Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-02
VERY DAMAGING TESTIMONY,
Martin Burke Identified BY the
Carlsons.
THE WINNIPEG SUSPECT WINGED.
The Landlord and His Daughter-in-
Law Positive he is the Man
Who Rented the Cottage
as Frank Williams.
The Carlson Carpet in Evidence.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-Martin MoHale, car
pet layer, was the first witness in the Crouin
trial this morning. He testified that
the carpet bought by ~. II. Simonds" Feb
ruary last was laid by him (the witness) on
the floor of the room at III Clark street.
Witness was then shown piece Of the carpet
presumably from the Carlson cottage, and
he identified it as identical IN pattern with
that which he laid in the Clark street room.
Jon as Carlson, owner of the cottage, was
the next witness. He coroborated the testl-
mony of his daughter-in-law, Anna, about
the stranger coming to rent the cottage. He
went on to say that the stranger, who gave
the name of Frank Williams, said lie had
three brothers ana his sister was to como
from Baltimore to keep house for them. He
had bought furniture and IL would arrive in
two or three days. The stranger then took
the key. Witness said he had met and
talked with O'Sulivan, one of the defend
ants, many times. OSulllvan lived in the
immediate vicinity.
After tho shipping clerk, delivery man and
other employees of Revill's bad testified the
first important witness of the day, Mrs.
Anna Carlson, was placed on the stand
The young woman began her testimony
very timidly and at times her voice was al
most inaudble. She related how on the goth
of March, while she was at the Carlson cot-
stood near He said his sister was keeping
house for him and that he had some furnl-
ture he wanted to move in at once. He gave
his name as Frank Williams.
"Mrs Carlson asked the counsel for the
state, "do you see that stranger in the court
room nowi"
"Yes, sir.h
"Wlll you point him out to the jury1n
"There he is" The witness pointed di-
rectly to Martin Burke.
'tDo vou mean Martin kurke that man ~
continued Mills pointing to Burke again.
YES" responded the witness, and that
ended her examination.
On cross.eXamination Mrs. Carlson testI-
fed that she had never seen Burke from the
day he entered the cottage until few days
ago when she came into the court room to
identify him, yet she recognized him i'm
mediately.
was recalled. He said the stranger afte +
renting the cottage walked over to O'Sulli-
vans stable, where he met the ice man and
talked with him.
The next time the witness saw Burke IT
was about p. III. of May 4, a few hours
before Cronin was murdered
At O'Clock that evening the witness
heard two men talking in the cottage. In
April the witness had conversation with
O'Sulliyan about the men who had rented
the cottage. O'Sullivan told HIM he knew
one of them was all right and would pay the
rent when due.
On May 10 Carlson had another conver
sation with O'Sullivan in which he told the
latter the cottage was vacant and that he
had received u letter from the man who had
rented it asking HIM (Carlson) to put the
furniture in the basement, and saying he
had painted the parlor floor TO save his sister
the trouble of scrubbing.
On May 20 the witness entered the blood
stained cottage. He described the condi-
tions there apparent. MIR. Mills then asked
how many times he had seen man calling
himself Frank Williams. Carlson replied
"Three times.n MIR. Mills then said:
al will ask you If you see that man noW2'
The witness looked in bewlldered way tc
the back of the court in an endeavor to pick
out from the sea of faces before HIM the mar
he wanted.
Look back of the lawyers, Mr. Carlson, u
said Mills, as the old gentleman hesitated
He had hardly uttered the words when the
witness, walking straight up to Martin
Burke, shook his hat at him and exclaimed
"Tnat's the man."
Despite his utmost efforts to appear uncon
cerned it was evident Burke fully realized
the damaging nature of old man Carlson.
testimony. Mills was not slow TO clinch hi
advantage.
''Is that the mau2" he asked Ondcatint
Martin Burke), ''you called Frank WIN
iams!', and the witness unhestatngly an
swered:
''Yes sir.n
Carlson was cross.examined at grea
length, but his testimony was unshaken.
John Garrity, teamster, testified that
about TWO years ago Coughlin told him h,
wanted to SEQ "Maiorn Sampson.
He wanted to get him to "slug a man,
He wanted the man disfigured for life, ant
II he was killed 1t wouldn't make much diff
ference. Adjourned.
In regard to the alleged confession o
Burke told by Prisoner Gillette, at Winni
peg yesterday, the chief of police is LOOKING
up that part of Gillette's story in which n
speaks of the murderer getting money in al
Office on Dearborn street. and is also lookin!
up the woman Burke spoke Of 1t is also re
ported that woman answering the descrIp
tion sold out her furniture last summer ant
left for the old country. States Attorne,
Longenecker this afternoon made light o
the published accounts of Gillettes story
saying that there was nothing In 1t and al
that Gillette knows he Longenecker) ha
locked up in his safe He ntimated that tn
story didn't amount to much.
Sylvester E, Brown, business partner O
Thomas Kavanaugh, one of the men unde
indictment for trying to Dribe the Croni
Jury, brought suit in the circuit court toda
for an accounting, dissolution of partner
ship and the appointment of a receiver.