The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-08
A MILKMAN MUDDLED UP.
He DON'T SEEM TO BE QUITE SURE
WHAT he SAW AT CHICAGO.
He Saw Two Men in a Buggy in Front
of the Carlson Cottage on the Night
OF the Murder, and Thinks Coughlin
Wac Left Behind - Policemen Give
I1ninfaraatincr Taahirnnnu

OF Lne MurOeE, huQ Aulnks SOuknAln
Wac Left Behind - Policemen Give
Uninteresting Testimony.
CHICAGO, ILL, Nov. THE first witness
called in the Cronin trial was Coroner
Hertz, who held the inquest on the body of
DR.. Cronin in June last. He testified to
having held the inquest, and identified the
trunk which is in evidence.
William Merles, a milkman, was called to
the stand. He is short man, with white
knotted muffier around his neck. and wears
a sallow colored beard to match his COM
plexion.
"Do you remember May 4, lasts"
"Yes, do. l was on the east side Of Ash
land avenue, near the Carlson cottage,
about $50 o'clock. l saw two men drive up
TO the Carlson cottage in buggy. When
came about so or 75 feet from the cottage
buggy was just in front of the cottage,
and it stopped.
RAN INTO THE HOUSE.
"One of the fellows got out Of the buggy
and went up to the front gate and went
through it and up the front steps. 1t looked
to me as though he had some keys, or some1
thing like that, in his hand, and that he
opened the door himself As soon as that
fellow stepped in, the other fellow that was
sitting in the buggy turned the horse around
at once and got away just as
quick as he could do it, / did not take any
notice of the fellow that went into the
house to see whether he had a hat on or
cap, but l noticed that he had on dark
brown overcoat, but he had cuffs, and 1t
looked as though he had a dark brown coat.
AS soon as that fellow, that was in the
buggy turned his horse to 60 away l could
see his face better There was "a gas light
there on the corner, and it was lighted, and
l could see his face"
CLOSE TO THEM.
"How near were you to him at the time %
"Oh, Just from the street to the sidewalk,
as l was very near the Carlson cottage
When they stopped / was about seventy
five feet away. went on walking toward
them. / went south to a grocery store on
the corner of Ashland avenue l was there
about half an hour, when l came back
again, and when l came about half block
from the cottage, then l heard somebody
mailing in the cottage as if they were nail
ing boards together. heard them when l
was half block away"
"Did you ever see these parties since you
saw them driving up thereF
eyes"
"Do you see them nowq'
"Yes, sir. That one Indicating Kunze)
was the one that was driving the wagon,
and that big one there indicating Coughlin)
that looks like the fellow that was going
into the house."
ALL MUDDLED UP ON CRosS-EXAMINATIoN,
On cross-examination the witness was
soon confused by the questions which were
rapidly fired at him. To the suggestions ot
the counsel for the defense he assented with
equal readiness that the weather was clear
and that it was cloudy and looked like rain,
but be was positive that it did not rain, and
he stuck to his story of the two men in the
buggy, and explained how he determined
the date upon which he saw them and heard
the sounds of driving nails in the Carlson
cottage Further cross-examination elic-
tied the fact that the witness did not see
the face of the man who got out of the buggy
and entered the cottage, and that his sub
sequent Identification of Coughliu in the
county Jail was by a view of his back,
which resmbled that Of the man who went
into the cottage.
A DETECTIVES STORY.
Assistant Superintendent Murray of the
Pinkerton agency, was called and said that
on the afternoon of the day after DR.. Gro
min disappeared Mr.. Conklin, with whom
DIR. Cronin lived, employed the agency in
the case. The witness went to O'Sullivan's
house and had talk with him. O'Sullivan
card to DIR. Cronin the night before, and
related the story of his engaging DR.. Cronin
to attend his men, substantially as it has
been told heretofore. After this witness
had been cross-examined, recess was taken.
SCHAAKs TALK WITH o'SULLIvAN.
Ex-police Captain Michael j. Schaak tes-
titled in regard to a conversation which he
held with Patrick O'Sullivan on May %,
but added nothing new to the stock of in
formation in the possession of the jury.
Chief Of Police Hubbard was the next
witness. He also identified the exhibits.
trunk, pail, bloody cotton batting and the
lock and key. He also identified Burke as
his Winnipeg prisoner. In the course of
his cross-examination the counsel asked him
questions regarding his interviews with
Coughlin, but as these subjects had not been
alluded to in his direct examination this
line of questioning was stopped by the
court. Police Captain Scheutler also testi-
fed, but he touched upon no new ground,
being principally confined to Identification
of the exhibits.
The court then adjourned.