The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-30
THE EVIDENCE IS In.
Argument Before the, Jury in
the Cronin Case Begins.
CURSED HIS CREATOR AND DIED.
Stevens County hurderers.Arrested-T Santa
Fe Robbers-HerO of an African
Hunting Trip.

CHICAGO, Nov. 20.-At the opening of the
Cronin trial this morning the state called
one witness in rebuttal on Burke's alibi,
then the defense began sur-rebuttal to
strengthen its case. Nothing of interest
was developed.
At the afternoon session the defense
rested its case after the examination Of two
or three witnesses, but brought olt moth
ing new. The states attorney then said
the state had new and important evidence
which had just come to hand. Forrest OBJ
iected to reopening their case but after
consultation with the states attorney,
Judge Mcconnell decided to admit the evi
dence.
Police Officer Bartholomew Flynn was
then called TO the stand and testified.
when Daniel Coughlin was arrested
was ordered by Lieutenant Elliott to
take him to the Harrison street station.
When we got there 1 searched him in Cap
tain Bartrams Office. These two knives,
which l have in my hand,
found in his possession. 1 took
the knives and revolver from Coughlin
and took them back to headquarters and
went up stairs to Lieutenant Elliott's Office
and them took them down to the box in
headquarters and locked them up. They
We're there till the 18th of September when
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they have since remained. Last night
called the attention of Captain Sclhuthler
to them. Captain Bartlett knew had the
knives but up to last night | did not call
the attention of anyone else to them.n
This closed the direct examination and
Forrest moved to exclude the testimony on
the ground of the knives being in the
possession of the state ever since the arrest
The motion was overruled.
On cross examination, witness said he
did not tell the chief of police about the
matter of any consequence.
7. p. Conklin, the man with whom DR..
Cronin lived, identified the knives as being
carried by DR.. Cronin when alive. The
smaller one the witness had himself car
ried tor two years and then gave it to Gro
min. IF they are not Cronin' knives, they
looked exactly like them."
The knives were then admitted in evil
dence. This ended the evidence and
States Attorney Longenecker began his
address to the jury.
LOngnecker announced to the jury that
he viii contine himself to a review of the
evidence, leaving the arguments and
speeches to his associates. He said: 1.-THE
state does not desir that prisoners shall be
judged guilty, no does it desire that
they be convicted upon doubtful evidence
in the case, but if you, having heard all of
it and believing that the law and evidence
justify you in saying they are guilty, then
we do demand that your verdict will be in
accordance with the law and the evidence
and nothing short of truthful verdict
under the law and evidence will meet the
demands of the case. Whether your
verdict shall be to acauit or not,
with that the people must be content. The
state contends that the murder of Cronin
was brought about by conspiracy. We
believe that it was concocted and executed,
and that these men on trial were parties to
the conspiracy together with others not on
trial. That is our position. We further
claim it was cold FLOODED conspiracy
without parallel A cold, deliberately
planned conspiracy and most terrible in its
effects.''
The states attorney spoke of the
dissensions of the Clan-na Gael and
the appointment of a committee by
the executive, of which committee
Cronin was a member. Th' n begin
ming with the testimony of the secre
tary Of Camp 20, he reviewed, in narrative
form, at great length the evidence OF the
witnesses as to the row in Camp 20; the
over premature reading of the Buffalo
minority report in Cronin's camp,
and reference of the matter by
Beggs to Speliman. He stated that
at camp meeting that night is when
the conspiracy began. He then continued
his review of the evidence regarding the
Beggs -Spellman correspondence and came
down to the meeting February %, when
Captain McGann made charges and Beggs
said in the meeting he thanked God that
Alexander Sullivan had friends and that
he (BeggsJ was one Of them. At this point
the court adjourned.