The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-20
THE DEFENSE
In the Cronin Trial Brings For
ward Witnesses
To Break Down the Force Of Testi-
mony Given by the Prosecution.

A Bad Mess Made OF II by Several Friends
OF the Accused on Cross-Examination-
Some Queer Statements. fsJf
CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-Frederick Squibb,
the stenographer who tool the repoIt Of
the testimony at the inquest, was the
first witness In the Cronin case yestsr-
day On cross-examination he testified
that tS.sMaior" Sampson had said At the
inquest that he had known Dan Cough
lin for some time previous to the time
the latter approached him to "slug" Or.
Cronin. Peter Koch, hard wood fln-
isher. who lives at Lake View. was then
called. Witness said he had known John
Kunze for two orlthree years. Kunze
had worked for him some time, and
boarded at his house. He left his en-
ploy between April and II. Witness
was then asked II he knew Thomas
Lynch, and II Lynch had spoken 10 him
about Kunze. Mr.. Hynes objected.
Forrest then explained that he wanted
to show that the conversation was about
the explosion OF the bomb in Lynch's
distillery. Lynch and Coughlin," !" con-
tinued Mr.. Forrest, "went together TO
Koch's house after Kunze. They took
him out, got him drunk and took two
papers from him. They wanted third,
but Kunze said he would not take 81, 900
for 1t. The next day Coughlin and Lynch
went to Koch's again and got Kunze.
The next day this witness drove Kunze
from his house and the latter went TO
the South Side and changed his name.
The papers were supposed to relate to
the bomb explosion at the Lynch dis
tillery." This was brought out 10 show
why Kunze changed his name, and that
he feared arrest because of certain mat
ters relative to the distillery case.
The court decided that Koch's testi-
money was regular and he went on to
testify that he had seen Coughlin and
Kunze together on several occasions. On
one Of them Coughlin got Kunze drunk
and tried to take from him two papers.
They had scufle and Coughlin sue
ceeded. The papers were o letter and q
telegram from Burrows, the whisky
trust man. Kunze remarked at the
time that he had another paper, but
would not give 1t up for $1,000. Wit
ness was further examined with the
view TO showing that 1t was Lynch, the
millionaire distiller, that was seen with
Kunze on Lincoln avenue, and that this
was April s instead Of Maya.
Captain Setback was recalled, but re-
fused to give the defense his notes Of
the description given him by Dinan of
the man who had hired his white horse,
on the ground that they were his pri-
vate property. The ex-Captain was an
unwilling witness and soon became
choleric. He denied that his first state.
ments regarding what he had been told
by Mrs. Conklin and Dinan differed from
his last, and his evidence was Of but lit
tie benefit TO the defense. W
James Hyland, a laborer, swore that
on Sunday night, May 5, he and his
cousin Jeremiah called at 0'Sullivan's
house at seven o'clock, went out TO sa-
loon and had several glasses OF wine.
The witness greatly resembled Cough
lin, and the purpose OF the testimony
was TO show that 1t was Sunday night
that the men we're seen in the saloon By
witness Niemann, and that the men he
took to be Coughlin and Kunze were the
Hylands.
Jeremiah Hyland was the next Wit
ness and his testimony was substantially
the same as that given by his cousin,
the preceding witness. Kunze was called
up TO stand by the witness side TO afford
the jury an opportunity OF noticing the
likeness between the two. They were
about the same height. On cross-exam,
ination the witness said that last week,
when he read 1t in the papers, was tho
first time he remembered being in tho
saloon mentioned by himself and his
cousin, and he had not been in II since
May except last Sunday night.
Mike Whalen, the ex-detective and
partner Of Dan Coughlin, was next called
and testified that on the night OF May
he was at the Chicago avenue station
from eight o'clock until midnight. From
eight till ten witness saw Cogghlin sew
eral times, and at no time up to the last
mentioned hour was Coughlin out OF his
sight for more than half an hour. The
witness, together with Coughlin and
Sergeant Stiff, went into Gleason's
saloon and had drink. He was very
positive as to the date from the fact that
on that day he attended the funeral oi
an old friend and in the evening he
learned of the promotion OF Lieutenant
Brennan, OF the Chicago avenue station,
TO be secretary Of police.
On cross-examination Whelan said he
did not tell the coroner's jury that the
last time he saw Coughlin on the night
OF May was seven o'clock. On the
contrary he was with the suspect from
nearly that hour until ten o'clock. The
witness said that he and Coughlin were
sent out to search for Smith on May z.
While out CouRhlin stopped and talked
with man whom Coughlin subsequent
ly told the witness was Smith, the driv-
er of the white horse. Why Coughlin
did not arrest Smith, witness could not
tell. The witness was suspended from
the force on May 25, the day Of Cough
Inns arrest. l-.4
"Did you not, on the night you we're
suspended, appear before the mayor,
chief of police, corporation counsel
Hutchinson, Captain Schuettler and at
torney Hynes and say that you did not
know where Coughlin was on the night
OF May AZ" asked Mr.. Longenecker. The
witness said he never told anybody any
such thing. The State on rebuttal Yill
put the mayor and others on the stand
to contradict the last answer.
"When you and Coughlin saw Smith
why didn't you arrest him?" the States
Attorney asked.
The witness tried TO explain that he
understood Smith was not wanted, but
the effort was very lame one. Police
Sergeant Stiff testified to having seen
Coughlin about the station between nine
and ten o'clock on the night Of May 4.