unsel wasted time on it. Charles Carlson said it was
in the afternoon when this man Williams came to rent the cottage.
He knew positively that it was after one o'clock, but the exact
time he could not state. That is not disputed by any one. So it is
no use quibbling over that alibi; there is nothing of an alibi
about it. It is all as plain as it can be that the renting took
place on the afternoon of the 20th. But, anyway, this man, Frank
Williams, who is loaded down with names, comes and rents the
cottage. The testimony of Jonas Carlson shows that he had a sign
'For Rent' on his cottage; and you must remember that it is just
102 feet from the steps of O'Sullivan's house to the entrance of
Mr. Carlson's back gate, and it is only 166 feet to the corner of
the front cottage, in which this murder was committed.

"There was the sign 'For Rent' on that Carlson cottage; there was
Patrick O'Sullivan, a member of Camp 20, a man who had been saying
that Dr. Cronin was taking deputies into the camp, to say that the
cottage was to rent. He knew that the old folks went to bed at an
early hour; he knew the habits of these poor old people. Patrick
O'Sullivan knew there were but two houses on the entire block on
that side of the street; he knew there were not half a dozen houses
within a radius of three or four blocks. Now, Martin Burke, who
belonged to the same camp, and was present at the time the
committee was ordered to be appointed--Martin Burke, under the name
of Frank Williams, appears on the scene and wants to rent the
cottage. He told Jonas Carlson that his sister intended to keep
house for him and his brother. Now, remember that every time
anything was said about the flat or the cottage the party was to
come from the East. Simonds said his brother was coming from the
East to have his eyes treated, and he wanted to be near the center
of the city for that purpose. This man, Frank Williams, who turned
out to be none other than Martin Burke, a brother in Camp 20,
appears and says his sister is coming from the East. Martin was not
so lavish with his money as Simonds was, because when the old man
wanted $12 a month he wanted him to take $11. Martin wanted to save
all he could out of the pile; but this man Simonds, who had the
bulk of the money, pulls it out in