The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-29
GETTING AT The FACTS
Mr.. Conkl1a Tells what shs q aOss os Di-
aaa's Fauoas white fsorue-Aaeshev
Suspect Rssuras From Europe ts
Cleer Htmsssf Prom Suspicion.

CHICAGO, Oct. 3s.--At the opening of
the Cronin trial this morning Napier
Morelantl, employed i'm Dinan's livery
stable. testified To the facts of the hiring
Of the witc horse IA testified to ny Dinan
on Saturday. He said that when the
horse came back at $50. hc was pulling
and gave evidence Of having been hard
driven. The buggy was covered with sand
and mud.
Mrs. Conklin. at whose house DIR. Cronin
last lived. WAS the next witness. She re-
told at great length and minute
ness tlse story of how DIR. Cronin
was called for by man VIII" os-
tend one of O'Sullivan's men who was
hurt. This was the evening of the
murder. She identified the horse and
buggy i'm which he was taken away as ~
white horse and "a top buggy taken from
Dinan's livery stable order from
Detective Dan Coughln. one of the pris-
oners. She also tlescrtbed tine interview
she had with OSu,iivan onthe follow
ing day in the presence of Pinkerton
man. O'Sullivan. she said, confessed
that appearances were against him. but
declared that he knew nothing about the
matter and did NOT send for Cronin.
brought out the fact that within a few
days after the disappearance Of Cronin,
Yhise 6i horse ac'ad and b%Say !" % heE SoDse % for
Identification. and that she had failesl tn
identify the animal. On May Is. when
isientifieei il. Mrs. Conklin accounted for
this by saying that the circumstances of
the weather and light were different mt
these times. The reporter presented the
animal under similar contlitions as when
the doctor was driven away. The cross
examination lasted until late i'm the after
noon.
Charles Beck, the reporter who drove
the horse Ia Conklin's house when Mrs.
Conklin identified IL. merely testified to
this effect.
Sarah M~Neary, who was in DIR. Cronin's
reception room when the. mysterious man
came for him. gave u description OF the
individual tallying closely with that given
by Mrs. Conklin.
DIR. Cronin's brother from ARKANSAS tes-
titled briefly to having identified the Lake
View corpse rs that of his brother.
Then Conklin, the saloofi-keeler with
whom Crorin resided. WAS recalled and
testified to starting otIt the first morning
of Cronin's absence To search for the dbc.-
tor.
Gus El;llr. the tir,suith who solicred
the mysterious tin box for Martin Burke,
the Cronin suspect, was set upon at u late
hour Saturday night and severely beaten
by unknown person. This IL the sec
his name gained prominence i'm conilet'-
tion with the case, although the hrst time
the young fellows who were arrested Tor
beating him claimed they did SO because
of insulting language.
Druggist Burlinglsn. whose departure
for Europe followed the disappearance of
DIR. CroiIin elected considerable COM
| ment. has returned. He reached Chicago
Wednesday night and i'm AN interview to-
day says he came back two months sooner
| than he intended. his object heing to clear
himself of any suspicion. He denies his
| departure had any connection with the
Cronin case and says his movements in
Europe are open to investigation.