Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23
NEARLY THROUGH.
The Defense IA the Cronin Case
About Ready 70 Close
REBUTTM WILL BEGIN on MONDAY.
sPeesl4sl0a In Chicago Regarding The
Nsrcict-OGs of the DsGsEdAat's AttoF-
ssJs Creates = Sensation o@l4tas
Ehe Co4rt- flooEn-
soon 70 CLosE.


CHICAGO. Nov p The defense IN
the CroRlR case closes tomorrow. and
Attorney Forrest go announced a. lie
Il journmenf ot TIE morning session q
court MOI one u tie defendants wlll
be pat on the stand. The question ss
10 whether u sOgld be policy 70
put any OF the Eve men on the
stand has been fuly discussed
by their attorneys II las finally
been decided that the greatest oonG-
dence In the world Is not - DC placed in
any Of the men, ana that there l. dan
ger, Ia the excitement OF the sharp
cross-eK animation that tbey wiU surely
be subjected 70, that some damaging
statements will be made. Not even
Beggs viii be cd 10 clear away the
evidence about the Inner circle and
the appointment Of q secret committee.
The rebuttal will commence Monday
and viii not last over two days, and by
Thursday next the great batteries Of ora
tory viii be opened. IL has not yet been
decided in what order the arguments Will
be made, but Ia al probability the State
viii open and then each side alternate,
giving the State the closing argument,
which will be made by the impassioned
Mills. who is 10 make the talk OF his
life. II the order OF alternating can not
De agreed upon, then the State Will
open, 70 be followed by al the attorneys
for the defense. the State closing wlth
its brosdside OF four.
1t is the general opinion around the
Criminal Court building that Burke.
O'Sullivan and Coughlin will hang. while
opinion IS divided as 20 the rest Of the
defendants - Beggs and Kunze. Some
declare that they viii be allowed 70 go,
but other wiseacres point 10 the Anarchist
case, the evidence against Neebe and the
sentence he received.
Three rooms in an unoccupied cottage
on Deering street, in this city, have
been discovered TO be smeared with
blood. The police think that it is the
work of some practical joker John
Hughes, the former tenant Of the cot
tage, is missing.
Considerable excitement was caused
near the Criminal Court building short
ly after noon when Attorney Qualey
attempted to prevent a police officer
from taking witness TO the
States Attorneys Office A subpoena
was issued by Judge Mcconnell
for Louis Budenbender, who testified
to the alibi for Dinan's horse, and Off,
Ger Isaac w. Lindelee took the writ 10
serve IL. Budenbender was found on
the South side, and Lindelee started
to bring him to the States
Attorneys office, at Clark and Mich
igan streets. John Qualey, Forests
law partner and clerk in FORESTS Of
fee came up and got between Buden-
bender and the officer. They insisted
that the officer had no right 10 take
Budenbender into custody as he
had only subpoena, which he should
only have read TO Budenbender,
leaving the latter to come into court
alone. The officer continued along the
street with Budenbender, and Qualey
away. Lindelee then put Quaty un-
der arrest A scufile ensued, creating
a great deal OF excitement on
tho street. Qualey and the clerk.
as well as Budenbendor, were finally
taken to Judge Longenecker's Office,
where they remained for several hours.
After the men had been at the States
Attorneys Office awhile Judge Long
enecker talked 10 them and let them 20
Budenbender promised to be in court
when he was wanted.
At Thursday afternoons session OF
the court Drs. Mayer and Curtis, expert
microscopists, swore that in the present
state of science il was almost impossi-
BILE to distinguish the difference be-
4 tween the blood and hair OF a human
/ and that of a horse or dog. In answer
TO hypothetical question covering the
wounds found upon DR.. Cronin's body
when taken from the catch-basin, both
physicians said tsat such wounds were
/ not necessarily fatal. but admitted that
F tho same violence which would cause
wounds Of that nature might result in
cath