The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-25

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unseen hand that regulated this conspiracy
from its inception had to MAKE 1t appear,
also. that Cronin was a traitor. For If DIR:
Cronin had published his evidence against
the Triangle, as he was about to do, 1t
meant the ruin of the Triangle with the
Irish peoples; and to have it published To all
their camps was to convict these men OF
embezzlement of these funds that had been
accommodating for years. 1t would have not
only proved them traitors to the law of two
countries. but traitors to the cause IA
which these people had enlisted; and in-
stead of doing that. which was to benefit
Ireland, it would brand them as the worst
was the object.
He then went on to show how Coughlin
had begun d~enouncing Cronin as Il spy
away bach in February; how Beggs, at q
certain meeting of Camp 20. had said that
DR.. Cronin's denunciatiOn of sullivan and
The Triangle had to be stopped, IF it took
blood" Finally, after several weeks de-
lay, Beggs, as guardian OF Camp ~ an
nounced that the charges against the III
angle would have to be Investigated. The
next day the fiat at No. III Clark street
was rented, the trunk and furniture which
was afterwards moved to the Carlson cot
tage bought, and the preparations begun
for the murder.
The States attorney then went over the
whole story of the conception and execu-
ton of this plot. which has so often been
told. On the Goth of March. he said, Mar
tin Burke appeared at the Carlson cottage.
where the murder was committed; that. at
this time Burke was out of work. and was
seen about the Office of Senior Guardian
Beggs. He appeared at the cottage under
the name of Frank Williams. He rented
the cottage. and then. after talking with
OSnllivan. who lived near by. went to liz
Clark street. and moved the furniture from
the fiat to the cottage. After this. some
time in April, O'Sullivan made the arrange
ment with CrOnin. by which. if he received
one of O'Sullivan's cards. he tCrOninl, was
to accompany the messenger. in order to at
tend. professionally. upon any one of OSul-
livan's mel who might be hurt in the hand.
ling of ice for him. The speaker pointed
out that this seemed a queer sort of con-
tract, for. up to this time. there had never
men. and there were many doctors nearer
than Cronin.
Daniel Coughlin was seen before that in
a saloon late at night. He declared that
there was q certain North-side man. a
leading Catholic. that would soon bite the
ground. or something TO that effect. O'Sul-
livan was with him that night. On the 4th
of May this man COughlin went over to
Dinan's livery stable. Mr.. Coughlin went
over there between II and / o'clock of that
day aud told Mr.. Oman he had = friend
who wOuld be there for a horse and
buggy. He telephoned p. O'Sullivan to go
out: He was seen in the neighborhoOd
with a man answering his description.
W tslO OCIOth III tuO Gil ~ HAL
goes and wants the horse that Coughlin
had ordered. When the liveryman hitched
up q white horse the man objected, but the
liveryman said that was the only one he
could give him. and he took the horse and
buggy and drove away. Later he drove to
DIR. CrOnin's office, presented OSulllvan's
card and stated that one of O'Sullivan's
men had his leg mashed, and that the Doc
tor was wanted right away. DR.. Cronin
hurried out, and with a man drove to the
EarIann aOtfaua That Uo ohnut r.C0
We will prove that Coughlin was seen
going into the Carlson cottage. We will
prove that this man drove DR.. Cronin to
the Carlson cottage. We will prove that
livery stable was the horse and buggy
which drove DIR. Cronin to the Carlson
cottage. On the night of the Sd of Nav
there was a meeting of Camp 20. On e
one in the room inquired whether that
committee-that secret committee-had re-
ported. John +. Beggs waved his band
and said: That committee is to report to
me; the camp has nothing to do with that"
That was the night before Cronin was muir
dered. This will be proven by competent
evidence. We will prove that Coughlln
told other parties that Cronin was a spy;
that the year before he tried to hire a man
feeling against DR.. Cronin. Now, on the
night of the 4th, we show that this trunk
was bought at Revelle's. taken to III
Clark street and removed by Burke
to the Carlson cottage, was filled with the
body of DR.. Cronin and taken awav; that it
landed away up in E~dgewater; that it was
afterward taken to the catch-basin. There
the body was thrown into the catch-basin,
and then the trunk, further on, was thrown
into the street.
Mr.. Longenecker then showed Martin
Burke's connection with the cottage, Sulli-
vans presence in the neighborhoOd on the
night of the murder, and how Knnze was
seen in company with Conghlin. The story
of the tin box and Burke's flight to Winni-
peg. with other incidents of the crime were
clearly brought out. all tending to show
that they were but parts of the great con-
spiracy.. All of these points have been pub
lished time and again, but the attorneys
grouping of them made them appear more
fOrcible. In concluding, he said: But to
resume, take the hiring of the horse and
buggy; take the hiring of the fiat at No. III
Clark street; take the buying Of
the cottage by Burke under the name Of
Williams; take the fact of the knowledge
of that renting by OSullivan, and the
further fact that the Carlsons were told
that a sister was to go there and keep
house; take the driving of the Doctor away
from his home on the night of May 4, under
the superstition that he was going to min
lister TO the wants OF an injured man; take,
also, the appointment of the SECRET commit
tee. and the motion made by Daniel Cough
lin to have that committee appointed; take
the further fact hat the senior guardian
said: That committee reports to me, and
not to the camp on the night of the Sd of
May. The coming together of allthese things
shows the conspiracy, and the act of one
man In this ease IS the act of all of them.
"Gentlemen. we will present the evidence
as speedily as possible, but / trust you will
be patient with us while so dOing 1t is a
matter of great consequence. not alone to
the defendant, but also to the people OF our
State. / say we will present it as rapidly
as we can, consistent with doing our duty,
and after You have heard this evl-
dence, if yOu are not satisfied that
DIR. Cronin was murdered; if you are not
satisfied that these men. whether present
at the killing of the Doctor. or present at
you are not satisfied they are guilty of the
charge. then. of course. you will turn them
loose. If, however, this evidence shows
cOnclusively to your mind this deep-laid
conspiracy; if it shows this generalization;
If it show the GOODNESS with which they
planned the murder; il it proves to your
mind beyond a reasonable doubt that they
are guilty. then your duty is plain to infict
on them the highest punishment known to
the law"
Counsel for the defense then, one by one
waived their right to make each an OPEN
ing address to the jury, and the taking of
testimony was begun. The first witness
called to the stand was ex-Capt. Francis
Villiers. of the Lakeview police. In whose
district the murder was committed. His tes-
timony was entirely unimportant, except