d and telling the truth in this case. It is not often
that you can get men, who are hounded to death by officers, who
would lead the community to believe that they are the worst
creatures on earth--it is not often that you can get them on the
stand. They stood there for an hour with the counsel, prompted by
the man who knows all about them, to question and put question
after question as to their character."

The State's Attorney, at this point, asked the Court for an
adjournment, and intimated that he would not take more than an hour
further to conclude his address. Some suggestion as to an
adjournment until half-past one was modestly made, but on the
State's Attorney's assurance the Court adjourned proceedings until
two o'clock.

THE FATAL 4TH OF MAY.

On the assembling of court at 2 o'clock, State's Attorney
Longenecker resumed his address to the jury:

"If the Court please, and Gentlemen, as I stated in my opening of
yesterday, I do not desire to do anything but talk about the
evidence. On the 4th of May Dan Coughlin, one of the defendants
here, appeared at Patrick Dinan's livery stable. It was customary
for the Chicago Avenue Station to hire horses whenever they desired
them at Mr. Dinan's stable, which is just north of the Chicago
Avenue Station on Clark street, so that it was not an unusual thing
for Dan Coughlin to go there or for any officer to call for a horse
and buggy, and it was not customary for Mr. Dinan to inquire what
they desired with the horse and buggy. You remember Patrick Dinan's
testimony in regard to this. Coughlin said he had a friend who
wanted a horse and buggy and would call for it about 7 o'clock
that evening, showing that Dan Coughlin was an actor in reference
to this horse and buggy that was obtained from Dinan. He told
Patrick Dinan that his friend would call at 7 o'clock, and at 7
o'clock a man came. Napier Moreland, who was a buggy washer and
worked in the stable, testifies that at just about 7 o'clock a man
appeared there and called for the horse and buggy that Detective
Coughlin had engaged. Dinan was out in the barn. Just then Dinan
came back and the stranger got under the gaslight that was in the
buggy part of the stable and asked for the horse that Dan Coughlin
had engaged for him. Dinan ordered