Wichita eagle., 1889-11-13
STRONG CIRCUMSTANCES.
More Telling Evidence Against the Cronln
Murderers.

MurdererS.
CHICAGO. Ill Nov 12-At the opening
of the Crouin case this morning the re.
suits of last evenings tilt between Messrs
Forrest and Hines were visible In the bit
terness Of the remarks which they found
occasion to make at each other. When
the court was ca led to order States AT.
torney Longenecker offered the hair which
the experts had examined in evidence, bat
did not offer the other specimens, such as
he bood-stained pieces OF wood. When
Mr.. Forrest demanded that the chips be
out in also lively tilt ensued between
which finally resulted in the matter being
dropped.
Salesman Hatfield. who sold the furni-
cure to -. Is. Sinonds,' was then called
20 the witness chair. After examining the
rame of the satcnel found III the sewer on
Friday he said it correspondent exactly
in re with that of the one which he sold
to ''Simonds," and that the material OF
the cover and of the handle were the same.
The frame was then admitted III evil
ucHce.
Pauline Hoertel testified that between S
and O'Clock on the night of the murder
she saw two men drive up to the Carlson
cottage. The larger man, who appeared
like a gentleman, got out of the buggy and
taking a satchel or box ont of the buggy
entered the cottage. She further testified
that after seeing the man enter the cot
Fage she heard cries of "Oh, Godn' and
Jesus" after which came the sound as il
II hard blsws and Of something falling.
At the opening OF the afternoon session
Donald E. Mchinnon, desk sergeant at
central police station in Winnipeg, took
fl,a, oh, Il s.~1l l. -
Martin Burke and matters connected
Herewith. About $50 was found on him
and tickets to Montreal and from Montreal
10 Liverpool The conditions on the back
of these tickets were endorsed with the
name wv. j. Cooper" Aiter a time
admitted his name WAS Burke and that
he was sometimes called Delaney" Nc
kinnon then identified receipt from a
>teamshlp agent In Montreal for s. on
account of the Liverpool ticket made out
w. j. Cooper" When questioned Burke
said he came from Hancock, Mich. where
he had worked for a man named John f.
Ryan, whom he admitted that he had
v~itten +" -lnce cominr % Ninnipeg. The
with s. tn identified + It found in
Burke's possession. lac .Aaer band at
,ne point showed evidence of having been
scratched us if a name or other mark of
identification had been erased 1t was,
Mckinuon said, in that state when found
Henry plausible, salesman il a shirt
store, testified that on the morning
after the murder a man came into the
store and wanted to buy shirt. The wit
ness continued: After measuring his
neck | went to the rear to get him a proper
sized shirt and he said DO you think that
viii be wide enough in the sleeves.' L
will measure. He said NO. won't do it. ,
] said You need not be ashamed for we
have lots OF customers come in here whose
shirts are not clean and if your shirt is
dirty you need not be ashamed at all He
said that amt any Of your c. d
business; | won't do it, He then
took the shirt. put on
the collar and he paid S1.25 and went across
the street aud after talking to another
man there, brought him over The little
fellow came in and was looking at the
shirts lying in the window. | was stand
ing by this time in front of the door and he
asked me what those colOred shirts were.
The young fellow then took one of the COL
ored shirts aud the big fellow took shirt
also. The big fellow paid for both shirts
The little fellow had a kind of wool shirt
on and the big fellow had on white shirt
they both had their coats buttoned up TO
the top" The witness then pointed out
Burke as the larger OF the two men.
Mr.. lngham-Look At the photograph
now SHOW you. Have you ever seen the
lllatl " EOSt puolOSIdpl JllS IL.
lies, that WAS the other man. That was
the small man"
The photograph, shown was that of
Goohey, the fox.
Thomas Carroll, a railroad lsborer, testi-
fled that he had boarded with kunze in
May or June. kunZe was anxious to read
the papers. He said to witness he was
afraid he would be arrested in connection
with the Cronin case.
Chief of Police Hubbard WAS recalled
and testified as to a talk he had with Dan
Coughlin about May % or "A.
He said: AZ called Officer Coughlin
down to my Office and asked him
where he was on May 4. lie said he could
not exactly remember. | said TO him he
ought TO remember, as he was supposed to
he connected with the Cronin case as
Standing good for the rig that drove Cron-
10 away. He said he was quite positive
that he was at the station in the evening
but after that he did not remember.
asked him: What about this man that
you sent over to Dinsn's TO get the rig%
he said all he knew about him was that
he came from Hancock, Mich, and said
his name WAS Thomas Smith and ne had
card from his brother, Thomas Coughlin
and he said that John I.
Ryan of Hancock, Mich, also
told him TO call upon him. Smith, be
said. came to the station May and said
he wanted TO take a ride. 1t WAS merely
10 oblige him that he {Coughlinl spoke 10
Oman about keeping horse for friend
Of his. / asked him If he had not an order
to bring in Smith and he said yes.
Daniel Brown, eX-policeman and ex-
member OF the Cian-na-Gael, was the next
witness. A long wrangle ensued over
this witness testimony. States Attorney
Longenecker said he proposed TO show
that IN 1885 this witness had moved the
appointment OF committee TO try DIR.
Cronin for treason for having read a cir
cular in his camp which WAS issued with
out the authority of the executive that
is committee from the different camps:
that Coughlin WAS a member of than
committee. and that Cronin was found
guilty of treason and expelled In the
course of the talk the lawyers yo,
this matter tangled up with Croain's al
legged trial for reading report OF the com
mittee TO try the triangle Sullivan, Fee
lev and Bolandl in Buffalo last year. Fin