The Plot Exposed

THE TKIAL OPKXI -:i. Chica, Oct. -ir,.- The trial of tive of the men accused of the morder of Dr. Cronin- ('oughlin, O'Sullivan, Beggs, Burke and Kunze- was formally begun at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. AYoodrufl is to be tried separately. State's Attorney Longenecker, in making the Opening speech for the prosecution, proceeded to define the murder of Dr. Cronin as the unlawful killing of the man with malice aforethought. "The material points to be pro ved," he eaid, "are the killing of Dr. Cronin; the fact that tho killing was done in this county and State; and that these defendants did the killing with malioe aforethoughi." Mr. Longenecker said that Dr. Cronin was deeoyed away from his home on the nlght Of May 4 last, and was never seen allre again by his friends. His body was found in a Lake View catch-basin May B3, where it had been placed by those who had beaten out his life. There was a motive for his murder, and tho speaker claimed that the State would bo able to show that the motive aróse trom the fact that the unfortunate doctor was an active member of n Irish organization known as the Clan-na-Qael. There were five members of the executiTe board, and of these Alexander Sullivan, Boland and Feeley formed the famous triangle. The triangle was accused bv Dr. Cronin of having plundered the ociety, and to prevent an exposure, the speaker said, the butchery was planned and executed. The State's Attorney traced the conspiracy from its inceptio to the killing of the doctor, concluding at 2:30 p. m. In his peroration he said that if aiter hearing the evidence the jury had the slightest doubt ol the guilt of the prisoners they Should give them their freedom, but if On the other hand they were satisfied that they were the murderers then he ghould demand that the highest penalty of the law be inftioted. Counsel for the defendants waived their opening speechs and the examination of witnesses was commenced without delay. Captain Villiers, of the Lake View: pólice, told of the finding of the bloody trunk, and the identity of tlie body was Bworn to by Joseph C. Keef e, James Holland, Stephen Connolly, H. A. Wlsch and Morris Morris. E. Rosch, the employé of the department of public works, who discovered the body in the catch-basin, gave his tetlmony. The witnesses were disnüssed with nominal cross-examination, the defense apparently having decided to admit tliat the body was that of the physioian. At 4:40 o'clock court adiourned. Chicago, Oct. 26.- The line of proof as shown by the witnesses who appeared early in the session of the Cronin trial Friday was to establtsh beyond the shadow of a doubt that the body found in the catch-basin was that of Dr. Cronin. Nicholas Wallenborn, T. T. Conklin, John F. Soanlan, Frank Scanlan, P. McGarry and D. P. Ahern- all íriends and intímate acquaintances of the doctor- swore to the identity of the remains, and two laborera, John Fennegar and William Michaels, told of thefinding of the body in the catch-basin. Dr. C. W. Lewis, a dentist, told of nis experience in treating Dr. Cronin for teeth trouble. Dentist and patiënt had been on terms of intimacy, and the former had experimented with a peculiar style of plate for the false teeth he made for Dr. Cronin and which could not be moved in the' mouth without insertinj? the finger. Dr. Lewis described this plate to a nicety, and when Mr. Milis, undoing a ímall package he held in his hand, produced a plate with two false teeth tached whieh had been taken from the mouth of the corpse, every body was satisfied that the young dentist was able to recognize his handiwoi-k at a glance. On May 24 Lewis went to Cai-roll's undertaking establisment on Chicago avenue and thei-e saw a dead body. which he identified as Dr. Cronin's. Dr. Egbert, assistant county physioian, who assisted at the autopsy of the body, testified as to the nature of the wounds, and said the doctor died from the result of violence- from the wounds he received- and that the internal organs were found in good condition and there was no evidence that the body had suffered from any diseasp. Judge Wing and Mr. Forrest (for the defense) took turns in cross-examining the witness for nearly two hours with the view of securing an admission that the wounds upon the body might have been occasioned by rough usage while eetting it out of the vault. Dr. Egbert insisted, however, that they were inflioted prior to his death, and his tostimony in other particulars remained uushaken. John Carroll, the undertaker, was called to establish the identity of the body on which a post-mortem was held with the one examined by Dr. Lewis at his establishment at 1T1 Chicago avenue. The defense did not cross-e xaminc hira. Court then adjourned till 10 o'clock Saturday ïnorning. Chicago, Oet. 88.- In the Cronin trial on Saturday Dr. D. O. Moore testitied that the horrible wounda found upon Dr. Cronin'a head we made by the blows which all believe hummercd out bis Ufe. . . Mr. Forrest, for the defensa, moved to strike out Dr. Moore's testimony on the ground that he had vead in the morning papers tin; testimony of Dr. Egbert and the other witnesses called on Friday. The readinL of the papen, he said, practically made inoperative the rulo oí the court 'rxcludini? witnesses trom the court.ludirr MoConnell sustalned Porresr. because the rule excludlng witnessea trom the court was for the purpose of ppeventíng them h-om knowing what tbe othera testitiod to. For au instant the public prosccutors vvere dunibfoundefl. Mr. Hynps was the first to eontest the ruling, and declared that if such an unprecedented ruling were followed the trial might just as well stop then and there. Mr. Mills said it was time to stop the cuse if the testimony of the rest of the State's witnesses was to be excluded for the reason that they had read the testimony of witnesses who had preceded them on the stand. Judge McConnell then reversed his rilling, and said he did not see that the court could do moro than simply exclude the witnesses from the room. Patrick Dinan, the liveryman, testifled to the oft-repeated story of Dan Coughlin on May 4 engaging a rig for fxiend; the calling of the friend for it in the evening; the hltching up of the celebrated white horse, ajid the objection of the stranger to the color of the horse. The rig was driven north on Clark streek in the direction of Dr. Cronin's office. When Dr. Cronin's absence became known thewitnessfeltasthough something was wrong and went to the station that night, where he saw Dan Coughlln. Coughlin asked the witness to say nothing about his friend having the horse out as it might get him into trouble, as he and Dr. Cronin had not been good friends for a year and a half, but Dinan said he went and told Captain Scbaaek the circumstances. Court adjourned until ten o'clock Monday niorninr. Chicago, Oct. 29.- The principal witness in the Cronin case yesterday was Mre. T. T. Conklin, who testified as to the manner in which Dr. Cronin was enticed from his office on the night of May 4. Her desoription of the man who drove him away tallied closely with that gi ven by Liveryman Dinan of the stranger for whoin Dan Coughlin hired the white horse. She saw Frank Scanlan approach the buggy and speak to the doctor just as they were about to drive away. Dr. Cronin gave Mr. Scanlan some keys. The parties in the buggy then drove away, and that was the last time Mrs. Conklift saw Dr. Cronin alive. John J. Cronin testified to his positive identification of the body of Dr. Cronin by certain physical peculiarities wbih he was not called on to detail. The doctors name, he said, was Patriok Henry Cronin. He was born ir. County Cork, Ireland, and was either 44 or 45 years old when he died. The witness was an older brother. On cross-examination it was developed that the witness had not seen the remains until after the post-mortem. Frank T. Scanlan was the next witness. He saw Dr. Cronin last alive about 7:30 o'clock on the evening of May 4. This was just as he was getting into a buggy standing in front of his office. Witness asked the doctor where he was going and the latter replied that he was going to attend a man hurt at an ice-house "up north." The witness next inquired how long he was going to be gone, to which the doctor replied: -'God only knows." The witness then asked him if he knew thero ras to be a meeting of the CeltoAmerican Company, to which Dr. Oonin replied: 'Yes, and ít is lucky you are here so you can take the keys." With this remark he handed the witness a bunch of keys and was driven away. Mr. Scanlan corroborated the evidence of former witness descriptiva of the horse, buggy and driver. Mr. Forresfs efforts to shake hini on crossexamination proved unavailing. Theodore T. Conklin testified that he visited the house of P. O'Sullivan about 11 o"clock on the Sunday inorning following Dr. Cronin's disappearance. He asked O'Sullivan if he sent for Dr. Cronin the evening before. O'Sullivan said"he had not; and in answer to further questions said he had not been out of town, none of his men were hurt, and that all his men were in bed by 9 o'clock, Mrs. Whalen, his housekeeper, corroborating the latter statement. Mr. Donahoe, on behalf of O'Sullivan. cross-examined 11 r. Conklin. but without brinjeing out any thing nev.