The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-07
CHICAG0'SBLOODYTRUNK
IT'S FINDERS IDENTIFY IT IN THE
CRONIN TRIAL.

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Lake Views Ex-Chief of Police Testi-
fies as to the Streets Leading Down
to, the Lake Taken by the Murderers
With Their Wagon - Mr.. Hynes
Causes "a Sensation.
CHICAGO, ILL, Nov. 6--In the Cronin
trial to-day Capt Francis villiers, ex-chisf
OF police Of the town of Lake View. was re-
called, and with a chart of the streets
around the Carlson cottage and all over
Lake View and Edgewater, testified with
great detail as to the distances, condition Of
OF the roads, etc.
On cross-examination MIR. Forrest asked
hlm: Gould a wagon drive along Fifty
ninth street to the lake all rights A wagon
for example loaded with one trunk and
three big menl'
Mr. Hynes dnterrupting) -Four big men,
one in the trunk. [Sensationl
Mr. Forrest-Ah, yes.
Ihe Witness-Yes, sir, a wagon could go
along there.
THE BLOODY TRUNK,
The witness then continued his story. and
said that on Sunday noon, Nav 8 the
trunk in which he found cotton batting and
paper, ana lock OF hair, was brought to
the police station. At this point tina statels
attorney invited the witness to come
down and inspect the inside of
the trunk, and the lid being
lifted, its blood besmeared interior was once
more exposed to the curious gaze. After a
careful inspection he said: "AlI that cotton
was not in there; only about third of it.n
me policeman who brought In the trunk
delivered with 1t also lock of hair, one
w xua .l,f fkz1 ..L - fftEts
ended the examination and the trunk was
turned over to the witness successor. Can't
wing. The cross-examination did not
snake the testimony of the chief.
THE MAN WHO FOUND THE TRUNK.
Herman Theel, saloon keeper. testified
that early in the morning of Nav 5. in
company with two friends, he drove through
Evanston avenue, Lake View They dis
covered the trunk, which had been broken
open, lying in a ditch by the road side it
contained cotton batting clotted with blood.
lie and his friends drew it out of the ditch
and placed 1t on the edge of the street. Tba
witness identified the blood-stained taunk
In the court room as the one which he re-
ferred to- Harman Pause and Carl Knopf.
who were with Theel when the trunk was
discovered, corroboratsd that Witness tasti-
mony without adding any material points.
The court then took a recess until 2
O'CLOCK In tine afternoon.
IDENTIFIED BY POLICEMAN.
at the opening of the afternoon session
Job Phillips, one of the Lake View pollce-
men sent out to bring in the trunk after its
discovery, was put upon the stand and told
OF the contents Of the trunk as he found
them on arriving at the place where it was
lying in Evanston avenue. The witness
identified the trunk in the court room "a
the one which he had assisted in removing
from Evanston avenue to the police station
on that occasion.
BLOODY COTTON BATTING.
The witness also took from the catch
basin in which Cronin's body was fouud 4,
lot or cotton batting which he put into A
pail. He here identified the pail and
muddy, bloody batting. On May 20 or "a
the witness went to O'Sullivan's house TO
arrest him. While there O'5ulliyan, look
ing toward the Carlson cottage, saw a num-
Der OF people going into it and said.
''What in - are they going In there for.
the --- foolsT'
KEY WITH PAINT ON IT.
Capt F. II. Wing of the Lake Visv
who accompanied Officer Phillips on the
trip when the trunk was brought in, was
the next witness. He told the story sub-
stantially as it was told by Phillips. He
also testified to receiving key from another
policeman which fitted the lock of the
trunk. On one end Of it was some yellowish
paint. The relevancy OF this, yet to be
shown, is that 1t is a key found In the Carl
son cottage. and that the paint on it is the
same as the paint on the cottage floor.
FITTED THE TRUNK EXACTLY.
Policeman George Hiott testified that on
the day following the discovery Of DR..
Cronins body he aud Officer Lorch made a
careful search OF the Carlson cottage. He
identified the paint-smeared key as the one
found by himself and Lorge in the cottage,
and added that he subsequently, saw Capt.
Schuettler Of the Chicago police fit it into
the lock of the bloody trunk, which it
readily unlocked.
William L. James, a lad of IS, testified
that in February last he occupied room
In the opera house block overlooking the
upper fiat at No. III Clark street In that
month he often sa W two men in those rooms.
He identified the prisoner, Kunze, as one Of
them
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