Morning journal and courier., 1889-11-02
DAMAGING EVIDENCE,
Carlson Recognizes Burke
From the Witness Stand.
AH0RRlBLE DISASTER AT GLASGOW
The Collapse Of a Building
Kills Fifty Girls.
4 BLIZZARD IN WYOMING.
The Walker Murder Trial
at Bridgeport.
AHoRRIBLE DISASTER AT GLASGOW
BLIZZARD IN WYOMING.
rHE CKONIN TRIAL.

at Bridgeport.
THE CK0NIN TRIAL.
MRS. CarIssn's TessimOny-she Identi-
fes Martin Burke-Jonas Carlson
Also Renders Damaging Evidence
Against Burke, While the Defendant
Tries to Appear Unconeerned.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-The first witness in the
Cronin trial this morning was Martin Nc
Hale, who testified that he laid the carpet on
the floor of room at III Clark street last
February for 81. B. Simonds." He identi-;
fed piece Of carpet, presumably from the
Carlson cottage, as identical with that which
he had laid in the CLARK street room.
After the shipping clerk, delivery man
and other employees of Revels had testified,
the FIRST important witness of the day, Annie
Carlson, was placed on the stand. The young
woman went on to state how on the Goth of
March, while she was at the Carlsons, man
came to rent the cottage which stood near the
house. He said his sister was to keep hous 9
for him and that he had some furniture that
he wanted to move in at once. He gave his
name as frank w llllamB.
MRS. CARLSON IDENTIFIES MARTIN BURKE.
When the lawyer asked her if she saw that
stranger in the court room she Immediately
pointed to Martin Burke. On cross-exami-
nation Mrs. Carlson testified that she had
never seen Burke from the day he entered
the cottage until few days ago, when she
came into the court room for the purpose of
identifying him, yet she recognized him Inn
mediately.
M. Forrest, for the defense, raised the
question a. to whether this testimony WAS
applicable TO any other of the defendants ex-
cept Burke. The court decided that was
question which would have to be decided by
the subsequent developments of the trial.
Jonas Carlson, the owner of the cottage,
was the next witness. He eorroborated the
testimony of his daughter-in-law about the
stranger coming to rent the cottage. Tho
witness then said: He e.ked me II it was my
house as he wanted to rent 1t. told him
yes, and after showing him the house he
gave me the money. My boy game him
receipt when we went back to the otaer
house. Carlson continuing, said that the
stranger who gave the namo of Frank Will
liams said that he had three brothe1s, and
his sister YVES - come from Baltimore to
keep house for them. He had bought the
furniture and it would arrive in two or three
days. The witness said he had met and
talked with O'Sullivan, one of the defend
ants, many time1. O'Sullivsn lived in the
immediate vicinity.
son was recalled and his testimony on be-
half of the State was continued. He said
the stranger, after renting the cottage,
walked across lots to O'Sullivan's stable,
where he met O'Sullivan and talked with
him. Witness heard Burke say to o'Sulli-
van: 1.-THE cottage is rented" The next
time the witness saw Burke 1t was about
O'Clock in the afternoon of May 4, few
| hours before DR.. Cronin was murdered. He
stood ON the front step of the cottage. At 7
O'Clock that night witness heard two men
talking in the cottage. They were
TALKING "IN HARD VOICE."
A. Carlson expressed it. In April witness
had conversation with O'sullivan about the
men who had rented the cottage. o'Sullivan
told him he knew of them; that he was call
right" and that he would pay the rent whom
due. On May 10 Carlson had another con-
versation with O'Sullivan, In which he told
O'Sullivan that the cottage was vacant and
he had received q letter from the man who
had rented it asking him Carlson to put the
furniture In the basement and saying that he
had painted the parlor floor to save his sister
the trouble of scrubbing 1t. O'Sullivan re-
marked that he was having hard luck with
his cottage. The letter spoken of and Its en-
velope were identified. On may 20 entered
the blood-stained cottage, he said, and pro-
ceeded to describe the condition there ap-
parent. The examination of this witness had
been prosaic enough up to this. 1t continued
| as follows:
o. How many times altogether did you see
the man calling himself Frank Williamsi
A. Three times.
Q. That is in the neighborhood of where
You lived on Ashland avenusa
A. Only two times there.
Q. You saw him once besides those two
times.
A. Yes, sir.
| At this point In the examination Mr.. Mills
paused for moment a. If realizing that
CRISIS IN THE EXAMINATION
was near at hand. Leaning slightly forward
he put the momentous question to the wit
ness:
Do you sec that man nows
Slowly raising his head the witness per.
mitted his glance to travel first over the
group of lawyers and rsportels, Immediately
at his feet, and thence In q bewildered way
to the back of the court. in an endeavor tC
pick ont from the sea of faces the man ht
wanted. Evidently fearful that his witness
might be unable to identify the man he sough
In the denssly packed court room, Mr.. Mill
came to his assistance. Extending his hanc
he indicated the back of the court room ant
invited the witness to step down and picl
out the man he wished him to identity.
"Look back of the lawyers, Mr.. Carlson |,
said Mr.. Mills, a. the old gentleman advanc
cd with hssitatiag step and scanned tn
faces of the counsel for the defence. He ha(
hardly uttered the words when the witness
walking straight up to the defendant, Mar
tin Burke, shook his hat at him and exclaim
cd, "That's the mani"
Despite his utmost efforts to appear I'M
concerned, it was evident that Burke full
. realized the damaging effect of old Mr.. Carl
sons testimony. Mr.. Mills was not slow t
clinch his advantage. ISIS that the man,
he asked, indicating Martin Burke, "whor
at your place you called Frank Williams.
and the witness unhesitatingly answered
eyes, SIR"
John Clarity, a. teamster, testified tbs
about two years ago Coughlin told him b
wanted to see Major Sampson; he wanted
get him to t'slug" q man. He wanted til
man dis6gured for life, and II he was kille
, | Il would not make much difference.
On cross examination counsel for the d.
fence sought to show that the witness had
grudge against Coughlin, but he denied thI
such was the case.
The court then adjourned till tomorrow.