The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-21
THE cRoNIN CASE.


A fair and impartial review of the evil
dence against the men on trial for the
murder of DIR. Cronin in Chicago is OF
special interest at this time. The evil
dence upon which they must be convict
ed, if convicted at all, has been present.
ed. Upon that evidence, involved, in
tricate and chiefly circumstantial, the
prosecution must rely. Has the con-
spiracy been proved? Have some Of the
murderers been unmasked? Have the |
promises made by the States attorney
in his opening address to the jury been
fulfilled?
beginning with John f. Beggs it has
been proved:
That as senior guardian of Camp 20 he ap.
pointed "A secret committee February on
the motion of Dan Coughlin.
That February %, in fiery speech, he de-
nounced DIR. Cronin aud declared there must
be peace in the clan if it had to be obtained
| through war.
That he wrote letters to Edward Spelman
about the trial of Dr. Cronn, using language
susceptible of double interpretations.
That May to O'Byrne and Morris, friends
| of DIR. Cronin, he said the doctor was not
| dead, using the words 1--WE are in the inner
circle and know what we are talking about"
BY 1--WE" he meant Dennis Ward, who was
also present, and himself
That, in nutshell, is ell the evidence
against Beggs.
| Against KunZe it is proved:
That ho was intimate with Dan COughlin,
with whom he was seen near the Carlson
cottage.
That a man looking like him drove a man
resembling Coughlin to the cottage the night
| of May
That with Coughlin and O'Sullivan he was
| drinking in a saloon near the cottage at
| eleven O'Clock that night.
That he rode in buggy with O'Sullivan
one day, claiming to others he had purchased
O'Sullvan's horse.
That he lived on Cottage Grove Avenue un-
der an assumed name, and borrowed news
papers of friends, saying he wanted to see
about the Cronin case because he had heard
the police were looking for him.
That this occurred long before his name
was mentioned in connection with the crime.
Against Coughlin it is clearly estab-
lished:
That he stood sponsor for the white horse
which took DR. Cronin away.
That he lied about the transaction to Chief
Hubbard.
That he was never able to explain it or to
explain where he the night of Maya.
That for four years he had been the avowed
enemy of DR.. Cronin.
That he endeavored to hire Major Samp-
and said he didn't whether the "slug
ging" he wanted inflicted upon the doctor re-
suited fatally.
That he was a member of camp 20 and
| in that camp moved for the appointment of
a secret committee in connection with DIR.
| Cronn's report of what was proved at the
trial of the triangle.
That he was intimate with O'Sullivan,
Burke, Cooney, kunze and Bcggs.
That on several occasions he denounced
DIR. Cronin as Il spy and traitor who ought to
be killed.
| That he was hanging around the vicinity OF
| the Carlson cottage and late that night was
seen in the saloon near by In company with
O'Sullivan and kunze.
Against Burke it is proved:
That he was the tenant of the cottage un-
der the assumed name of Frank Williams.
| That he hired Martensen, the expresSman,
to take the furniture from III Clark street to
| the Carlson cottage which was afterward
| found there.
That he never occupied the cottage for any
| usual and ordinary purpose.
That he fled to Joliet. where he lived about
| two weeks and worked only one day.
| That Sunday morning, May 5, he and
| Cooney bought new shirts, and that he be-
came angry and profane when the salesman
| asked him to take off his coat so his size of
shirt could be determined by measurement
That he belonged to Camp 20 and was upon
| terms OF tne RfeuIeSt lntIilltCy Will OoOIlty,
| Coughln and OSulliVan.
! That he fled to Winnipeg and, from the
| ditch where he had only worked occasional
| ly, started for Europe.
That he was under the assumed name of
| j. Cooper when arrested, but admitted he
| had previously used the name OF Delaney
| and Burke.
| That he was in and around the Carlson cot
tage until May 4, when he fed from the city
| leaving the furniture there.
Against O'Sullivan is:
His contract with DR.. Cron!n for medical
attendance about which he told several
| falSehoods.
That he knew and talked with the Occu-
pants of the Carlson cottage.
That he vouched to old man Carlson for
Burke's willingness and ability to pay tho
rent.
That he was member of Camp 20 and in
innate with COughlin for "A long time, be-
sides being seen with the other defendants
and having been with Coughlin and kunzc
the night of the murder.
| That DR.. CrOnin was decoyed to the nearest
house to his under call to fulfill the de-
mands of the strange contract.
| That the card given by this man who took
DIR. Cronin away was one of a new and spe-
| cial lot printed only few days before, and
one of a very few he took from the printing
office before the work was done.
That he was not at his home the night OF
| May L. although he claimed he was.
That he lied about every important thing
proved against him.
In a general way the State has proved what
| ii promised to. The State has identified the
furniture in the Carlson cottage; has proved
the trunk was part of that furniture; has
| proved that DIR. Cronin was killed, and has
| traced him to the Carlson cottage has rea-
| sonably traced the wagon with the trunk to
and over the route it must have taken when
the body was put in the catch basin, the
| trunk thrown beside the road and the cloth
ing hidden in the sewer; has identified the
| remains of the valise found in the sewer as
| identical with the one purchased when the
| trunk and furniture were bought; has estab-
lished the scientific detection of the blood
| and hair in the trunk; has shown that a
murder was committed in the Carlson cot
| tage, and has proved motive for the assassin
alton of DIR. Cronin.
Beggs is the only defendant who has not
made any objections or saved any excep-
tions. He has accepted jurors whose in
competence, in case they are ncompe-
tent, he has waived, and has burned
every bridge behind him. If the jury
should convict him he has not plant to
stand on, not a shadow of a chance for new
trial He has practically staked his life upon
his acQuittal.
| Confederate Monument Unvailed.
NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 15.-All the mill
tary companies and Confederate camps
of Tidewater, Va, and about ten thou