Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-11-09
THE oRoNIN TRIAL.

THE CRONIN TRIAL.
Captain schuettler Testihes A bout tn
Blind Taken From the Carlson Cot
tage-William Nyeman Says Tina
Three Men walked mysteriously III
His saloon On the Night OF the MUIR
der.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8.-The Cronin trial wa
resumed this morning with Captain Schuet
tier in the witness chair. He brought with
him into court the blind taken from a win
dow of the Carlson cottage, with the paint
prints of hand on it. The witness was
sross-sxamined by Judge Wing. The finger
marks on the window blind were made with
the same yellow paint with which the floor
was smeared. One alat Of the blind was
broken. II locked as though SOMEONE had
attempted to close the blind hurriedly and
did not notice that his hand was covered
with paint. Captain Schuettler then related
how he took charge Of the lock and key and
other things found in the cottage.
The sensation in connection with the case
to-day was the finding of the surgical case
and clothes OF the murdered physician. The
sewer at the intersection of Evanston avenue
and Buena avenue has been flush and running
OsCAs AVN0y WV VI guI60 e6W6I CloA06IA IT,
moved the cover from the manhole in the GEN.
ter of the street and with long poles prodded
among the rubbish beneath the water After
some hooking and digging two valises were
unearthed, one leather one and the other the
remnants of paper one. In the leather
ease was found DR.. Cronin's prescription
book, with several prescriptions bearing his
signature. The paper one dropped to pieces
as 1t was pulled out, and from it rolled q
mass of battered clothing that bore the evil
dence of having been cut in strips with a
sharp knife. The only intact garment was
the vest, which was in theeenter, and which
encircled the DOCTORS case Of surgical instru-
ments. The surgical case and prescription
book bore the doctors name, and
clothing, were recognized by the Conk-
Inns and dozen other friends as
the property of the murdered doctor. All
these things were found a block from the
spot where the bloody trunk was discovered
after 1t had been thrown hurriedly from tho
wagon on the night Of May 4, or only half a
mile south Of where the body of DR.. Crenin
was found, in the catch basin. The paper
valiss is supposed to have been the one pur-
chased by rs. B. Simozds' from A. n. Re-
velle &c Co., and clerk from that house
will endeavor to identify the remnants to-
morrow.
The State attorney this morning handed
Mr.. Forrest an additional list of witnesses
that the State expects to summon.
The next witness was Officer Edward f.
Hedrick. He testified that he took q win
dow shutter from the Carlson cottage about
the 25th of June and delivered 1t to Captain
Schuettler at the Larrabee street station.
The witness then identified the section of the
shutter heretofore shown as similar to the
| lower portion of the shutter taken off by
him. The eress-examination developed
nothing new.
Captain Wing of the Lakeview police force
| testified that he cut a number Of chips out of
| the floor of the Carlson cottage and that they,
with the lock of hair found in the trunk,
were turned over to Captain Sehusttlsr.
| VIM. Nyeman, who at the time of the MUIR
der kept a saloon a block and a half south
of tho Carlson cottage, was the next witness.
He testified that defendant O'Sullivan en-
tered his saloon between 10 and II O'Clock
on the night of the murder. he was &C.
| eompanied by two men. The witness was re-
luotant to say whether either of the two was
one of the defendants in this case, but finally
said that he thought Coughlin was one of the
men. The other was smaller, and could not
speak English plainly. He had q German
accent. The three stood as closely together
as they could get and talked in undertones,
putting their hands up to their faces, for
about twenty minutes. According to wit.
| ness Juogm6lG, Auuz6 WAS bu6 GnlrO man.
Andrew ]. Monatt, a printer who works
for Mr.. Stanton, the Laksview man who
printed the business cards for O'Sullivan, one
of which was used to decoy DR.. Cronin to
his death, was the Grst witness at the after
noon session. He identified the card hereto-
fore placed in evidence. On April 81 O'Sul-
Ivan called before all of the cards were
printed and took some of them away with
him. Policeman Paul HoeGg, desk sergeant
at the East Chicago avenue station, where
Detective Coughlin was stationed previous to
his arrest in connection with this case, testi.
fed that in the month OF April he received 6
telephone message from O'Sullivan, who
wanted to see Coughlin at his (O'Sullivan's
house that evening. When told of it Cough
lin said "All right" On the 1st or Sd O
May he received the message again and agai,
Coughlin said "All right; it's O'Sullivan, thu
ice man."
Joseph Hunkaler, ex-police officer of Lake
view, testified that on the night of May 1:
about half past twelve he saw two men, a tai
man and shorter one, standing on the side
walk near the Carlson cottage and he drove
them away, telling them they had no business
out at that time of night. The witness theI
walked past the Carlson cottage. A brigh
light was burning within. Ten minutes late
when he returned the cottage WAS in dark.
ness.
Policeman Isaac Robinson testified tina
Officer Hunkaler had called his attention tt
the Carlson cottage at about O'Clock in tn,
morning of the night of May 10 and that be-
tween the time of going past 1t to the NORTH
and returning the position of one of tn
blinds had been changed. The lower slat
were opened.
An adjournment was then taken till to
morrow morning.