St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
States Attorney Longeneck-
er's Scathing Arrangement
of the Cronin Suspects.
KunZe, the Little German Con-
spiratOr, Calls His Ac-
} cuSep a Liar.
Burke, 1t Is Claimed, Dealt
the Doctor His Death
Blow.
Judge Wing Crates in Behalf
!. Of Coughlin, the Fly
Cop.

ecker resumed his address to the jury
in the Cronin case this morning. He
took up the incidents of the meeting of
Clan-na-Gael camps at the reunion, Feb.
%, and reviewed the remarks made at
that meeting by Pat McGarry, to show
that the members of the Clan were at
that time discussing in bitter terms of
elimination and recriminat ion. the very
facts which Mr.. Beggs pretended to
deny. Referring to Pat McGarry's
speech, the states attorney said: INC
Garry had attacked the triangle in the
name of the Clan-na-Gael. He had said
that the triangle had embeZzled the
funds of the orga nizatiou and had be-
trayed Irishmen to the prisons Of the
enemy across the water. He had said
there were worse men than lie Caron
yet in the organization. The man who
gave LeCaron his credentials was worse
than LIE Caron. There were rnmors of
spies in the camp. There were worse
than spies. The triangle
WAS WORSE THAN SPIES"
"AleXander Sulliyan's name had not
been mentioned" said Judge Longe-
necker. "What did Beggs do? He
arose and attacked MeGarry. He said
it was cOwardly to attack Alexander
Suliivan's name and character in that
way. Alexander Sullivan has good
friends here. and | am one of Them
said the senior guardian. Then. on
March l, this same senior guardian,
coming home from meeting i'll COM
pany with Dan COughlin, said: There
is spy here to succeed LIE Caron, and
we have it pretty straight that that is
lr M
The evidence showed that the eonSpir-
acy began in Camp 20 Feb. s. when the
motion to appoint the secret committee
was made by Dan Coughlin." The
states attorney dXelt for some time,
showing the motive that actuated the
conSpiratorS to commit the crime, and
told again how the murdered physician
had openly charged the triangle with
Incorporating the funds of the
order, and for the purpose of covering
the theft of the triangle, claiming the
deficiency had been expended i'll
DANGEROUS WORK ABROAD,
when, on tine contrary. the money had
gone no farther than the pockets of the
trianglerS, and the dupeS who had been
Sent abroad had been delivered to the
English government, and were now
hnguishing in foreign jaiiS. After
touching again on the appointment of
the secret committee, which Senior
Guardian Beggs had subsequently in |
formed the camp would report to him
alone, the states attorney read the law
Of conspiracy. and then took up the
purchasing of the furniture and the |
leasing of the fiat at III South Clark
street, and of Kunze being seen there |
by the witness James. This reference |
to the little German brought him to his |
feet TO reply to the accusation, but lie |
was pushed back to his seat by AttOr- |
ney Donohue. None of the other priS- |
Oners showed any sign of anger at the |
biting array IL. of facts flung at |
them. They listened attentively, |
but nothing more. The attorneys |
for the defendants seldom made inter- |
ruption, but paid strict attention to the |
argument. The leasing of the Carlson
cottage next claimed the attention of |
the states attorney. why" pointing
to Burke, why, if Burke rented that
cottage for himself and sister. did he
use the name of Williams?" The
speaker could find no answer that |
showed a legitimate use. He then re-
ferred to KunZe having helped Burke
carry the furniture into the cottage.
This was too much for KunZe. and be-
fore he could be stopped he
SHOUTED, THAT'S A LIE"
course of the conspiracy step by step, |
picking up each thread, unraveling it
with skill, and then wound it about the
five suspects, binding them together.
"Why was it that the cottage of the
CarlsOns was rented?" demanded the
speaker. because" he answered, sit
was known that the Carlsons were
in the habit of going to bed early,
were sound sDeepers, not likely to hear
what was going on, and even should
they hear they were OF unsuspectlng
natures and wonld pay no attention to
it. And how did the murdererS know
this? Who told them? Why. Patrick
O'SulIivan, the next door neighbor of
the Carisons.'' He called attention to
COugi.Ii lin having denounced Cronin as
North side Catholic who was unworthy
of beiar connected with the Irish cause
and to the detective seeking the serv-
ices of maj" Sampson to do up" the
doctor. And then the counsel for the
defense sought to throw discredit on
such evidence by revealing the Grim
inal character of Sampson. The speaker
continued: ''Of course his
CHARACTER WAS OFF COLOR.
Is it likely COughln wanted dea-
con of church or a reputable man to
do his dirty work-Haddly." Referring
to the charge that men exposing the
secrets of the order being traitors,
Judge Longenecker declared with a
burst of eloquence: 1.-The best pa
triots of the Irish cause to-day are those
who came here, got on the stand and
told the whole truth" With this, al
though the hour for the noon recess
had not arrived, the states attorney
ing of his speech until the afternoon.
The court granted his request and adj
journed for dinner. Judge Longe-
necker continuing his argument this
afternoon, said: what more evidence
do you want than the trunk found in
the ditch was the one that was
taken to the cottage. In the catch
basin in which the body was
found, was also found cotton and there
was cotton in the trunk. In the trunk
there was blood and expert
hair were from human body. A man
was put on the stand who swore that he
could not tell human blood and hair
from any other. Do you, ask, do you
believe that the blood and hair were
from dog or guinea pig, OR from any
living thing except human being? The
hair and blood belonged to DIR. Cronin.
YOU certainly do not believe that any
dog or lower animal was
KILLED IN THE COTTAGE?
bHad such been so, why was the floor
painted to conceal the blood of dog or
an animal? l shall not take up your
time to argue such theory. Now.
what of the man who did this deed?
We find that Beggs was busy telling
men that Cronin was all right and would
shortly return. | have no doubt that
Beggs firmly believed that the body
would never be discovered" The states
attorney then showed the intimacy
that existed between Cough
lin and KunZe. "The latter he
continued, "was painter, and it was
painter who painted the floor of the cot
tage. Kunze is all artist, and while
the thunders roared on Sunday night of
Nav IL, after it was found that the Carl
sons would not rent the cottage to them
any longer, KunZe put the artists touch
on Cronin's blood. 1t stormed terribly
that night, and l don't wonder that
Kunze made bungling job of it.
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