Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

crime; O'Suni7an and his contract with
the doctor; his avowed enmity to him,
the driving away to the Carlson cottage,
and the part the different prisoners bore in
the tragedy enacted there, with
the subsequent disposition of the
body. Continuing, the speaker said:
AN APPEAL TO RELIGION.
Dr.. Cronin's last words as he drove away on
his errand of mercy, when Frank Seaman
asked him when he would be back, were: 'God
knows, God knows when 1 will get back"
Well, God did not tell him when he would get
back. nor did he know when he was going, yet
the God above stands ready to-day to direct
this prosecution Alright, and to see that the
men who destroyed the life of that man shall
be punished for this terrible crime.
On the morning of 9th of May, at about z.
o'clock. you recollect, this man Steib or Theel
and two others, who were out on that morning
found trunk, common trunk, with a COM
mon lock, unlocked, with common key, put
there, ] suppose by common hands, full OF
common blood. [Sensation.l Besmeared with
blood with common blood, as though hog
had been stuck and incarcerated in the trunk.
as if the trunk had been deluged with blood
this was the kind of trunk they found
Then you remember this man Cough-
lin, this cold -blooded, heartless wretch
NJ OOuduuSs 1ntSIEuptAaSs w N-ANNH'
to those remarks. 1s--
Ispeak from evidence. If this evidence does
not make him such, then have no right to
say it, but gentlemen, if you believe that TINS
evidence nails him to the cross in this case,
then he is a cold-blOoded, heartless Wretch'
Now what does he do during that search; ne
goes out and almost stands on the eaten pasln
where the body lies, hunting, mind you, for the
body that was taken away in that trunk ana
deposited in that catch basin.
THE FATAL COTTAGE.
The speaker then dwet upon the evidence
which showed the commission of the crime
in the Carlson cottage. The next point
taken up was the expert evidence concern
ing the specimens of blood and hair found
in the trunk and in the cottage, and argued
the absurdity of supposing that it was other
than human blood He said:
Now. do you believe that there was dog
killed in the cottage: do you believe that there
was an OK killed in the cottage: do you believe
that there were guinea pigs killed in the cottage;
do you believe that it was guinea pig hair on
walls and in the soapI do you believe that 1t
was dogs hair on the wall and on the soap and
in the sink: do you believe it was guinea pig s
in the cottage? The evidence all points to show
that it was human blood.
Not only that it was human blood, but that
it was the blood of Dr. Cronin that was found
in the cottage and in the trunk. Why was this
floor painted if this was an OK killed in there,
why was this floor painted if there was DOG
Killed in there, why was this floor painted If
guinea pigs were killed in there?
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
What do care about the blood corpuscles
that have been talked about in this case 1
shall not take up your time to argue the propo-
sition that it was anything else than the blood
of DR.. Cronin. But if you want to get at this
case, if you want to boil it down, if you
want to write the history of the case,
you want to write: Il contract for the medi-
cal services of DR.. Cronin-Patrick O'Sulli-
van" 81 contract for a cottage-Martin
Burke" Il contract for horse and buggy for
my friend-Daniel Coughlin." Draw your line
now and write COMMITTEE of three" And
write again, Il contract for your life-Patrick
O'Sullivan.' II contract for horse and buggy
to drive you to death-Daniel Coughlin." II
rent cottage in which to strike out your life
Martin Burke" Write again, The commit
tee reports to the Senior Guardian alone-John
F. Beggs."
When YOU come to consider the verdict
think of the 4th of May. Think of that man
gathering his little valise and his instruments;
think of HIM clasping to his bosom the cotton
with which to relieve the suffering of the
wounded; think of the splints IN the box;
think of his rushing out into the buggy; think
of the crowded seat; think of him rushing
north to relieve the suffering man; think of
there may there reverberate in your ears the
death cries of this man who in his last mo-
ments called upon his God and his Jesus.
rSensation.l
A SUBJECT FOR THOUGHT.
Think Of these men, who. without giving him
time to pronounce the other trinity name,
felled him to the floor with their death blows.
Think of the wounds in his head; think of the
grave In which he was placed; think of all this
in making up your verdict, and in the end this
will be such verdict as when His Honor pro-
nounces his judgment upon it, that he. having
his heart and eye to God, may say: MAY the
Lord have mercy on your sonls."
Judge Wing then addressed the Jury on
behalf Of the defendants. He began with
Dan Coughlin's defenss. He began by stat
ing the vast amount and the numerous
kinds of evidence produ ,ed in the case, and
all OF it circumstantial. He explained the
different light in which such evidence must
be considered from that accorded to direct
evidence. A mass of mere suspicion must
not be taken as proof, but each circumstance
must be weighed separately.
The speaker then told the Jury of the eel
ebrated DR.. Hull case in New York, citing
the sharply incriminating circumstances
which pointed to Dr. Hull as the murderer
Of his wife. Yet negro murdered her for
robbery. The circumstances, he said, must
have known and visible connection with
the crime. He said:
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
IfIwas on trial for nv life, no Juror who
values his future peace of mind dare use
against me the fact that in the neighbor-
hood of the homicide some hours before or
some days after, unknown men were seen.
A juror that would do that violates his oath
because there is no known or visible con-
nection between the two. After that ques-
tion is settled that there is a connection be-
tween the circumstances and the fact that
you are looking into and trying to find out,
without doubt Then you are to still in
quire if that circumstance may not be true,
and yet the man be innocent. That is the
great test.
Judge Wing then dwelt upon the neces-
sity that the jurors should put aside their
natural prejudice against those men on ac-
count of their nationality and religion, and
remember that it was natural for them to
love the home of their birth. The court
then adjourned till Monday morning.