The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry CroninHunt, Henry M.
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The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin
Hunt, Henry M.
Cronin, Patrick Henry, 1846-1889; Trials (Assassination) -- Illinois -- Chicago
to keep from paying the rent, because he paid it in advance. That
was not the cause; he did not want to lose his identity in order to
keep from paying the rent. It was for an unlawful purpose that he
went there to rent the cottage. The learned counsel on the other
side can not dispute that proposition. The old gentleman said
Williams went out after receiving the receipt and talked to
O'Sullivan. Now, O'Sullivan did not live a half a mile or
three-quarters of a mile away. You must not think that O'Sullivan
lived at one end of the town and Carlson at the other end. His
place is just across the lot from the Carlsons. The old gentleman
testified that Burke went out of the front gate and walked to where
O'Sullivan was standing at his barn and said, 'The cottage is
rented.' The old gentleman said he didn't understand what else was
said. You remember how hard it was for him to express himself in
the English language, and yet counsel undertook to impeach that old
man by proving what he said at the coroner's inquest. There is no
dispute that he said then he could not hear what Burke said there.
There is no use denying that. He said practically the same thing
here. He said he heard Martin Burke say to O'Sullivan that the
cottage was rented, but he could not hear what else was said. Now,
that is about the same thing. You must have noticed how hard it was
to understand Carlson when he testified in the English language.
Mrs. Carlson said she didn't know where Burke went, but that the
young man talked to her husband, who asked him some questions as to
where he was working. The old gentleman is the only one who saw him
go outside and heard him say this to Patrick O'Sullivan.
"It was quite natural, was it not? Here was Martin Burke, a brother
in the camp, Martin Burke who had met O'Sullivan before, going
cross-lot to speak to O'Sullivan. How did Martin Burke know this
cottage was for rent? How did he know there was a vacant cottage
out there near Patrick O'Sullivan? Who was it brought it to his
ears, unless it was Daniel Coughlin or Patrick O'Sullivan? And you
will remember that one of the witnesses testified that all through
the month of March telephoning was going on between O'Sullivan and
Coughlin. Coughlin knew all about Lake View because----"
Messrs. Forrest and Donahue here interrupted with vigorous
objections, claiming that this evidence was ruled out. The Court
decided in their favor, and remarked that the telephoning was in
April.
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