The sun., 1889-11-13
SHE HEARD CRONIN'S CRIES.
STORY OF WOMIN WHO saw HIM
ENTER TIE Fatal COTTAGE

ENTER THE FATAL COTTAGE
| The CRY or Agony and Other Sounds She
Heard from within- Evidence Of the Mas
Svho Caught tho Fugitive Burke In Canada
CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-It remained for poor
washeryoman who was looking for her
drunken husband to discover the crowninR
| evidence against the Eve men who are now on
trial for the murder OF Or. J. Fl. Cronin. Her
name is Pauline Hoertel When Hoertel re-
| turned home after a long debauch last April
| hc did not have penny. The women wished
| and ironed, and often spent hours at night
| wandering around the lonesome streets OF
Lake View in search OF her husband. On
May 4 she worked oil day and then
went in search OF her husband. The
| first place she visited was EitePs sa-
loon. Her husband was not there 1t was
O'Clock by tho clock on the wall Mrs Hoertel
then started TO flnd her husbsnd's business
partner, who lived west OF Ashland avenue.
just as she entered North Ashland avenue she
saw white horse hRrnessed to o top buggy
dash toward her from the direction Of the city.
1t was starlight. and from her position on the
crosswalk she saw two men in the vehicle. The
horse turned round directly In front OF the
Carlson cottage. A tall man alighted from the
vehicle. He carried black satohel or q box In
his loft hand. Mrs. Hoertel was now on tho
same side OF the street where the tall man
stood. Neither could see the other distinctly.
Tho woman walked slowly toward the cottage.
She saw the tall man extend his arm toward
tho buggy as though he were reaching for
something. Then he started for the cottage
steps. At the same instant the man in the
vehicle whipped the white horse into a Rallop.
and started toward the city. The tall man
walked briskly up the flight Of stairs leading
to the front entrance to the cottage. When
he reached the threshold the door was opened
There was a bright light in the front room of
the building, and when the door opeped Mrs.
Hoertel saw the reflection OF the flame on the
in front Of the, cottage The buggy was now
out OF sight. AS she trpped along she heard q
Sy er he Soor Ras cosed hs
Codl" Then there was a noise which sounded
like blow followed % by heavy fall. fall ans S,a
tbrosGn ~ssS 'Gi the % crevees % of the % %sSty drawn
cries iIi and ali was 1slet about the cottage The
woman, resumed her ,iournoy When she
reached, the corner OF Roscoe street where
Slaughter house. she saw the outline OF a man
between the Carlson cottage and the little
The woman's story is OF vital interest. The
white horse which carried DR.. Cronin away
has osioa the
seen, the trap set for him the instant he, en-
tered the slaughteE; ;,i house. @ but he had no no
greeted the washerwomans ears no fell be-
meath the blow Of one Of the assassins. IL in
have hay e been he last word he ever uttered. The
man who stood between the two cottages was
Big Ofiicer John E. McKennon OF the Police
Department Of Winnipeg, who searched Burke
after the latters arrest In June. was the next
Which, WGfSS the p prisoner had taken 10 %innipeS.
The testimony OF the officer only confirmed
what has already e. been printed Wsd about Burke's p
had confessed having travelled under the as
euned names Of Cooper andsDelsney: rail.
Allan line steamship ticket from Montreal to
Liverpool. and $3.50 in money we're taken
fS While IN the station in Winnipeg the prisoner
was nervous and excited. He told many false:
hoods which he afterward admitted and said
peg and was on his way to the old country;
Several articles found In the yellow satchel
will probably be admitted in evidence to-mor-
Henry Polouskie, a solicitor for Bacharach's
shirt factory; was the next witness against the
and Ws IN Ba6h
arachs store on Clark street on the morning
hind hind one one Of the g counters when a stout man,
wearing his coat buttoned closely about
Els coat to aecomm modate the clerk who held a
ance aroused Poouskies suspicious but he
finally succeeded in selling cheap white shirt
o hne s Of the anS Gs
his companion who stood on the sidewalk.
The two men returned, to the, store The
c Companion. BE. too. Wore his coat battoned
tightly about his 1 throat The small man
paeas They s5 s
:, The shirt solicitor tor identified 1 ed Burke as the
tpf N
Then Thomas Carroll. who had boarded with
KunZe In May, told how the little painter lived
IN constant fear OF arrest Tor completely In the
Alter he left the witness chair superiptend-
terview with CoqGhiin the day, following the
was on May + and he REPLIED that he conId. pott
lie had reported at the East Chicago avenue
station in the evening. but he, could give
him If he knew tho man who had got the white
horse at Dlnans livery stable Coughlin said
the fellows 9 ,Ino, name was i smith that he had
PRODUCTION from his (Coughlins) brother and
John l; Ryan. and that lie had directed him TO
mitted In this interview that he had talked to
Smith alter he he'd received instructions to ar
rest him. and had acted "a, IN "a strangely careless
One Of his admissions was that he had
searched Irish saloons for the supposed Amer
was detailed on the case. He also admitted
tnat he had made no effort to secure letters
from his brother or John +. Ryan by which he
could clear away the suspicion then resting
unon him.
Knnze is annoyed by the statements OF local
newspapers that he has confessed. To-day he
addressed O. letter TO a. German newspaper
giving what he says Is all he knows about the
Cronin case. The letter says:
How gladly would take my liberty II l
knew something OF the story and could say 30
to the States Attorney But will not swear
falsely for any money in the world. Not even
If my life y in peril could see any INNOCENT
around with Dan CouGhlln until April 10. 1889
is true and that | bore a false lame on the
South, Side, is also true, but all this have
already confessed to the States Attorney.
That the others had something to do with
this Cronn matter now believe myself. II for
no other reason than because OF their behavior
in Iai. am sure that Burke is one Of the
miscreants. saw and felt It yesterday When
the clothes Of DR.. Cronin we're brought into the
court room he trembled Violently. which Is a
proof Of his guilt; The otheers we're as white
conscience. have nobody to fear and nothing
to make me tremble. In the honest hope thar
known. remain. yours sincerely.
JOHN P. KUEZE."