Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-02
FIXING THE MURDER.
MARTIN BURKE sgBS THE GALLONS IN
THgCOURT ROOM.
evidence Of Fearful Strength Connecting Him and
OSulliyau With The Murder Of Oronin.
Testimony Of The Carlsons-A
Chain Of Death.

CHICAGO. November Martin Nc
Hale, carpet layer wss the first witness
in TIE Cronin ,Iisl this morning. He tes-
titled tha. the carpet bought by J. B. Sim
cnds in February last was laid by him
him THE witness) on the floor of a room at
1T Clark street. TIE witness was then
shown a Pisce of carpet, presumably from
the Carlson cottage, and he identified it ss
identical in pattern with that which he
laid in the Clark street room.
ANNIE CARIsON's STORY.
After the shipping clerk, delivery man
aud other employees Of LEVELS had testi
fed, the fret important witness Of the
day-Annie Csrlscn-wss placed on the
stand. The youug woman began her tes-
/ timOny very timidly. After a few ques-
hons, she became so nervous that her re-
plies we're alnOa. insudible. II frequent
/ ly became Necessary for the court stenog-
rspher 10 repest sloud the barely uttered
+ sentences which fell from hsr lips. The
audience 10 the court room, assuming thst
1
were beiog mads, cfsred their necks in
the direction OF The witness stand. The
excitement became intense as Mr. Mills
put the questions The witness went on
! 10 state how on the 20sh CT March, while
ste was at the OarisOns, a man came TO
rent the cottsge, which stood near the
house. He said his sister wss TO keen
ho3se for him and that be had some fHrni-
ture lie wanted to move in Of oncs. He
gave his name g Fcank Williams,
BURKE WAS THE MAN.
'M,s. Csrleoa," asked the lawyer, 'do
you zee that stranger IA The C0urt Ioom
o0N?' YES, sir"
"Win you point him Gu. to the juy?"
'Ttere be is, " tie witaess pointing direct
/ ly 60 Martin Burke.
"Do Won mean Merlin Buyke-thst
IoaB?' continued Mr. Mills, pointing 10
Burke again. ''Yes," replied the woman,
and that ended her examination.
Mr.. Forrest then cross-eXamined the
witness at great length, going into sll de-
tails Of her movements aud her visits TO the
/ Carlson house. Sue testified that she had
never seen Burke from the day he entered
/ the cottage NATL few days sgO, when she
cane iuio tho Court rcOn fox the purpose
Of Identifying him, yet size recognized him
immedia ely. His eyes, hair aud moath
cud his peculiar way Of looking, she said,
made d great impression on her, and
SHE KNEW HIM AT ONCE.
Mr. Forrest made the witness look away
! ffou BuIks and AZ the jury, and then de-
scribe his fsstarss and the color OF bis
hair. This she did Mt Forrest then
raised the question as to whether this tes-
timeng wss applicable 20 Rny other one OF
the 6efsndaaiu except Burke. The Court
decided that that was q question which
would have 10 be decided by the subse-
quent Developments OF the trial.
Jnras Carlson, the owner Of the cottage,
vas ths next witness, He c0rrcbOretSd
the tsstimony Of his daugdter-in-isT
about the Granger who c,ms to ths cot
tsse. The witness then said He
asked me if It was my house as he wanted
TO rent the house. / told him yes. lie
sail let me see the house, and ne walked
over TO the house and l took the keys and
went m TO ,he house with him. We en-
tered by the back door and be locked
Ground ard said ihare were six rooms;
how mucn DO you went for It. l SAID
twelve dol sra mouth. H5 said can You
tsks e'evrl?
"No. I caguot,' said. II will give
YOU the money now" he said. Then !
got the ruorey and my hoy gave min a
receipt. when be went back to the ether
hOuss.n
BUBKE's STORY TO THE CARLsONs.
Carlson vent on to say that the stranger,
who gave the name Of Frank Williams,
said thEt he had three brothers, and bis
siater was to come from Baltimore to keep
house for them. he had bought the furnI-
/ tnra and it would arrive in two OF three
days. The stranger then took the key.
/ The witness said he bad met and talked
with O'SulliYsD, ore Of the defendants,
mary times O'SullivaD lived in The I'M
mediate vicinity. At this point a recess
was taken.
At the opening Of this afternoons ses-
,ioD. Joseph L. BrOuse, photographer,
took the stand and identified photograph
-howp kim O. ore taken by him. II was
a picture u tbe Carlson cottage and house
and ice house. 1t was placed in evidence.
John c McDavitt. a clerk in the Crim-
insl Court. identified a diagram made bg
him Of the neigLhorEOod OF the Carlson
cotiags ard Of tte cOttsge itself, the size
and location of whose rooms he described.
It was admitted in evidence.
BURKE KNEW o'sULLVAN.
I'M. Carlson was then recalled and his
Testimony on behalf Of the State was con
tinued Hs said ;hat the stranger after
reaching the cottage walked scross the
lots 10 O'Sallivan's stable, " here he met
O'Sulliveu ond talked with him. Witness
besrd Burke say TO O'Sullivan, The cot
taQe is rented"
The next tiue the witness saw Burse
,vas at o'clock on the afternoon OF Ney
4 a f-w bours before DR. Cronin was muir
6ersj He stood or the front steps Of the
ooitspe st 7 O'Clock that night. TIE Wit
ness heard tvO men talking IN the cottage.
They Yero tulking "iu hard voice, as
Carlson expressed It. In April the wit
ness bad a conversation with OSui!lvsn
shout the men, who had rented the cot
tsge. O'Sulliven told him that he k1ew
one Of them; ,has be Vas 'ell right
and that he would pay tbs rent when Que.
+ DANfNING TEsTIMONY'AGAIN THEM
Oe Nav 10 Carlson had another conver-
s,tion With O'Sallvsn, ia which he told
T O'Sullivsn that the cottage was vacant,
land that ne had received q letter from tbs
r,,o who had rented it, asking bim (Oarl'
a5,.) 10 put the furniture in the basement
and say that he had painted the paIlcr
n nor ,o save his sister the trouble OF scrub
hi,g il. O'SullivaO remarked that he wes
hing hard time with bis cottage. TIE
latter spoken Of aud iis envelope were
identified. On he 20th Of 1ay tie wit
ress entered the blood stalned cOttoge, Re
LA and proceeded to describe the cOndi-
lions there apparent. The examination OF
/ tfis witness hsd been prosaie up to this
noirt II continued a. follows:
RrRKE IDENTIFIED As WILLIAMS.
Glow msuy times altogether did you see
the man Ceiling himself Fnok William? .
"Three times"
'That is. il the neighborhood OF where
Won lived on Ashland avenusP"
"O1lv two times there. "
s.Yc1 saw him once besides those two
times?"
ayes sir " ,,.,-
At this point in tie testimony Mr.. Mills
,anssd for moment as if realizing that
crisis was pear at hard. Leaning slightly
forward he pus The mOmentoas question to
the witre,s: II will ask you If yOu zee that
man poR?'
II. fl1 ~, the court and N