The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-25


The states attorney pointed osut that
this seemed queer consract, for up to
dent TO one OF O'S"iiivsn's . men. and there
Beiors that Daniel Coashiin had had ..eci.rsei
side man. leading Catholic. that would
soon bite the Grosinsl, ar so.ncthin9 20 that
effect. O'Suilivan wns with Cosaghlin that
might. ,.,
arrangement with livery stable keeper
that Co,i9hlin was seen going into the
Carlson cottage ON the night OF tho murder
and and that the horse ., and buggy taken from ,
drove Dr. Cronin IL the cottage. AZ ~
meeting of Camp ID. on the might of May
4. some one Inquired whether that secret
COMMITTEES. had reported. W iiereupon Be9vs
said: THAT committee il tn report tn
me and not tn the camp"
torucy. that CosiRhlin had told other par
ties that Cronin was u spy, and that "a year
before he tried to hire a man to slug Dr.
Cronin. We will prove that O'Sullivau
was seen at a certain point on the night of
May 4. showing that he WAS i'm the neigh
borhood, and was not i'm his house AT the
On the 9Th of May Martin Burke had "a
box the contents or which Were not seen,
soltierssd mp by "a tinsInith. Where that
box IL, or what became of il no one knows.
but IL Is an important circumstance i'm the
in the fiat ON Clark street AZ the time il
was occupied; that he had been intimate
with Co,i0hlin; that lie and Coughlin were.
at Peoria together; that kunzc stated to a
man, when the papers were talking about
crouin's disapl,carunce, that hc nunzc 1
knew Cronin was murdered.
After the discovery of the tpSaly and it's
Identification Martin Burke left the city
under an assumed name and was arrested
.ckes k""pef sa nv.s N Mr. his
went ON To say that any one who looks AT
the facts ar evidence can see very readily
that the acts committed are of themselves
conclusive that they are the result of CON-
spiracy. He added that the state would
present evidence as sl'eetlily as possible.
Counsel for the defense then one by one
waived their right to make each an OPEN
ing atldress and the taking of testimony
The first witness was Francis villcr :,
ex-captain of the Lake View police. His
testimony was uniinl,ortant except that
the one fact that hc knew DIR. Cronin in
| his life time and that as the body was
beinR conveyed from the o.atch-basin to
the norgue he had identified il as that of
| James +. Boland, cashier i'm "a coal deal
ers office .and am associate of DIR. CroniI
as To the identity of the body and to ths
| location of DIR. Cronin's Office.
| Lawyer Forrest, for the defense, clicite,s
| from Boland, ON cross examination, the
| fact that contrary to general belief Gro
| min office WAS 50 situated that "a view i'm
I" the windows could not tn obtainc,
| from the Clark street Hat, supposed q
have been hired 10y the accused. Croniu',
| office was not fronting on Clark street
| Dit WAS III tiht atts
| facing ALLEY. Several other wit
| ncsses were examined before the sssi
| jourrincnt, their testimony relating wlol
| ly to the finding and Identification of tn,
corpse. Nothing of Importance WA
brought out.
| II. w. Dunno. who is indirectly conncs.
ted with the prosecution in the CroniI
trial, said to-day that efforts had been am,
were. to bc further pushed to- obtain.
possible, from ParnelI or his counsel, Si
Charles Russell, "a categorical statcmei,
that cronins name was not one of th
four handed i'm by Lecaron that of mel
who were systematically bctriying tai tia
English government the secrets of tts
Irish movement in America. Letters 4
this end have been written, one at least b
Dunno, to the Irish leader, Matt Harri,
IL is now proposed to forward tn the otle
side the strongest application that can d
secured, demanding the desired informs
! tion and taking the ground that IL Croniil
: name was on the list of spies breach q
: trust will be made by breaking silenc
and saying so.