Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-14
CRONIN'S AVENGING.
Expectation That the Trial of the Sus-
poets VIII be Brief

A Chicago special to the New York Herald
says: 1t is not anticipated that the trial of the
men who are charged with the murderous con-
spiracy against DR.. Croniu will be long one.
1t is thought that when the trial does begin
several weeks will be consumed in getting q
jury. The people about the states attorneys
Office believe that this work will be as tedious
and difficult as it was in the anarchist case.
The murder created so much excitement and
such intense interest it is thought it will be no
easy matter to find twelve good men who have
not formed and expressed decided opinions.
The care that will have to be taken in summon
ing talesmen to avoid men who are secretly in
sympathy with the assassins will also make the
work still more difficult, it is anticipated
A PROBABLE DELAY.
While the trial is set for the 26th inst the de-
Tense may demand more time. The state is
ready. but it is anticipated that the defense
will not be. Even then the delay would not be
great, as the case would simply go over to the
September calendar. From present appear
ances the trial will not consume as much time
as the prolonged investigations of the ooroner's
jury and the grand jury. 1t will take but
few days to present the evidence for the prose-
cution, which will be purely circumstantial I'M
less one Of the defendants weakens and turns
states evidence. Such a thing as that, however,
barely possible, as Burke and O'Sullivan. the
possible squealers, have been greatly encour-
aged by their attorneys.
Burke is now the central figure in the group
OF indicted men instead of Coughiin, but as the
case develops against him it will be deyeloped
against the others. 1t will be shown, first, that
Burke rented the cottage. The testimony of
the Carlsons will be relied upon to settle that
beyond q doubt. Then. it is believed, he can
be connected with the rooms at No. III Clark
street by Martisen's testimony, which will show
that he had the furniture hauled from that
place to the cottage
This Is the whole case against Burke, with the
exception that his flight and fight against ex-
tradition will be used against him. What his
standing was in Camp No. 20 is really not known
famous Market street gang" and through this
medium with Dan Coughlin will be shown to
the best of the state attorneys ability.
TEE MOST VITAL POINT
As would naturally be expected, the most
vital point in the case 10 that Of connecting the
doctors murder with the blood-stained cot
tage. Nobody saw DIR. Cronin enter there ex-
cept Mertes, the milkman and his evidence ia
vague, and all the evidence which really con-
1ects Cronin's dead body with the cottage is
the piece Of blood-stained cotton batting found
in the basement and corresponding with the
cotton found In the trunk and with that found
In the catch basin 1t Is regarded by the state
as strong Circumstance, and is the only thing
that really connects the body with the trunk,
and therefore with the cottage.
wooDRUFFs ADMISSIONS
A strong circumstantial case will be made
against Burke, O'Sullivan and Coughlin, and
Woodrun's admissions are relied upon to Mt
least send him to the penitentiary. He will be
posed, however. as . constituencies liar and
the defense hopes that every word he says and
has said viii act upon the jury in Q way favor
able to the accused. The defense will put him
up as q creature who has been manipulated by
the state and hope by this means to impress
upon the minds of the jurymen that the course
OF the prosecution has been high handed and
actuated solely by the idea and purpose of con-
voting somebody. whether he was connected
with the murder or not.
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