Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-02
"THAT'S THE MAN"
Martin Burke Identified as
Frank Williams,
WHO RENTED THE COTTAGE
Old Man CarlsOn's Testim0ny-Of'
ficers Probing the Gillette
Story.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD,
CHICAGO, November 1.-The frat i'm
pcrtant witness today in the Cronin cast
was Annie Carlson, daughter-ln O.
the owner of the Carlson cottage. She
said on the 20th Of March man giving
the name of Frank Williams came tt
rent the cottage; he said his sister woulc
keep house for him, and he would move
furniture in. She then pointed out Mar
tin Burke as the man. She said che hat
never seen Burke since, till few days
ago, when she came into court, when sh {
recognized him instantly.
Jonas Carlson, the owner of the cot
tage, corroborated Annie Carlson's testi.
mony, and told of his showing the
stranger through the cottage and renting
it to him. He was still on the stand
when a recess was taken.
Jonas Carlson was recalled in the
afternoon, and told again of the renting
of the cottage to q man calling himself
Frank Williams, and the subsequent
events. Then came
THE EVENT OF THE AFTERNOON
Session. Mr.. Mills asked witness how
many times he had seen the Loan calling
himself Frank Williams. Carlson rs.
piled: "Three times"
Mr.. Mills then said: 81 will ask you
If you see that man now?"
Witness looked in bewildered way to
the back of the court, in the endeavor to
pick out from the sea of faces before him
the man he wanted.
'Look back Of the lawyers, Mr.. Carl.
son." said Mills as the old gentleman
hesitated. He had hardly uttered the
words when witness, walking straight ur
to defendant Martin Burke, shook his
hat at him and exclaimed: "That's the
man."
Despite his utmost efforts to appear
uDconcerned, it was evident Burke fully
realized the damaging nature of ole
man Carlson's testimony. Mills was moi
slow to clinch his advantage.
. SIS that the man." he asked, indicat
ing Martin Burke, ''you called Frank
Williams?" and the witness unhesitat
ingly answered, eyes, SIR"
Carlson was cross-examined at grea
length, but his testimony WAS mistaken
John Garrity, 3 teamster, testified tha
about two years ago Coughlin told him
he wanted 70 see "Major" Sampson. He
wanted to get him to "slug" man; he
wanted the man disfgured for life, and il
he was killed it woul MT make much diff
ference.
PROBING THE GILLETTE TALE.
In the alleged confession of Burke, told
by prisoner Gillette at Winnipeg, yester
day, man employed by one McGnnis
a fish dealer in this city, was implicated
McGinnis was interviewed today and
said he did not know who the man coulC
be unless it was Joseph Ksenen, one ol
the indicted jury bribers, who. Nc.
Ginnis said, worked for him last season
Keenen, when interviewed, said he haG
not been near McGinnis for two years
and knew nothing of the prisoners or
trial. Suspicion was then transferred
to another employee named Cooney, but
the police this evening announced tina,
he had no connection with the mater.
The Chief of Police has taken up that
part of Gillette's story in which he
speaks of the murderers getting money
in an office on Dearborn street, and is
also looking up the woman Burke spoke
of. It is reported that woman answer
ing the description sold out her furniture
lhbO dilu lClt lOl ti0 Olu COuHGrI .
States Attorney Longenecker this
afternoon made light Of the published
account of Gillettes story, saying there
was nothing in it, and that sill Gillette
knows he Iongenecker) has locked up
in his safe. He intimated that the story
did not amount to much.
AN UNPLEASANT YoKEFELLOw.
Sylvester E. Brown, business partne,
OF Thomas Kavanaugh, one Of the men
under indictment for trying to bribe the
Cronin jury, brought suit in the Circuit
Court today for an accounting, dissoiu-
ton OF partnership and the appointment
of receiver. He says when his part
ner wss arrested and indicted, all the
contracts the firm had on hand were
cancelled, and he has found it impossible
to make contracts since, owing to the
prejudice Kavanaugh's indictment has
caused.