Telegram-herald., 1889-11-08

Co1ghhn an6 KanEs Seen st The
Carlson Cottage.
NILKKls sEgTES Tells his STORY
Hs >sw Kaass And CoUgsllH Drive - -
ghs Maraerer's Den - tAs NiEht 81
~ q and the Detsstis- E2-
tered the Place
sBE cEoNIN TBIAI-

CsIcAGo. Nov The Cronin trlai
on Wednesday Omoer Philips, q
TIC LaAe Alew p.l.os force, tssil-
ned 90 the --uo1-sta-ned cotton and
tafts of ha-r foal1 in Tie tE-Lkl
aud Identifies - trul6 and cot
ton IN court de arrested q SUI
livan az the layters house Nay - or "a
OhullIyan al that time saw detective
and reporter going into tie Carlson
cottage. and remarked y witness,
~ hat are they going IA there tor, the
fools?'
OhlceF George HIATT testified further
ss - the appearance ~ things IN the
co..age when the police TOOK charge lie
tipped the dresser partly over. ana on
Ger L0rch found = key under u on
which was some yellow paint The KEY,
when tried on the lock x ne trunk.
fitted perfectly A key was shown the
witness and he identified it - the one
found ia the cottage He knew il by
mark made on il by Omcer Lorch when
IL was found.
CnICAGo, Nov. 7.-Coroner Hertz was
the first witness examined al Tie morn
ing session of the Cronln trial After
relating how the inquest came % 10
called 20 investigate the death of Dr.
Cronin and how the different articles 81
evidence came into his possession, be
identified the trunk IN court ss the same
which was turned over by him - the
chief OF police. lie also identified the
key with which the lock Of the trunk
was opened.
Following the coroner William Nertes,
a milkman, said that az 500 ON the ght
Of May !, as he was walking past the
Carlson cottage. he saw buggy stop, a
large man in a dark brown oyercost get
out, run up the steps and let himself
into the house. The man VINO re-
NAMED in the buggy turned the horse
around and drove rapidly away Later,
when the witness returned home past the
cottage, be heard the sound OF mailing.
The witness said be took long look at
the driver, and remembered the appear
ance of the other.
DO you see those two men now?"
asked the States Attorney.
YES, Mertes promptly replied, that
little fellow (Kunzel on the end Of that
row is the one who drove, and that big
fellow (Coughlin), sitting next TO O'Sul-
livan, the one who went into the cot
tage.'
About three weeks after that night he
heard that DR.. Cronin had been killed
in the cottage, and the thought struck
hira that possibly the men he had seen
enter the house were his murderers.
On figuring on the intervening days the
witness found that the night he wit
messed the incident related was the very
night that DR.. Cronin disappeared.
Judge Wing led the witness over all
the incidents of May 4, but without
breaking down any Of the material
points OF the testimony. Mertes could
not remember any other occurrences Of
May 4. Some time after he had made
public his story he was shown a
couple of photographs, one Of which
he recognized Immediately as a
picture of Kunze The witness
said he had a good look at the driver Of
the buggy while it was standing in front
of the cottage The driver also eyed
him sharply.
Officer Lorch was next called. He
testified to having gone TO the Carlson
cottage on May % and TO finding the
paint-spotted key under the wash-stand
in the front room, the furniture and its
location in the room. After the witness
recounted the finding Of the key the
key itself was introduced in evidence.