quest. There is no
dispute that he said then he could not hear what Burke said there.
There is no use denying that. He said practically the same thing
here. He said he heard Martin Burke say to O'Sullivan that the
cottage was rented, but he could not hear what else was said. Now,
that is about the same thing. You must have noticed how hard it was
to understand Carlson when he testified in the English language.
Mrs. Carlson said she didn't know where Burke went, but that the
young man talked to her husband, who asked him some questions as to
where he was working. The old gentleman is the only one who saw him
go outside and heard him say this to Patrick O'Sullivan.
"It was quite natural, was it not? Here was Martin Burke, a brother
in the camp, Martin Burke who had met O'Sullivan before, going
cross-lot to speak to O'Sullivan. How did Martin Burke know this
cottage was for rent? How did he know there was a vacant cottage
out there near Patrick O'Sullivan? Who was it brought it to his
ears, unless it was Daniel Coughlin or Patrick O'Sullivan? And you
will remember that one of the witnesses testified that all through
the month of March telephoning was going on between O'Sullivan and
Coughlin. Coughlin knew all about Lake View because----"
Messrs. Forrest and Donahue here interrupted with vigorous
objections, claiming that this evidence was ruled out. The Court
decided in their favor, and remarked that the telephoning was in
April.
Judge Longenecker corrected himself accordingly, and continued:
"But Dan Coughlin was up in Lake View in March; Dan Coughlin knew
the whole ground there. Patrick O'Sullivan lived within a stone's
throw of the cottage. The card was on for rent. A motion was made
in the camp of which Coughlin, O'Sullivan and Burke were members; a
flat had been rented, furniture purchased and placed in it. How did
this man Williams know that this cottage was for rent? How did he
know where to go to rent that cottage unless some one of those
parties had talked to him, either Dan Coughlin or Patrick
O'Sullivan? Those three witnesses swear that Frank Williams rented
it, and do you think that Williams was anybody else except this man
Burke? When the old gentleman was called to identify him he walked
down in front of him and said: 'That is
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