Grand Rapids herald., 1894-01-06
OTSEG0 MANS TALE
Frank Basdsn WIN Create .
Sensation in ccuehIin's Trial.
WAS SEEN WIN the TRUNK


trial of Dan Coushlin and upsst al ~
engagements for continuins the ssosptiou
of testimony against ooe q Dz. Croniu's
alleged uurdessa Today it wss psv
witness which put = stop - the proeress
u the great trial until next hoodsy
norning. This witness b Frank barden
Of Otssgo. Mich. and the story he tells
sccosing coughiin of being one of the
three men uho drove 70 Edgewater In
the csrpsnter's wagon containing tool
chest or trunk. and In which the jury Il
asked 10 infer lag hidden the bloody
corpse Of Cronin. Ths notice took the
defense BY surpriss aud they asked
Judge TuthiIl 70 adjourn court until
Monday TO enable them 10 look up this
phase Of the case This was done. The
story Bardcn viii tell under oath is sub
stantiaIly as follows:
Michigan Mans Story.
He is q mechanical engineer about s.
years OF age and marrie4 In 1889 he
was employed by an electric company 20
supervise the installation Of q power
plant at the electric light works at
Edgewater, q village lust north Of Lake
view. On the night Of the Cronin muir
der he was at work in the power house
with his assistant William Gosner Be
tween aud O'Clock he heard the noise
Of q wagon crossing tho railroad track
He noticed q wagon approaching 10
wards the lake shore and on the street
where the power house was built An
electric search light of IS candle power
was fixed on the door OF the building
facing the street. When tho wagon.
which had two men seated in front,
came within fifty feet Of Barden he
turned the light on the horse The ami
NAL reared aud backed as II frightened.
When Barden turned full on again the
form and face of Daniel Coughlin came
xithin the shaft Of light The defend
ant was walking behind the wagon
which was being driven at q walk, and
had his hand on the vehicle.
Had . Trunk In the Wagon
He knew Coughlin well, having lived
two doors from the East Chicago ave-
nue. station for eighteen months and
seen the detective several times q week
outside the station. Barden noticed
chest or trunk in tho wagon. The men
passed on towards the lake and then
south. The time fits In with the testi-
mony OF Special Officer Way, Who saw
tho wagon and three men In Edgewater
farther toward the city locking Tor the
Lake shore drive" miles away. The
discovery that such . witness was In en-.
istence dates from the removal Of
Coughlin, Burke and O'Sullivan 20 the
penitentiary four years ago. Bsrden
left Chicago on business and for his
health shortly after the murder,
and while travelling on a railroad
train told a friend OF Police Captain
Schuettler, in charge OF the Cronip case
now, that he could have made a good
witness for the state. In that way de-
tectivcs were put on Barden's track and
after many clues had been exhausted. he
was located in Otsego, Michigan. Joseph
Mclaughlin, brother Of Mrs. Andrew
Foy. who has been living In Glasgow
since the murder. Is expected 10 be a
witness against Coughlin next week.
He was living at his sisters house when
the murder conspiracy was being planned
there and after May 4. He will strengthen
Mrs. Foy's testimony relating 20 the Wis
its paid by Coughlin. Burke. Cooney
and McKenna TO Foy. and the secret
meetings held at the house.
Mclaughlin VIII Testify.
Several other matters are just now en-.
crossing the attention OF the representa-
tiyes OF the state. First and most i'm.
portant of these is the question: Will
Joe Mclaughlin be here 10 testify Ii
is now almost a month since the letter
containing prepaid ticket from Eng-
land TO New York was mailed by T. I.
Conkiin 10 McI1aughlin's sister az Glas-
gov. Thus far no answer has been re-
ceived. but this il considered favorable
because Mclaughlin was instructed
only 10 reply 10 case he could not or
would not come. The letter should have
reached its destination n day or 90 after
Christmas. and the arrangement was
that Joe would sail last Saturday. The
ticket was 80 arranged that he could sail
from either Glasgow or Liverpool. In
the event that he did sail on that
day be would be due in New York any
time after tomorrow. A tsusty man is
now in New York 10 meet him and con
vey him to Chicago. lie is expected 60
reach here on Monday. or latest by
Thursday next, the late date being In
the event that he had sailed from Glas.
Cow by the slow line of boats leaving
that port The prosecution hopes 10
put Mclaughlin on ne stand the last
os next week. Should he testify he viii
corroborate the evidence Of Mrs Foy ~
to the visits 81 Cooney. Couehiin. Burke
and the others 10 her house and their
conferences with her husband. Nc
Lauahlin can 60 further than this He
overheard. 10 is ssid. Foy's fatal sdmis-
sions 90 his wife coacernine the details
of the killing. Ills evideace would be
conclusive proof al the truth q Mira
Foy's whole story.