The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-10
DAN COUGHLIN FREE.
The Famous cronin Murder Case Ends
in an Acquittal.

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Telegraphic news from Chicago
ILL.,, yesterday, relate the closing
scene and affecting incidents, which
worked the end of the famou,
Cronin murder case, under trial il
that city for several weeks past,
and resulting finally in the acquit-
tai of Daniel Coughlin, the man
charged with the instigation of and
participation in that crime The
closing scenes of the great trial are
given as follows
One of the happiest men in exist
ance, at 4;35 o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon, was Daniel Coughlin, when
the clerk read out the words: "We
the jury, find the defendant, Daniel
Coughlin, not guilty" A warm
flush went over his face, which be-
fore had been deadly white. He
half rose in his chair and was the
next instant pushed back by Attor-
ney David, the law partner of
Donohue, who has stoutly defended
him throughout the long trial.
Then there was a rush that almost
swept the happy man off his feet.
Newspaper men, old time friends of
the prisoner before his troubles,
came upon him in body and near
ly wrung his hands off,
cts all right, boys, all right, :"
gasped Coughlin as he reached for
three or four hands at once. "Its
all right, boys: won't forget you,
You treated me all right"
The prisoner worked his way up
to the jury box and shook hands
with as many of the men as possible
but the crowd was too much for
him, and, yelling and cheering to
show its delight, it pushed him
away from the box, He gave up
the effort to greet the men who
have given him freedom, and in
company with the baililIs, started
to leave the room, passing behind
Judge Tuthills chair. Just as he
was directly behind the judge a
cry of make way there, open up
the passage; make way, was heard
and two stalwart bailiffs pushed
through the crowd, and close be-
hind them, with her hat awry, her
veil half off and gasping with sobs
that ehokedher, came Mrs.. Cough
lin. Dan was striding to liberty
as though he wore seven-league
boots.
"Dan, come back; here's your
wife, called fifty voices, and Cough
lin retraced his steps. Just at the
foot of the little fight of stairs
leading up to the judges rostrum
he met his wife. The woman gave
an incoherent cry, her arms went
up, fastened themselves around her
husbands heck and then she gave
way utterly, She only said. "Dan
oh, Dan But no where, not even
in the heart of Dan Coughlin, was
there such JOY as in the bosom of
the little woman who clasped tight
against her husbands heart and
felt him hers again,
Coughlin bent his big blonde
head until his mustach swept her
cheek, and then the two rocked to
fro until the woman was able to
stihe her emotion, and then she was
led away by Coughlins father, who
was happy enough to dance a jig,
but gave his entire attention to his
hat, which he kept putting on and
taking off with marvellous rapidity,
In a few minutes he, with Mrs,
Coughlin, who by this time was
quiet, left the room, Attorney
Daniel Donohue, who with ex-Judge
Wing had defended the prisoner,
was the recipient of a shower of
congratulations from friends and
fellow attorneys.
ut is just as expected" he
said ''The verdict could not have
been otherwise will acknowledge
that it was an agreeable surprise to
me, however, to get a verdict this
afternoon, ! would not have been
surprised if the jurors had remain
ed out eighteen or twenty hours.
But it is lust as well that they de-