Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-19
PALS OATHS
On Witness Stand in Defence Of
Cronin Criminals.
STsarils to N Abb for Kunls, Cel6llil
and O'SuliIan.
Defense Bring Forward a Man that
Resembles Coushlin.

Inc ufSt witness 10 tne SrOnln tfl0l TO-DAY
was Peter Koch worker in hardwood. lii
testified be had known Kunze about ivs
years kunze worked for him in 1886 and
1887. He boarded with witness seven week.
previous to about the sth and llth of May
last Witness had u talk with Thomai
Lynch, distiller, in regard to kunxe il
April. The prosecution objected to the in
PRODUCTION of this conversation.
Forrest-WhAt l propose to shsw now is
the talk about Kunze at the time Of the ex.
plosion of the bomb at the distillery last
year; that Thomas Lynch introduced him 10
Coughlin and he and Coughlin together went
first to Coughlin's house and walked up Lin
coin Ave, then he saw the man that was
walking with Coughlin; that he went up to
his house; that Coughlin walked up to aud
around that house for the purpose of meeting
Kunze: that he met Kunze st that house !;
that he gave him. in the presence of this man i,
papers, who delivered them to Thomas
Lynch; that kunze told him he had another
paper, the papers were supposed to have
ccme from the whiskey trust; that Lynch
wanted 10 get that paper; that the next day
Lynch and Coughlin went up to this house to
see kunze; that they saw kunze that the next
day this man drove kunze out of his house !;
told kunze there was . man out there going
to arres. him; that Kunze left and went to
the south side; that Coughlin kept following
him. that this man was so sent by Capt.
Schuttler to tell kunze he wanted nj to
come in and surrender himself in the Cronin
case; that he told kunze he was about to
be arrested; that again he met Capt. Schultz
Ter and the latter offered him $50 to go and
point out kunze. The witness told in detail
the story above outlined by Forrest. He
said that Kunze got into tFouble around his
house, and the keeper of little dry goods
shop threatened to have him arrested. For
this reason Kunze left his house and changed
his name.
James Hyland, freight handler in the Lake
Shore railway depot, testified that he and his
cousin, Jeremiah Hyland. called on O'Sulli-
van about in the evening of May 8. He
took supper with O'Sullivan. On leaving.
between 8 and 10 O'Clock, he, his cousin,
and O'Sullivan went to a saloon near by and
had two glasses Of sherry and clgars.
This testimony was for the purpose of
contradictng the testimony given by Nieh-
man. who swore that he saw Coughlin,
kunze and O'Sullivan drinking sherry in the
same saloon about 10 O'Clock the same night.
At the request Of Wing, Dan Coughlin,
the prisoner, stepped forward and the witness
stood beside him. The witness was half a
head taller than Coughlin.
AT the request of counsel for the defense
witnes. stepped down front of the Jurors, his
cousin Jeremiah being ranged alongside him,
the jury being afforded an opportunity for
noticing the likeness between the two men,
Jeremiah Hyland took the stand and cor
federated the testimony of his cousin. Wit
ness took = position beside kunze in order
the jury might judge as to the similarity be-
tween them. The witnesss testimony was
clearer and more definite than his cousins.
He identified the saloon by its location and
by its interior appearance and gave its street
and number, 1888 Ashland Avenue.
This is the saloon owned by Niehman. 1t
10 the evident object of the testimony of the
cousins, whom, it appears, have just been
discovered by the defense, is to break the
force Of Niehmsn's testimony.
Ex-Detective Michael Whalen. Dan
Coughlin's partner when on the police force,
was the next witness. He testified that he
arrived at the East Chicago avenue police
station about I 80 on the night Cronin was
murdered Coughlln was there at the time
81 did not go outside of the station until 10
O'clock Did not leave there until IL.
saw Coughlin all that evening upto 10,
when parted with him. Between nine and
ten don't think he was outside of my sight
at all, because vas not out of the station
m self"
Desk Sergeant John Stiff, of the Chicago
avenue police station, was the next witness
''On Saturday night, the fourth of May,
was in the police station; came to report
about 8 80; after roll call went out with the
section men and saw they were on their beats.
hop tbn tufsn nh t.s
form and was leaving to 20 to my duty for
the night when met Officer Michael Whalen
and Dan Coughlin outside the door of the
station; probably twenty-five minutes to ten.
Invited them to take drink with me at the
next saloon to the station we went into the
saloon. they drank each beer and took
cigar. Stayed FIVE or ten minutes; talked
about Brennan's advancement and then l
went away. Did not see Coughlin again that
night"
about how long an interval was it since
you had seen him previously
Maybe half an hour"
In the cross examination an effort was
made to show that the witness testified before
the coroners jury and told Capt Schuttler
and others that he did not see Coughlin after
about o'clock that night, but the witness
denied it. The fact was brought out that
the witness and O'Sullivan are first cousins.
and his brother, Tom Wbalen AID his wife,
keep house for O'Sullivan.
The cross-examination was very searching.
1t brought out that Stiff had travelled his
beat with Whalen many years. He had not
mentioned his meeting with Coughlin and
Whalen to any one except Capt. Setback to
whom he reported it some days after Cough
Inns arrest.