Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-21
VERDICT NOW In SIGHT.
THE PROSECUTION IN THE CRONIN
CASE ENDED.

THE PROSECUTION In THE CRONIN
CASE ENDED.
The Sensational Story of Mrs. Hoerbei-
VIII it She Heard at the Cronin Cottage
ON the Night of the Murdcr-Other Dam
aging Evidence.
[Chicago telegram.l
In the Cronin trial, Henry buchholez,
saloonkseper at 280G Cottage Grove
avenue. testified that Kunze boarded at his
place under the name Of Kaiser.
"W hen did he como there;h
"April a."
'How long did he stay with your
"Till he was ARE sted -
Charles Herckimer, a tailor, who keeps
a shop near BuchholZ's saloon, was the
next witness. Herckimer testified that he
knew Kunze He had met Kunze in
Duchhoiz's SALOON, where the latter intro.
duced him to Kunze, saying: "Mr. Herck-
inner, this is Mr.. Kaiser" KunZe
subsequently came to witness tailor shop
and had some work done, and gave the
name of Kaiser. On another occasion
the little German said his name was Kunze
John p. Dunno, plumber at 097 Lincoln
avenue, testified that he was in Cameron S
saloon one night in April when Kunze and
Coughlin entered. Dunno had previou ly
known Kunze. Kunze camo to witness
whore he had sat at a table and said:
"Come, l want to introduce you to friend
of mine.n He then introduced me to Dan
Coughlin. Cougblin said he and Kunze
were good friends, and that he would do
anything he could for Kunze Then we
had some drinks and l went away"
Frank o. Washburn, a saloonkeeper at
1920 Wellington avenue, saw Kunze and
O'Sullvan together at his saloon some
time in March. They were driving a
brown horse attached to a buggy. Kunze
said he bought the horse from O'Sullivan
aud had promised to pay more than the
horse was worth, so thathe would get some
spending money from his guardian. Wit
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testimony was to show the intimacy exist
ing between O'Sullivan and Kunze.
Gus Klahre, the tinsmith, testified that
one Monday morning in the early part Of
May Martin Burke and an expressman
came to his fathers tin-shop at SO North
Clark street.
Burke had a galvanized iron-box about
1tx26 inches in size. and he wanted the
ton soldered on it. This Cronin case was
in the papers that morning, and / said
British spy and ought to be killed. "
"What else did ne say"
81 said it was queer about Cronin's dis
appearance, and Burke said: 'Cronin
was --- (using a vile epithet,
and ought to be killel.'"
"WHat did you do with the box?"
81 tried to lit the cover of the box but
he pushed my hand away and said: For
Gods sake, don't open that, or something
like that
"How was the lox fastenedS'
1T was tied with a clotheS-line. "
''He wouldn't let you open it''
''No. told him I'd have to take off
He said it didn't make any difference how
it was done-no matter how rough it
might be. So l put band around the
box without taking Off the CO; d. -
"How near did Burke stay to you while
you were fixing the box?''
''He staid right close to me all the
time"
Joseph O'Byrne had a conversation
with John f. Beggs on Clark street, near
the Chicago opera house block, on Tues
day, May Z. Maurice Morris ana Dennis
Ward were also present. The disappear
ance of DIR. Cronn was discussed, and
Beggs said that he thought he would turn
up all right. Ward then interj jected that
Cronin had skipped out with n woman
and would return in few days after his
spree. O'Byrne asserted that the doctor
had been murdered. At that Beggs
turned to the witness and said
"You don't know what you are talking
about, because you don't belong to the
inner circle We referring to himself
and Ward are posted"
Dr John 4 Williams of No AO7 Cantor
street, testified tnat he had known Patrick
o'Suliivan several years; had treated him
doctor bill didn't amount to more than S5
for the whole period. Trere were several
physicians practicing in the immediate
vicinity of O'Sullvan's house
Michael Gilbert, a sewer. cleaner was
working on Evanston avenue flushing the
sewers He was assisted by Michael Reese
and Frederick Meyer.
What did you find near the corner of
Buena and Evanston avenues"
II went TO the manhole and raisel the
lid and found the hole half full of water.
/ then went to the next manhole and raised
the lid there tco, and saw what looke1
like lot of old rags. The flow In the
sewor there is from north to south"
What did you do {"
II called on Michael Reese to go down
into the manhole and pull out the old
sachel. had tried to pull it up, but it
was so rotten that it fell to pieces. /
handed Reese bucket and he got it under
the things and in that way we got them
out. We got up a box. 1t was about
eighteen inches long. At first l though.
1t was block of wool Lut after we got
it out | saw il was o box"
"Well, what did you do:''
AtI iftan n m A.
small sacliel with both ends off was brought
out -
What did you do them"
"All the things, including the hat and |
the clothes, were put in a bunch together. - |
What happened thenf"
II told one of the men to go for a patrol |
wagon. The things got out on the manhole |
were all put on stretcher Just as they |
were taken out OF the manbolo and nut in |
the patrol wagon. / did not help to put |
1t in, but | saw it put in when the patrol |
drove up"
Michael Reese, one of the sewer cleaners
who found tho clothes and other articles
was then called to the stand and corrobor.
ated the testimony of the previous wit
ness.
At this stage the articles found i'm the
sever were brought into court, ana their
entrance created little sensation. The
prisoner Feggs did dot seem to pay any
attention to them. Coughlin and Kunze
'raned their necks to see them. Burke
got very red in the face, but sat motion.
ess in his chair except that he worked his
Jaws vigorously, as IL chewing a large
luid OF tobac o. Those Immediately be-
lind him said his whole frame shuddered
1t the first glimpse he got of the articles,
nut such a motion was not aDparant from |