The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-25
Startling!
SENSATIONAL STATEMENTS
As to the Evidence lie Has in Re.
serve, Made by LOngOneCker
In His Opening Address Before
the CrOnin Jury at Chicago.
TIE GREAT CONSPIRACY
To Murder CrOnin COnCOCted in
Clan. na.GaeI Camp No, 20,
And Carried Out by tho Mysterious
Trlaugle-CrOnin was Ia Possess
sion Of secrets that Would Ruin
Some Big Men and lie Had
To Die 10 Save Them.


Lon. Ia, H. oonvaninr Of the conrL II
noN, ~, so,,,.ioI ~. ,his ,norrino brndrod
tne O'o"'u VIA '"'s '.N'.1, y.
ofspeC;ators were c'amoFlhg Ior admit
tance and il required small army o
LoiI;Ts ,o roon a, h6v the earer one
Da'''H' w MY ,oas,J :,
VINO uehlfnu'u W W I"'
Promptly at ten o'clock the two nun
,dred suprta,nrs assembled in Judge Nc
r.,..t,,, 49,, r.o,o rorn.d 10 orIa,
"ou'''" Q VO",' w. nIt1 =, aI ~,
ana as Tue deIeAuah1s H'eu IN "nu Wv
attorneys took their seats the CLERK
cal,,d the roll of Jurors. Every mar
,,,aI., Lilo ,n,no and tba Crorir
IeSl'""N'N W g., 40, -,',.
trial formally began STATES Attorney
Longentcker At once began his opening
address to the jury.
MIR. loSGENgCHgR's s OPENING.
IT, rn,,;on,l hri.Gv tina lono coptin.
I' e'''"'" D''s 80, ,,.,,Ioh t,oI 49,
suited in the selection OF the twelve be-
.foy. him He defined the duties Of
i;m,ynpn. fined tho meaning OF pre.
JMmntiGn oiiDnocenco as applied in the
] t,i"i ~ n,,oons % chorved with crime, toll.
~" ,Ie inrv lint n pTesumpton OF inno.
crScr Was not a matter to be weighed
against evidence. 1t was, he said, u
mere negative which stood In the way
OF conviction 10 the anseHco I M o. oE eyiaehfe,
Sna. SMs ,n,i'. nF s,iIonre ,It NJ" %1T "iyen " '''
MI Mr., LonpSnecker next took up and do.
fined the meaning OF reasonable doubt
us applied in such cases. On this he
.said: "When you stated that ynu would
not convict these men, except they were
proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt,
it simply meant this, that II, after hear
lug tie evidence, you are satisfied OF the
truth Of the charge; il, you are satisfied
as siurymen, sworn to do your duty, that
the men on tria are guilty, that you
have no right TO hunt around Tor an cX'
cuse TO reirain from doing that which
the law mikes 1t your duty TO do. A
reasonable doubt means doubt that Is
reasonable"
Mr.. Forrest, OF council Tor the 'Ie'
fense, Interrupted the speaker at this
point, claiming that the detinition OF Il
reasonable doubt has no place in an
,oprning address and should be used
only IN the closing address. The court
'ovtrruled the polhI "nu MF' foFfeS'
no'eu "' e"ceP''0n'
>, O.. i1a H,,a.',n,, h.,D"tIn' ,L"r nroooodod
lhe ''"'oS "Notnsy '"o" . ip| p.VC'UI.a l,'
10 define murder ana ~ so' !"F'u VIM
were the material allegations in the in.
claimant which It would be necessary
Tnr ,LS Stot" ~ nrrrvp in order to Justify
/" c"nvirti0n These were that Dr..
Grnn;n wns illed. that the killing was
lone in this State: that IL was done
s.i,hout od"Gunte nrovocatiou and that
thssa drinnHnnts did IL, The speaker
tinn drGn"I dirpct and circumstantial
evidence. lie illustrated tho latter by
ssv;n, tl,ot a man might see another
T6im,SnC F" Nislol ot a third person; ;
,niSht see tie flash, hear the report and
500 the man drOp, but il no could not
500 thp bullet strike the man fired at it
wonld be only circumstantial evidence
%f the shootinv.
MI" SNEAKER then smoke OF the dsap.
orr., oi Or CrOnin and the finding OF
HE hody ri,hteen DAYS aELerwurd, and
III I'M, thH Slnte prOposed to prOve
!: 2S,' ~ ,mrdcr Hs the result of conspiracy
~ 49,. covsp,v,cv
IN" ,,,, N0'''' 49,,
He said; "Ihese men AtS' Ch"rseu
with having murdered Dr'CIonin. The
.,,,l,,c, u,e shall introdti1e will show d
,o"snirNcv c," io murder DR.. Cronin. The
syidance lint we shall introduce will be
that In the conspiracy which was formed
o"I carried into execution, terminating
inthe killing OF DR.. Cronin, all the con
spirators are liable lor murder, anu tnas tEa
tho phnisnnGm' punish, tar ,m Ior rdsr Sy'pTS TSa. is thT
pp0siIIon p,I wStake in this case. Now, rs
sSv m tIe night of the 4th Of May, al
S,9h n'cIock nothing WAS seen or heard o.
~ ~" Cr0nin rxcrpt, a. We shall prove
~, ~ n. I" same hidden hand that workeC
smT @ movpG this conspiracy, that con
soc,.I @ this scheme, was again workingir In
,SSs STs.% community to lend the people to be
iirys that Dr. Cronin was still alive
That samu hidden hand, that same nlys
tntious work upon which the cnnspirac!
rcata in Ills euse was at work trying t
moIn Ina npoplO of this community be
Ijrye thut DR.. CtOnin was not murdered
~ was nlive. Not content with hAvinI
@ SSa, ant his life, not content with hay
IN. lSi1 him to rest in q sewer, the sam
nnSSsNirQtoa S that brought II about, wcr
o SS"i,I at WorEior the purpose Of blast
lug ,mSr I'm tVSy V;'S SaJ murdered. And until tn
@ SSMd day Of May the people all over thi
a a.
tDuT ;Hu ma3r mar, @ wRs even killed"
t"V PVa a,.,'.''' ~ ,,, r,,, c,,v.vA.oIpt
op'HV's W ,.S', '"h s""T ~, :" ,,saaa,do
The EAtc'B Attorney then prosecute
4o.roak ot no motive for tho crime an
snlI ,hu, In order to show what tina
S ,mm,,ys @ %os Il GecumO necessary to ea
mVH nm'inc iNin the history IN this country {
''''T thn "raSnj,ltion known az tho Unite