The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-11-20
THE ICEMAN'S INNINGS.
0'Sullivan's Friends Have the Stand
in the Cronin Trial Nearly all
of Yesterday,
Employees and Friends Striving
Hard to Get the Suspect Out
of His Trouble.
Last sunday Devoted by the Defense In
Coaching Their Witnesses what
Testimony To Give,

CnicAoo, Nov. l9.-rhe frs witness in
the Cronin trial this morning was Police
man Redmond Mcdonald. He testified
that he saw Dan Coughlan at the East
Chicago avenue police station between sa5
and . O'Clock ON the night of the murder.
On cross-examination witness fixed TO 9;l5
o'clock. The cross-examination developed
the fact that witness was n member of
Camp ~, Clan-na-Gael. Witness did not
speak to anybody but Officer Scott, who is
also member of Gamma, Gael Camp ~,
until last Saturday, when he told Capt,
Schultz. Witness said the fear Of being
mixed up in the matter kept him from
speaking Of il sooner.
Witness being asked when he first learned
of the connection of Coughlan's name with
the horse and buggy in which Cronin was
driven aw,ly, stated II was before the body
was found There was sensation when
the counsel for the state asked witness il he
did not remember that Coughlan's name
was never connected with the horse in any
manner IN the public press until three days
after the discovery of the doctors body.
William Mulcahy, friend of O'Sullivan,
heard VSnllivan make his contract with
DIR. Cronin. Witness further testified that
OSullivan and he were in the
ice wagon together, both had supper to-
gethcr and read during the evening,
going 10 bed and sleeping in the same bed.
O'Sullivan was not out of the house. Wit
ness also Siid he had heard conversation
between old man Carlson and O'Sullivan
about the tenants Of the Carlson cottage.
The old man testified that O'Sullivan sod
he knew that they were all right; this WI
ness testified that OSullivan said he kne&
nothing OF them.
The groundwork WAS laid in the cross-ex-
animation for connecting witness with the
driver of the white horse who drove Cronin
10 death, hut witness denied that he LET his
beard grow nj that time and wore different
overcoot from the one brought by him 10
the court room.
Mulcahay knew OF O'Sullivan's contract
with Cronin, having spoken once 10 his en-
ployer abrlt lame foot, and being told 10
20 10 CroAin, who was under contract to
trent all Of the men.
Thomas Whalen. whose wife kept the
boarding house where O'Sullivan aud his
men lived. was quite sure the iceman was
not out of the house the night of the muir
der. William Glenn, AN lnter-Ocean re-
porter, testified that one week after the
murder Mrs. Conklin told him the white
horse brought 20 her door from
Dinan's stable did not resemble the
horse behind which Cronin was drawn
away. Edward Jones' a Daily News report
er. testified that he and another reporter
went to the Carlson cottage after the dis
coyery of Cronin's body. As a joke they
got some cotton bntting and piece Of
liver streaked with blood. The latter they
put upon some cotton and put the blood
stained cotton in the cellar. Witness de.
MED he put il there TO furnish material for
q sensation in his paper. Three of O'Sul-
liyan's employees e0rrob0rated the evidence
10 establish nn albi for the iceman. One
of them told about distributing n number
of O'Sulliyan's cards. which had been pro-
duced IN evidence. with n view 10 working
mp trade. On the cross-examinntion of
Patrick Brennan, another employe of
O'sulliyan. the lact wis brought out that
the lawyers for the defense got lot Of
these witnesses together nj O'Suliyan's
house last Sunday aud went over their testi-
mony III the presence Of the entire company.