St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-13
An UnsophiSticated German
Woman Heard the Cry in
Carlson's Cottage.
Immediately on Entering the
Dwelling the Irish Patriot
Was Slain.
AS He Fell Under AssaSsinS'
Blows He Called on His
God.
Coughlin and Burke's Coun-
tenanceS Express Blank
Despair.

CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-The evidence of
to-day in the Cronin case furnished the
last missing link in the period between
the decoying Of the Irish patriot from
his home and the finding of his body i'll
the catchbasin. The defense has always
maintained that DR.. CrOnin could not be
traced to the cottage. That contention
exists no longer. Thursday. or before,
the state will close. 1t has not yet been
decided whether it will be policy to in
troduce evidence concerning the quar-
rel in the Clan-ha-Gael and DR.. CrOnin's
notes of the Buffalo convention, Clerk
j. p. Hatfield, of Reyeil & Co., was the
first witness called III the Cronin case
this morning. He was not in the court
room. and while waiting for him Judge
Longenecker offered in evidence
THE SPECIMENS OF HAIR
taken from the trunk and from DR..
Cronin's head, which had been COM
pared by chemical and micrOscopicai
experts and found to be identical. The
chips of wood and cotton from which
the blood stains were taken for testing,
were also submitted. They were adj
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Mr.. Forrest. There was then wTan-
gle as to who should be the custodian
of these specimens. Mr.. Forrest de-
manded that they be left with the clerk
of the court, and the states attorney iri-
sisted that they be left in possession OF
Capt. Schuettier. Finally the court or
dered the specimens to be sealed up
and given into, the care of the clerk.
MIR. Hatfield then took the stand and
identified the frame work of the satchel
found in the Lakeview sewer contain
ing DIR. CrOnin'S clothes, as being the
frame of a satchel identical with that
he sold -. B. Simouds," Feb. 10. Mrs.
Pauline HOertel, who lives on Racine
avenue near the Carlson cottage. was
then called. Mrs. Hoertel swore that
she saw
MAN RESEMBLING DIR. CRONIN =
enter the Carlson cottage on the even
ing of MAY 4. Mrs. Hoertel's story wa ;
that she was passing the Carlson cottage
between and 8o'clock on the evening
of May when she saw two men in a
buggy drive up to the cottage. One of
the men got out and went up the steps.
He knocked. The door was opened and
he went in. The man was big and
br0ad-shOuldared. and carried some
thing like satchel. 1t might have been
a surgeons Instrument case. The horse
that drew the buggy was white. When
the man entered the door OF the cottage
it was closed Immediately and witness
heard sounds as though heavy blows
were being dealt. There was the noise
of great struggle. WitIess stopped
and heard some one cry out: "Oh, my
GOd!" There were few more noises,
as of some one struggling. and then all
was still. Up TO this point an effort had
been made to understand the lanored
effort Of the witness to express
herself i'm English. MIR. Mills
had to give it up, how
ever, and an interpreter was sworn.
saw the tall man take something from
the buggy and that he carried it into
the cottage. After the exclamation.
''Oh, my Cod" she heard another, so
Jesus" and sound as of some one
crying or moaning, and followed by
blows. 1t sounded as though there was
something breaking. Then she heard
more cries and means, after which the
SOUNDS SEEMED TO DIE AWAY
and all was still. The witness. an un-
sophisticated German woman, gave her
evidence with so mucn simplicity and
straightforwardness that nearly every
one in the court room was impressed
with the recital. COughlin and Burke at
first turned pale,an then look of blank
despair passed over their faces. The
witness went on to say that after pass
ing the cottage she went round on Ros-
coe street, where she saw man stand
ing between the cottage and her house
in the shadow. This was near the real
estate office, where another witness, yet
to come, will testify that O'Sulli-
van was on watch while the as
SassinS were at their bloody work.
With the statement that the man in the
buggy did not have to wait on the steps,
but that the door was quickly opened
for him, the examination in chief of the
witness closed. Judge Wing inaugu-
: rated the crOSS-eXamination. The wit
ness said that she had been arrested
two or three times for trouble with
saloonkeepers. but it turned out that
these people had made trouble for her
because she had tried to keep her hus-
band away from their saloons. She had
also been compelled to cause the arrest
of one of the salOonkeepers fer selling
liquor TO her husband in the face of her
protests. AS she related her
sUFFERINGs AND TRIBULATI0Ns
at the hands of the saloonkeepers and
her Incorporate husband, she became
dramatic in voice snd gesture She
fixed the date on which she had seen
the man enter the Carlson cottage by
the fact that it was on the Monday of
the same week that she had sued
the saloonkeeper. Judge Mcconnell
stopped the crOSs-eXaminatlOn at
this point in consequence Of the
fiippant manner in which it was being
conducted, and Mr.. Mills, in his most
impressive way. remarked. This is too
serious a matter for this kind of by
play. and will take no part in it." The
rebuke had its effect, and after few
more questions the witness was dis
missed. and recess taken. At the
opening of the afternoon session Donald
E. McKinnon, desk sergeant of the CEN
tral police station in Winnipeg, took
the witness chair and told of the arres.
of Martin Burke and matters connected
herewith. About $50 was found on
him and tickets to Montreal and from
Montreal to Liverpool. The conditions
of the back of these were indorsed with
the name OF ''W. j. Cooper" After
time he admitted that his name was
Burke. and that he was sometimes
identified a receipt from a steamship
agent in Montreal for S. on account of
the Liverpool ticket made out to "W.
j. Cooper" 1t was found in Burke's
pocket. An attempt to introduce
THE CHECK GIVEN BURKE
by the conductor Of the train on which
Burke reached Winnipeg, and which
was found on him, was temporarily. at
least, ineffective. When questioned,
Burke said he came from Hancock.
Mich, where he worked for man