The herald., 1893-12-27
SHE HAS AN EYE FOR BUSINESS,
Sensational Developments in
the Ccughlin Case.
Mrs. Foy's Admissions Under Cross
Examin alton.
she racitly Confesses That She Did Not
Turn States Evidence for Her
Health-The Prosecution
Embarrassed.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-The Coughliu case
was resumed this morning, with Mrs.
Andrew Foy on cross examination.
In answer to questions, Mrs. Foy re-
hearsed the story OF Coughlin's visits to
her house and his consultations with
her husband after the murder of Cronin
Of Ccughlin telling her her husband was
ii no danger, and that erea if be were
arrested she would be we'll cared for by
Alexander Sullivan, etc.
To further questions che declared the
prosecution bad made her no promises
hat she no longer loved her husband !;
hat he left her three weeks before the
,olice began guarding her house.
I'm answer to q question whether she
lid not send her compliments to Cough
in when he wac in jail she replied !:
Those were sarcastic regards"
In answer to another question Hhe
declared it was not true she had accused
Ter husband OF being the man who
brew the anarchist bomb at the Hay
uarket, or that she threatened to 90 to
udge Grinnell and place her husband
esids Spies. Parsons and the rest OF the
narchists.
The attorney for the defense then
laced before her letter which che ad-
litted che wrote and mailed to Attor-
ey Forest, one of the counsel for
SIoughlin and the other prisoners at the
rat Cronin trial. The attorney said he
ould submit it in evidence later.
The attorney also submitted another
ltter which she, with considerable hes
alton, admitted was in her hand
riting.
All this was csrried on amid much
kcitement and chorus OF strenuous
ojections by the prosecution, but the
itness paid no attention TO their in
ructions not to snswer. After period
comparative silence, Judge Wing OF
le counsel for the defense said: "Now,
RS. Foy, didn't the prosecution give
)u any money!
The prosecution objected. Then
yep voice at the reporters table was
sard to utter these words: LET her
We an answer."
1t was discovered that the author OF
10 remark was John Dewey, @ member
the Cronin committee and q bitter
lemy OF Alexander Sullivan. Judge
lthill reprimsnded Dewey mildly, and
ter some further talk the trial pro-
eded.
Mrs. Foy admitted that she was we'll
quainted with Dewey. She slso re-
ctantly admitted that George A. Bing-
', detective for the states attorney,
,ngenecker, the prosecutor at the
rmer trial, visited her twice or three
mes in 1891.
The letter to Forest bears date June
1892, and is unsigned. 1t says the
liter hears that Forest is going before
supreme court in behalf of the pris-
ers in October and tells him the whole
,ry will be out before that time that
0 is the wife of one of the chief con-
traitors who has become a drunkard
brute in his treatment of her; that
knows and has talked with most of
conspirators, and knows the whole
Dry; that she is poor in purse, and
less she is paid for all the sufferings
has undergone she will expose the
lole plot. She says il Forest wants to
nmunicats with her he can put per-
ial in the Daily News and she will re-
The second letter, also TO Forest, ie
signed, dated January II, 1898. In 1T
says satisfaction must be had at
co, and ends with ths words: "Give
my regards"
The cross-examination being con-
ued, Mrs. Foy denied that she told
lsley her husband was the only man
o trusted her, and that che wished
had some other evidence besides
at she got from him. She denied
1t she ever told him she had not
ard Alexander Sullivan's name men-
ned in the common gossip about the
ce. She also vehementlv denied
It che told Martin Clarity that she
he'd she knew something about Alex
Ter Sullivan 30 che could bring MIN
o the case, as that would be the
ans OF making her comfortable for