The record-union., 1893-12-27
THE COUGHLIN TRIAL.
MRS, ANDREW FoY ON CROss-EN-
ANIMATION.
She Rehearses the Story of Defendants
Visit and the Consultation After
the Murder of Cronin.
sneoial to the REcoRn-UNroN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-The Coughlin trial
was resumed this morning with Mrs. An
drew Foy on cross-examination.
In answer to questions Mrs. Foy re-
hearsed the story of Coughlin's visit to
her house and the consultations with her
husband after the murder of DR.. Cronin;
of Coughlin's telling her that her husband
was in no danger, and that even if he
were arrested she would be well cared for
by Alexander Sullivan, etc.
To further questions she declared the
prosecution had made her no promises;
that she no longer loved her husband, and
that he left her three weeks before the
police began guarding her house.
In answer to question whether she did
not send compliments to CoughlIn when
he was in Jail, she replied, Those were
sarcastic regards" In answer to another
question she declared it was not true she
had accused her husband of being the
man who threw an Anarchist bomb at the
Haymarket, or that she threatened TO go
to Judge Grinnell and place her husband
beside Spies, Parsons and the rest OF The
Anarchists.
The attorney for the defense then placed
before her a letter which she admitted
she wrote and mailed TO Attorney For
rest, one of the counsel for COughlin and
and other prisoners at the frst CronIn
trial. The attorney said he would sub
NIT it in evidence later. The attorney also
submitted another letter which she, with
considerable hesitation, admitted was in
her handwriting.
All this was carried on amid much ex-
element and chorus of strenuous objec-
tions by the prosecution, but witness
paid no attention to their instructions not
to answer.
After g period of comparative silence
Judge Wing, for counsel for defense,
said: Now, Mrs. Foy, didn't the prose-
cution give you any money? ?" The pros
ecution objected. Then deep voice at
the reporters table was heard to utter
these words: "Let her give answer" 1t
was discovered that the author of the re-
mark was John Dewey, member OF the
Cronin Committee and bitter enemy OF
Alexander Sullivan.
Judge Tuthill reprimanded Dewey
mildly, and after some further talk the
trial proceeded.
Mrs. Foy admitted she was well ac-
Quainted with Dewey. She also reluct-
antly admitted that George a. Singley,
the detective for States Attorney Lon
genecker, prosecutor at the former trial,
had visited her two or three times in 1891.
The letter TO Forrest bears date June
%. 1892, and is unsigned. 1t says that the
writer hears that Forrest is going before
the Supreme Court in behalf of the pris-
oners in October, and tells him the whole
story will be out before that time; that
she is the wife of one of the chief con-
spirators, who has become a drunkard
and brute in his treatment of her; that
she knows and has talked with most of
the conspirators and knows the whole
story; that she is poor in purse, and un-
less she is paid for ali the sufferings she
has undergone she will expose the whole
plot She says if Forrest wants to COM
municate with her he can put a personal
in the Daily NeaOS and she will reply.
The second letter is also to Forrest, un-
signed, and dated January q, 1898. In it
she says satisfaction must be had at once,
and ends with the words: "Give Dan
my regards"
The cross-eXamination being continued,
Mrs. Foy denied that she told Bingley
that her husband was the only man who
trusted her, and that she wished she had
some other evidence beside that she got
from him. She denied that she ever told
him she had not heard Alexander Sulli-
vans name mentioned in common gossip
about cash. She also vehemently denied
that she told Martin Garrity that she
wished she knew something about Alex
ander Sullivan, so she could bring him
into the case, as that would be the means
of making her comfortable for life.