d who passed the time of day to him, says Daniel
Coughlin was with another man on that street. No doubt he was
showing this man the route and telling him how to drive. No doubt
this chairman of the committee was then instructing him how to
operate when he was seen at four o'clock in the afternoon in
company with this stranger. At eight or nine o'clock he was seen
with Kunze driving to the cottage, and he was afterward seen in
Nieman's saloon with Kunze. Shortly after that these two men were
seen by Mr. Wardell, who had been down to a neighboring saloon, on
his way home a little before eleven o'clock, and he says one was a
tall man and another was a small man. He says they walked into the
cottage together. Nieman says that after they were in his saloon
he washed his glasses and locked up at eleven o'clock, and Wardell
says he saw these men walking along together--one about the size of
Coughlin and one of O'Sullivan.
DISPOSING OF THE BODY.
"At 11 o'clock the committee of three with the chairman sitting on
the trunk came driving along eastward on Fullerton avenue, and at
half past 11, a block north of Fullerton avenue, the three men were
seen with what seemed to be a carpenter's chest, by Officer Smith,
going north. They were seen by Way, the private watchman, in the
morning of that fatal night; they were seen to get off the wagon;
they were seen to look about the lake, and when this was discovered
they said, 'Where is the Lake Shore Drive?' showing that they had
either missed their way or missed their connection in some way or
else they were getting ready to dispose of their tool chest or
trunk. Follow that back. On their return the wagon was there, but
no trunk and no tool chest, and Officer Smith said to the other
officer, 'Why, that is the same wagon I saw going north about 12
o'clock, and here they come back on Evanston avenue.' Here comes
back the committee of three. They came to return their sealed
verdicts. Their work had been accomplished; they thought that
everything was sealed from the outside world. Have you any doubt as
to what was in that trunk? Have you any doubt as to who guided that
wagon and directed its course? If you have any doubts, tell me who
did it. Here is the evidence piling up pile upon pile. Well, the
night went o
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