New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-23
MRS. FOY TEST'IFIES.
EVIDENCE THAT BORE HEAVILY AGAINST
COUGHLIN.
TIE WITNESS DESCRIBES MEETINGS OF Thu
CONsPIRATORs AT HER HOME-THE Elk.
DETECTIVES CONVERSATIONS he.
PEATED BEFORE A JURY.


DETECTIVES CONVERSATIONS hE.
PEATED BEFORE JURY.
Chicago, Dec 22-Judge Tuthill presiding at DO
trial of Daniel Coughn this morning overrued the
objection Of the defence to the admission Of Mrs
Andrew Foy's testimony, but placed certain limi-
tations upon it. He not prepared to render
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
The prosecution did not call Mrs. Foy at oncA
Instead a line of evidence affecting the dead
| spirator Osulvan, was taken up. Henry Mo-
Grath foreman OF the Lake View Record Printing
and Publishing Company four years ago. and his
employer that time. r. 7. Stanton, testified that
O'Sullivan the ceman came TO the office and
had some business cards prlnted. leaving sample
copy. Both witnesses identified the cara left at
| Conklin's house b. the consp!rator who called TO
take the doctor away as one OF those printed Tor
OSullivan his order. portion OF the cards
were delivered at the cemans house May !. Inc
order was given April 20.
Mrs Foy when called, finally gave thu mos
eliminating evidence against Coughln, tendng %
show that he a member or the conspiracy WINCH
ended in the murder of DR.. Cronin she swors
that the detective often visited her house tefofe
and after May t. 1889. and always was closeted
| came In the evening and remained from ore 70
TWO hours In the month Of April, 1882 toward the
| latter part. Coughlin called and Mrs roy went
out TO get some beer. As she entered the 'front.'
room the defendant and her husband were sitting
alone She noticed the room was dark and re-
| turned to light the lamp. WAT she heard Is tod
In her own words: LAS I entered the room
| saw Dan Coughn and my husband standing 10
| gether | heard these words: REMOVE at al
hazards but use YOUR own %, discretion asl,sd
The defendant Dan ceushn He was or read n!
sbos sier aH When had shtd the lamp returned
to the kitchen and my husband closed the door
He awyf kspt M hs hg BURKE rne and Mehss
also called at atm nay hSme 10 un sf aer
When was. the first time Martin BURKE caHe0
a' ait MAS Hs' on the evening Of May C."
Did you see Daniel coushiin at your nouss
after May Utmost t every night except Sunday The
first I'll time he called after the tth Of May wss Nay
s. in the evening heard my husband ask Toug gh;
NothinE eq fSun d oss o nothing
out on to the h Of ay ;cough
serGani IN about boy finding the doctqT body
When did you next hear Coughlin say anything
at at Was May 70 in the evening coughlin came
to my house. went to the door as srD my h hsSana
%ss d dsai since Nay and felt uneasy told
coushin So said This is bad JOB you rl nav;
zone ron octor a will do You more harm dead than alive
He said DO not talk Ike that nv, s sssh S IN
danger You did not think OF the innoes en- ~:
% That is eli right You win be wen taken Of 20
harm will come to your husband Asxahdsdf Su ,
van is Vii Ep0a ake r'e good care Of YOU told him
TO send my husband home II ne say ~ MN, ,n as
saw r S CgoRn was ss found he same sunday that
coqs9 9 RoS Sse trs MAY lines T
G0ghp sss t ns Guinea ana asS
called TO my husband | SAID: Almost eysey
might suppose ,a you SSus kn1 Se daS the Doctors body
was found. Ny brother and husband were thers
Mrs. Foy made a model witness for the STATE
considering the strain she was under e., ana t ne
n n voice but as she reached the climax 4
her story however the silence IN the courtroSh was
so great sp ,hat loud %s order to be heard Mrs F
resented the attempts Of the defence 10
n nus AS they Rad legal right to do: big
| Dan" affected indifference by toying with ms
p sba b ana h esned forward 70 every word
His wife. sitting few feet away: i Looked pale ana
an w fn? Mrs oy left sempSrssriIy
this evening the sg sepv m that 9e she had
placed the detective much nearer the gallows than
he Tas ef Woman AFs She
| fha, somethng besides the interests Of right and
hnr She dragssd her
| Andrew Foy into the conspiracy as man VINO mac
held SSuGP5 r Red cSnssa and the
| no,ed heing n new man in the famous case She
brought the name of Alexander Sullivan into the
wondcr people have been Ss gSmDnss
Of Coughn on Mrs Foys testimony az II, its con,
Mri t t6s G 0e Of her
witness against Coushlin ,os,on,nr to-day was de.
voted TO trivial incidents In Mrs toys nome ne,
aimed to discredit her memory regardhg .ne s'i h
OF Coughn b bur ss Iae' Mr. Wing began with
houSs is and asked who called what they did
what they said where a w ns Sor of the day. ana
| Iost 81 such questions In February lss' she
said McKenna who was godfather 10 the new oa''
IBID your husband and McKenna say anyh'ns
that you heard 49, ,. p c.ror Thew
Il heard them talking ABOUT out Ls Csr and could
were Whispering together on the iouhse an' @'uS
NOT boar exactly what they said ..
"Wbat was the most YOU heard them say aoou'
lie CaronT x. , T ,o,d than,
ba US ~ little bit too smart for them Ihey
STAYED talking together about twenty minutes Iney
did not want me ,n IN ro .IIs aoo''' ~ ~
who was the first person you remember calling
STAYED there all evening. He and my HUSBAND
talked about lie Caron again. ! said to them ~ \,
had that man myselt wSIp put put bin bin in hi
SSoad9 I, il the right place TO put It.
Mrs Foy said her husband told her that the lettel
containing the Sgea bas the court
tbe statement stricken out as not competent eVi'
| dence. -, , ,,,o,nod thu. r., head
ochad and she was tired out, but she would nor ~
| arst agree to come back again. Go on oroet ~
the Court. But again came the plaiht o. r s
witress and finally IL arranged that Mrs. IL
| should return Tuesday morning for the rest Oh ~
| examination.