Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-13
CRONIN TRAPPED.
The White Horse Traced to
Carlson's Cottage.
A WOMAN HEARS THE DEATH CRY

Butchers-A Tragic Story Told by an
Unsophisticated Gsrman-How Dinan's
Rig Drove Up to the Trap, and Leaving
the Victim to His Fate, Drove Away
The sounds OF the Crime.
CHICAGO, Nov 13--The attorneys who in
dulged in the verbal marquis of Queensbury
scrap with Judge Mcconnell as referee,
Monday afternoon, seemed none The worse
yesterday morning for the "keen encounter
of their wit" They were the main object
of interest for the audience, for the time be-
ing eclpsins the prisoners as objects of curl
osity.
Saw the Last of the Doctor.
The state introduced one OF the most inn
portsnt witnesses yet examined, in the
course OF the morning session. This witness
was Mrs. Pauline Hoertel, who last May,
lived near the Carlson cottage. she was the
last person innocent OF the death of Or. Cro-
min who saw him alive, il she was not mis-
taken in the man, and the circumstances and
time show that she vas not Mrs. Hoertel is
washerwomsn and an unsophisticatsl Ger
man, but her testimony was positive, and The
cross-examination did not weaken it.
The White Horse Again.
May 4, and arrived home at $50. Her hus-
oand was not at home, and alter waiting
or him for half an hour she set out n
earch Of him, going to a saloon in the neigh
sorhood, which he iTequented. He was not
here and on leaving she noticed that the
;lock In the saloon marked the hour of p.
II. Going home past the Carlson cottage
The saw white horse and buggy with two
men in 1t drive up TO the cottage and stop.
Ois of the men-a large man
jumped out of the buggy, and
taking therefrom a sschel or box
went To the front door OF the cottage,
while the driver Of the horse turned and
drove back toward town The tall man was
well dressed and -looked like gentleman"
As he reached the door of the cottage 1T
seemed to be opened by some one inside
Heard the Deadly Blows.
Sne then continued: AS came tn the
house heard some one crying out Some
one said, o, Godr and then 1 heard blows,
and beard something fall, and then all was
quiet and / went on homs."
did you not hear the word 'Jesusr'
Il did. | heard some one cry out, %,
Godi o, Jesusr aud then there was the sound
as or some one crying or moaning and the
sound OF blows. Then 1t sounded as though
some one fell, and there were more blows,
and heard something sound like something
breaking. Then / heard more cries and
means, and then the sounds seemed to die
away and all was still
What did the noise sound likef
at sounded as If some people were q yht-
ing in there, and teen after the blows all
was still ~
Thus has the state fixed the departure of
Dr.. CronIn from his lodgings and his arrival
at the desth-trap set for him.
Witness from Winnipeg.
Officer Thomas Mckianon, of Winnipeg,
testified to the arrest of Bourk in that city
on June Is. Bourk when arrested had q
railroad ticket to Montreal, n steamship
ticket from Montreal TO Liverpool, and
SIS 20 in money. The name Of W J. Cooper
was on the ticket, but after being warned
that anything be said would be ussI against
him, the prisoner admitted that his name
was Martin Bourk VI beu asked how many
names he had, the suspect replied that he
was sometimes called Delaney. He said ne
came from Chicago via Hancock, Mich, and
in the latter city worked in store owned
by John F. Ryan.
Coughlin and the White Horse.
Chief of Police Hubbard swors that Just
after DIR. Cronin's body was found he talked
with Coughlin about the matter Coughlin
could not tell where he was on the night OF
Nav 4 He said he hired the white horse
and buggy for man named Smith who
wanted 10 ride out TO the stock yards to see
a relative. He had not arrested Smith
when he met him afterward, because Capt
! Setback had told him Mrs Conklin failed
to identify the white horse (which she did
| when Setback took the horse TO the resi-
dence). He had looked for Smith later but
could not find him. He had not, however,
looked for him either ut the hotels or at the
| home Of the relative.
What Other Witnessty Said.
Henry Plank identified Burke as a man
who-with another whom he identified by
photograph as Cooney "the FoxD-bought
shirts and collars from witness ON the morn
| ing OF May D. Thomas Carroll testified that
one evening in May or June Kunze told him
he was afraid he was going to bs arrested
in connection with the Cronin murder. w.
B. Hatfield, the salesman at Revells' who
| sold "Smonds" the furniture, etc, identified
the valise frame found with Cronin's clothes
as one identical with the frame Of the va
lise be sold to "Simondsp
Objection to a Witness.
The state then called Daniel Brown, an
ex-clsnsman, TO prove Coughlin's connect on
with the expulsion of DR. Cronin from the
clan, and also his general animus against the
doctor. The defense objected to the witness
testifying, and a long argument ensuei, and
pending decision Of the point the court ad-
! journed.
Have They Got ''Simonds?''
A mysterious person wos captured In Lake
View last night who answers to the descrip-
ton of "Smonds" The police are reticent,
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