Telegram-herald., 1889-11-26
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m tsisl opened Suspect Beggs held "a
earnest conversation wlth 1ls wife The
interview was one which brought tears
~ the eyes OF both, and - its conclusion
Bsggs started slowly for h-s cell,
bat had taken only fe~ steps
when. with moan, he tainted.
falling moronless 20 the stone
tagging lie recovered ia ti-ae, how
ever, % make bis appearance when court
opened OF al the suspects the strai n
attendant upon the trial has been most
severe upon Beggs. Gradually day BY
day his face has grown thinner and the
bright red color OF his cheeks grown
pzler. IL is This strain which undOubt-
etly caused the collapse.
When court opened Attorney Forrest
desired 10 have entered upon the rec
ord the date upon which the defense
was given notice that Mrs. Hoertel was
20 be witness FOR the State. The .udge
said he thought the defense should DC
allowed 10 show this.
William Mertes, the milkman. was
called by Mr.. Forrest and questioned as
70 the first conversation he had with
the detectives relative 10 the man he
had seen enter the Carlson cottage on
the night Of May /, and TO the move
ments and appearance Of the one who
drove the man 70 the cottage. Despite
the fire Of questions Mertes stuck close
ly TO the story told by him on his first
examination.
j. w Fralich, a painter, swore that
kunze, under the name of John Krogel,
worked for him from April 26 to June
90. That he attended 10 his duties on
May 4, working from S a. IN. to s p. M,
and reappearing promptly on the follow
ing Monday and discharging his duties
as usual. He wore a mustache at that
time. This is considered an important
point by the defense, as Mertes and
others who swore TO seeing Kunze about
that time declared that he had no mus
tache, or at least very small one.
Then an attack was made on old man
Carlson's testimony about a conyersa-
tion between Burke ana OSullivan on
the afternoon of March 10, Immediately
after Burke, or as he was then
known, Williams" had concluded
the negotiations for the lease
OF the cottage. Carlson swore
that Burke went at once to O'Sullivan,
who was standing in the alley, and said
to him: II have got the cottage" Carl
SON was very positive about having
heard that remark, and implying as
1t did that OSullivan was fully
cognizant of the early plans Of the con-
spiracy, was an exceedingly damaging
bit of evidence against the iceman. The
attack was made through the agency Of
Dyer Thompson, an employe Of Iceman
Henry Mcbride. Thompson swore that
on the afternoon of March 10 he was un-
loading a car under the Halsted street
viaduct, consigned to O'Sullivan, and
that from 2:30 o'clock TO 7:SO o'clock
| O'Sullivan was with him watching the
unloading.
On the cross-examination by the
States Attorney the testimony of the
witness was somewhat shaken in regard
to the exact date. He stuck to it with
tolerable firmness, however, and re
ceived corroboration of an indifferently
strong nature from his employer, Henry
Mcbride, and Charles Thompson anC
John Doyle, his fellow employe
! Detective Crow then swOre 10 having
! had conversation with the milkmar
| Mertes on the day after the post-mor
TEN examination on DR.. Cronins body
and that during that conversa
ton Mertes told him that b,
/ did not remember the night he saw I'll,
two men drive up to the Carlson cottage
one of them, the one who Mertes on III,
stand swore was Coughlin, going int
the cottage, and the other, who he OF
the stand identified as Kunze, driving
away.
A rather suspicious circumstance wa
brought out in the detectives evidence
He swore that Mertes in the same con
versation spoke of hearing sound
of a fight Immediately after he saw
the tall man enter the cottage
The detective was asked in tn
cross-examination why in making hi
report to his superior officers he ha'
failed to say any thing about Merte
having heard sounds of a fight. Th
witness struggled to explain his singu
lar conduct, but failed utterly. and wa
excused, leaving behind him very ba
impression
The defense then rested.
The State was ready with its rebutta
and at once called DR.. Curran for tn
purpose Of swearing that James Ly
man, on the pight Of the Croni
funeral. told witness that th
death of the physician had bee
ordered by the executive board AZ
was therefore all right. Lyman whe
on the stand last week swore that h
said nothing OF the kind. Strong %
lection was made By defendants cour
sci % the questions put 70 him. and a
the time of adjournment all the lawyer
were vrangling over IT,
Chief OF Police Hubbard. because o
threats uttered against the attorneys r.
the prosecution in the Cronin case. IA
PIT an extra force OF detectives on guar
in the courtroom and has also placed
guard a. night over the residence Of a