The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-14

or charges against 1urymen. and three
men who had been accepted We're eX-
cused from the service. on Dec II the
case was opened with the following jury:
George p. Shay. Oscar 2. Brooks e.
1olsinan. Frank i. LUsk, O =. Vein
berger, Frederick e. Lane, Clark Bruce,
Hiram Wadleigh, John r. Larson. Mich
ael Condor, Alfred +. Woodland. Oscar
Benson. Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys
Bottum, kickam and Seaman conducted
the case for the state. with ex-Judge
Tense
one Of the most important witnesses
10 appear FOR the prosecution was Mrs
andrew Foy, wife Of a bricklayer. Mrs.
TOY told Of being present at numerous
conferences between the defendant and
her husband. and claiming 10 have heard
numerous conversations between them
and other men. which pointed 10 a con-
sDiracy TO murder DR. Croniu. Her story
was sensational IN the extreme. but the
defense introduced testimony 20 show
that Mrs. Foy had written 10 a former
attorney for the defense. Uhrea tening TO
tel a damaging story unless she be liber-
ally rewarded. Her sanity was also
called into question and her intense ha-
tired for her husband. To whom her testi-
nlony was most damaging, was shown.
Her evidence was. perhaps. the strongest
Of any presented by the state. as she told
a complete story of the killing. Her
testimony was that Martin Burke now
dead, and the missing Cooney did the
actual killing. while Iceman O'Sullivan
stood in the yard and policeman guard
ed the door Coughlin, she said, arrived
at the Carlson cottage shortly after the
deed was done. I'm attempted COTTObOTa-
ton Of Mrs. Toys story Mrs. Hortel tes-
titled that she saw FOy and COughlin to-
gether on May j.. 1889, near the Carlson
cottage. The defense. however, intro
n
in question Mrs. Hortel was sadly intoXi-
Gated. \ new and sensational witness
was introduced by the state in the person
Of Frank Rardeen. an electrical engineer
I'm May 1889. he was employed at the
Edgewater electric light plant past which
the wagon bearing the remains OF Er.
Cronin was assumed by the prosecution
10 have gone Bardeen said that about
, O'Clock on the morning of May 4 he
heard n wagon passing. He turned on
an electric SeaTch-light which was fixed
above the door, and in the glare he saw
a wagon i'm which was a large chest or
trunk. Behind the wagon walked two
men, he claimed, one Of whom he identi-
fed as COughlin. Bardeen'S testimony
was savagely attacked by the defense.
1t was shown that no train ran at the
hour he said he left EdgeWater the MORN
ing after he saw the wagon. and evil
dence was introduced to show that no
moon was visible on the night i'm Ques-
ton. although he swore positively that
he first saw the wagon and men by moon
light.
Much medical testimony was intro
duced by the defense 10 show that DR..
Cronin's death might have resulted from
disease and not from the wounds found
on his body. but its principal effort was
directed toward establishing an allbi with
three witnesses. who swore to having
seen Coughlin during the evening when
he was supposed to have been engaged
i'm the killing, and their testimony was
mistaken. Several DAYS We're consumed
by rebuttal evidence and lengthy speech
es were made by counsel Throughout
the long trial the most intense interest
has been manifested and the courtroom
has daily been thronged by spectators.