The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-26
YHR CRONTT TRIAL.
Establishing the Fact that the
Doctor was Murdered,
THE BODY FULLY IDENTIFIED.
But the Precise Manner orDeath Not
SO Easy to oProve-TestImony Ofthe
Physician who Examined the
BODY ut tho Inquest.


DR., Cronin's body was carried from the
Carlson cottage to the Lakeview catch
basin was brought from the central sta
ton this morning to the States Attor-
ney's Office and carefully locked up in
the vault, there to be kept until needed
in the trial. A large and curious crowd
gathered quickly to see the CORY evil
dence Of a great crime as 1t was taken by
a guard Of officers from the patrol wagon
to the vault,
The witnesses called for the purpose Of
Identifying tho body were Nicholas Wal.
lenborn, wine and liquor merchant, aud
q friend OF the dead doctor; I, 7, Conk.
lin, the man In whose family Cronin
had lived for ten or twelve years; John
+. SCanlan, a member OF the Clan.na.
Gael and an intimate friend and partisan
of DR.. Oronin; Frank Scanlan, brother OF
John f., and David z. Ahern, merchant
tailor, who made the doctors clothes.
The identification was very perfect aud
very positive. 1t embraced the height,
size and general appearance OF the dead
man the shape OF his goatee; the con-
formation OF his face, particularly his
forehead the shape and size OF bis teeth |;
tho shape OF once broken finger and
the heavy growth Of hair on the doe.
tors wrists. The next matter taken up
was the finding OF the body In the catch
basin. There were two cleaners who
discovered tho body and notified the
police OF the fact, and tho policemen
who were sent and assisted In removing
the body were sworn rs to this point
and described the proceeding, Lawyer
Forrest, for the defense, made the cross
examination on this head very search.
Ing, compelling the witnesses to go over
the proceedings In connection with the
removal Of the body with the utmost
minuteness.
The taking OF Identification evidence
was then resumed. Patrick MCGarry, u
boiler maker and friend Of DR., Cronin,
identified the body taken from the catch
basin as that OF the dead physician. DR..
7. W. Lewis, a dentist, who had operat-
cd professionally on DR., Cronin's mouth,
also identified the body. He described
tho peculiarities OF DR.. Cronin's mouth
the number OF missing teeth the form
OF the Jaw, etc.; identified plate with
false teeth attached US one no had made
for DR., Cronin, and said that a cast Of
the mouth which lie had made for DR..
Cronin fitted that OF the corpse. Dr.. j.
K. Egbert, assistant county physician,
identified the plate attached as the one
he had taken from tho mouth OF DR..
Uronin on the day after his body was
found.
now DEATH WAS CAUSED.
At the afternoon session DR.. Egbert
continued his testimony, He proceeded
to state the facts evolved by the autopsy
which he made upon the body on tho
day following its discovery. He dee
scribed the wounds at great length and
gave it as his opinion that death had 70.
suited from them. All OF the wounds
were upon tho head. The witness then |
described the condition OF the internal
organs and exhibited the stomach and
its contents 70 the lawyers and the jury,
DR.. Egbert said that the stomach seemed
10 contain only vegetable substRnCe9.
Among them he distinguished corn and
there were others which resembled cab.
bage and carrots. In his judgment the
Doctor was killed within three hours
after having eaten. Cross.cxamination
Of DR.. Egbert developed that none OF the
wounds on the corpse were such rs would
necessarily cause death.
II was impossible, also, the Doctor adj
mitted, to say whether the wounds were
inflicted before or after death, He had
tried to ascertain, but was unable to do
so. The question was put 10 DR.. Egbert;
as 1t not true that dead body was ex.
amined by you physiCians-ls It not sci.
true that you physicians found
no evidences on that body that were
certain and conelqSiye Of the i9rm Of
DR.. Rgbert replied; TINT Is true.p
"That Is the Gods truth, is itT
"Yes, sir"
DR.. Egbert was Of the opinion that
death had occurred through excessive
logs Of blood, but there was 10 certainty
Of 1t, he said. Dr. Charles +, Perkins,
who, at the request oil Dr.. Egbert, assist.
ed at the post mort0ln, testified that in
bis opinion, death did not result from
blo9d'leltlpgl butirom conclusion OF the
brain