The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-30
DR.. CR0NIN'S KNIVES
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sssss ~ she Last heWess----rhe
saaae's Attorney Degtss 8is Ad-
slrres tS the Jury.

CHICAGO. Nov. 29.-At the opening of
the Cronin trial this morning the state
rallsi one witness i'm rct,uttal on Burke's
Alibi. Then the defense began surrebut-
hal to strengthen its case. Noshing Of i'm
fercst was developed
| Al the afternoon session the defense
ts.sted its case after the examination of
two or three witnesses, whose. testimony
Drought out nothing new. The states at-
bo-ney then said the state had some new
Ind important evidence which had just
rome tn hand. Mr.. Forrcst objected to
te-opening their case, hut after consulta-
conneli decided to admit ths evidence.
Police Officer Bartholomew Flynn was
thcn called tO the stand and tessifiesl
soilows: ''when Daniel CouRhlin was ar
rrsted was ordered so take him to- she
Harrison street station. When we got
there / searched him i'm Captain Hart
rams Office. These two knives which
have i'm INV hand I found in
hia possession. ] took thcse Knsves
and revolver frsun Cou9hiin and went IA
Lieutenant Elliot's Office aud then took
them down 10 my box i'm the heaqauarters
and lockssl thesu up. They were there
until the 18th or 18th oy Ssps.m,l,rr : , when l
called the attention o1 Caps. ,Ssinrttier To
;hc % Knives. " S"s ap " 10 is"s | SsSssI ia mot mo-.
call the attention ofsailyoue else 20 thesn.'
This closed the direct exaInination and
Mr.. FORREST moved To cxclnde the evil
.sencc ON the ground that the knives had
been i'm the possession OF the state ever
since Co,.shiin's arrest. The motion was
overruIctl.
On cross cxa,nination the Witness said
he did not tell the chief oi police about
the knives because IL did not occur
TO him that the matter was
Of any consequence. T. p. couklin.
with whom DIR. t'ronin lived. i,ientified
the knives having been carried by Dr.
Cronin when alive. The smaller one the
Witness had himself carried for two years
knives were then admitted i'm evidence.
This ended the evidence. and States At
torney Longcnecker began his address to
/ States Attorney Lnngcncckcr announced
To the jury that he will confiue himself To
q review of the evidence in the case lcav-
ciates. He said: ''fbe state does not de-
| rire that the PRISONERS shall he guessed
| e6nvictesl on sinnbsful cvisisncc. Whether
the verdict bs. to acquit ar convict, with
that verdict the people must be content. m
| Cronin was brought about by conspiracy.
| We claim that IL was concoctcd aud exc
| GATED. aud that these men ON trial arc
parties To the conspiracy. together with
others not trial. We further claim that
twas n cold bloosiesl conspiracy-.a con-
! spiracy without parallel, deliberately
| planned and most terrible in it's effects
| The state attorney spoke OF the dissens '.ri
| i'm the Clan-Iia-(iacl and the appointment
OF a committee to try tn. executive, OF
| which DIR. tronin was - member. Then
| beginning with the testimony OF the sscrc
| tar,y OF camp NJ, he reviewed In u narra
| tive form at great length the evidence al
| the witnesses To the row in camp
| over the premature reading OF the Buffalo
| minority report in Crpnin's camp, and
| reference of the matter by Beggs to Speil
man. He. stated that the camp meeting
| on the night OF February is when ti,s
| conspiracy began. He then continued hi,
| review of the evidence regarding th'
| Beggs-S -Spcllmau correspondence. etc.
| and came down tn the meeting OF camJ
20 ou February -. when Patrick McC;arr!
made charges aud Bsugs in the meeting
said he thanked God Alexander Sullivan
had friends, and that he ,Beg2~, WAS on
of them. At this point the court ad
ioirned.