Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-22
MRS. FOY TESTIFIES.
Blow to the Defense in the Coughlin
Case.
IMPORTANT COURT DECISIONS.
Clearing Up the Cronin Murder
Conspiracy.
tCOURT ROOM CROWDED.

CHICAGO, Dec. 22-Judge Tuthill, pre-
siding at the trial of Daniel Coughlin of
completely in DR.. Cronin's murder, this
morning overruled the objection of the
defense to the admission of Mrs. Andrew
Foy's testimony, but placed certain limita-
tions upon 1t. He was not prepared to rem
der a decision on the highly important
question of admitting the testimony of
witnesses who would swear to certain acts.
conduct and language of Coughlin's alleged
fellow-conspirators subsequent to May 4,
1889. He said nothing in open court about
this new and sensational phase of the case
Every available seat and permissible
| standing space in the court room was oc-
cupied by an expectant throng of we'll
dressed men and women long before the
trial was resumed. The expectation that
Mrs. Foy would be called to tell her SEN
sational story increased the attendance in
the court room and crowded the corridors
with people who tried in vain to pass the
police lines.
When the judge mounted the bench At
torney Wing approached him with a law
book which contained another authority to
strengthen the objection of the defense to
the admission of post-conspiracy testimony
against Coughlin's accomplices.
Half an hour was spent by the judge di-
gesting this new authority and other de-
cisions bearing on the case. Then laying
the books aside he raised his head 70 say:
| Il ovefrule the objection to Mrs Foy's tes-
to what she saw. All statements which
refer to her husband and might implicate
him must be excluded. Call Mrs. Foy."
But the prosecuting attorneys did not call
etat yesterday and intended to take their
| time about calling her today.
Instead line Of evidence affecting the
dead conspirator O'Sullivan vas taken up
Henry McGrath, foreman of the I.akeview
Record Printing and Publishing Company
| four years ago. and his employer at that
| time, X. T. Stanton, testified that OSulli-
van. the iceman. came TO the Office and had
some business cards printed, leaving a SAM
pie copy. Both witnesses identified the card
/ left at Cronin's house by the consnirator
who called to take the doctor away as one
of those printed for O'Sullivan on his order.
A portion of the cards were delivered at
given April &c.
Mrs. Andrew Foy this morning gave the
most eliminating evidence against Daniel
Coughlin, tending to show that he was a
| member OF the conspiracy which ended in
the murder of DR.. Cronin. She swore that
the detective often visited her husband at
her house before and after May 4, lSSg and
always were closeted together behind a
closed door alone Coughlin always came
| in the evening. and they spent one to two
hours together. No one else was ever pres
ent. =
In the month Of April 1889. toward the
l
went out to get some beer AS she entered
the front room the defendant and her hus-
band were sitting alone; she noticed the
room was dark, ami returned to light the
/ lamp. What she heard is told in her own
words:
LAS I entered the room I saw Dan.
Coughlin and my husband standing to-
gether. / heard these words: Remove at
all hazards. but use your own discre-
| ton"
who used those words?'
THE defendant. Dan. Coughlin. He was
| reading a letter and my husband was lean
ing over his shoulders. When had lighted
the lamp i returned to the kitchen, and
my husband closed the door. He always
kept the door shut Patrick Guinea. Jos.
McKenna, Martin Burke and Michael
O'Connor also called at my home to see
my husband alone frequently from Febru-
ary until after May A.
| When was the first time Martin Burke
called after May 4?'
ut was on the evening of May g."
We object to that line of evidence"
when was the first time Martin Burke
called after May 4?''
1T was on the evening OF May g.
I'VE object to that line of evidence" said
Attorney Wing.
The Judge pondered a few minutes and
tnen said: Il have concluded that L must
allow that evidence to go in. The objection
| is overruled."
| rnis was a great victory for the state
| The judge then instructed the jury not to
consider any evidence of what other per-
sons mentioned in the Indictment did or
said after May as against Coughlin, but
as only tending to show the guilt of the
other indicted persons.
Did you see the defendant. Daniel
Coushiin, at your house after May 4?'
Yes, almost every night except Sunday
The first time he called after the 4th of
| May was May in the evening. 1 heard my
husband ask Coughlin: Wei. how is every
thing today All right Nothing found
out yetT' No, nothing yet Everything
all right" Yes, everything is all right
Been out to Lake View todayT Yes, /
have been there"
'Coughlin came to my house every night
except Sunday after May 4. On the 7th of
May Coughlin said to my husband In my
presence how he had fooled Capt. Soruettler
about finding the doctors body"
when did You next hear Coughliu saw
anything at your house?'
1T was May IL in the evening. Coughlin
came to my house / went to the door as
my husband was away. He had been away
from home a good deal since May T. and
felt uneasy. 1 told Coughlin So 1 said !;
This is bad job you have done What
have you done to poor DIR. Cronin? The
doctor Will do you more harm dead than
alive
He said: DO not talk like that
Il said: You have killed the poor doctor
and put my husbands life in danger You
did not think of the innocent wife and chill
dren who would be left behind
He said: That is all right You will be
well taken care of. No harm will come to
your husband. Alexander Sullivan is a
good friend of your husband and mine and
he will take good care of you'
Il told him to send my husband home If
he saw him, as / was afraid something had
happened to him. / saw Coughlin every
night up to the day the body of Dr. Cronin
was found. The same Sunday that Cough.
lin called CMay 12) Patrick Guinea had been
at my house three times, looking for my
husband. Coughlin came last and also I'm.
quired for my husband. That time Guinea
asked me If Coughln called to see my hus-
band. / said: Almost every night i sup-
pose You know that, though l last saw
Guinea at the house the day the doctors
body was found. My brother and husband
We're there Also
That's all l think of just now" said At
torney Scantlan, who had conducted the ex.
animation.
Mrs. Foy made a model witness for the
state, considering the strain she was under
and the sensational character of her testi-
mony. She spoke in a low but natural
voice, although asked frequently by court
and counsel to speak louder.
AS she reached the climax of her story
however, the silence in the court room was
so great that IL was not necessary for the
witness to speak louder in order to be
heard. Not a sound disturbed the impress.
i've scene. The windows were closed and
the heat became sitting for the lack of
ventilation. Yet no one complained and
the judge did not order the windows raised
a he Ordina rily does