Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-07-20
GUILTY"
WAS VERDICT
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the case were SOHe over. AttOIueS
Gibbons got out the fact that Mrs
| Cronin did not know whether she
wanted to kill herself or her hus-
band when she went for the gun. The
defendant failed to remember any
thing that happened after she fired
the first shot, which struck her
friend, Mrs. Davies. On c~ross-exami-
nation the district attorney tried to
prove that she was drunk on the
night of the crime. An objection by
the defense at this point was sustain
ed. Mrs. Cronin said that her hus-
band was drunk on the night of the
crime. She retained her composurt
throughout the grilling c-ross-exami-
nation that she vas subjected to by
the district attorney.
The prosecution put Mr.. Dudley on
the stand after finishing with Mrs.
Cronin. The witness testified that he
saw Walter Cronin on the evening of
May 8 and that he was sober. Sew.
eral objections were interposed by
the attorney for the defense during
Mr.. Dudley's examination, but he was
oyerruled.
P. J. Malley, a bartender, also tes-
titled that the murdered man was
sober on the night of May 8. George
Swasey, a deputy sheriff, saw Mrs.
Cronin after the tragedy and did not
see any welts or bruises on her face.
Joe Ibert, the owner of the Gem
saloon, was the next witness for the
prosecution and he said that Walter
Cronin was perfectly sober on the
night of the crime. He said that Gro
min had a good eve temperament and
that he never missed a shift.
Both Tom Logan and Lee Merlin
testified that Mrs. Cronin had no
bruises on her face after the shoot
ing. During the giving of this testi-
mony, the defendant held her adopt
ed child and gave way to tears sew
eral times. The faces of the fair sex
present expressed sympathy for the
woman on trial for her life.
This ended the testimony and af-
ter a few minutes the district attor-
ney began his opening address. Mr..
McCarran showed the effects of the
great strain he has been under dur
ing the past two weeks and although
he appeared tired and worn out he
made the same mastery speech,
which has characterized his other ad-
dresses in both this and the Ruth
Davis trials. He said in part
Gentlemen, of the jury, law and
conscience demands that you perform
that duty which the law lays upoT
you. When Mrs. Cronin sem the
deadly missile that swept out the life
blood that gave her husband life an(
strength and the soul took its swift
= fight to its maker, she committed
the crime of murder. The bullet tina
snuffed out Walter Cronin's life wa
4 an evidence of the supreme love tina
thrilled the bosom of his wife. Whel
Walter Cronin came home on tn,
night of the third of May, was h,
drunk or quarrelsome, or did he g
into his home for the purpose o
fighting? No, he went to a couch
where worn out with his days tot
he laid down. Mrs. Cronin says tina
her husband struck her on the lief
side as she stopped to raise him from
the sofa; but, gentlemen, Merlin
Swasey, Cunningham and Loga,
have all testified that there was n
bruise on the defendants face.
The defendant says she didn'
known what she was doing. If sh
was looking for safety, for proteC
tion, then why did she return to tn
room where her husband was instea
of going out of the open door. TIL
defense didn't know that the stat
would make a prima facie case s
they came prepared to give seyeri
causes for the shooting. Johnso
stood on the porch OF Logan's cabi
and saw the shooting, and what doe
he say? He says that he saw tn
flash of a gun and that there wa
light between the parties. She stoo
deliberate and fired the awful shI
that took the life Of the mar VIII
had provided for her for nearly seve
years. The defense had three argl
ments: self defense, accident an
the fact that she wanted to take ht
own life, but not n of them W;
consistent with one another
Attorney Gibbons took almost q
.. hour in closing for the defense. F
: said in part: Gentlemen, of Il
jury, this defendant and Jack NJ
Kenzie say that Walter Cronin WI
drunk on the evening of the shoe
ing, but three other witnesses testi
~ that he was sober. 1t makes no d
ference to me whether he was druI
or sober and 1t is perfectly imm
terial, because If he was sober