try and true deliverance make between the people of the State of
Illinois and the defendants, to well and truly try them upon the
law and upon the evidence.

[Illustration: GEORGE C. INGHAM, ONE OF COUNSEL FOR PROSECUTION.]

From this introduction, Mr. Ingham branched off into an elaborate
dissertation of the law regarding murder and the power of
circumstantial evidence. Numerous authorities on circumstantial
evidence were cited from. Counsel dwelt upon Coughlin's hatred of
Cronin, upon the purchase of the furniture and upon the peculiar
actions of the defense. Stress was laid upon the fact, that no
evidence had been produced with a view of showing that it was not
Martin Burke that rented the Carlson cottage, and that he engaged
the expressman to move the furniture from the Clark street flat to
Lake View. The general outline of the plot as disclosed by the
evidence was considered, and the conclusion drawn, that the right
men were on trial. Continuing, Mr. Ingham said:

"Now, I want to call your attention to one fact, that not one
attempt has been made at defense. The counsel for the defense have
done the best they could. I know the counsel for the defense well.
I know Forrest, and have known him for years, and have tried cases
with and against him. I know he would go far and near and would
remove heaven and earth, were it possible, to save his clients. I
know that he believes thoroughly and heartily in the maxim of old
Lord Brougham, that a lawyer should know but one man in the world,
and that man his client. I have known Daniel Donahoe for years, and
I know his ability. I have not known Judge Wing for so long a time,
but from what I have seen of him and know of him I know him to be a
skillful lawyer. His address to you, gentlemen of the jury, proves
his ability, and I say to you unhesitatingly, that these men, after
doing everything in their power to aid their clients, have utterly
and signally failed. I ask you to remember that not one particle of
evidence has been introduced by the defense either to dispose or
disprove the evidence I have stated to you. Not one particle of
evidence has been admitted to be proved and to be denied here,
except the single statement that Burke was at the cottage on the
night of the murder. There is evidence, how