Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-20
THE CMONIN TRIAL.
More Evidence submitted In Be-
half of the Defense.

CHICAGO, November 19-The first
witness in the Cronin trial this morning
was Policeman Redmond Mcdonald. He
testified that he saw Dan Coughlin at the
East Chicago-avenue Police Station, be-
tween s 40 and o'clock on tho night of
the murder. On cross-examinaiion wit
ness fixed the time at 8 to 9:l5 o'clock.
The cross-examination developed the
fact thas witness was member Of Camp
20 Clan ma Gael. Witness did not speak Of
the fact to anybody but Officer Scott,
who was also q member of Camp 20, IN
til last Saturday, when he told Captain
Schuetter. Witness said fear If being
mixed up in the matter kept him from
speaking of il sooner. Witness, when
asked whom no first learned OF the con-
nection OF Coughlin's name with the
horse and buggy in which Gronin WAS
driven away, stated it was before the body
was found. There was g sensation when
counsel for the prosecution asked wit
ness il he did not remember that Cough
Inns name had never been connected
with the horse and buggy in any man.
ner in the public press until three days
after the discovery OF the body.
William Mulcahy, an employee of
O'SulivaD, testified that he heard 0'Sul-
livan speak of his contract with Cronin
on the day Of the murder. Witness fur
ther testified that he and O'Sullivan were
on an ice wagon together; they had sup
per together; both read during the even
ing, going to bed at the came time and
sleeping in the same bed. O'Sullivan
Was not out Of the house that night.
Witness also said he had heard the
conversation between old man Carlson
and O'Sullivan about the tenants of the
Carlson cottsge. Tho old man testified
that O'Sullivau said he knew that they
were all right. This witness testified
that O'Sullivan said he knew nothing of
them.
The groundwork laid in the cross
examination was for connecting witness
with the driver of She white horse, who
decoyed Cronin to his death, but witness
denied that he let his beard grow at that
time or wore different overcoat from
one brought by him into the court. room.
Mulcahy knew of O'Sullivan's contract
with Cronin, having spoken once to his
employer about a lame foot, and being
told to 60 to Cronin, who Was under con-
tract to treat all OF his men.
Thomas Whalen, whose wife keeps
boarding house where O'Sullivan and
Ills Hi6h lls0u, Whb Iult6 SURF tub iCVIuGu
was rot cut of the house the night OF the
murder
VIM. Flenn, an Inter Ocean reporter,
testified that one week after the murder
Mrs. Conklin told him tine white horse
brought to her door from Dinan's stable
did not resem ole the horse behind which
Cronin was driven away.
Edward jones, Daily Nescs reporter,
testified that he and another reporter
went to the Carlson cottage alter the dis
oovery of Cronin's body. As a joke they
got some cotton batting and a piece of
liver, smeared the blood from the latter
upon the cotton and put the blood.
stained batting in the cellar. Witness
denied that he had put it there to fur
nish material for sensation in his
paper.
Three of O'Sullivan's employees cor
oborsted the evidence to establish an
abb for the ice man. One of them told
about distributing number of O'Sulli-
vans cards which had been produced in
evidence, with the view to working up
trade.
On the cross examination of Patrick
Brennan another employee of O'Sullivan,
the fact was brought out that the law
yers for the defense got lot of their
witnesses together at O'Sullivan's house
last Sunday, and went over their testi.
mony in the presence Of the entire com.
pany.