The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-12-05
TWO or DR., eRoNlNs KNIVES FOUND
ON eouoHLlN WHEN ARRESTED,

saloon,
"Neyer," said the witness
The purpose OF this examination was
TO contradict that Of Witness swanson,
who swore that on the night Of May
he drove OMalley 10 o saloon opening on
the West Side, and that ON the way he
stopped at Dwyer'a saloon, lato which all
Went to got a drink
On the crosa.oxamlnatlon, DwyeF said
he opened his saloon last April and had
ney@' beon absent from IL on q Saturday
night since He could not toll who wai
In hls saloon ON May 4 but no know that
OMalley was not thorc,
John Fleming, a brother Of the
saloon keeper who had an opening on
May 4, which opening o'Malloy and
William Coughlin awore they attended,
sworo ho was NJ tho opening. ITO was q
member Of the Clanna'Gacl Ills mind
WIS very clear llerecalled tho events
and remembered thnt O'Malley aud
William C0nghlin came thcro together
IN q carriage driven By Swanson,
tAMNNNNl NWNih Nlllh hllllNIN NhN.ll'
lin was not in his carriage that night.
Thoy Eyohaugo ClolheG
Fleming continuing, said that In tho
course Of The evening OMalloy and
Swanson exchanged 9lothel and when
tho party returned he, Swanson and
COughlln rode inside the carriage and
OMalley drove ON tho box, Swanson,
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enoe OF liquor, but the witness wasnayoI
moro ober
William Fortune WIS tho next wit
ncaa ll0 had not yet cotton over hl6
Thanksgiving spree, When asked 10 re.
late what no knew Of the occurrences OF
May a. he looked setpily around tho
room and then testified TINT no was NJ
the opening and remembered seeing
O'Malloy and William COughlIn there.
lie did not think that he was drunk that
night. and was very certain ahOutEecing
Coughlin and o Mallcy como up together,
although not no clear on other subjects.
Nothing new waa brought out on Che
croas'oxaminatlon,
Patching Up nurie'a Ailbl,
A good portion Of the time was ooou.
pied In patching up Burtoa alibi, No
badly perforated by tho rebuttal Of the
state, Martin Kennedy said that he was
In William Coughlins saloon ON the
night OF May 4 when Swanson, the dri'
yer, called for Coughlin and OMallcy
and 6woro positively that tho driver had
on q brass.buttonOd livery He was cor,
roborated by George u. Diokey, the ban
tender, and his brother, Matt Dickey,
The brass buttons w0ro noticeable, they
said, and very bright,
Hugh Gleason, tho bartender for
Matt Danaby, In whose saloon Danaby
sworo that Martin Burke was during The
whole Of the evening of May 4, took the
stand aud gworo that he Che witness
was not IN tho saloon that night between
0:80 aud / o'clock. Witness Carbcrry
IN the morning had sworn that Glcn on
was In the saloon between $3.50 and si8l
o'clock ON that night.
Tho state Springs Sensation.
Tho state then sprung a sensation that
had come into rs possession In the
morning. by showing by Officer Flynn
that when Dan Coughlin was arrested
two knives were found on the suspect,
and that tho knives belonged 30 DIR.
Cronn. To identity tho knives Mr., 4.
4. Conklin took the stand and swore
that they wore identical In every detail
with two knives carried by tho witness
for two years and given by him 10 the
doctor shortly before the murder HO
was not positive that they were the
same, but he believed them to be, The
testimony created q decided stir In the
room. Dan Coughlin looked steadily at
the ceiling and tried hard 10 assume in.
difference, but tho nervous twitchng OF
his eyelijs and hands told u tale of any
thing but composure. The defense viii
put in rebuttal evidence to-day.
Livery Stable Keeper 0leson, recalled
Bworo that Swanson wore no livery on
May 4; that there was none In the stable
for him 70 wear, and until May 10 or 10
there never had been. lie added that
Swanson was man OF strict gobrioty,
and had been since ho know him.
The driver himself came next, and in
his blunt, honest way, no strongly no.
ticed IN the rebuttal, corroboTatcd tho
testimony Of OleSon and declared that
no one dro 70 his carriage on May but
himself, and that no one wore his
clothes The livery purchased week
after the murder was then produced.
There was not q brnss button ON it.
black cloth buttons only, which had boon
ON II since ile purchase.
Addressing tho Jury.
This was tho end OF the state's casc.
The tables were Immediately showed
back and space Of comfortable dimon-
sions nude In front Of tho jury. This
done, the states attorney began his
speech. He spoke In plain oonvcrsa-
tional manner, emphasized at times by
little earnest feeling, but with no at
tempt at oratory. He said ho would not
make the nrgumental addresses--t ho
would leave that 10 his assooates--con-
tenting himself with simply reviewing
the evidence. Tho murder OF DR.. Cronin,
he said, was one Of the foulest in the an
nails of crime. and was the result Of q
conspiracy To form groundwork for
his proof, he told OF DR.. Cronin having
beon member Of Che committee that
had tried tho triangle, tho report Of
which was read in his camp, The states
attorney read tho testimony relating 10
tho meeting Of Camp 20 In February, in
which Dan Coughlin called for secret
committee to investigate the reading Of
the report. Az tho time tho secret COM
mittee was called for Beggs, Coughlin
and Burke were present Touching on
Kunzos connection with the conspiracy,
the states attorney eaid IL did not mat
ter whether merDbcr entered II before
or after the murder; he was equally
guilty, The states attorney then read
the correspondence between Bcggs and
District Officer Speslman, after which
court adjourned
Charged with Being swludicrs.