Evening journal., 1889-11-15
AN ALlBI ALL AROUND.
Plans of the Defense in the
e....,s Cronin Trial.
THE SUSPECTS FIGHT FOR LIFE,
How the states Important Witnesses
win he Contradicted-wil Coughlin
Weaken and Confessg--rhe state Ia
Well Satisfied with the Case so Far.

CHICAGO, Nov. 15.-The defense in tho
Cro1in case will devote is attention prin-
cipalIy to the proving OF alibis for the sus-
poets. This Is, In fact, its main hope SO far
as Coughlin, Sullivan and Burke are CON
cerned. As for Kunze, his attorney docs not
think he is in any danger whatever, not
withstanding the testimony Of Mllkman
Mertes that he saw the little German and
Coughlin drive up to the cottage together.
Should it be found, however, that the alibi
business does not take we'll with the jury,
Coughlins friends, aided by the suspects
wife, will do what they can 10 induce him
10 confess There Is no doubt that Coughlin
has been solicited 70 confess many times,
but has always asserted that I've has nothing
whatever TO tell. To one friend who saw
him ia the Jail he said:
Hell will freeze over before l ever say
anything
A Dangerous Man.
And ID is the belief of the state that It is
time wasted for any one to plead with him
He is stubborn, has a certain pride which
would prevent his splitting" and has
always borne the reputation among his
Of being a desperate and danger Gus man In
an emergency One fact weighs heavily
with the state, however, and this IL that II
there is any one behind tho prisoner, the
latter will have no incentive 10 shield him
when they find all hope gone Therefore,
what is 10 he gained by withholding a con
fessionl Coughlin has said he would die
game. Burke and Sullivan have made no
such declarations.
Tactics OF the Defense.
The defense win occupy about ten days
with the testimony they have TO introduce.
AS to Coughlin, Sullivan and Kunze being
in Niemans saloon, near the Carlson cottage,
ON the night Of May 4, at 10 O'Clock, az Me
man swore they were, the defense will argue
that il would have been impossible for the
two first named to have assisted in the muir
der washed themselves and removed the
bloody evidence Of their crime aud then got
TO the saloon by 10 o'clock, particularly as
/ Cronin did not arrive at the cottage until
after s. Then the defense will insist that had
/ these men participated IN tho murder their
actions would have shown it. whereas Me
man could not see that they were excited on
nervous They were mysterious in their
conversation, but the defense will argue that
they might have been talking over privat,
business.
Mrs. HoerteI 20 be Attacked.
Mrs. Hoertel viii also be fierceiy attacked
and witnesses brought'to swear that she hai
not sense enough 70 testify intellisently
about anything An alibi will also be SCI
up for her, and Ertels the saloon keeper, IN
whose place her husband spent all his money
will swear as 20 the time she was in hi.
saloon Her character will in all probability
be also attacked. Witnesses win be brought
70 show Coughlin's whereabouts that fatal
night up 70 midnight, when, il will be claim
ed, the detective went home It IL proposed
20 follow Coughlin from an early hour IN
the evening until midnight and demonstrate
that IL would have been an impossibility fol
him TO have been at the Carlson cottage
that night at any time. just before his ar
rest when questioned by his captain and
Superintendent Hubbard, Coughlin could
not tell where he had been that night
Sampson Was Coughlin's Enemy.
"Main Sampson, a noted rough, swor,
Coughlin offered him money to 'do up
Cronin, and witnesses are ready 10 swear
that Sampson has "had it inn for Coughlir
for some time for having arrested him
Simpsons unreliability will also be dwell
upon. and policemen will swear that they
would not believe him under oath Garrity
the saloon keeper who in measure corrobo
rated Sampson, is an enemy Of Coughlin, the
defense assert.
white Horse Testimony.
Mrs Conklins Identification Of the Dinar
white horse is TO be made the subject of at
tention Two newspaper reporters vii
swear she failed 20 identify the animal whei
Capt Setback brought it up though in re
gard to this Mrs. ConlSlin has sworn that Il
was raining when Setback drove past he
house, and this changed the color Of the ami
NAL somewhat. Veterinary surgeons an'
other equine experts will testify that NJ
horse ever lived that had peculiar knees a
testified 60 by Mrs Conklin, she having
partly identified the animal by this pecul
iarity.
Again, a young girl living on Blue IslanI
avenue will swear that she was out riding
on the night Of May 4 with the man who go
the white horse from Dinan's stable at
time which would have prevented the driver
from having gone to the Conklin fiat afte
Cronin
suilivan's AIibi.
Sullivan's alibi will be established by Nh
and Mrs. Thomas Whalen The latter vii
swear that Sullivan went 70 bed about hall
past 8 o'clock on the night Of May 4 and dil
, not 60 out Of bed until the next morning
Her husband will corroborate her In n
buttal, however, the state will produce on
Of Sullivans former employees, who vii
swear that Sullivan was let in at the iron
door at midnight by Mrs Whalen, the ice
man being in his stocking feet.
what Dodge Heard.
Unless the testimony Of T.. c. Dodge ca
be used in rebuttal it may perhaps not b.
= used at all He is the man who hear
Coughlin say to Beggs one day last April
as Cronin drove past them in buggy, n
ought not to be allowed to take many NOR
I buggy rides before he is killed To thi
Begg replied: "Hushl Some one may hea
youn Dodge is in Washington territor.
somewhere, but just where the state doe
not know. He is the husband OF one Of th
Z police matrons and a reliable man.
The state Is Satisfied.
The lawyers for the state all feel that
: good case has been presented TO the jury 8
far-one without material haw and whic
bore strongly against all five Of the accused
Judge I.ongenecker said there we're fiv
men at large who should have been q
/, defendants with Burke and his follow prii
! oners ~. b. Simonds,n Pat Cooney an
the man who drove DR.. Cronin to the co
tage were admitted as three The prosecr
tion would not say what connection wit
the case the other two may have had