Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-03-15

tory OF the Great Trial
Chicago, March S.-Probably the hap
Liest man on earth at 4 30 o'clock this
afternoon was Daniel Coughlin.
When the clerk Of the court read the
words I'VE, the jury, lind the defend
ant, Daniel Coughlin, not guilty a
warm flush went over his face which
had before been a deathly white. Then
came a rush of his friends that almost
swept him off his feet. Newspaper
men and other old time friends Of the
prisoner fought for a chance to shake
his hand.
The most affecting scene was when
two stalwart bailiffs pushed through
the crowd making way for Mrs. Cough
lin, her hat awry and she gushing
with sobs. AS she met her husband
she gave an incoherent cry, threw her
arms about Dams neck and then gave
way utterly.
Coughlin clasped her close and the
two rocked to and fro until the happy
woman was able to stide her emotion,
when she was led away by Coughlin's
father who was happy enough to dance
a jig. COughlin soon disappeared from
the room and joined his family
The attorneys for the state mad little
to say and The jurors, when inter
viewed, said that they had reached an
agreement not TO talk or give any
names and that all they could say was
that they were as happy to get away
as Coughlin himself. The jurors We're
given warrants for their pay and the
great Crouin trial was out of the court
and into history for good
The Coughln trial has been one Of
The most noteworthy i'm the criminal
annals Of the country. Like the former
Crunin trial it has been repleJe with
sensations. and Of remarkable dura-
ton Daniel Coughliu, an eX-city dc.
toctiyc, was charged with completely
I'm the murder Of Or. T. H. Crouin,
prominent Irish physician Croain was
well known in one faction Of The Clan
ua Gael and il was to members Of an
opposing faction that his murder vas
charged ut the former trial Coughlin
Martin Burke aad Patrick O'Sullivan
were convicted Of the murder and sen
fenced to life Imprisonment The two
latter died in prison and the present
defendant secured a new trial.
Dr. Cronin disappeared on the even
ing Of May Attn, 1889 After a pro
uactcd search his body. uurl1ted and
decomposed, was found IN u catch basin
in the northern part Of the city. In
the same section of the city stands
the little Carlson cottage where the
theory Of the prosecution places the
murder
In the present trial, after five weeks
he jury was accepted on Dec. } last
Before the jury was completed several
sensations We're sprung in the shape
of charges against jurymeu and three
men who had been accepted were ex-
cused from service.
On Dec. II the case was opened with
the following jury: George ?. Shay,
Oscar p. Brooks, @. Holsman Frank
B. Lusk, Q. S. Weinberger. Frederick
J. Lane, Clark Bruce, Hiram Wadleigh,
John T. Larson. Michael Conlon, Alfred
T. Woodland and Oscar Benson
Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys Bot
mm and Kickum Seaman conducted
the case for the state with ex-Judge
Wing and Attorney Donahoe for the
defense.
One Of the most important witnesses
10 appear tr the prosecution was Mrs.
Andrew Foy, wife of a brick layer.
Mrs. Foy told Of being present ut nu-
luerous conferences between the de-
PENDANT and her husband and claimed
TO have heard numerous conversations
between them and other men which
pointed to conspiracy to murder Or.
Cronin.
Her story was sensational in the ex-
treme, but the defense introduced
testimony to show that Mrs Foy had
written to a former attorney for the
defense threatening to tell a damaging
story unless she be literally rewarded.
Her sanity was also called in question
and her intense hatred for her hus-
band, to whom her testimony
was most damaging, was shown.
Her evidence was perhaps the
strongest of any preseated by
the state as she told complete
story Of the killing Her testimony
was that Martin Burke, now dead, and
the missing Cooney did the actual kill
ing while O'Sullivan stood in the
yard and policeman guarded TIE
door Coughlin, she said. arrived at the
Carlson cottage shortly after the deed
was done
In the attempted confederation Of
Mrs. Foy's story Mrs Susie Horton
was called and testified that she saw
Foy and Coughlin together May II.
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