Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-12-06

W.. 'V NOV "own stairs to let them in. Later
;,, "fS. hatsn and her sister came
maS' '''e room where O'Sullivan and Wit
sss s'e . I" get a cot which was in that
A., TN, lner' was light in the room
. Whalen spoke to O'Sullivan. O,SnI.
-'' an. remained in the room all night.
o,c.m ~ you remember getting any cards Of
nqlilvan's in the last of April?',
a.. old; got about 100 and distributed
'ne On around the stores and saloons"
+.r 10 you remember seeing O'Sullivan
'alklhg to old man Carlson?''
What was saids''
oid man Carlson asked O'Sullivan If bo
t Knew any of those parties that had rentad
. a:s cottage. and O'Sullivan replied that he
o'a not know any of Them" ~
oh tne cross.examinaton Mulcahey said
". .nay ne mad known O'Sullivan's brother
IN Iowa, and had letter of introduction
from this brother to the Lake View man
Muicahey's memory was defective. He
could not remember where he stonned
when he came to Chicago, except that II
was near the Washington street tunnel. >,
he could not remember whether he regis
tered his name ut the hotel or not.
Although Mulcahey occupied the same
PEG with O'Sullivan he could not tell
what colo. the iceman's underwear was,
nor what time he went to bed, nor what
tlme he got up, nor what was done by
OSullivan from the time they all had
supper till they went to bed. In fact.
except on the main points Of the matter.
the witness memory was sadly defective.
Mulcahey was corroborated by Thomas
Whelan, first cousin of O'Sullivan, and
Robert Boynton, James Knight and James
Minnehan, employees of O'Sullivan.
The last witness said that he went to
O'Sullivan's house last Sunday evening at
the request of Attorney Donahue. They
talked the case over among themselves and
each man heard what the other was going
to testify to- The Hylands were there
and rehearsed their stories.
Patrick Brennan, another employe of P.
O'Sullivan, said that on May 4 they had
ness was not out of the house all the even
ing. He saw O'Sullivan and Mulcahey go
to bed about O'Clock.
Cross-examination by Mr.. Hynes:
"Where you at OvSullivan's house last
Sunday evening.''
Eyes, sir.''
'Whom did you see THEREOF
MIR. Donahoe and Mr.. Forrest''
Did you know that they were going to
be there"
''No, SIR"
"You were surprised to find them there,
were you not?''
''Yes''
"Who did you go there with?''
''James Minnehan''
The witness said that he went to Minne-
hams room on Desplaines street last
Sunday evening, and from there they
went TO O'Sullivan's. Nothing was said
about the Cronin case on the way out,
They were surprised to find the lawyers
at o. Sulltvan's house upon their arrival.
Each witness told his story in the presence
of the other.
Miss Mccormick and Mrs. Whalen also
testified to O'Sullivan's presence at his
house during all of the evening of May 4.
Matt Danahy, saloonkeeper at Chi
cago avenue and North Clark street, the
man who is supposed to have sent the
money to Winnipeg for Burke's defense,
and also to have furnished the meals to
Burke after he was pla ed in the Jail in
Chicago, was the next witness.
Il was in my saloon on the night OF
May d." he said, ''having come there be.
tween 6 and Z o'clock that evening.
know Martin Burke, and he was there al
that time. relieved my bartender, q
man named Gleason, and was in the saloon
all the evening. Burke remained in my
place until between . and 10 o'clock, when
he Went out The evening of May Burke
was again in my saloon. P. II. Nolan,
Pat Cooney and a man named Finley were
! also in my saloon that night.'
On cross examination Danahv denied
having sent money to Winnipeg for
Burke's defense: admitted that he ordered
restaurant to furnish Burke meals in
jail, and denied he ever called Cronin a
spy, accompanied with q vile epithet.
Finally Mr.. hynes asked: "You knew
that Burke was openly charged with be-
ing an occupant of the Carlson cottage.
Why didn't you publish the fact that
Burke was i'll your saloon the night OF
May 4. and therefore guiltless Of the muir.
derss''
81 did not want newspaper notoriety,
because it would injure my business"
THAT fact then causes you to let your
best friend suffer under this charge Of a
terrible crime, and you would not show
his innocence because it would cost you a
small sum Of money!"
eyes"
''Have you not expended large sum
paying for Burke's meals?"
"Ycs.n
"Who will repay the money!"
''No one."
Danahy was corroborated by William
F. Coughlin and Francis p. Gleason, both
members of Camp 20.
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