Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-18

IN THE CASE OF Or. cRONlN, MUIR
DERED THE CARLSON COTTAGE.
Three Prisoners Found Guilty of Murder,
One Sentenced to Three Years In the
Penitentiary, and One Acquitted.
By telegraph TO the Dlspstcn-l

CHrc.Go. December fG-The Croniu trial
has resulted in a verdict. Coughlin. Burke,
and O'Sullivan were found guilty OF mur-
der: penalty. life imprisonment. hunze,
three years; Beggs acquitted
THE FULL TEXT.
CRruvA1. CoUKr, CHICAGO. December l6.-
The verdict Of the jury in the Cronin case
Is az follows:
We, the jury, nnd the defendant John F.
Begg-, not guilty. We the Jury, and tho DC
fendani, John Kunze, guilty OK manslaughter as
charged in the indictment ana hx his punish
meat at imprisonment in the penitentlaTy Tor
the term OF three years. We, the jury. hnd tho
defendants. Daniel Cough!in, Patrick O'sullivan.
aud Martin Burse. guilty OF murder IN inc man.
ner aud form a. charged in the Indictment aud
fx tho penalty al Imprisonment ia tue Dehlten-
tiarY for the term OF their natural lives
Mr.. Forrest. Of the defence, at once re-
ouested that the jury be polled, and this
was ordered by the Court. To each juror
the question was put by the clerk OF the
court WAS this and Is this now your yer-
'dict:"
Foreman Clarke was the first man to rise
and answer firmly in the affirmative. The
other men followed IN turn and gave the
same answer. =.
Simultaneous with the announcement of
the verdict Coughlin, OSullivan, ana
Burke turned dcathlv pale. while kunze
started suddenly from his seat and a
moment later dropped his head upon his
breast and burst into tears. Beggs.s tacce
was luminous with JOY. and Immediately
after the polling Of the jury he arose from
amid the prisoners, walked over TO the
jury-box. and during the breathless lull
that followed shook Foreman Clarke'S
hand heartily. and said:
"Gentemen. thank you. | trust that the
future may confirm your Judgment upon me,
md that you will never regret you found me not
guilty Of this terrible charge
As he shook hands with the jurors each
man bowed his head III acknowledgment
of the grateful words of the liberated man.
Tie only sound that broke the stiffness
was the deep sobs of the little German
hunze. lie burst out with God knows
am innocent. ] never was m Lake view
that night. Oh, God knows | am innocent,
gentlemcn.'
O'Sulliyan was the only one Of the other
three prisoners who found refuge IN tears.
For moment they trickled down ms
checks. but a minute later his black owes
fiaShcd with defiance, or revival OF
courage. nnd he dashed his hand across his
brow. ne braced up IN MS seat. and cast q
long glance around the courtroom.
The only evidence of terror to he per-
ccivcd in COughlin was an increased pallor
that oyerspread his faceas hefully realized
the significance OF the sentence 70 lie I'M
prisonmcnt. and his lips twitchcd nervous
" during the cOlloquv that followed be-
tween the attorneys ana the Court relative
90 motion for o now trial.
Martin Burke was unqucstiOnably the
! least affected of all the prisoners. 1ls
usually horid face took on slight pallOr
as the verdict wes announced, but mo-
mcut later his iaW again began methodicai-
" with The masticdtiOn OF gum as regularly
rs ar any previous time during the trlat.
As the verdict was annOuucedand the large
audience contemplated kuuze's grief,
Beges turned 10 a reporter aud SAID:
"Itisa shame 20 sentence hunze. Poor little
fellow. thins hc Is as innocent as Am II i q
ID shame % aon1 hin 10 the pcnitentlary for
three yosra. He had no more iiea Ot being
found guilty tuan You hai OF being declared IN
Hrc laplice In thls crime
In the mean time comments among the
audience were rs varied as were the lndt
viduals that constituted the motley assem-
blaze that had assembled IN morbid curl
os,tv TO hear tho penalty pronounced upon
their iolloW-meu.
The friend. and admirers of the mur
derod physician We're naturally indignant
at tie verdict. " IL Is a shame. y said L. w
Dunn: "a shame and traycsty upon Jus
ticc."
HIS sentiment found IN echo in the hearts
of "a Cozr IA irishnen s. ho were near him
while only d dozen feet away members o
theotherfaotion were congratulatlng them
selves and the prisoners that the verdict
had been no worse, and the frieLds d
Beges were elbowing their way through tC
grasp the hand of the senior guardian %
Camp 20 IN felicitati0n upon hls cXonera
ton. Beggs took a seat in one of the jurr
chairs after the retirement OF that body
and spent she next half hour Pleasantly ac
cording interviews 90 q score OF newspaper
men that crowded around him.
Mr. Forrest, on behalf of the CONDEMNED
defendants. entered the accustomed mo
tion for new trial. and, after considerable
discussion. the Judge fixed January 18th %
the day on which the motion for IA new
trial should bc argued, and the prisoner
were taken back TO jail.