The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-02
RENTING OF FTHECOTTAGE
MARTIN BURKE IDENTIFIED AS
THE MAN WHO HIRED IT.

Annie Carlson Very Nervous on the
stand, but Sure that Burke and
williams are One Her Testimony
Corroborated by That of Her Father.
Gillette's story.
CHICAGO, I'LL, Nov. Martin McHale .,
q CARPET layer, was the first witness in the
Cronin trial this morning. He testified
that a carpet bought by ~. B. Simonds" in
February last, was laid by him the witness)
on the floor of a room at No. III Clark
s,raet The witness was then shown a piece
of the carpet, presumably from the Carlson
cottage and he identified it as identical in
,atteru with that which he laid in the
Clark street room. After the shipping
clerk. delivery man, and other employees of
Revels' had testified, the first important
witness Of the day. Annie Carlson, was
placed on the stand.
OVERCOME BY NERVOUSNESS.
The Young woman began her testimony Y
very timidly. After few questions she
became SO nervous that her replies were
almost inaudible 1t frequently became
necessary for the court stenographer to
repeat aloud the barely uttered sentences
the court room assuming that revelations
of a most startling character were being
made, craned their necks in the direction
of the witness stand The excitement be.
came intense as Mr.. Mills put the next
question.
RENTING OF THE COTTAGE.
The witness then went on to state how on
the 2Oth of March while she was at Carl
cons man came to rent the cottage, which
stood near the house. He said his sister was
to keep house for him, and that he had
Some furniture he wanted to move in at
once. He gave his name as Frank Will
iams.
Mrs. Carlson" asked the lawyer, "do
you see that stranger in the court room
nOwp
eyes SIR"
"Will you point him out to the jury~
BURKE IDENTIFIED.
There he is" (the witness pointed directly
to Martin Burke.).
"Do you mean Martin Burke, that man 81
continued Mr.. Mills, pointing to Burke
again.
Yes" replied the witness, and that
ended her examination.
Mr.. Forrest then cross-examined the wit
ness at great length, going into all the de-
tails of her movements and her visits to
Carlson's house. She testified that she had
never seen Burke from the day he entered
the cottage until few days ago when she
came into the court room for the purpose of
Identifying him, yet she recognized him
Immediately.
HOW SHE RECOGNIZED HIM.
His eyes, hair and mouth, and his peculiar
way of looking, she said, made great i'm
preston on her. and she knew him at once.
Mr.. Forrest made the witness look away
from Burke and at the jury. and then de-
scribe his features and the color of his hair.
This she did,
Mr.. Forrest for the defensa raised ques-
ton as to whether this testimony was
applicable to any other one of the defend
ants except Burke.
The court decided that that was question
which would have to be decided by subse-
quent developments of the trial.
HER FATHER ON THE STAND.
Jonas Carlson, the owner of the cottage.
was the next witness. He corroborated the
testimony of his daughter-in-law about the
stranger coming to rent the cottage. The
witness then said: "He asked me If it was
my house, as he wanted to rent the house.
l told him yes. He said let me
see the place, and we walked over
to the house, and I took the keys
and went into the house with him. We
entered by the back door and he looked
around and said there were six rooms Now
how much do you ask for itF l said $12 a
month. He said: Can you take $11P NO
cannot | said. i will give you the
money now,' he said. Then got the money
and my boy gave him a receipt when we
went back to the other house."
BURKEs STORY.
Mr.. Carlson went on to say that the
stranger, who gave the name of Frank
Williams, said that he had three brothers
dnd his sister, who was to come on from
baltimore to keep house for them. He had
bought furniture and it would arrive in two
or three days. The stranger then took the
Key. The witness said he had met and
talked with O'Sullivan, one of the defend
ants, many times. O'Sullivan lived in the
immediate vicinity.
At this point recess was taken.
PHOTOGRAPH AND A DIAGRAM.
AT the opening of the afternoon session,
voSeph l.. Brouse, a photographer, took
sae stand and identified a photograph
SHOWN him as one taken by him. 1t was
picture of the Carlson cottage and O'Sulli-
vans house and ice house. 1t was placed
IN evidence
John G. McDavitt, clerk in the crimi-
la hal court, identified a diagram made by
nm nm or the neighborhood of the Carlson
oot1age @ and of the cottage itself, the size
Inu ~ location OF whose rooms he described
IL was admitted in evidence.
BURKE TOLD o'sULLIvAN.
Jonas Carlson was then recalled, and his
teetstilnony on behalf of the state was con-
sIuueo. He said that the stranger, after
DIe,Hetlng the cottage, walked across lots to
Ooulnvan's stable, where he met O'Sulli-
van van and talked with him. The witness
heard Burke say to O'Sullivan, 1.-THE
cotCage is rented" The next time the
". "l.ness al saw Burke was about 5 o'clock
~ ~ ene afternoon of May 4, Jew hours be-
tS tEle Cronln was murdered. He stood on
th tho 'front.' steps of the cottage. At o'clock
SnaI ;n night the witness heard two men talk
q aIs IA the cottage. They were talking sin
N@fu voice." as Carlson expressed it.
osULLIvAN voUCHED FOR THEM.
IN In april, the witness had conversation
thu v sullivan about the men who rented
iue cottage. OSullivan told him that he
~ r'9" =, one or them; that he was "all right"
~ --u mat mat ne would pay the rent when DUE
to- "ay IL, Carlson had another converse
0S.nWlth iSI With O'Sullivan, in which he told
ana ul!yan that the cottage was vacant,
@.O uu that he had received a letter
biout bon The man who had rented it, asking
bn baa lCarison) to put the furniture in the
tbaseinent, tba and saying that he had painted
~ 1 parior floor TO save his sister the trouble
b cruooingit. O'Sullivan remarked that
~ was having hard luck with his cottage.
1eG0er spoken of and its envelope were