The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-11-07
THE ANACONDA
OF THE LAW TIGHTENING AROUND
MARTIN BURKE WHO is IDEN-
TIFED BY THE CARLEsONs.
Description by the Carlsons Of the Cottage
After the Murder-The Telltale
Blood Stains on the Floor.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, November 2.-Charles
]. Clarkson, son of the owner of the
| Carlson cottage, was the first witness in
| the Cronin case this morning. He testl-
| fed: was sitting with my wife and father
in the house about the 10th OF March last,
when gentleman came and said he want d
to rent house, and my father went to the
house with him and showed him around.
They came back again and made out re-
ceipt for tie month"; rent in advance. The
stranger said he expected some brothers
and sister from Baltimore to come and
keep house with him. He said he would
move in within week or so when his sister
would come from Baltimore. He gave his
name as Frank Williams subsequently he
bought furniture in the evening about 7:2'
o'clock. Williams came on April 20 to +; y
a second months rent. | never saw Wa
liams again until saw him in Winnipeg
Witness was here shown piece of carpet
and identified it as the one he had seen
on the parlor floor of the cottage.
"Can you point out Frank Williams in
the court roomW
eyes, SIR
"Point him out please"
1.-THE second one," pointing to Martin
Burke. Witness then proceeded with his
testimony, saying that after receiving the
rent from Williams and relinquishing the
cottage he entered it on May 10. The car
pet was gone off the floor and it looked as if
they had poured some paint on the floor, as
if they were trying to cover 1t. 1t had not
been brushed over in certain places.
found stains on the base board that looked
like blood. There was another large stain
toward the north wall and at the cent, r
of the floor. l also found one arm
of the rocker broken loose and the furni-
ture, dresser and washstand in the center
of the room. The floor was painted
~, ha of
and on the north side towards the wall
there was no paint. In certain pieces l
saw several stains on the wall. There were
stains all along on the paper and along the
south base board and III various places on
the floor that were not covered up with
paint where there were stains
still showing. l saw footprints
stockingfeet in the hallway and in the
house. The reference to stockingfoot was
ordered stricken out by the court. The
witness then indicated on a diagram the
ocation of the stains. Kunze was pointed
out to him by counsel for the state, but the
witness could not identify him as anyone
he had ever seen before. During all the
time for which the rent was paid the cot
tage renamed unoccupied. Witness was
cross-examined, which did not seem to de-
velop any new points.
He was followed by Johanna Carlson
his mother Mrs. Carlson testified that on
Sunday following the 4th of May, when
she first went out she noticed spots on the
steps, and that both the steps and the walk
of the cottage showed there had been much
tramping up and down, also that the foot
steps showed that the persons who made
them had been walking in the sand. She
thought Frank Williams and his sister had
at last moved and that the spots on the
steps were only something that had been
broken in moving. She then described the
interior of the cottage, the paint on the
stairs, on the walls, the furniture, etc.
Then. at the request of the states attorney
that she point out the man known to her
under the name of Frank Williams if in
court. She pointed to Burke and said:
That's him next to the fellow on the pill
low" The crosse examination then began.
Charles ]. Carlson was recalled and testl
fled that the stairs in the cottage were not
there before Burke rented it.
Hokan Mortensen, expressman, who
carried the furniture from III Clark street
to the Carlson cottage, testified: 1t was
done in the latter part Of March. Witness
then pointed out Martin Burke, who hired
him to move the furniture. He said he had
seen Burke in Winnipeg on the 2lst of June
last, and had there identified him in the
Jail yard.
After long cross-examination in which
nothing new came out, the court adjourned
till Monday.