The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-27
SHE RECEIVED NO PROMISES
The Peculiar Letters Written to
CoughIin's Attorney.
CONSPIRACY AGAINST CRONIN
AS the Wife of One of the Band
She Possessed Many ImpOr-
tant Secrets.

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 CoughliD's visit to her
house and the consultations with her hus-
band after the murder of DR.. Cronin; of
C0ughlin telling her that her hus band was
in no danger. and that il 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 tbs
police began guarding her house.
In answer to a question whether she did
not send her compliments 10 Coughlin
when he was in Jail, she replied, Those
were sarcastic regards" In answer to an
other question she declared it was not true
she had accused her husband Of being the
man who threw an anarchist bomb at the
Haymarket, nor 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 letter, which she admitted she
of the counsel for Coughlin and other pris-
oners at the first Cronin trial. The attor-
ney said he would submit it in evidence
later. The attorney also submitted another
letter, which she, with considerable hesi-
tation, admitted was in her hand W riting.
All this was carried on amid much excite
ment and chorus OF strenuous objections
by the prosecution, but witness paid no
- k1tr
answer.
Alter a period of comparative silence
Attorney Wing of counsel for the defense
said: Now, Mrs. Foy. didn't the prosecu-
tion give you any money!" The prosecu-
zion objected. Then a deep voice at the
reporters table was heard to utter these
words: Let her give answer" 1t was
discovered that the author of the remark
was John Dewey. a member of the Cronin
committee and bitter enemy of Alexan-
der Sullivan.
Judge Tuthiil reprimarded Dewey mild
ly, and after some further talk the trial
proceeded. Mrs. Foy admitted she was
well acquainted with Dewey. She also re-
luctantly admitted that George a. Sing
ley, the detective for States Attorney
Longenecker. prosecutor at the former
trial, had visited her two or three times in
1891.
The letter to Forrest bears date of June
2S, 1892, and is unsigned. 1t says that the
writer hears that Forrest is going before
the Supreme Court in behalf of the prison.
ers in October, and tells him the whole
story will be out before that time; that
she is the wife Of one of the chief consp pir-
ators. who has become drunkard and a
brute in his treatment of her; that she
knows and has talked with most of the
conspirarors and knows the whole story;
that she is poor in purse. and unless she is
paid for all the sufferings she has uuder-
gone she will expose the whole plot. She
says if Forrest wants to communicate with
her he can put a personal in the Daily
News and she will reply.
The second letter is also to Forrest, un-
signed, and dated January 81, 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 Singley
that her husband was the only man who
trusted her. and that she wished she had
some other evidence besides what 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 cans
of making her comfortable for life.
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