Evening journal., 1889-12-11
DAMS SYMPATHY DODGE
Coughlin's Alleged Trick to
Influence the Jury.
HIS CHILD CRIES TO HER PAPA

Lawyer Forrest Grows vituperative. ana
Says the States Attorneys and TheIr
Witnesses Are All Conspiraiors and
Liars-FxplainBnE tho knives Found.
CHICAGO, Dec LIN the Cronin trial At
torney Forrest continued his speech. He be-
gan by showing the jury the map Of this.
streets Of Lake View and showing that thal
natural and easiest route for driver OF am
wagon wishing to go from the Carlson cot
tage TO the catch basin where the body was
found would be 20 go over Ashland and
Belmont avenues and then go east. There
fo'e, said the attorney, there was doubs
that the wagon seen coming down Fullertor
avenue ever was at or came from tlse Carl
son cottage
The Bloody Cottage disposed or.
The blood question was then considered,
and Mr. Forrest called attention TO the evfA
denee Of how mental predisposition may and
! often does influence a witness testimony-
Alter referring to the expert testimony In
regard to the blood, Mr. Forrest went on to
claim that the state had failed 10 prove thas
| there was any human blood at all in tha
Carlson sottage.
Mr.. Inghnm Protests.
or the many links in the chain Of evidences
| binding tho suspects so closely to the murder
Of DR.. Cronin it is doubtful il there IS ona
more stronger than that which fits the Carlson
cottage as the scene OF the doctors slaughter,
and yet II was not strong enough to discour-
age Mr. FORESTS attack Other points Of
evidence, equally strong, were similarly as
sailed, and he twisted and construed the evil
4, I'm
protest;
''Mr. Forrest, unless you connne yourself
to the truth you will meet with rebuks
that falsehood should meeb with.n
All Per3urerh and ConspIratorm
Mr. Forrest excused himself and proceed
ed, but again and again came dangerously
near getting the rebuke. Finally MIR. For-
rest with a loud voice cried:
''Since tho coroner's jury there has nos
been circumstance introduced In this casa
By the state not fabricated
In other words, Forrest insinuated plainly
That the states attorney and his assistants
had been engaged not only IN formulating y
huge mass of perjury, but huge conspiracy
60 strnngle the live prisoners on trial This
states attorney made no reply 70 tho ac--
cusation.
Boistering ZIP the Allhia.
On the testimony given by Mertes and
Mrs Hoertel Attorney Forrest dwelt for
some time. He went over and over again
he ground covered yesterday and sought t0
ridicule their testimony AS TO O'Sullivan's
aiibi, the speaker said that it must be true-
On the main point that OiSullivan was in
the house ON the night Of May they ALI
agreed. In details they differed Bus
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, according
% great theo .ogans differed as 30 details.
lut agreed on the main point. Therel1re.
O'Sullivans alibi was well founded Cough
Inns alibi, in the speakers mind, was eqna ny
Substantial But even il 1t were not il
didn't matter. The burden Of proof lay ON
the state, and unless the state proved that
Coughlin was at the cottage
ingly proved it.-it could not b. for an IN
slant supposed that he was there, the evil
denceof Mortesand Nieman being unworthy
OF confederation.
The suspicious Knives.
Coughlins alibi satisfactorily established
In the mind Of the attorney, the knives were
taken up.
20, yes" he exclaimed. THESE knives
must have been DIR. Cronin's Dam Coughlin
would have been 20 likely 70 keep them. Bue
whore was Coughlins knifei Ho must have
had one Where was itl Why, ne prob.
huA4 tnfr" ~ away When ne bhr0W away the
key to the Carlson cottage The attorney
for the state said that the chance Of Cough
lin having two knives identical 10 those OK
DR. Cronin was one in 1900, ,000r confined
Mr. Forrest THAT being so, the chance OK
pr Cronin having knives identical 10 those
Of Coughlfn was one in 1900, 600 T. r. Conk-
lin snys the knives were Cronin's, but Conk-
lin is a liar and perjurer, as you must all
know.n
Court then adjourned for the day.
coughlin's Alleged Sympathy Trick.
As the prisoners left the court room Cough
Inns little daughter, evidently prompted by
her mother, cried, "Papar "Papar If the
suspect heard it he gave no Sign. ThischiIds
cry Is now regular thing. We're it a new
idea il might be effective but the tricks aga
is considered by the state 70 10 an impregna-
BILE armor about the iury