The sun., 1889-11-21
THE ALTBIS VERY SHAKY.
PoOR WI1EEssEs FOR THE DBEENCE
IN THE CRONIN TRIAL

| brief two hours that was devoted to the In
terest OF John +. BeRrs, the ex-senlor guard
ian OF Camp 20, day in the Cronin trial, II wal
given over to alibis for Sullivan and MartiI
Burke. Even Mr.. Foster. BeGgs' principal at
torney. who has contended from the very out
set that his client is Innocent OF alf con
nection with the murder Of DR.. Cronin
seemed to be infected with the old
Irish theory OF proving mans in
| nocence by introducing witness who
| swore that the eX-Senior Guardian attended q
| ward political meeting at the Grand Pacific
Hotel on the night OF May. He subsequently
RpoloRized for doing so bY stating that he did
not intend to prove an alibi. but Forrest and
| Donahue Rrnned so broadly ut him that he
dropped the subject without another word.
Tho morning proceedings in the famous case
were opened By the introduction OF Miss Kate
| Mccormick the handsome and dashinR sister
! in-law OF Tom Wbalen. she made It plain
| from the very FIRST question that was asked her
that the limitations that are necessarily placed
| upon q witness were irksome to q mettled
young woman. Mr.. Donahue who conducted
the direct examination, set out by asking her
age. The reply was q Bcowl that made
the attorney color to the roots OF
his golden hair. But he quickly recov-
cred his equanamity and started the fair
witness on u reasonably pleasant journey over
the route Of facts with which the public are
already familiar, She went over the story Of
Mrs. Tom Whalen lived on May 4. She claimed
that 0'Sullivan. his men, and boardors ate sup.
Mrs. %Sen q dy goods
o thsy has
odicals. and retired about o'clock Sunday
morning. after which they conyersed for nearly
Cormick said she heard Il. L. Conklin ask
O'Sulliyan about Dr. Gronin's disappearance.
and GAINED to have left the room at the men,
:, Mrs. Whalen. who proved to be one OF o'sul-
liyan's warmest friends. was the next witness.
SOME face; and a neat fitting dress Of q pretty
the time she was on the stand she Kept her
hands enveoped In a black Astrakhan mum.
tract with Dr.. Cronin The day after It W was sV e.
iected. Then she offered to impeach the tesfi-
mony Si Cheney; Shs New York neEsgsIer man
help IDENTITY, cronlp's remains, but that
don't know YOU. If a,pollce officer comes for
me will 90 with him. Clancy claimed that
SsGliysn iatered t5St his cheeks pasd and
subject Of Identification TO oSuilivan. whom
he he had interviewed On former occasion, Mrs.
than the rest Of O'sullivan's, friends, for she
eorroborated the, stories they told in all
sffA hey via sRS' ass
until after 10 o'clock. They both swore that
they started home about q o'clock. When
hour on the, night Of May 5 he brought out a
the testimony 81, every, other witness. Mrs.
Whalen was pos!tiye that supper, was not eaten
es GSsy aSoNs
,s sS,ii g.: @ seqsf;, *, and Tint That r. Ill., rsmaISsd
ton and Minaban' @ xed Ike SRet the time M bet4een x
Saried from rom * 10 s:. P It was such cha remart.
able Sunday night supper for SO small fam
marked nj that that i mus, nus have been banauet. @ To
Se ncarer right il you'd cali It an Irish wake,
several hours t day dsy alter May W watching hi !Ic
kitchen. she denied it., She also denied an
interview which Judge Longenecksr claimed |
osGyHo tRo had With redhisd reporter
Judges questions implied that G'SulIivan took
the ground. first. that DR.. Cron!n's body had
It could not be identified. Mrs. Whelan said
the reporter In question was intoxicated and
that O'sullivan declined TO answer his ques-
;. This was the end of ,o'sullivan's alibL Like
Coughlan's II was not aTtisMtSSally constructed
albi at ali. No two OF O'Sulllvan's witnesses
Iacts. When they were Exam eSsmined ne i as s' to The The
little details they fell SO short Of each others
aciually impeached each other, This was
Bon Tay ne dsy
proceeding, and when the last OF his Witnesses
disappeared he settled down in his chair with
ACE drawn, and his eyes Gxcd on the floor.
He remained in thus position nearly two hours.
which was the next thing offered by MIR. For
-es" though 1t was the best bit OF work OF the
whole defence aroused him from his lethargy:
'f the ex; x;fuRtlvo was Matt Danahay. the Clark
street saloon keeper, who has taken such an
rhe burden OF Danahay's story was that
yhen be arrived at his saloon at 6 o'clock on
md iemained there nearly. three hours. ''iS; 70
'ubstantlate what he said he mentioned tho
,ames Of William Coughlin who once kept sa-
See and John 0
he north side, who ig employed in Sam Chasos
as &c 'Hs Ts iss h shff
financial Secretary; John F. Connor, Corre-
Other %an Sss
ngR H. and did no. claim that
pa wanted ed him to ws wseeopHsny them to t6ss
y a, man named Fleming. HIS GROSS
Examination. which was conducted by MI
Iynes, brought out little that was now except
hat 1t laid the ground for future impeach-
Dent. Mr. Hynes asked him II he had not
een buggy riding on the night Of May 4. and,
ecelying negative reply, he asked Danahay
he had not frequently appied foul epithets
o tho murdered Doctor In the presence of a
eporter. Tho latter WAS present in the
Ion. He will pIobably ~ take the stand later on
0 prove that tho saloon keeper was guilty OF
he offence. Danahay also said that both Burke
nd Cooney were in his saloon from noon on
nnday May 5. until late In the evening, dur
lg which time they engaged In the Rrimiy APP
ropriate game Of 'cutthroat" euchre with
Ionn OF Camp 20. Nolan. by the way. paid
'prke's bar bin when the game was concluded:
Wm Coughlin simply testified that he called
n Danahay with O'Malley and found tho sa-
bon keeper and Burke Smoking dice. He says
urke took drink with him before he lett.
lr Rynes brought out tho fact thnt Coughlin
ike WhaIen and Ofiicer Mcdonald he identi.
cd May by the fact that he attended John
} his meeting with Burke by Danahay. who
lei him on tho street and requested him TO
all on Attorney Forrest and toll what he knew.
b Is wes carly In August. while Senator Ken
edy was supposed TO be Burke's recognized
John O'Mallov who Ia diatin o,,tahad from,