Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
Burke's Arrest at Winnipeg Descrfbed-A
Witness Who Sold Burke and Cooney
Shirts After the Muir
der,

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Q laney," McKinnon then identi
fed receipt from a steamship agen
n in Montreal for SIS on account of tn,
Q Liverpool ticket made out to 81. W
: Cooper" 1t was found in Burke's
Q pocket. An attempt to introduce the
check given to Burke by the conductor
. OF the train on which Burke reached
Winnipeg and which was found on him
J was temporarily, at least, ineffective.
When questioned, Burke said he
came from Hancock, Mich, where he
! worked for man named John F.
} Ryan, whom he admitted he had writ.
ten to since coming to Winnipeg. The
} witness then identified hat found in
Burke's possession. The inner band
} at one point showed evidence of having
been scratched, as if a name or other
mark OF Identification had been erased.
1t was, Mr.. McKinnon said, in that
state when found.
Henry Plauslie, salesman in a shirt
store, testified that on the morning
after the murder man came into the
store and wanted to buy a shirt.
The witness continued:
After measuring his neck went to
the rear to get him proper sized shirt,
and he said, Do you think that will be
wide enough in the sleeves?' L will
measure He said No, won't do it.
Il said: You need not be ashamed,
for we have lots Of customers come in
here whose shirts are not clean, and if
your shirt is dirty you need not be
] ashamed at all He Saidp That amt
any of your Cd ID business.
, won't do it, He then took the shirt
put on the counter and paid S125 and
went across the street, and, after talk
ing to man there, brought him over.
The little fellow came in and was
looking at the shirts lying in the
| window, and l was standing by this
time in front of the door and he asked
me- what those cOlored shirts were.
The young fellow then took one of the
eolored shirts, and the big fellow took
shirt, also. The big fellow paid for
both Shirts The little fellow had a
kind OF WOODEN shirt Oh and the big
fellow had white shirt on. They both
had their coats buttOned up to the
top"
The witness then pointed out Burke
rs the larger of the two men.
Mr.. Ingham-L0ok at the photo
graph | now show you-
Mr.. Forrest object.
The c0urt-For what purpose do you
Introduce that? 81,
MIR. Ingham-We introduce it to
identify the other man. Later Oh we
propose to Introduce the original of |
the photograph. lie is not one of the
defendants on trial, but he is indicted. |
The COURT will let.it go in.
MIR. Ingham-IIave you ever seen the
man whose photograph this is?
Yes, that was the other mans part
ner. That was the small man."
The photograph shown was that of
Cooney, the Fox"
Thomas Carroll, a railroad laborer,
testified that he had boarded with
Aunze i'll May or June. Kunze was
anxious to read the papers. He. said
to the witness he was afraid he would
be arrested in connection with the
CrOnin case.
Chief Of Police Hubbard was re-
called and testified as to a talk he had
with Dan COughlin about May % or "a.
He said:
Il called Officer Coughlin down to my
office and asked him where he was on ,
May 4. He said he could not exactly
said to him he ought to ,
rs he was supposed to be !
with the case as standing !
good for the rig that drove Cronin ,
away. lie said he was quite positive
hat he was at the station in the even !
NJ, but after that he did not remem-
Der. l asked him: What about this
nan you sent over to Dinan's to get
he rig?'
He said all he knew about him was
hat he came from Hancock, Mich. !:
md said his name was Thomas Smith, =
md he had card from his brother, =
Thomas COughlin, and he said that =
Ohm T. Ryan, of Hancock, Mich, also !
old him TO call upon him. Smith, he "
aid, came to the station May 4 and v
aid ne wanted to take a ride. 1t was
merely to oblige him that he Coughlin)
poke to Dinm about keeping horse S
or a friend of his. 1 asked him if he a
ad not orders to bring in Smith and t
e said yes. ~ Z
Daniel Brown, ex- policeman and ex- .
lember of the CIln-na-GaeI was thu G.
ext witness. y long wraIgle. ensued y
yer this witness testimony, States u
attorney LOnGenecker saidhe proposed 81
D show that, in 1855, this witness had
loyed the appointment of a committee
} try DR.. Croain for treason, for hay F
II read n circular in his camp which SC
rs iss.igd without the authority Of the I'll
committee; that 3 committee N
- Gpis=iltel from the different b
4Ini 5; that Coughlin was a member Of sn