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
"Well, we have him entering into the cottage. At 8 o'clock a wagon
was seen coming from the south and a little man was driving and a
tall man was with him, and they drove up to this cottage. This was
after the work was done. This was after the deadly blows were
dealt. They came driving up, and the big man got out. That was
Daniel Coughlin and Kunze--the man who drove him there was
Kunze--who slapped him on the back on the 12th of April and said,
'That is my friend.' He is the man who drove him there. He drove
off with a horse with a brown face. Again at 10 o'clock Daniel
Coughlin and Kunze are seen in a saloon on Lincoln avenue--Nieman's
saloon--walking in there to drown the last bit of feeling they had
in wine. The little German said he would take beer, and O'Sullivan
said, 'Take wine,' O'Sullivan's idea was to take wine upon that
occasion, and O'Sullivan and Coughlin went into the room whispering
to each other and began making up their minds as to what they
should do with the body and counseling together, while the little
German was at the other end of the room. This was at eleven
o'clock, within two blocks of the Carlson cottage. Remember that at
four o'clock on that day, within three or four doors of Ashland
avenue, on Lincoln avenue, this man Kettner, the man who knew
Coughlin and who passed the time of day to him, says Daniel
Coughlin was with another man on that street. No doubt he was
showing this man the route and telling him how to drive. No doubt
this chairman of the committee was then instructing him how to
operate when he was seen at four o'clock in the afternoon in
company with this stranger. At eight or nine o'clock he was seen
with Kunze driving to the cottage, and he was afterward seen in
Nieman's saloon with Kunze. Shortly after that these two men were
seen by Mr. Wardell, who had been down to a neighboring saloon, on
his way home a little before eleven o'clock, and he says one was a
tall man and another was a small man. He says they walked into the
cottage together. Nieman says that after they were in his saloon
he washed his glasses and locked up at eleven o'clock, and Wardell
says he saw these men walking along together--one about the size of
Coughlin and one of O'Sullivan.
DISPOSING OF THE BODY.
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