The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-31


that either States Attorney Longe-
necker's opening speech in the Cronin
case Tomorrow or in the evidence to
be introduced later on, there will be
several surprises. \ weak point in the
case has always been thought To be the
inability % the state to- show that DIR.
Cronin actually entered the Carlson
cottage on the night Of the murder.
Regarding this the Journal says:
The evidence showing DIR. Cronin's
entrance into the Carlson cottage on
the night of the murder will be conclu-
sive. Judge Longenecker may not say
50 IN his opening speech, but at the
right time he will prove by good wit
nesses the following facts: On the
night of May 4 two men had occasion
To go 10 Lakeview to arrange some deal
IN real estate in which they were in
tereSted. One of them is an Irish
American and a member of the Clan
na-Gael organizations: the other is a
reputable American citizen. On their
way home they had To walk by the
carlson cottage and as they PASSED the
scene of the murder they saw buggy
drive up. In it were seated two men
and as they passed by one of the Pc
destrians said To the other as the bug
gr drove past, ''see that man on the far
stds of that buggy; that is DIR. Cronin,
the Irish nationalist DIR. Cronin
sprang out and rushed up the steps as
II he had been summoned on a case of
great emergency. The door was opened
ana DIR. Cronin stepped inside. The
man who. drove him here turned
around from the foot of the steps.
jumped into the buggy and drove away
as fast as the horse could take him.
All this will be sworn to by the two
citizens who witnessed it, and will
doubtless prove one of the biggest sur
Prises OF the case. But if the testi-
mOny IN regard TO the entrance of
Cronin to the cottage will be sensation
al no less so will be that regarding the
actual perpetrators of the ime Evil
dence viii be produced by Longenecker
to show that four men took part in the
murder of Cronin in the cottage. These
four men were Coughlin, Coony, Burke
and a man who has not yet been either
arrested or indicted in the case
The part that O'Sullivan played in
the terrible drama of the night of May
VIII be also revealed. There are no
less than three witnesses who will
swear that O'Sullivan stood watch on
the outside of the cottage while the
bloody work was being done inside The
ice man was on sentry, while Burke.
Coughlin, COonV and another man
were committing the butcherv inside.
The manner in which Dan Coughlin
was traced from the neighborhood of
Clark street and Chicago avenue to the
Carlson cottage on the night of the
murder will also be revealed.
All day long Mess 5. Longenecker.
Mills and Ingram sat in the states at
torney's Office preparing their evidence
of the opening statement. All that
was decided upon, however. was that
Judge I-ongenecker was to open with a
general outline Of the case DIR Gro
nin's brother. John. will be the first
witness placed on the stand by the
state.
My opening will lie short and to the
point. said Judge Longenecker this
morning. II dom expect to Ia over
two hours"
"Wnl there he any surprise in your
OpeningYi was asked
"Well. now, I can't say as to that
Just now, ms don't know exactly what
we will reveal in the opening speech.
All that l hope is that we may lie as
successful In convincing the Jury as
the newspapers have been in convinc
ing the public that these men are gull
" and u we are, the defendants will
swing
oPENING ADDRESS.
CHICAGO, Oct. 24.-At 10 O'Clock this
borning the CTonin trial formally be-
gan. States Attorney Longenecke r
ut once began his opening address to
the jury. He proceeded To define mnr-
der and to set forth what were the ma
terial allegations in the indictment
which II would be necessary for the
state To prove In order TO Justify a
conviction. These were that DIR.
Cronin was killed; that the killing was
done in the state; that it was done
without adequate provocatiOn. and
thar these defendants did il The
speaker then defined direct and circum,
stantiel evidences. He then spoke of
the disappearance of DIR. Cronin and
the finding of bis body eighteen days
afterward. and said that the state
proposed To prove it 4 murder rs tue
result of a conspiracy.
lie said Now rs say on the Fourth
of May at 7:39 o'c,o,S was the las
heard or seen Of DIR. CT0nin, except as
we shall prove thns the same hid
den hand that worked and moved this
conspiracy that Connected that scheme
was again working in this community
TO lead the people u believe that DIR.
Crcnn was ST." alive. Nut content
with having beat ont his life: not con.
tent with having 'Gi1 him to TEST in !
sewer, the same conspiratuTs thai
brought it a'loHs were again ar work
for the purrcse If l.lAs.irg ihe eharac
ter and reputation uf the mau the,
had murdered.
The states attorney then proceeded
10 speak of the motive Tor the crime
and said that ia ofcer to show what
that motive WAS, l. LecAme necessary
20 exame into the history in this cnun
try of the organization known as the
United Brotherhood. commonly called
the IN -na-iael. Mr. Lononsckei
then preceded 10 sketch the history OF
the Clan-na-Gaei in this country
He declared that The triangle was
supreme; that the caths Of the mem
Dets made their Commands superior Il
the laws OF the Latioa. He pruceeieC
70 say that when sullivan. FeeIy anC
BoIand got cOlttrol IF tia cent 10.