness testified that 0'Suiii-
van said be knew nothing OF them
The groundwork was laid in the cross
examination for connecting witness with
the driver Of the white horse who drove
Cronin 10 his death. but witness denied
that be let bis beard grow and wore at that
time a different oyercoat from the one
brought BY him to the courtroom.
Muieahy knew of O'Sullivan's contract
with Cronin. having spoken once 70 his
employer about lame foot, and being told
% 20 70 Cronin. who was under contract 10
tresf all the men.
Thomas Whalen. whose wife kept a
clearinghouse where 0'Sullivan and hts
man lived, was quite sure the ieeman was
not out Of tie house the night of the MUIR
der.
William Glenn. an later Ocean reporter,
testified that one week after the murder
Mrs. Conkiin told him the white horse
brought 10 her door from DiEan's stable
did not resemble the horse behind which
Cronin was driven away.
Edward Jones, Daily Nelcs reporter,
testified that he and another reporter went
10 the Carlson cottage after the discovery
Of Cronin' body. AS q joke they got some
cotton batting and . piece Of liver and
smeared blood from the latter upon the
cotton, and put the blood-stained cotton In
the cellar. Witness denied that he put II
there 20 furnish material for sensation in
his paper.
Three 81 0'SuIliyanis employees corroh-
Grated the evidence 10 establish an abb
for the ice man. One OF them told about
distributing \ number OF O'Suiiiyan's
cards which had been produced in evidence.
with view TO working up trade.
On the eross-examination Of Patrick
Brennan. another empioye Of o'sullivan.
the fact was brought out that the lawyer
for the defense got a lot OF these witnesses
together 81 o'Sullivan's house last Sunday
and went over their testimony In the pres
ence Of the entire company.