The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-24
AN IMPORTANT WITNESS.

AN IMPORTANT WITNESS.
Charles Zanser VIII Aid the state IN tho
Cronin Case-Ho Tells of Conversa-
tion lie OverIieard-Two Women in
Cu.tody-An Attempt of Snsprcts 10 Es-
cape Discovered = Import ant Develop
monts.
CH.cAGo Oct 1a-Charles Zander, IN
Austrian mechanic. who was closetcd with
the States Attorney for ncariy two hours
Thursday evening. will be one OF he most
important witnesses for the State I'm the
Cronin Case lander knows 6oughlin,
O'Suiiivan and Martin Burke. He recog-
ntzed all three OF them in Judge McCon-
neifs room three weeks ago He over
heard o sullivan and Coughiin about the
middle Of May speaking about the
Cronin murder In Con Rullivan's
stable ut Riverside His first story was
that Con Sullivan participated In the con-
versation, but he has since contradicted
this. his story now is that Coughlin and
p. USullivan drove out from the city in Z
red-wheeled tax cart. and while Con Sui
lvan was attending TO their horse they be-
gan die cussing the Cronin murd. r In the
stall next to where ZanGcr was attending
to his duties as hostler They expressed
anxiety lest thu body should BE- discovered
Coughiin said he would depend on Burke
to hide it away. O'suilivan said the Lake
View health officers were about to look after
the sewers and catch-basins, and that he
feared the body would then be found
COughlin said that measures ought to DO
taken at once to remove the body to the
beach, where 1t ought to be buried.
If IL is discovered said Coughlln, I'VE
will have to clear out"
mo. that will not do" said O'Sallivan
1t would arouse suspicion Someb dy will
have to 20 deeper into his pocket than he
has heretofore done. He has been too
stingy with us as 1t IL am sorry for the
part have taken in this matter believe
we have been fooled aud that Cronin was
no spy after all
there were some further remarks OF the
same general tenor lander left the en-
p.oy OF Con Sullivan thereafter. He went
to work for Father Burke, the Catholic
priest at Lyons. On Saturday he went to
confession Mt the St Peters German
Cl.holic Church on Polk street The con
fessor refused 10 give him absolntion un-
less he communicated tho story az he de-
tailed 1t in the confessional to the authori-
ties.
LlnucI tHCIOuPOH 6Oup III luD~
bard. who sent him in company with OH
or Broderick 10 tho States Attorney He
Is certain Coughlin and o Sullivan are tue
men who discussed the Cronin murder and
that they talked about Burke It is now
five weeks since he told the story, and yet
the officers have not baen able to trace
G, ughlin and O'Sulivan to the Gage farm
The names Of the veniremen who have
been tampered with. and who confessed
Thursday night, are Wolf and Francis They
are prOprietors Of tho Englewood Fair.
They were approached by Fred w. Smith,
rs stated. and their names were found on
the prepared list OF bailif. This bailff il
not nov on duty, and Ii not liable to be tor
some tIlue to come. The States Attorne Y
hrsitates about having him indicted Oh ac
count of M. poor health.
Another handwriting identification mat
ter IL being looked up. Officer Broderick
succeeded In getting the original Of the
telegr m sent to Ha.rister Hongh ut Win
nipeg last August The handwriting is
Identical with that of Henry NJ Stolten-
berg. and the identification serves to bring
him further into the case o.teaDerg,
however. keeps stiff upper lir.'' rs he
says, and intinat.s that he will have no
asfical;y In gett ng the best OF 1.-The
cnumls,' rs he pleasantly calls the State q
Attorney and his assistants
few minutes after o'clock Friday
| evening Detective P.lmer. in company
with two women, walked quietly into the
Central station and disappeared in the off,
cers' room. Ono of the women was middle
aged. the other young, while both were
well dressed and intelligent looking
Palmer when seen later was not inclined
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he vi he'd to talk to them
From other sources il was learned that
the women were taken into custody be-
cause of what they are supposed to know
about the CrOn n case.
NOT GOOD JURY
No further witnesses will he produced
! before the present grand jury in the Cronin
case. There is good reason why there
should not be- grand juror is reported
to have visited bailiff after the
adjournment of tho Cronin investiga-
tion Tuesday. The latter was seen
half m hour later In commune tion
with the chief t,iangier A detective
from the Central station noted the / OTIS and
rero, ted to the States Attorney. who con-
cluded that the present grand iary is not
the hest one that can DO obtained. The
presentation OF the case Of pc. Jury against
young Stoltenb re- will await the summon
ing OF special grand jury
4 PLOT TO RESCUE
Tn News says plot to rescue Coughlin
and Burke from the laws clutches has been
discovered. The plan rs laid out vas tha,
on Monday afternoon, when the prisoners
; ". 70 returning to the courtroom from
! dinner the others would be put .onto''
what would happen before night Per-
APPS they would not be told until
| the conspirators should jump mp. throw q
few handfuls OF red pepper in the eyes OF
| the half-dozen sleepy bailiffs doing duty
ns guards, and begin firing reyoivers
off in all directions At that
moment C0ughlin and Burke would
leap from their chairs. knock the bail tfs
right and left, grab revolver from the
hands OF q friend. and call to the others to
follow theIa At the first firing of the guns
every body would drop to the floor to get
| outo the wav. and o free passage-way ia
escape would be open.
TO HAVE n, MORE VISITORS
Orders have been given that the prison
ors shall not be allowed to visit or have
| communication with fri nds except in the
presence OF an officer. This will make il
practically impossible for mutual under.
standing 70 Oxist between the men or
trial and any outside help.
ANOTHER ARREST.
Another arrest has been made in the
Cronin oase At s O'Clock Friday night
Captain Schuettler sent man out from tho
Chicago Avenue station 10 the crimina
court building. There the prisoner was
taken into States Attorney Longenecker',
o;fice. He was kept there an hour. The
officers admitted that 1t was a new arres,
In the Cr0nin case, but refused to give the
name OF the prisoner.
Twenty Persons Drowned.
MADRID. Oct. - While returning from
an excursion into the interior. the sultal
OF Morocco had to cross swollen river tt
get to tez The Sultan crossed safely, bu
twenty OF his body-guard who undertook
to swim the river on their horses wer.
swept down stream by the raging Hood ant
drowned