The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-11-19
FROM THE SEWER AND the SALOON
Comes the Mass of the Evidence in
the Cronln Murder Case.
The Defence Locates Its Men by
Telling Where They Drank.
Why Kunze Is Said to Have Adopted
Another Name.

CHICAGO, November 1s.-In the Cronin
this morning was Peter Koch, hardwood
finisher. living within three blocks and a
half of the Carlson cottage. Witness knew
Kunze for five years. and had employed him
in his business. Witness had met Coughlin
about April 9. and had taken the then detec-
tive to bis home for the purpose of meeting
Kunze, who claimed to have valuable papers
In relation to the fight between the whiskey
trust and the Shufeldt distillery, and the at
tempt to blow up the Shufeldt dlstillery with
dynamite. About 7.30 Kunze came home
and witness introduced him to Coughlin.
The detective then took Kunze away and
got him badly intoxicated. About II o'clock
they came back. and Coughlin searched
from Secretary Burroughs. of the whiskey
trust AID q telegram from Thomas Lynch Of
the Shufeldt distillery. Kunze afterwards
said he would not have lost the papers for
$1,000, but also said he had more valuable
paper which Coughlin did not steal. Wit
ness soon afterwards met Kunze at the
South Side, where he was working under
the name Of Kaiser, and had told him the
police were looking for him in connection
with the Cronin murder. Kunze, the wit
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st0rekeeper with whom he had had trouble
had threatened to have him arrested.
Witness had seen Kunze and O'Sullivau
together in buggy near the Carlson cottage
the day before he had introduced KunZe to
COughlin.
On cross-examination by State Attorney
Longenecker, witness said he drove Kunze
away from his house because he would not
work and because he was dishonest, he fire.
quently borrowing money and never return
ing it.
James Hyland, freight handler in the
and his cousin, Jeremiah Hyland, called on
OSullivan at about O'Clock in the evening
of May 8. They took supper with him. On
leaving between 8 and 10 o'clock he and his
cousin and O'Sullivan went to saloon near
and had two glasses of sherry and cigars.
This testimony was for the purpose of con-
tradicting the testimony given by Niehman,
who swore that he saw Coughlin, Kunze and
OSulllvan drinking sherry in the same sa-
loon at about 10 o'clock the same night. At
the request of Mr.. Wing, Dan Coughlin, the
stood beside him. The witness is half a
head taller than Coughlin. Then at the re-
quest of the counsel for the defence the
witness stepped down in front Of the jurors
and his cousin Jeremiah, being ranged along
side of him, the jury were afforded an oppor-
tunity of noticing the likeness between the
two men.
jeremiah Hyland took the stand and cor
roborated the testimony of his cousin. The
witness then took position beside Kunze in
order that the jury might judge as to the
similarity between them. The witnesses
testimony was clearer and more definite than
his cousins. He identified the saloon by its
location and by its interior appearance and
gave its street and number, 1888 Ashland
avenue. This Is the saloon owned by Neh-
man, and the evident object of the testimony
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discovered by the defence, is to break the
force Of Nehman's testimony.
aEx-Detective Michael Whalen, Dan
Coughlin's old partner when on the police
force was the next witness. He testified
nn.h that he arrived at the East Chicago avenue
night that Cronin was murdered. Coughlin
was there at the time. 81 did not go out
side the station until 10 O'clock" he said,
land did not leave there until II. saw
when parted with him. Between nine
and ten, don't think that he was outside
the station" 4sE
about how long an interval was it since
you had seen him preyiously?"
MAY be half an hour"
G. On cross examination an effort was made
to show that the witness had testified before
the coroner's jury and told Capt. Schuettler
and others that he did not see Coughlin after
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MED it. The fact was brought out that the
witness and O'Sulliyan were first cousins.
His brother, Tom Whalen and his wife kept
house for O'Sullivan.
Desk Seargent John Stiff of the Chicago
avenue police station, was the next witness.
He said: "On Saturday night, the 4th of
May, was in the police station. / came to
report at about $780, After roll call went
out with the section men and saw that they
were on their beats. came back to the sta
tion and changed my uniform. 1 was leav-
ing to go to my duty for the night when l
met Officers Machael Whalen and Daniel
C0ughlin outside the door of the station,
probably at % minutes to 10. Invited them
to take drink with me at the Dext saloon
We went into the saloon and they each
drank beer. took cigar and we stayed
five or 10 minutes. We talked about Bren-
mans advancement Then | went away. I
did not see Coughlin again that night" The
cross-examination, which was very search
ing, brought out that Stiff travelled the beat
with Whalen many years. He had not men
toned his meeting with Coughlin and Wha-
len to any one except Captain Setback, to
whom he reported it some days after Cough
Inns arrest.