Corunna Lynching

Corunjía. Dec. 20. - The investigaron of Sheriff Jacobs for allowing William Sullivan to be hanged by a inob lasl May without niaking any resistance was resumed Tuesday niorning before Uircuit Court Commissioner Buinp. Harrison Geer and A. L. Chandler looked after the interests of the sheriff, and Attoruey General Ellis appeared for the people. Sheriff Jacobs appeared to be in good humor and he shook hands with everyone. His attorneys made a stubboru ñght to exclude all testimony except that pertaining to the night of Lhe lynching. After arguiug the point for some time they finally conceded that testimony bearing On the case could not be ruled out by the court at the hearing, and they decided to take a general exceptiou. Dr. A. G. Cowles of Durand stated that he was in Northville on the night Sullivan was hung and he did not go to Corunna again until July 2. This caused the defense to smile. as they supposed that the prosecution were trying to show that the doctor was one of the lynchers. He said that he only knew one man at the depot, but thát night he spoke to five or six. On Monday he received a dispatch that Sullivau had been captured. Witness did not think the croV-d at the station an unusually large one. and he did not know anything about a rope. After being pushed hard the witness admitted that he saw a rope in the coach when he was riding from Durand to Corunna, but he denied knowing why it was there or to whom it belonged. After reaching Corunna the doctor said he went uptown and after standing on the walk a few minutes, went to the Central hotel. Corunna, Dec. 21. - William Dorrick, sheriff, of Ionia county, testified he had had 30 years' experience, and yet Baw nothing in the situation at Corunna that would necesaitate calling the militia out the day Sullivan was Ivnched. Richard Rice of Duraml was at Corunna the night of the lynching. He had kuown Sullivan four years and had worked in Plint with him. He had not seen Sullivar. after the latter's murder of Layton Leetch at Durand until he was lodged in jail at Corunna. Court then adjoumed uutil 10 o'clock this moruing.