Show THEIR DOOM SEALED The Closing Scene at the TrIal of Dr troninS Murderers Mur-derers THREE OF THEM SENTENCED fOft 1 LIFE They Lraj lIe HanmatTj > oo < e Through the In > Hlcnre or One Juror A NEW TRIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED Judge McConnell Intervened and lire Hjs OpMn en the Verdict Dy Telegraph to the SCTf1 TIlE PttrliI nEIL Tilt Prisoner In th Croiiln tn Diip < iic < i or CiiicAuu Dec 160ue of tbe moot memornlilo trials in tho criin nil hhtoryof America closed tills aftcnioon when tliojury inipantlet three months ago rendered its vt diet in the Croun rr The return ofthejurj wIth n verdictanti not a disagretmint In 1 a wurcc of much congratulation to the public mint and although theru is natural much dhlionof Kntimcut on the Ilu15ttOfl of ipjirovnlof the verdict liofeuMof riliif whicli is txicr cjiccd at the final culmination tiltl case I unanimous However biter 10 may hneixtn the fellings en gendered IJ the two fictions into which the Irish people hnu Uf divided In the COM it cannot fill to be a rourcc of gratification to Judge MtConncIl thnt hU lnivirllnl conduct con-duct n presiding judge has belli such as to win for him not only the applaue of both these factIons but the approval alike of the lendIng tiriits of the land ujwjn the valIdity of his niling As court convene nt 2 piu he rectivetl the verdict olio o-lio Jury There was n momenlrJ Ilenee as the vast audience breath honly I awaited the first won oC Judge McConnell nhtontuntnd the KllCll Thojury n prepanxl to make a return in this C raid his honor lint I olistrvc that Mr Donaliue run 1 forOsullhau and Kunze is al cnt I bare liccn rojuwted to rcpre sent Mr Doualnii said Mr For rest restThie The court uinouncctl his RitNfac ton at tho imngement and i moment later the door lending 1 fron hojall opened The Ilxo ikfind ants marelied in to receive the innouncemcnt of their fate Hardly i round wan n as every ye In the audIence was turned toivart ohn 1 Uegg who LED Till I KOCI > SION The face of the senior guaniian oC Ctllt1t y was pale and anxious looking hefacctl thefrtaruof audience boldly Daniel Coughhi i flictiJ his taoist inilllltnnet liii l HE rtstlens furtive lOJO denoted the terrIble mental Mipin the ex detective tsperliuced as he awaited the ilrcadful announcemeiit llirdlyajieponin the court room uccccded in catching the rye of Patrick OSuIIIviu His look > were directed toward the floor and v ha lever motion he may have Ml nt this critical moment wu nol shown Martin Uiirkis face dallied fora moment is he ippronched his seat hut ininiodiitel after his features regained their natural expression and whIt alfeeted nonchalance he resumed the chewing of gum as h been his trout during the course oC the trial For the first time since his arrest the little German John Knnze revmed t appreciate the gravity 01 his situation and his ii tnl aIr 01 ntintlncss wis absent AS the audience were contemplit ng the prisoners ind ccmmentinp ulll their demeanor the HOLC ol many footstep was again suddenly leant without and i moment later the twelve men in wlion judgment ejiosed the lives of the defendant nteretl tho room headed In foreman fore-man Clarke Every priv > nereimul antcnlj turned his ejis upon the nror as if to mil in their Imla sire fiitures the secret of tho verdict ver-dict but there was uo sign to give them hO > or tar ° Tho clerk will call tho roll of jUrors Every person in tim audIence enc started ni the judges ole DIIOKK TIn SII KNCE only to add deeper awe to the solem lilly of the occasion Slowly the jUrOrs answered to ttirtr names and he twelve men were announced to b present Gentlemen paid the courtS I nder tand you have reached a con clu lon in tills cu > ion case Vitii a bow Foreman Clarke eolv from his pocket n bro snivel jeand handeJ it t the judge who In turn handed it to the clerk The clerk will read the verdict iid the court Intantly a hush s profound that is the clerk tore i rrConnt te cerk tor open he en elope the ound fell dLsxird osntiy upon the anxious car A moment later this anxiety became painful in itsintcnslty as the s > uor ous ole of the clerk lwgn read in the verdict 0lye Ute jury find the < K endant John F Beggs not guilty 1 Ve the jury dud dcfcndint i John Kunzcguiltj ofmin Kunzgll ormnnsublcr charged in the Indictment and lix his punishment at impri on ltai 11II ment in the penitentiary for a term othtrce yet We the jury find dtfendints lti icerO Daniel Coughlin Patrick rt van and Martin Burke guilty of murder in the manner an 1 Con is charged in the indictment and fix Ix ebar the penalty at imprfcoument in the penitentiary for the term of their natural lives At the request of the defense the Jury was then iwlledaud reafllnned thte verdict Simultaneous with the announcement of the verdict Cough tin OSullivan and Burke turned deathly pale while Kunze started ddenly from his scat and a moment mo-ment later dropped his head upon hIs breast and bunt into teap > Bcgrs face was luminous with joy and Immediately attended the lolling of the Jury he arose from AMID TiE 1IUEONERS walked over t the jury boa and durIng the breathless lull that fob owed shook foreman Clarkes hand heartily and raid Gentlemen I thank you I trust the future may confirm your Judg mcnt upon mo and that you will ever regret that you fount me not guilt of this terrible charge glJ only sound that broke the otithnts following this was tho deep bsof little Kunze lie burst out with Ilt itliGod knows I am Innocent I wl filt kle ever was in Lake View that night Oh 0 knows I am innocent entlemen gentemen OSullivan was the only one of he other three pri oners who found refuge In tears For a moment they trIckled down his cheeks but a minute later his black eyes flashed wiUt defiance or revival of courage nnd dashing his hand across his brow lie braced up in his teat and cast a li longing glance around the cur room Thu only evidence bf terror to L renelvedln Coughlin was the Increased i In-creased pallor tint overspread lois face as he fully realized the sign ficancc of the sentence t life im prlsonmcnt and his Hi twitelm jlju nervously during tho colloquy J bloat followed between the attorney and the court relative to i motion for a new trbl Martin Burke was unqucstiouab the least ailccted of all the pnoneri ills usually florid face took on n slight IDIot as the verdict was an nouncud but I moment later loin jaws again began the mcthodlca masticatIon of gum as regularly n at trial any previous tinio during the As Use verdict was announce and the large audience content plated little Kuazes grief IJegg turned to I reporter and MidI Mid-I asinine sentence Kunze poor little fellow I think ho is as ie lom innocent I I nni Its a damned shame t ont him t the peniten thtry for three year He had no you more had idea of being found guilty that I COMMENTS AMONG TIe AUDIENCE were various Uoth the Irish factions fac-tions were well represented and 1 naturally lock opposite view Cro uinM friends were Indignant at the verdict Its a shame salt Honorabl P I W Dunne li a homo and n i travesty upon justice his nl meet found echo from a dozen irishmen near him while only a dozen feet away members of the other faction were congratulating hemcelvcs and the prisoners bloat he verdict was no worse and the friends of Begis were cllwn I ing their I way through to grasp tIle hands of the senior guardian of Camp 20 In felicItatIon upon his exoneration Forrct In bchilf of the four convicted con-victed defendants entered the nc customcd motion for a new trial After cousidenble discu > ion tho judge fixed January 13th as the dsy on which the motion torn new trial hould lie argued and the prisoners were taken back to the jail Kunze i as still crying and went out oC doors with the tel running don lots face and still muttering and olluug to himself Burke fullowcti Cunze and n he passed whispercii to Forrest and smiled He seemetl entirely unconcerned Sulllviu followed looking pale and cation hut not different f from Ills uual ai > leanncc Cougbllu was the last Ir he iriHfiitrii to leave and n he talked out he half turned alt looked baik into the court room as If f expecting I to find oaio friend JV tlDt eIr The door clanged Ithind the hflllitr SIlo 1 brought up the rear and the Cronin trial wan over ONE jruou DID IT I was lot until afttrtiooti today iitthcjiir flnallx came t a vcr die and then it was that Juror Culver who hid been votIng for ic ultLil fur nil the defendant shoe the jury went out cflnunled to com romlM TIn > other Jurors were for tanging Burke Coughlin and sulllvin while he was for Kiting them all olf Culver finally agreed to i life sentence for the three Thu jury was practically unanimous on Iii lesiitjeclof lleggs acquittal and hut little time was needed to fix unte8 term SeOul JlIXlI MCONhFI TIIIMxS ll Vhal do you think of the verdict udgeT asked on AssocIated 1ress njreentathe of Judge McConncll ftcr adjournment of cur for they < the-y Judkiallj of couree I can pass n onjiniou UlIt the verdict I Anon ndixidual however and without llui ceigniiant of all the procosl I must I Lgs in the jur room mu say Uoitok the verdict is u result of theo the-o toton of some of the jurors to the death Icnnlti l on circumstantial vidence Mr Culver probably 1No not Mr Culver nece < arlly I understand lie was In favor of ac littai from the start I was onlj ltftera long nud hirra slngdclil > era 101 tint he agreed with the rest upon this verdict You still prb aIIy find Mr Culver was lot the only man upon the jury who was oploiivcI to the hinging of the three lrlncj11 I dcfe udaule Jut the jurors all sworcon being examined to their competency that they had no conscientious scruples agiiust capital punishment ou elrciiuitanllAl evidence TILt is all true hut behind ill his each man probably load t mcn toi reservation tint tho evidence lift lie convincing beyond a reasonable rea-sonable doubt sow if some of Ill e men should think there was een the faintest shadow of I doubt s to tho guilt of these three men d ot h tu m would do you not pee how natural It w ould be for them to mentally compromise the matter with their consciences no matter how conclusive their judgment might h bj favoring life imprisonment in lieu of the death penalty nil becau the COM was one of clrcum tnutLMovUpncL 001 believe you feel relieved that there Ins bern a disagreement I do m tnt uredlj although I If hl lie jurv hid disagreed ant It lie came necwsary to try the cn e Cnl Imry ce i iln I < hould not have flinched from jirwiding over the fame case again AFTER GVTK Cr Alout 1 oclock an A ociated 1rets representatIve went to the Jail and found bite four convicted deTtudants t In the corridor with the other Inmates taking the usual exercise before supper Kunzo Foenied t hold himself apart from the other prisoners and remained In his nil refusing to be comforted In his mifortunc Coughlin nnd Ooullivin were at the entrance of the rgc diwusslng the ca > with n couple of member camp 20 who hat cnlle to oflVr their Fympathi or congratulatIons who knows which At the approach > ap-proach of the press representatives I thci quickly lapsed into silence and the visitors departed A nolo was subsequently rent to Coughlin nnd lois companion requesting interview inter-view nnd thej finally approached the cage CI lam sorry to disappoint you gentlemen said Coughlin very courteously ° but I do not desire to l > e Interviewed ° But whit is your opinion of the verdict hi am afraid I shall have to refer you to ilr Forrest my attorney for an EDswer t tliat question Arc you disappointed nt the vcr dictT dictTVcll I suppose no man regards a verdict of life imprisonment with any particular enthusiasm Mid the lclcctive grimly but really real-ly gentlemen I mutt decline to b Interviewed With this sentence Coughlin retired re-tired pleasantly bowing good even Ing as he went I was evident toni to-ni that the prisoner was In a mood very nearly elation and to Dan Coughlin at least the verdict was a source of selfcongratulation 1ii is habitual mood during confinement during the post six months has evening been one of taciturnity I but this A rauairr EJIILE illumined his face and his ttep was light and buoyant In the boys department Martin Burke was found walking up and down smoking a cigar He vcmed entirely composed and good ua turetl as he greeted the Aesoclated Prcrareiiorter Well Burke what do you think of it OhI amjuotsaylng a word said te Jung Irshmn Tho Chicago lupers hatehad enough tosaj about me already and I dont want to give them any exCuse for anymore any-more uiortHutdont Includo us In ourgen Jouren iral damnation ° Im not damning I tho paperS Mlturke Ive nothing against them but I guess the can get along without me All ort t extract any comments com-ments from Burke on the verdict were in vain Ito expressed hlnvilf as being delighted t converse on what ho called racial topics but on ° this other busincaVto ho called II with jerk of the head towards I thu court room he was as dumb as nn oyster After the jury were discharged this afternoon and while thcgemlo men were waiting fur their eertifl caUts n crowd ot reporters besieged ten rol inforniatlou rtbodt That had transpired In the jury room nnd the cause the long delay Its no use said Juror Mario wo agreed not to say anything From what I have heard since I got back into thu world the iionspapen hare been doing some pretty tall lying Juror Culver was not the causu of the delay and there wasnt any unpleasantness or any knockdown as one paper has declared Juror iCortli was nugO at the statement mentioned above ° The nan who wrote thu story of the row lu the Jur room ought to be pun hedsaid he ° There was no trou tile at all and no isassed thou time as pleasantly aswo could unJertiecir umtancts PRSAIOIINIQN IN EmASI LONDON Dec l6Tloe JrnlJ lt comnieutlng on the Cronl erdict says ° ° I tho case will result In a thorough awakening of the public opinion in the United States to the real character of tIes Clan na Gtl l then Cronina life was not sacrificed vain sere TiE CULVER FA 51 1 LI I I ASs Iii Dec lA rep J ecuuitlvci of thu Associated Press ailed tonight at the homo of John Culver the suj po ed oljeetiug juror oC the Croniu C and had an in erview with loin w lfew ho his been charged in the Chicago papers with I laving had a secret and presumably I rnpropcrcon versation w itli her hUB t I acd before tho Jury retired The amiiy I greatly agitated over the reports in the uuitru II Culver told of her actions on FrIday saying sloe fUt her son ton illicIt In hoc morning t tell ailill Santa whom shn knew well list she would not take dinner with ler husband as she hal been nc istomed tad In thu afternoon hen Iho saw her husband lallia Hiutn stootl rlht beside be-side them ami herd evirj won thy I She only spoke oC not tuning como down to dinner etc Shoo did nut endeavor t hold nny private cuuersitlon with her nlsbaud In fenrtI to the 1rluu lon that her hubatid haJ bttn bribed hu raid tint she had next Sx > keu to ni agent of the diftnsu nlld had never ha lanj conversation wills her husband which sho would levitate to make ublle lit do not believe she said there Is I anton on earth who could bribe Mr Cuhcr I do not know Iti Is jioMion in the case I do now hllo lon cnH that my on fltld ni > imibantle porter port-er met fctato Attornei lon nickt r tonight iiid that gentleman ex rcssed Iiimsclf l conQdeut of my ngte msbinds 1 Integrity Mr Culverts n very deternitned man and if he ielleved he was right ho would stick worM 1 out in spite of the whole Infliicnin In Sew lark XIW Yoiuc Dec 10Dr Idion 01 the health boanl today rl rte < l titer had betn discuvcrcd in thi city eight cope foreign influenza TIm first victim a young lady was taken dawn Thursdaj last I I pposed she contracted the dl < 4iase trolls n familj who returned from Europe few days ago Her first ymptom was vertigo speedily fol bowed ly headiche and chills Then sho btcanio deathly sick with pains in her limln and mui des This was succedcd hy hron dual catarrh soreness of the throat and coughing followed by a high fever and exceedingly rapid puKe which at inns reached 1JO to the inuto Since then seven other cmUrsof the family have been tacked by thcdicise Theheiltli Ilccrs say it is I not dangerous but IC it threatens to liecome an epi emlc oil cases will lie quarau tnt The treatment I raying the afFected members freely and frequently with a oolutlon of qul nine and an internal admlniMra Ibor orquiulne belladona and cim thnrch DlfTerf nit KANSAS CITY Dec l0Diiler catch between faction In the FIrst aptist Church colored of Kansas City culminated I tonight in a riot In which two men wcrodangtrou l injured and quitea numberseriotfly hur One faction ides with inlor Jones and another is opposed to him oppc A meeting this evening t select Heirs was presided over by the i tutor Tho antls however were In n majority but whenever moon mo-on hostile t the lostorg desire WI made lie would call on some brother t ray and bJ this mode of fIlIbusterIng delayed business until one of the opposing factions started n row by throning hymn look chair vie and razors were also freely used Two negroes named Benjamin and Knight were severe IJ cut and n number of others badly pounded with chair The Jones fiction fled and their opponents irocctded to the election of omen nlKIrom Ilnnmtay KA > SAS CIT D 16Mrs Wflhiam Huttey and l1r Logan were out driving today with their two children when the horses took fright at toe rcaking of a strip and ran away Mrs Huttey jumped out and was killed Mrs terl du a log broken The coachman seized tlto children and jumped being t nl Wf severely Injured himiir Tlie children chil-dren escaped with slight bruises A H Tlnc Stonier FEW YORK Dec 16JOlh rackoa Bohemian carpenter lo came Insane tonight and threw hi illdren out of the third story win dow Ic rId be saw Jcn in the ardandthren his children to him yn Christmas j resent Thej fell on the fire escape and were serIous injured Kracko then ran amuck and assaulted several men and women He wo finally subdued after a fierce struggle with four oliremen He Is in the hospItal a ravine maniac Thronsti Cmnbllnsr COUNCIL BLUFFS Iowa Dec 16 K H Huulingtou city clerk I lortin his accounts and b resIgned sIgned The shortage at present mounts t O which the bondsmen bonds-men have paid Gambling was the cause of his downfall Tli London OewaleL IUSDON Dec 16The mnglv rate at How Street police court had before him in secret today several Crown lawyers a number of boys ieged to have ln connected with boo We t End scandal and several ther witnesses I la tllevcd irtlier warrant will t hautd for the arrest of persons charged wills complicity in the scandal l r |