The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-11-17
THE CR0NIN TRIAL.
4 NFsWSEo APER CORRESPOND.
ENT GIVES HIS EVIDENCE.
He Tells in "a Very Dramatic Way
of an Interview with O'SHlliVaH
the Morning OH which CrOnin's
Body Was Found.

the Morning OH Which CrOniI's
Body Was Found.
CHICAGO. November 16.-Thcrc was I
great crowd at the opening of the courI
for the resumption of the CrOnin tria
this morning after two days, recess. TIL,
bailiffS had a difficult task in keeping
back those who were without tickets o
admission. The crowd Surged up the
stairway, and pressed about them: ant
it was only after most vigorous efforts
that they were enabled to clear the pass
ageway into the door,
The belated representatives of the
press, fin ing that it was impossible to
90 up stain 5 in the regular way, climbed
up along the outer edge of them clingirp
to the iron hand rail.
The first witness called was lanes
Cloncey, correspondent Of the New York
Herald, who testified on behalf of tn,
prosecution. He said that he was sent
here by the Herald in May to investigate
the Cronin case. He called at O'Sulli
vans house on the morning of the day
that Cronin's body was discovered, but
the discovery had not been made. The wit.
ness continued: 81 asked him if he knew
Cronin. He told me he had known him
tor five years, or about five years, and
that he had met him at the political meet
ing III the seventeenth ward | asked
him what he thought of tho disappear
tlnce of Dr.. Cronin? He said, to the hest
of my recollection, that he would turn up
somewhere. turt hermore that he did
not believe that he had been muir
dcred. asked him about the CON
tract he had made with Cronin
He said in reference to that contract that
he had been introduced personally to
Cronin n few weeks before that time by
Judge Mahonev. | asked him why he
made the contract? He said because nc
r;dents had hnnnened: and then he said
so,nrthinp obout wishing to have n nhv.
sic;anto attend to anyt6inp of the Kind
that ,nipht occur in the iutiIre. The con
yersation was general about Cronin, and
when stood up to 90, asked him
apain what he thought of the doctors
disanuearance And once more he
said that he would turn I'D some
where all right: that he did not
believe that he was murdered. | then
left. | called late in the evening of the
same dav after hearing that the body
had been found asked him, if he had
heard the news. He said no. Then there
was a pause. Then he said-"there was
u body. heard when was down town
that n body was discovered in the Lake
this morning, but it has not been
identificd, We were both standing at
this time. | said. i heard nothing about
that Daused and then said. MIR.
O'Sulliyan. the body of DR.. Cronin has
heen fonnd' Witness smoke very dra-
matical and continued He turned pale.
He said What. the BODY of DR.. Groin,
fouud Is il trueo' said, 'of course. |
don't know for certain, | heard it was
discovered in a catch basin and is lying
at the police station about mile from
here. / have a cab at the door. Will
you accompany me. and identify the
body at the morgue?' He spoke and
sank into his chair and said NO! |
could not 90; could not identify him.
If would be useless for me to 90 |
said, MIR. O'Sulliyan, vou told me this
morning. YOU knew Cronin well. 1t
is only short distance. Come and
identify the body, 1t may not be
Crouin's BODY. Let us make sure. He
said. no. could not 20. I'll met him
in the street. | might know him but |
could not identify his BODY"
lin giving the answers made to him.
witness. O'Sulliyan's voice was in CON
tinual tremor and the scene was dra-
matte onel
| said Its strange" | urged him
nvain and he made an effort to move out
of his chair in which In sank when first
broke news to him.
Mr.. O'Donhue-"Dd YOU say he
moved the chair n, the time"
Nn did not If seemed to mr thai he
,rcd tn rise out of the chair intn when
Le b,d sunL
states Attnrne, ahead
~ said / wouId trv to peI Iudre Ma.
honey to identify him said What is
his address, He seemed to t,y TO rec
niIert and then gave me- q wrong ad-
drass He called Mrs Wholrn into the
room and asked erthr IudTe's address. "
He had given Won the Iudpe's address
already in the morning had he not"
ives then made n final effort to in
duce him to come and identity the body.
He said, no. could not identify it. 1t
Is useless for me TO 90. then | left"
The cross-examination of witnesses
then began. The cross examination was
d;rectrd tn eliciting the details of the
witness and his Iite from, the time of his
birth up through varied journalistic
career in London, Paris and elsewhere.
The witness told without hesitation the
story of his connection with James
Stevens Fcnian movement, and his ar
rest. conviction of attempting TO shoot a
noliceman who captured him and SEN
fenced to penal seryitude for life. The
sentence was subsequently commuted to
sixteen years, and he was released on a
ticket Of leave. At the conclusion of
Cloncev's examination the State rested
and the defense moved on behalf of
Burke, Coughlin, OSullivan and kunze,
that all evidence respecting what the
ion called thP( ann % cOnSDIT1Cy