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
Now remember that on that day Patrick O'Sullivan
handed the Doctor some cards, saying, 'I may be out of town and my
card will be presented to you.' This is significant when we get to
another branch of this evidence. Now, he reports again to the
chairman of the committee that 'the contract is made; Cronin is
thrown off his guard; Mahoney went with me.' Now, to show you that
he was watching what he was doing, Frank Murray tells us that on
the morning of the 5th of May O'Sullivan told him that he happened
to be down town and met Mahoney, and that he wanted Mahoney to go
with him to make this contract. It was an accidental meeting, he
said. The committee had had a chance to meet and consult again in
the meantime. The furniture was bought; it was moved into the
cottage; the contract with the Doctor was made; they had it all
arranged, and when Spelman comes to the city on the 29th of April
the senior guardian says, 'It is all amicably settled.'"
ALL ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED.
"But something else must be done. On the 20th of April, the day
after the contract was made, Frank Williams appears again on the
scene. Mrs. Johanna Carlson testified that he came there and paid
the rent, and then she and her son requested permission to enter
the cottage and get a lounge and an old trunk left there by the
former occupant of the premises. Charles Carlson went into the
cottage with Martin Burke. He saw the carpet on the floor and the
bed with its pillows. He didn't notice everything particularly, of
course, but Williams showed him around and helped him out with the
lounge and trunk. He paid the rent again and Mrs. Carlson wanted to
know why they didn't move in. He said his sister was sick in the
hospital and that as soon as she got well they would move in. That
paid the rent up to the 20th of May. Soon after that--the same day
or the day after--Mrs. Carlson, who was worrying, as an old lady
would, about the property, which was their only dependence, talked
to her husband about the matter. The old gentleman went over to see
O'Sullivan. Now why should he go over to see O'Sullivan? The
defense put a witness on the stand to prove that the old man went
over to see O'Sullivan. Why should old man Carlson, who scarcely
knew O'Sullivan, walk over to him to inquire about his tenant?
Because he had seen Martin Burke walk over there and heard him say
the cottage was rented. Jonas Carlson went there and said: 'How
about those tenants? Why don't they move in? Do you know them?'
O'Sullivan said, 'I know one of them. Is your rent due?' 'No,' said
the old man. 'Well,' replied O'Sullivan, 'you will get your
rent--that is all right.' Does not that of itself convince you,
gentlemen, that what the old gentleman swore to as to Martin Burke
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