The sun., 1889-12-01
THE CRONTN MURDER TRIAL.
JUDGE LONG ENEOkEB CONCLUDES BIS
SPEECH FOR THE STATE.

CHICAGO, Nov 9O,-At the opening Of tht
Cronin trial this morning. States AttorneJ
LopRenecker resumed his address TO the Jury
Tic said in part:
Yesterday evening wanted to call your at.
toution to what was said and done at the Clan.
naiGael meeting on the 22d Of February
Speeches we're made by different persons. and
among them Patrick Mcdarry made a speech
and John F. BegRs. Senior Guardian OF Camp
20, answered that speech. This is what Nc
Garry said:
81 was called on. There were three other
gentlemen that made speeches before me. One
had referred TO the unity that ought TO exist
among the members and among the Irish gen
orally II was about the time that lie Caron
had testified before the Forgery Commission in
England. and the other gentlemen had referred
TO spies getting into the organization On the
9Th day OF February. on the occasion OF NOV
-ing the appointment OF the committee, you will
remember that Foy talked OF spies in the or
Ranization. MeGRrry further says: The
speakers before me also said that Irishmen
coming to this country and becoming American
citizens ought TO educate their children. l said
that It was all very well to talk Of education
and unity. and that myself wanted to see
unity among the Irioh people. but that there
could not be unity while the members OF this
organization were meeting in back alleys and
on dark "Nrners and vilifying and abusing a
man thai had the courage TO stand up and
attack the treachery and the robbery OF the
triangle.
~ told them that they ought to be about
getting members into the organization. that
had been inauiring into Le Carons record and
said now that there were men in this organi-
cation that were worse than Le Caron. said
that the man who got LIE Caron his credentials:
that got him into the convention. was a worse
Bcoundrel than Le Caron ever pretendedto be-
h ss WEI aid he sayp Isa
Siremembert that Alexander sullivan's name
had not been mentioned Beggs said that
VISITING members we're coming IN there. and
wasn't fair, and / wanted to interrupt him.
and the Chairman at that time would not allow
me wanted to Interrupt him & when her. he used
talking about Alexander Sullivan, and 1t was
cowardly to talk about a man behind his back.
Slapped his breast and said Alexander sullivan
had plenty OF friends. and he was one Of them.
ary this same Senior Guardian was called upon
to appoint secret committee to investigate
Sullivan with ombezziement OF funds Of the
order. or rather. the executive better known
4nEo anS bfnS esn wh Eny that o The The
1nnds m o. the order and putting men Into Eng
lis mersy
the the charge, and this ma man BegGs said he would
So make to IT. atnek ths It s0TSs Sy for
s,Ssnce ,S a., Now. gentlemen, remember this was on
tree fSn Ave % Days R IN sas
that the Senior Guardian had written to Spell.
that in the. following meeting. on the 1st day
Daniel SoqEhiin. Chairman Of the COMMITTEES,
O'Connor that there we're other. Ls Carons
there Singular iS 1t not. that on the
the committee in Camp 20 on the 18th Of Feb
ruary. Senior guardian Beggs is writing about
Seain Writes about t. on the lSth the lat
rented at lhS CLARK street on & t6s 20th the car
BosSs the raDRs and On 9 The st
OF M9reh arc ~, !his H., man CouEhltn. Who is on trial
"On the 29th OF April. as testified by Beggs's
friend. spsllman, the district members were 10
PoEs ala aSns Whit Sd on
has all been amicably settled How settled ?
gentlemen: at ihe hour ne spoke the cottage
spoke the sentence had been fixed ISensation.l |
ssfen to the mstssrs ''So &o en
committee as to Just what they did do"
The States Attorney then read the law Of |
Judge Longenecker then, in simple language
and with telling force sGatH traced every move
Clark street fiat. the Carlson cottage. and the
shs Ysa% the cottage
the renting q that eottsee2 Il Burke was
cannot find a reason for that, BY, following
good reason for Martin Burke not keeping
house Ny opinion k is that II he ought to be COM
40 ought to, be compelled to. wallow there In
the blood that was drawn from the veins OF
Rffs AerGs sSpS ad IA the Clark
III soStR az aw tie or
man. man. and l,l Burke. the Irishman. Kunze had
Kkpnze lexeItedlyE IL never did. That's lie.
The stSSs thse SD say KHze he'd
move the furniture. with another man There
sbs mere that b5S dhepsd
Sonepd that he would lift % amy fafnit9re H1,a ever
At this point KunZe made q Resticulation and
Ss aSg csadtsd % 4 to rE1p g b bsbn b SS Ss
laid his hand ON the prisoner's shoulder. and
se1y pdge to to
story tor Of the crime "a and spoke Of o'sHlliyan and
to the Carlson cottage, and the part tho differ
Snt prisoners bore In the tragedy. Continuing.
~ RI RI: orenins nn% last words as hs dFoye away
We'll. God did not tell him whom he would get
back, nor did he know whore he was going;
yet the God above stands ready to-day to
direct this prosecution Alright, and to see that
the men who DESTROYED the life Of that man
shall be punished for this terrible crime.
On the morning Of the 9Th OF May. about z
O'Clock, this man Bteib and two others found
common trunk. with q common lock, unlocked
with a common key thrown of. I suppose,
with common hands, full of common blood.
besmeared with blood with common blood. as
though hog had been stuck and incarcerated
In the trunk. as II the trunk bad been deluRed
with blood-this was the kind OF q trunk they
found. Then you remember this man Cough
lin, this cold -blooded. heartless wretch"
Mr. Donahue-We except to those remarks
States Attorney-I speak from the evidence
Il this evidence docs not make him such, then
believe that this evidence nails him to the cross
IN this case. Then he Is q cold d-blooded heart
less wretch: NOV NOW WI what @ does ~ ne 90 during that
catch basin whore the body lies. hunting mind
you. for the body that was taken away In that
trunk and deposited In that catch basin |
The speak or then dWelt upon the ayidanca !