Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1889-11-23
VERDICT NOW IN SIGHT.
TIE PROSECUTION IN THE CRONIN
CASE ENDED.

The Sensational Story of Mrs. Hoerbel-
What She Heard at the Cronin Cottage
ON the Night of the Murder-Other Dam
aging Evidence.
[Chicago telegram
In the Cronin trial, Henry puchholez,
a saloonkeeper at 2S0f Cottage Grove
avenue. testified that Kunze boarded at his
place under the name of Kaiser.
"W hen did he come there:"
"April a."
"How long did he stay with your
''Till he was arrested. ="
Charles Herckimer, a tailor, who keeps
a shop near Buchholz's saloon, was the
next witness. Herckimer testified that he
knew Kunze. He had met Kunze in
BuchholZ's saloon, where the latter intro
duced him to Kunze, saying: "Mr. Herck
inner, this is Mr.. Kaiser" Kunze
subsequently came to witness tailor shop
and had some work done, and gave the
name of Kaiser. On another occasion
the little German said his name was Kunze
John p. Dunno, plumber at 991 Lincoln
avenue, testified that he was in Cameron
saloon one night in April when KUnZe and
Coughlin entered. Dunno had previou ly
known Kunze. Kunze came to witness
whera he had sat at a table and said:
Come, | want to introduce you to a friend
of mine" He then introduced me to Dan
Coughlln. Coughlin said he and Kunze
were good friends, and that he would do
anything he could for Kunze. Then we
had some drinks and | went away
Frank O. Washburn saloonkeeper at
1890 Welling ton avenue, saw Kunze and
O'Sullvan together at his saloon some
time in March. They were driving a
brown horse attached to a buggy. Kunze
said he bought the horse from O'Sulivan
aud had promised to pay more than the
horse was worth, 50 that he would get some
spending money from his guardian. Wit
ness rode to his home from the saloon
with the two men The purpose of tine
te9timony was to show the intimacy exist
ing between O'Sulivan and Kunze.
Gus klahre, the tinsmith, testified that
one Monday morning in the early part of
May Martin Burke and an expressman
came to his fathers tin-shop at SO North
Clark street
Burke had galvanized iron-box about
1+x26 inches in size. and he wanted the
top soldered on it. This Cronin case was
in the papers that morning, and | said
something about it. Burke said he was "a
British spy and ought to be killed.
''What else did ne say"
81 said it was queer about Cronin's dis
appearance, and Burke said 'Cronin
was a --- using vile epthet,
and ought to be kille l."
"What did you do with the box?"
81 tried to lit the cover of the box but
he pushed my hand away and said For
Gods sake, don't open that, or something
like that
How was the OK fastened?"
at was tied with a clothes-line. "
HE wouldn't let you open it,
mo l told him I'd have to take off
the cord before | could make a job of it..
He said it didn't make any difference how
it was done-no matter how rough it
might be. SO l put a band around the
box without taking Off the cord.
''How near did Burke stay to you while
you were fixing the box2'
"He staid right close to me all the
time.
Joseph O'Byrne nau converse ton
with John F. Beggs on Clark stCeet, near
the Chicago opera house block on Tues
dav, May I. Maurice Morris and Dennis
Ward were also present The disappear
ance of DIR. Cronin was discussed, and
Beggs said that he thought he would turn
up all right. Ward then interjected that
Cronin had skipped out with a woman
and would return in a few days after his
spree. O'Byrne asserted that the doctor
had been murdered At that Beggs
surned to the witness and said
"You don't know what you are talking
about, because you don't belong to the
inner circle We referring to himself
and Ward are postei.
Dr. John f. Williams of No. 427 Center
street, testified that he had known Patrick
q Sullivan several years; had treated him
professionally three or four years hi,
doctor bill didn' amount TO more than s.
for the whole period. There were several
physicians practicing in the immediate
vicinity of O Sulivan's house
Michael Gilbert, a sewer. cleaner. wa
working on Evanston avenue flushing the
sewera He was assisted by Michael Reese
and Frederick Meyer.
What did you lind near the corner OF
Buena and Evanston avenues|'
Il went to the manhole and raisel the
lid and found the hole half full of water
/ then went to the next manhoe and raised
the lid there tSo, and saw what looke5
like a lot of old rags. The flow in the
sewer there is from North to south. y
what did you do"
~ called on Michael Reese to go down
into the manhole and pull out the OLD
sachel. ! had tried TO pull it up, but il
was Sc often that Ii fel 70 ,---a..
hanGvp Reese Sucket and he got It unde,
,de things, a., in tho. say D." 5o6 thvn
,.dt We got uT box. 1t was about
eighteen inches long At first | though
it was a block of wood, Lut after we got
it out saw it was o box -
"Woll what did you do"'
81 lifted it onto the street Then the
small sachel with both ends Off was brought
out
What did you do them"
"Al the things, including the hat and
the clothes were put in "A bunch together %
What happened them"
81 told one Of the men 20 go for a patro
wagon. The things got out on the manholC
were all put on stretcher Just as they
were taken out OF the manhole and put in
the patrol wagon. / did not help TO put
it in, but saw It put in when the patro
drove up
Michael Reese, one OF the sewer cleaner,
who found the clothes and other articles,
was then called to the stand aud corrobor
nted the testimony Of the previous wit
ness
At this stage the articles found in the
sewer were brought into court, ana theit
entrance created a little sensation The