Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03
MORE CARLSON TESTIMONY.
The Son of the Cottage Owner on the
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lne SOn Ol the SOItagc OWueE Ou tue
stand.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2-Charles J. Carlson, son
of the owner of the Carlson cottage, was the
first witness in the Cronin case this morn
ing. He testified to the renting of the cot
tage March 20 to stranger who called him
self Frank Williams Witness said the
stranger subsequently brought the furniture,
in the evening about z 80 o'clock. He was
accompanied by man shorter than himself
and Expressman Martensen. Williams
came again on April TO pay
the rent In the description of the rooms the
witness said the front rooms and bedrooms
were the only ones furnished. There was
q washstand in the room in the rear of the
front room. There was a carpet on the floor
of the front room, and washstand. Tho
carpet was tackled down. In the bedroom
was bed, a rocking chair and another
chair. a wash-bowl and pitcher, and other
things of that kind. Witness then identified
piece OF carpet which was shown him as
the same as the one he had seen or the par
lor floor of the cottage Martin Burke was
also identified by this witness as Frank Will
liams, the man who hired the cottage.
The witness then proceeded with his testl-
mony, saying that after receiving the letter
from Williams relinqulshing the cottage, he
entered it through a window on May 10. He
described how he found the carpet off the
floor which was covered in places with
paint, looking as though it had been put on
to cover up blood stains. He also found
blood stains on the walls and furni
ture. There were places on the
floor that were not covered by
paint where there were blood stains
still visible. During all the time for which
the rent was paid the cottage remained unoc-
cupied. Kunze was pointed out to the wit
ness by counsel for the state, but he could
not identify the prisoner as any one whom
he had ever seen before. Tie witness was
subjected to long cross examination, which
did not seem to develop anyfping new.
The next witness was Johanna
Carlson, the mother Mrs. Carlson
testified that on the Sunday following 6,
the 4th of May, when she first
went out to the cottage she noticed spots on
the steps and that both the steps and the
walk showed that there had been much
tramping up and down, and also that the
footsteps showed that the persons who made
them had been walking in sand. She thought
Frank Williams and his sister had at last
moved in and that the spots on the steps
were only something that had been broken
in moving. The remainder of her testimony
was manly corroborativc of that given be-
fore by her family. When asked by the
state attorney to point out the man whom
she knew as Frank Williams, the witness
pointed to Burke. Her cross-examination
then followed.
The next witness was Expressnan Mar
tinson who Identified Burke as the man
who hired him to haul the furniture and the
trunk to Carlson cottage The bloody trunk
which contained the body of Cronln was then
brought into the court room and the witness
said it was similar to the one which he took
to the cottage. The court then adjourned
until Monday morning.
1t was announced this afternoon that SEN
ator Kennedy, the Wisconsin lawyer who
has been one of the counsel for Burke has
withdrawn from the case, 1t was said he
was dissatisfied with the position assigned
him In the case.
Edward Spellman, Of Peoria, district off,
Ger of the Clan ma Gael, sent telegram to
Sheriff Matson to-day saying he would ar
rive here, prepared to testify in the case on
Monday morning