New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-03
KUNZE CLOSELY GUARDED
NOBODY ALLOWED TO SEE THE LATEST
CAPTURE IN THE CRONIN CASE.
NoN.coMM1TTAL ON HIS EXAMINATION BY
CHIEF HUBBARD-PosITIvELY IDENTIFIED
BY ONE MANTLE BELvIDERE SUICIDE
NOT CooNEY ARGUING
BURKE'S CASE
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Chicago, July 2.-Kunze, the latest capture in
the Cronin case, was locked up to-day at the
East Chicagoave. station. No one allowed
to have access to him, and the police at the sta
tion even denied that he was there. An indicted
man is the property OF the sheriff, whose duty 1t
is to issue capias at once, and take him under
arrest. Kunze's proper place, therefore, is in
Jail; but in his case the sheriff is making no OBJ
lection to the mans being detained by the police
The latter have strong hopes that the young man,
if properly handled will tell all he knows
about his friend Coughlin. Kunze has told a
good deal already, but his talk has not been to
the point. He has really told nothing about the
murder.
Last night he was questioned by Chief Hubbard
and Captain Schuttler, in the Chiefs office, and
he convinced his questioners that he is an ex.
tremely shrewd young man. He told them all
about his acquaintance with Coughln-how he
first met him and became his companion and
assistant in detective work Kunze denied that
Coughlin had him in his power account of
some crooked transactions previous to the Shufeldt
business. He admitted, however, that Coughlin
at time got him drunk and robbed him of all
his private papers, ,sbut he insisted that there was
nothing incrminating in them
The prisoner gave good account of his move
ments on the night of May A. He declared
soemnly that he did not go to the Carlson cottage
with Coughlin that night While he said that
he remembered perfectly everything he had done
and every place he had visited that night, he
could not tell anything about his movements on
any other night, even down to May 20. His
abb will be thoroughly tested by the police
w. l.. James's Identification of Kunze as the
man he loafng about No. III Clark-st
seems to be complete James picked him out Of
group of five at the Cottage Groveave. station.
James was then taken out of the room and kunze
removed from the group, another man somewhat
resembling him being put in his place. James
was brought back into the room and asked to
pick out his again lie is not here" he
answered promptly.
Mertes, the milkman, identified Kunze as the
man who drove up to the cottage with Coughln,
but he was not so positive as James.
John f. Beggs was visited in the Jail this
morning by his wife, and also by his attorney,
NJ Z. Ames The latter said his client had
told the Grand Jury all he knew
about Camp No. 20; and that if the authorities
were not satisfied with that, Beggs would wait
until his trial. and would then prove that he had
nothing to do with any trial in the camp which
ended in the doctors murder.
| Frank Woodruff was talking again to-day, and
he told new story. 1t was about hatchet,
but it was not George Washington story. He
said there was a hatchet in the wagon when he and
his companions left the cottage with the body, but
it was thrown away after the trunk had been
disposed of. Woodruff says the police made a
great mistake when they failed to act his
suggestion and arrest Mahoney and Mcdonald.
for they were the parties who were with him in
| the wagon.
Chief of Police Hubbard this morning received
dispatch from officer whom he had sent to
Belvidere, ILL.,. saying that the man who COM
mitted suicide in the cemetery there on Sunday
was not COoney, the Fox,' as had been supposed.
Winnipeg, July 2.-The Burke hearing re-
sumed at III O'clock this morning but little was
done before the court rose, at o'clock Most of
the time was taken up in a contest over the
putting in as evidence of the evidence taken in
Chicago before the Grand Jury, the orig ginal
copies Of which were brought here by Assistant
State Attorney Baker. Burke's counsel raised
objection after objection of technical nature,
all Of which were in turn Overruled.
The chief objection made by. Mr Perdue was tnat
the depo5itons taken before a Grand Jury were
not receivable in this court, inasmucl as the
foreman of Grand Jury Is not "a judicial Of
ticer nor were the papers evidences of any facts.
Judge Balm observed that the Extraditlon Act
provided that to secure eXtradition it was only
necessary TO make out case sufficient TO secure
his committal providing the crime were COM
mitted in Canada After an indictment IN Canada
any Justice of the Peace would be authorized IN
committing a prisoner to stand his trlal, anq the
Judge thought it was question whether the mere
proving of identity of prisoner Win the person
named in an Indictment In foreign otate was
not sufficient in itself to justify eXtradition.
Several of the witnesses brought from Chicago
were examined. The evidence gwen by then
did not differ in any particular from that gwen IN
their examination IN Chicago.