The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-20
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY
For the Defense in the Trial Of
the crouin Suspects,
TRYING TO PROVE AN ALIBI
For o'sullIyan, the Ice Mana Wit
ness who swears he was with Him
on the Night Of the Murder
and Slept with Him,

on the Night OF the MuTueF
and Slept with Him.
CHICAGO, Nov, ls,-The first witness
In the Cronin trial this morning was
Policeman Redmond Mcdonald, He
testified that he saw Dan Coughlin at
the East Chicago avenue station be.
tween S;45 and 8 O'Clock on the night Of
the murder. On cross,examinatlon the
witness fixed the time at o to 9:l5
o'clock, The fact was developed that
the witness was member OF Camp 20
CIan,na Gael, He said that he remem.
bersd seeing Coughlin that night about
a week after when Coughlln's name was
FIRST mixed up in the affair, The wit.
ness mentioned the fact to oRcer Scott,
who was also member OF Camp 20, but
did not speak OF 1t to others for fear
that, as a member Of the notorious camp,
he would get mixed up In the matter,
He acknowledged that this fear had
kept him from speaking on the matter,
Notwithstanding the peril Ia which his
silence left his friend COughlin. IL was
last Saturday that the witness first told
Captain Schuettler, when the latter
asked him about it, The witness ad-
mltted that he first said that the time at
which he saw Coughlin on that night
was between $3.50 and 0 o'clock,
On Cross'examination the witness was
asked:
"When did you first learn that Daniel
Coughlin's name was connected with
the horse that drove Cronin away2"
II think about a week after, when
they Grst got to writing 1t In the news
snow; in what, paper did you read It
about Coughlin being connected with
the horse and buggy%
~ do not know"
"Was that before the body was
iound"
eyes, sir"
"Now, do you not remember that It Is
a fact that Coughlin's name was never
connected with that in any manner
whatever In the public press until the
95Lh Of May, three days after the dis.
covery Of Dir. oronip's bodyH" [Sensa'
tion
ut was written In the papers about
him In connection with the rig from
Dlnan."
TRYING TO PROVE AN ALInI.
William Mulcahy was tho next wit
meas called. He testified he had known
0'Sulivan since April 4. He was not a
member Of the Clan.ua. Gael. A few
days after he met 0'sullivan he was with
him on au Ice wagon when they met
man who resembled Coughlin. The lat.
ter asked 0'Sulivan II he was well &C.
quainted at LakevieW and he answered
yes,
The witness had heard o'Sulliyan
speak OF bis contract with pr, Oronip.
The witness, who was an enploye OF
0'Sullivan, complained that-ona- Of hls
feet hurt him and 0'Sullivau told the
witness to 20 and ask DR.. Cronin about
it, as he (o'Sulliyan) had contract
with him to take care OF bis men. This
Yas said In the presence OF 0'Sullivanis
other men, O'Sullivan also told the
men on another OCCASION that be had a
contract with doctor to attend any one
that was hurt on the wagons. The wit.
Gess went ol to say that In the latter
part nf April James Meahan, one Of
O'Sulllyan's men, Went TO the office ot
the Lakeview Record R4l got
a lot Of O'Sulltyan's newly
printed cards, He gave the witness
auout fifty OF them, and the witness dis
tributed them. On tue day OF the mur.
der, the witness further testified, Q'Sul'
liVan and he were on the Ice wagon TO-
gether; they had supper together, both
read during the evening, going to bed at
the same time aud sleeping In the same
bed. Later on two OF 0'6ulliven's men
and carpenter who was working there
came to the door. They were let In.
After that Mrs. Whalen came into the
room to get a cot bed and spoke to 0'Sul.
liyan. Tue witness further testified that
he heard the conversation between
old man Carlson aud Q'Sullivan about
the tenants OF the Carlson cottage. The
old man testified that 0'Sulliyan said he
knew tho man and they we're all right.
This witness testified that o'Sullivan
said he knew none Of them,
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