are not here to argue why they did
or did not do certain things. Those men who murdered Dr. Cronin and
thrust his body into the sewer, can probably tell you far better
than I can. There is reason for acquitting the men if you believe
them guilty, simply because we can not tell exactly the way they
drove around or in what direction. The fact is they were seen on
Fullerton avenue, going east, about half-past 11 o'clock. At 12
o'clock they were seen going north on Clark street, and at 1
o'clock they were at Evanston avenue and Edgewater, and one man sat
on the wagon, facing backward.

"Another point. Some one during the trial, and I think I took that
position myself, during the time Forrest was arguing the question
of the trunk, said they kicked it open. Now, it does not matter
whether they kicked it open or not. Men who could open a sewer
could pry that lock open as well as any one else. He wants you to
understand that the officer pried it off, but you will remember
that those two honest Germans testified that they found the lid
separate from the trunk, and that they gathered it up and put it
with the trunk. Now, it does not matter whether the lock was broken
open or whether the trunk was kicked open. The fact is it was
locked; that the trunk was in the wagon and the key was gone. Is it
for us to say whether they pried open that trunk or kicked it open
from the rear? Our theory is that they kicked it open, and that
when they found it would not open wide enough they pulled the lock
off. We don't know how it was done. His clients can tell you better
perhaps than we can if they had anything to do with it, which we
insist they had under the evidence."

"I take an exception to that remark of Judge Longenecker's," said
Mr. Forrest.

"Oh, yes," replied the State's Attorney, "take your exception.
Forrest also said that the key was found by a trunk-maker, because
he found on the stand a man, Officer Lorch, who had worked once as
a trunk-maker. Do you believe what Officer Lorch said as to where
he found that key, or do you believe that he went and fitted a key
to the trunk, then put some paint on it, put it where it was under
the washstand, and then came into this court and swore to a lie? If
you want to believe Forrest's statement against that of the