The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
THE STATE HAS CLOSED.
CONCLUDING EvrDENCE IN THE GRO.
MN MURDER CASE.

A German Washwoman Tells OF Hearing
= Cry Of Agony from the Carlson Cot
taGe ON the Night OF Nay = Last WIN
nesses for the Prosecution.
tchicago telegram.l
In the Cronin trial, Henry buchholex,
. saloonkseper at 200o Cottage Grove
avenue. testified that Kunze boarded ct his
place under the name Of Kaiser.
"When did he come theres"
"April IA"
"How long did he stay with your"
Till he was arrested"
Charles Herckimer, . tailor. who keeps
. shop near Buchholx's saloon, was the
next witness. Herckimer testified that he
knew Kunze. He had met Kunzs in
Buchholx's saloon, where the latter intro.
duced him to Kunxe. saying: "Mr. Herck-
inner, this is Mr.. Kaiser" Kunze
subsequently, came to witness tailor shop
mad had come work done, aud gave the
name Of Kaiser. On another occasion
the little German said his name was Kunxe.
John T. Dunno. plumber at 997 Lincoln
avenue, testified that he was in Cameron's
saloon one night in April when Kunzs and
!Coughlin entered. Dunno had previously
known Kunze. Kunzs came to witness
whsro he had sat at q. table and said:
Come. i wan to introduce you to Q friend
of mime" He then introduced me to Dan
Coughlin. Coughlin said he and Kunxe
were good friends, and that he would do
anything he could for Kunze. Then We
had some drinks and I went away"
a @. Washburn, . saloonkeeperp at
1Sso wellington avenue, saw Kunze and
o'Sullivan together at his saloon some
time in March. They were driving q
brown horse attached to q buggy. Kunze
said he bought the horse from O'Sullivan
aud had promised to pay more than the
horse was worth, 50 that he would get some
spending money from his guardian. Wit
ness rode to his home from the saloon
with the two men. The urp of the
testimony wus to show the intimacy exist.
ing between O'Sullivan and Kunxe.
Gus klahre, the tinsmith, testified that
one Monday morning in the early part Of
May Martin Turke and an expressman
Clark street.
lfx26 inches In size. and he wanted the
ton soldered on 1t. This Cronin case was
in the papers that morning, and / said
something about it. Burke said he was "a
British spy and ought to 30 killed."
"What else did he say"
81 said it was queer about Cronin's dis
appearance, and Burke said: fCronin
was q ---- using a vile epithet),
and ought to be killed."
"What did you do with the box:?"
81 tried to lit the cover Of the box but
he pushed my hand away and said: For
Gcd's sake, don't open that, , or something
like that"
"How was the tox fasteneds''
''it was tied with a clothes-line."
H wouldn't let you open it!:''
tGNn told hin, ISd ho,o to tat. 20
the cord before l could make a job of it.
He said it didn't make any difference how
1t was done-no matter how rough it
might be. So I Put a band around the
box without taking Off the coyd.n
"How near did Burke stay to you while
you were fixing the boxs''
III staid right close to me all the
time.'
Joseph O'Byrne nau a conversation
with John +. Beggs OH Clark street, near
the Chicago opera house block, on Tues.
day, May I. Maurice Norris and Dennis
Ward were also present. The disappear
ance of DIR. Cronin was discussed, and
Beggs said that no thought he would turn
up all right. Ward then interjected that
Cronin had skipped out with a woman
and would return in a few days after his
spree. O'Byrne asserted that the doctor
had been murdered. At that Beggs
turned to the witness and said:
"Yon don't know what you are talking
about, because you don't belong to the
inner circle. We referring to himself
and Ward are posted"
DR.. John +. Williams, of No. 427 Center
street, testified tnat he had known Patrick
o'Sullivan several years; had treated him
professionally three or four years; his
doctor bill didn't amount to more thar IS
for the whole period. There were several
physicians practicing in the immediate
vicinity of O'sullivan's house
Michael Gilbert, a sewer.cleaner was
working on Evanston avenue flushing the
sewers. He was assisted by Michael Reese
and Frederick Meyer.
What did you find near the corner of
Btlena and Evanston %avenues..'
~ went to the manhole and raised the
lid and found the hole half full of water.
/ then went to the mex manhole and raised
the lid there too, and saw what looked
like a lot of old rags. The flow in the
sewer there is from north to SOUTH"
What did you do."
~ called on Michael Reese to go down
into the manhole and pull out the old
sachel. I had tried to pull it up, but it
wa SO rotten that it fell to pieces. I
handed Reese a bucket and he got it under
the things, and in that way No got them
out We got up q box. It was about
eighteen inches long. At first I though.
1t was q block of wood, but after we got
1t ont 1. saw it was a box.n
"lNell, what did you doy"
81 lifted It INTO the street. Then the
small sachel with both ends off was brought
out.n
what did you do them"
"All the things, including. the hat and
the clothes, were put In q bunch together"
What happened them"
II told one Of the mon to go for a patrol
wagon. The things got out on the manhole
were all put on a stretcher Just as thew
were taken out Of the manhole and nut in
the patrol wagon. 1 did not help to put
1t in. but l saw it put in when the patrol
drove up"
Michaet Reese, one of the sewer cleaners
who found the clothes and other articles.
was then called to the stand and corrobor-
ated the testimony Of the previous Wit
ness.
At this stage the articles found in the
sewer were brought into court, ana their
entrance created q little sensation. The
prisoner Reggs did dot seem to pay any
attention to them. Coughlin and Kunzs
craned their necks to see them. Burke
got very red in the face, but sat motion.
jaws vigorously, as II chewing . large
quid of Tobacco. Those Immediately be-
hind him said his whole frame ~shuddered
at the first glimpse he got Of the articles,
but such a motion was not apparent from
the reporters table. The production Of
the articles was evidently q surprise to the
jury. and they looked at them with mani-
fest interest as they were handled by the
officers.