Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-11-08
Burke Positively identified as
the Man Who Rented the
Carlson Cottage.
Story Of the Cottage Told-Tho Trunk
in Evidence-Burke's Alleged Con-
fession at Winnipeg.

Carlson continued his testimony at the
afternoon session. He said that on the
morning Of May he noticed on the
front steps of the rented cottage a lot of
spots, which he thought W ere caused by
the breaking of a jar of preserves, and
the tracks of heavy shoes and a wagon
near by. These circumstances did not
arose his suspicion, however, and it was
not until two weeks later, when he re-
ceived a letter from Hammond, Ind,
signed ''B. F. w." saying that the writer
had concluded to give up the house and
that the keys had been lost, that the old
man decided to break into the building
and make an investigation. The day
af4er he received the letter, Carlson, his
son Charles, and his son-in-law, Lind
gren, crawled through the front window
into the parlor. They found the floor
painted yellow, except in two or three
spots. There were
FOOTPRINTS IN THE PAINT.
and stains on the walls. The chairs were
lying on their sides, one of them being
broken, as If a struggle had taken place.
Mr.. Mills then asked: How many times
have you seen the man who rented your
cottagey'
''Three times"
'Look about the court room and see if
that man is here"
Over Carlson's face there swept min
gled expression Of recognition and con-
tempt, and without saying a word he
jerked his hand toward Burke.
CHICAGO. Nov. 4.-Charles Carlson
corroborated his father in regard to
called to pay another months rent. Wit
ness said he next saw civilians" in the
sD.I h
Williams now in the court room p asked
Mr.. Hynes. Carlson bali rose from his
chair and leaning forward, pointed his
finger at Burke and said:
''THAT IS HE, SITTING THERE
Burke never changed color under this
identification. Mr.. Hynes recurred
again to the condition of the cottage and
furniture April 20. and asked Carlson if
he saw the carpet; Carlson replied that
he did, and identified a strip of carpet
being exactly like that on the floor of
the cottage. The next time Carlson
went to the cottage was on May 10.
"We could find no key to the door,
and, finding window shutter open, we
got in the window next the stairs. The
carpet was gone and paint had been
poured on the floor. 1t had not been
brushed except in certain places. There
were also
BLOODY STAINS ON THE BASEBOARDS.
The cross examination continued until
adjournment. He said that after May
4 he had seen a stranger at the cottage
who said he came from Williams.
"Was this man anything like that
man?" asked counsel pointing to Kunze,
whose head rested on the pillow.
The sick prisoner slowly turned his
head until he faced the witness fully.
The two men looked at each other for
couple of moments, and then Carlson re-
piled, shaking his head:
''NO, THAT is NOT THE MAN.
A smile overlit the sick mans pallid face
at this reply. Witness continuing, said
he saw no one but Martin Burke occupy
the cottage in the daytime. Burke
was the only one of the defendants he
had seen there at all. Detailed questions
brought out the fact that witness had
been in charge of the police for some
time and had been taken to Milwaukee,
Madison, Woodstock and other points in
order that he could be kept out Of the
way Of the defense,
CHICAGO, Nov.5.-Mr.S .Spelman was the
first witness called. In response to ques-
tions by Judge Longenecker, Mr.. Spell
man said he was a distiller and lived in
Peoria. He had been Z,
A MEMBER OF THE cLAN-NA-GAEL
twenty years. and was the district off,
Ger, district No. 16, comprising the
states of Illinois, Wisconsin and Mich
igan. According to the constitution
there is no officer above him in the dis
trict.
Judge Longenecker offered in evil
dence four letters written by Beggs to
Spelman and several sent by Spellman to
Beggs. Mr.. Spellman identified the let
ters written by him, and Mr.. Foster, on
behalf of Beggs, admitted the anthem
ITCHY of those written by him.
Before reading the letters Judge Long
checker asked Mr. Spellman if he had
had any conversation with the defendant
Beggs after this correspondence. Wit
ness replied, II did. / met MIR. Beggs
he had written to me about
sHAD BEEN AMICABLT SETTLED" -
;, This was. evidently disappointing to
the state, as it differed from what Spell
man had stated previously to the states
attorney. Witness was sure, however,
! that Beggs did not say: at has been at
] tended TO-" and did not think he had
:, used the latter expression in the states
j attorneys Office when quoting Mr.. Begg's
conversation with himself. @'>
/. The famous Beggs-Spellman testi-
mony was then introduced. Under date
= Of Feb. is Beggs wrote Spellman that he
was directed to call his attention to the
fact that the senior guardian of the
Columbus club, at a recent meeting, had
\ rood n tho aoanuo1,1n6 rncroIera tho nro.