River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-12-28
DARK SECRETS.
They Are Revealed in Connection
with Cronin's Murder.
Mrs. Andrew Foy's Evidence Directly CON-
meets Dan Coughlin with the Con-
spirAcy to Murder the
Doctor.
THE WITNESS sronY.

CHICAGO, Dec 25.--Mrs Andrew Fov
took the stand IN the Coughlin case
Friday and told the court and jury
led to the assassination of DIR. Patrick
Cronin.
Her testimony was sensational in the
extreme, and its effect upon the de
Tense was apparent ouyhlin's at
torneys made desperate efforts to prev
ent her from giving her testimony.
When Judge Tuthill entered the
courtroom, the defense, having had a
night to look up their authorities and
arrange plan of action. were prepared
to make a strong fight for the ex-
clusion of Mrs. Foy's testimony The
court, however, took the wind out of
the sails of the defense by remarking
quietly: Il have decided this matter.
The objection of the defense is over
ruled"
You understand" added Judge
Tuthill, turning to Attorney Bottum,
that this testimony is greatly re-
stricted Mrs. Foy can testify only to
what she saw and to what she said to
any of the conspirators
After several witnesses had been ex-
amined ON minor points, Mrs Foy
took the stand. Mrs. Foy said that she
knew Dan Coughlin,; Patrick Cooney and
Martin Burke. She had known Cough
lin for some nine years and the Others
for different periods. In March,
1859, Dan Coughlin visited her
home at ~ Locust street several times
in the evenings. Four times was all,
the witness said. Coughlin had come.
AT the third visit she was in the front
room with Coughlin and Foy, and con-
versed with them, but she shortly LETT
them alone.
Returning In few moments to
light hanging lamp, she saw her hus-
band standing and looking over Cough
Inns shoulder at letter from which
the latter was reading. Sue caught the
words:
Remove him at all hazards, but use
your discretion"
Coughlin remained in the house two
hours and then went away. without
speaking to her again.
Mrs. FC then told of two visits of
Cooney at which he and her husband
had held conversations in low tones,
always with the door closed. The
witness was asked if Martin Burke
had visited her husband. She replied
in the affirmative. Coughlin came
to the house several times after
Nay 4. He talked to her husband,
VINO would ask him If every
thing was all right. Coughlin would
reply: Yes; nothing found out yet"
On the night of May IL he called and
asked to see her husband, but witness
told him Mr. Foy was not home and
she was afraid he had been arrested
Coughliu assured her there was no
danger. Said he: "Ihere's no
proof against Andy; he's all right"
Mrs. Foy told Coughlin she
didn't know what would become of
her and the children. She said: Cough
lin, this is an awful thing you have
done. DIR. Cronin will do you more
harm dead than alive" He laughed
and said she need not worry
There is no danger. said he, but
you will be taken care of, anyway.
Don't worry | asked him who was to
take care of me and my children Oh
he said, don't mind about that Alex
ander Sullivan is good friend of your
husbands and of mine, and he will take
care of you"
She continued her testimony saying
Coughlin told her husband what luck
he had In fooling Capt. Setback and
Capt Scheuttler about Dr. Cronin's
body and where they had put it.
III
and no roaeourod her TINT every thing
was all right, that there was no proof
against her hus band. tn at she must
not fear, but to keep quiet and she
would be taken care of.
Mrs. Foy said that whenever Cooney,
Burke, McKenna and the others came
to her house they always asked If Dam
Coughlin was there or had been there.
This was Mrs. Foy's story as told in
court, limited by the rules of legal evil
dence Na
Judge Wing began to cross-examine
Mrs. Foy just before the noon adjourn
ment. He questioned her mercilessly
in regard TO her relations with Mrs. L.
T. Conklin, the lady with whom DIR.
Cronin had made his home for
years before his death. The law
yer asked the witness the number
Of times they had met, and how re-
Gently. 1t was developed that the
two women were in the habit
of visiting together regularly and
they had been together just be-
fore she had come to court the previ-
Gus day. All this line of examination
the defense pursued with view To
showing that the witness was unfairly
influenced TO give her story. When
pressed closely to give the cause of this
intimacy. Mrs. Foy declared pitifully:
"She was the only friend had"
An attempt to show that the wit
ness memory was inaccurate was
made by asking he. of visits that had
been made To her in January, 1889
Mrs Foy was able to answer these
questions easily, and when court adj
journed her testimony was in no way