The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-18
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY
In the cronin TriRi Saturday, -o'sulliyan's
Strange Reluctance,

| HHanBe heAucplhees
CHICAGO, Nov. l7,-The defense fired
its fst gun yesterday by putting sx,
Captain Setback and Police Lieutenant
Koch on the stand to impsach Mrs,
Conklin's story about her final identifi.
cation Of Dinan's famous white horse,
The Bhrgomaster seemed to feel upcom-
Portable in the novel role Of witness for
the defense, and he delivered his replies
10 Mr., Forests questions in q short,
ieTky way that made big Dan Coughlin
grow red with anger, The Captain adj
mitted that he took the white horse from
Dinan's, II was raining and the rain
increased In volume every moment until
he returned the horse TO the barn,
Setback repeated such portions Of his
conversation with Mrs, Conklin as he
could remember, but there was nothing
OF any significance iu them except that
the lady declared than Dinan's horse
was not the one that she saw on the
night OF May 4. After he returned to
the station schaack met Coughlin and
told him he was q lucky man.
"Why" the blgdeteCtlye asked, "Be-
cause, replied Schaack, "Mrs. Conklin
did not identity Dinan's horse"
Forrest wanted TO 90 into the details
Of conversation between schaack and
Dlnan relative to the man who drove
the horse away, but as the Captain had
forgotten his notebook, the attorney de-
Gided 10 postpone further examination
until the witness could produce II In
court
Lieutenant O, G, Koch, OF the old
Lakeyiew station, was a tartar for Mr..
Forrest, II was ne who drove the horse
the night Mrs, Conklin sawitt the second
time. He was sure that the horses up.
pearance had been radically changed by
It's exposure to the rain; also that Mrs.
Conklin had not been given a fair chance
TO view II from her position In the bay
window.
Didn't you tell me-" Forrest asked
In considerable heat, "that the horses
appearance had not been changed by the
rain?"
mo, sir; told you the wet made 1t
look differently" was the prompt an.
swer, That released the witness from
further questioning,
The first witness called was James
Clancy correspondent OF the New York
Herald, who testified on behalf OF the
prosecution, Ele said that he was sent
here by the Herald in May to investigate
the Cronin case, He called at o'suIli-
vans house on the morning OF the day
that Uronin's body was discovered, but
before the discovery had been made.
He talked with 0'Sullivan, who ex.
pressed a belief that DR.. Cronin would
turn up all right, as he (0'Sulliyan)
didn't believe he was murdered. He
then continued his testimony as follows:
~ called late in the evening Of the
same day, after hearing that the body
had been found. Iasked 0,Sulliyan II
he had heard the news; n mid No.
Then there was pause. Then he said:
There was report heard while | was
down town that a body was discovered
In the lake this morning, but 1t has
been identified We were both stand.
ing at this time, / said: 'Iheatd moth.
ing about that paused aud then
said: Mr.. 0'Sulllvan, the body Of Or.
Orohin has been found He turned
pale and said: What the body Of DR..
Oronin foundP Is 1t true2 / said: OF
course, ! don't know for certain; l
heard II was discovered III the catch
basin and is lying In the police station
about a mile from here. Ihave a cab ut
the door; will you accompany me and
identify the body at the morgue2
HE shook, and sank into the chair
and said: Null could not go-1 could
not identify hfmi itwould be. useless for
me to CO.. | ssidi Mr.. o'Sullivan, you
told me this morning you knew Dr..
Uronln very well. II Is only short
distance, Uome along and identify the
body. II may not be Dr. Crouin's body /;
let us make sure.' He saidi No; !
could not go II met him on the street
| might know him, but ] could not
identity his body l said: That is
strange | urged him again and he
made no effort TO move out Of his chair,
into which he had sunk when l first
broke the newsto him" e
Mr.. Clancy's Crossexamination was OF
O sensational nature. He admitted that
he was in prison In 1868, having been
arrested for completely in the Feniap
conspiracy, He spent ten years In
prison. He told thls story Of bis arrest
and confinement:
u Joined tue Irish Republican Bro.
therhood in England, In 1892, | think 1t
was. l was rather active in propapa-
ting the principles Of the Irish Republic
can brotherhood in London, and suhse.
quently in the army. In 1860, | received
tiotipe from James Stephens, who was
then at the head OF the organization, to
leave the army and come on with what
men l could, 90 TO Ireland and take
part In a projected inslnection. Ny In.
struclions were to 90 10 London aud
wait for further orders. went 10 Lon
don and received orders there 10 wait
still longer. Finally was informed that
the rising would not take place.
" again entered into journalism and
remained there until l was arrested, 10
1868, as a Fenian. Two policemen Of.
feCted my arrest, and we had a tgssel
and shot at them, and that formed the
grounawork OF tho accusation against
me, aud upon that was tried and con.
victed ut the Old Bailey In London, In
1868. was sentenced 10 penal Bervi'
tude for life."
The sentence was aiterward reduced
to IA years and Clancy got four yearS OF
for good behavior,
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A MONTE CRISTO.