The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-29
A CRoNIN CASE ASSAULT.
Desperate Attempt to Kill the Man
Who Identified Burke.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 2S.-A desperate
attempt was made last night to assassinate
Gus Klahre, a tinsmith, who last week
identified Martin Burke as the man for
whom he soldered tin box May 6, which
it is supposed contained the clothing of Dr.
Cronin. At 9 o'clock last night he was walk
ing eastward to his home on Ohio street I.
When within block of his home, ne was
assaulted by ten or a dozen young men.
They knocked him down, beat him about
the head with some blunt instrument. and
threw hlm over low fence to the ground
below, a distance of 12 feet.
RAN FOR HIS LIFE.
He struggled to his feet calling for help
and ran toward home. His brother and a
servant girl heard his screams and they ran
out toward him. His assaiantS sprang
over the fence after him, and pursued him
almost to his door. His mother heard one
of the pursuerS with an Irish brogue cry,
"Giveit to him" KIahre fell as he ca
tered his door. He became unconscious
before anything could be learned from him
as to tine assault, and up to late hour was
still unable to speak or recognize any one.
The family say he has no enemi ies unless he
made them by his statements in the Cronin
case. No arrests have been made yet.
HEARING ARGUMENTS IN COURT.
The Cronin case was resumed this morn
ing before Judge Mcconnell in the
criminal court with the hearing of
the arguments of the counsel on
the motions of defendants Coughlin, Burke,
OSullivan and Woodruff for separate
trials, and of Kunze for an order on the
states attorney compelling him to give him
a copy of the evidence before the grand jury
on which he was indicted, and list of the
witnesses who testified against him. The
arguments covered about the same ground
as was covered in the affidavits Monday,
and were to the general effect that the
cases of the various defendants in whose
behalf the arguments were made would be
prejudiced by trial conformity with the
others.
CONSPIRACY PRECEDENTS.
During the course of the arguments Judge
Mcconnell took occasion two or three times
to call the attention of the counsel to tho
fact that they were fighting for separate
trials on promises based upon joint
murder precedents, and not upon
conspiracy precedentS. The counsel, he
said, must bear in mind t4at the first
count in the indictments against the priso-
ners in this case was for conspiracy, a fact
having an important bearing on the ques-
tion of joint or separate trials. After the
counsel for the various prisoners had made
their pleas for separate trials, States At
torney Longenecker addressed the court,
combating the granting of such motions.
CONSPIRACY CONFESSED.
Judge Longenecker said the attorneys for
the defendants in their pleas had shown
exactly why separate trials should be. not
granted. These men in their affidavits have
talked of furniture bought. of rooms rented,
Of the cottage procured, of the buggy
hired, of a man decoyed to a certain
place and murdered, and have touched
upon much other evidence. What is this
but conspiracy? What harm can come OF
trying these men togethar!
wooDRUFF's CONFESSION.
Regarding Woodruff, Judge Longenecker
said that the confeSser had not said
anything that was at all injuri-
Gus to the other defendants. "Not
one thing said the states attorney, "has
that man said that will be the least dam
aging to the other five men. Ali he says is
in regard to himself
After the states attorney, Forest, who
represents ex-Detechve Coughlin and the
other defendants, continued the argument
for separate trials. The court then ad-
journed until tomorrow.