Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-09
THE CRONIN HORSE.
GIVES SOME MATERIAL TESTIMONY.

Deelsres the 1ssrse That Test The Dec.
s~s.ee oN Death Wss . Gray ssa Nee
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CHICAGO. Feb. a-ln reply to an inquiry
Das CsaOhlin, on trial soe the murler Of
CrOein. said: .'lt has mot yet been de-
cided vhssher q mot will 60 % TIE stand.
] VIII leav0 e TO my attorneys. don't
want TO 20 on the stand because my mem.
Osy has become affected since was sent
60 psisoa- ] WA very sick thers and the
eonasement aud labor hurt my mind.
The events q four years ago have passed
sntirely froA my Fsc0alccstoa. tanaot
sewsemheS the last trial In nose than .
hasy. indefinite sort u way. lknow the
main fleets of couSse, but all the istails Of
u have passed. from me entirely. Not
only have the things that happened then
oed from my memory, but my memory m
Go recent events 10 poor You might ask
ne question now snd ] might answer it,
and in ten minutes would have no recol-
lection whatever Of IL. cannot remember
thing> from day to day. and my mind rs
TO things of four years ago Is . total
blank"
a Surprise To the Frosecstlos.
IL the above h the cass Ian had better
nOe ~ ga. The prosecution will have no
mercy "a his loss Of memory. The failure
Os Coughlin to testify vas = disaproint-
nssut TO the audience in court. bat the de-
fessse had . surprise In store for the prus@-
cutiou- Just hesore court opsaed tall.
handsome man came into the room. shook
hands warmly with the defendant, and
then took = seat behind the prisoners
counsel. This was Coughlin's brother
Thomas Coughlin. who lad just arrived
from Hancuck. Mich. to testify in the
trial. The ;nan Smith. for whom Cough
lin says he hirrsl the horse at Dinmn's,
came frDm Hancock, according to the
statement Saasie by Coughlin. and said he
vas requested by Coughlin's brother to
call on him.
Was Mr.. Cssklin Mistakes:
But the surprise st the appearance Of
Ilau's bsushcr wns nothing to the inn
rsurtsncc AZ the testimony given later in
the day by Edward Powell. veterinary
surgeon. for he struck ut one Of the princi-
pal links NJ the states chain u evidence
the white kor>e. lie testified that On the
evening vi May he. i'm company with
friend. Michael Wolf. drove north on
Clark strrrt in buggy with white horse
and stopp0d In front of the Windsor
theatrv. This Was alsout :sO O'clock in
the evening. Witness left the buggy ut
this point 90 wait for Wolf. who took q
friend whom they had jus. met home in
his buggy. While waiting for Wolff. re-
turn Mr.. Powell went into Couklins sa-
loon Thea he came out and stood ON the
sidewalk
saw Dr. Crcnin Leave.
When he came out he saw buggy with
. grny horse attached Ia IL. Al first wit
ue.s thought il was Wolff. horse and
looked clo-ely At il. Very soou aftcrward
way opposite the buggy. Our was = tall
uaan, the other shorter. The taller man
had in hi. hand sachel from the store
the other side Of the buggy came a mnn
Who approached the buggy and said: ''Hcl-
~. doctOr." Witues~ could not describe
the men, but took special notice Of the
horse, Ne he ut first Thought IL belonged to
his friend. Powell DESERVED the animal
Ne n Rrny, with dark legs. lie said he had
seen Dinsn's white horse in the museum
and Thought IL was not the one ne saw
May in frUnt II the Windsor theatre.
WY %. Wss ~ Tsrsls in Talking.
Powell confessed frankly on cruss-cxam-
ination TINT lac had not told his story l,c-
fore brcsuse he did mot want to get into
court. lie was unwilling to get his name
In the newspapers in connection with the
case. Powell said he had only come for
ward now because he felt il his duty.
Bottom tried every conceivable method Of
questioning to catch the witness, hut
laile,l. Witness first told the story Of his
observations In front of the Windsor
thenter to DunahOe some time last winter,