St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-20
Evidence Given FefoPe the
Coroner's Jury Is Repudi-
ated in Court.
Relatives of the Suspects
Vainly Attempt to Estab-
lish an Alibi.

CHICAGO, Nov. lathe first witness
In the Cronin trial this morning was
Policeman Redmond Mcdonald. He
testified that he saw Dan COUghlln at
the East Chicago avenue station at be
tween S:45 and Q o'clock on the night or
the murder. On REORGANIZATION, the
witness fixed the time at TO 9:l5
o'clock. On crOSS-eXaminatiOn, the fact
was developed that the witness was a
member Of Camp 20, Clan-na-Gael. He
said that he remembered seeing Cough
lin that night about week after, when
COughlin'S name was first mixed up IN
the affair. The witness mentioned the
fact to Officer Scott, who was also a
member of Camp 20. but did not speak
of il 10 others for fear that. as MEM
Der Of
THE NOTORIOUS CAMP,
he would get mixed mp in the matter.
He acknowledged that this fear had
kept him from speaking on the matter.
notwithstanding the peril in which his
silence left his friend COughlin. 1t was
last Saturday that the witness first told
Can't. SchuettIer. when the latter asked
him about it. The witness admitted
that he first said that the time at which
he saw Cnughlin on that night was be-
tween $50 aud 9 o'clock. On erosS-eX-
animation the witness was asked:
when did YOU first learn that Daniel
COughiu'S name was connected with the
horse that drove DR.. CrOnln away
- think about a week after, when they
first got to writing it in the newspaper
Now, in What paper did you read II IN
ohr i'm, POnnnrfl1
horse and buggyE
u DO not know.
''Was that before the body was foundF'
Yes sir"
fset that Coughlin's name was never con-
nected with that in any manner whatever IN
the public press until the 9th Of May, three
DAYS after the discovery Of Dr.. Cronin's
III was written IN the paDers about him in
connection with the rig from Oman s, sald
the witness hesitatingly.
William Mulcahy was the next wit
ness. He testified he had known O'Sul-
liYan since April i. He was not men,
Der OF the Clan-na-Gael. i few days
after he met O'Sullivan. he was with
him on an ice wagon. when they met
man who reSemblPd COughlIn. The
latter asked O'Suilivan if he was well
acquainted at LaEeview. and he said
yes. And he asked him if be knew a
Young man named hunZe; if he saw
him. to telephone to the Chicago avenue
police station and tell him Il want 10
see him." The witness had heard
O'Sullivan speak of his
CONTRACT WITH DR. CRoNIN.
The witness. who was an employe of
O'Sullivan. complained that one OF his
feet hurt him and O'Sullivan told the
witness to 20 and see DR.. CrOnin about
it. as he (OSullivanl had a contract
with CT0uin to take care OF his men.
This was said in the presence Of O'Sulli-
vans other men. O'Suiliyan also told
the men on another occasion that he
had d contract with a doctor to attend
any one that was hurt on the ice wagon.
The witness went on to say that Al the
latter part OF April James Meahan. one
of O'Suliiyan'S men. went TO the Office
of the Lakeview Record and got lot of
O'SulIivan'S newly printed cards. He
gave the witness about fifty or them
and the witness distributed them. On
the dav OF the murder, the witness
further testified, O'Sullivan and he were
on the ice wagon together; they had
suDfler together. both read during the
evening. going to bed at the same time
and sleeping in the same bed. Later
on two OF O'SulIiyan'S men and a car
+.
TO the door. They were let in. After
that Mrs. Whaen came into the room to
get a cOt-bed. and spoke TO O'Sullivan.
The witness further testified that he
HAD HEARD THE CONVERSATION
between old man Carlson and 0Sulli-
van about the tenants of the Carlson
cottage. The old man testified that
O'SuLlivan said he knew them. and that
they were all right. This witness tes-
tilted that O'SuIlivan said he knew none
of them. On cross Examination the
witness said that 0'SuIlivan was-not
out OF the house after supper, and that
he went to bed about o'clock. The
men who were out came in about 10
o'colck, or 1890. The states attor-
ney endeav0red to elicit from
the witness the statement that
in his evidence before the
coroner's jury he had stated that
he did not hear the conversation be-
tween O'SullivaM and the elder Carlson,
but the witness persisted that he never
so testified. Further questions elected
the statement that on the night of the
murder O'Sullivan got up When the
men who were out came to the door and
let them in. The witness got up about
Z O'Clock on the following morning.
leaving 0'Sullivan in bed. O'Sullivan,
he said.
NEVER LEFT THE HOUSE
that night. The witness memory as to
events Immediately preceding and fol
lowing the night of the murder was de-
feetiye. The witness said he came to
O'Sullivan with letter Of introduction
~from 0'Sullivan's brother, who lives in
Fonda. 10. The witness. about seven or
eight years ago, had worked in Chelsea,
Mass. part Of the time in the car barns
there. and part of the time in his
brothers saloon. This brother subse-
ouentIy moved to Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The crOSs-cXamination took an uneX-
pected and sensational turn, the evil
dent intention being TO direct suspicion
toward the witness as the man who
drove the white horse which drew DR..
ever. denied that he had ever worn a
beard. or that he allowed his 5eard to
grow for two weeks in the latter part
of April last. Tie witness said he did
not go to see DIR. CrOnin about his lame
foot when O'Sullivan suggested that
course, because it was not troubling
him then. He spoke of it to O'Sullivan
because it was likely to give him trouble
at any time. The witness was quite
sure that he did not see DIR. Cronin on
May 4. The witness said that since last
SDTIQg ne ndU De6H dcllES dS COLLECTOR
for O'Suliiyan, but he was unable &c
give the name of any one who had paid
him money for O'SuIlivan. At this
point the prisoner, O'Sullivan, rose and
said:
''IF YOUR HONOR Please
WhereupOn the court, addressing Mr.
DOnahue, said: "Have your client sit
down." Reverting to the suspicion
that he drove the white horse, the eX-
animation continued:
Have you an oveTcoat:i
Yes
'.Did you have one last springF"
YES"
slave you got it yetT'
'Yes'
EsWhere is ity'
1t is out in the anteroOm."
. Mr. Forrest move TO bring it in. and ]
ask him TO do so.
Mr. Longenecker-Itm may not have been the
one he had last spring.
On redirect examination the fact was
brought out that the bills for ice deliv-
cred were made out to the numbers OF