CHAPTER XXIV.

All the Testimony Before the Jury--Judge McConnell's Lucid Charge--The Jury Retires--A Period of Anxiety--Popular Excitement at its Height--Demeanor of the Prisoners-- Suspense at Last Ended--The Verdict 563

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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PORTRAIT OF DR. PATRICK HENRY CRONIN, THE MURDERED PHYSICIAN Frontispiece.

PORTRAIT OF PATRICK O'SULLIVAN, THE ICE MAN, ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS 28

PORTRAIT OF DANIEL COUGHLIN, THE DETECTIVE, ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS 197

PORTRAIT OF MARTIN BURKE, ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS 315

PORTRAIT OF JOHN F. BEGGS, ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS 360

PORTRAIT OF JOHN KUNZE, ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS 367

O'SULLIVAN AND KUNZE, FROM PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING TRIAL 392

PORTRAIT OF PATRICK COONEY, "THE FOX" 452

PORTRAIT OF SUPT. OF POLICE HUBBARD 210

PORTRAIT OF OFFICER DANIEL BROWN 354

PORTRAITS OF MR. AND MRS. T. T. CONKLIN 39

PORTRAIT OF ALEXANDER SULLIVAN 263

PORTRAIT OF MERTES, THE MILKMAN 187

PORTRAITS OF FIVE DEFENDANTS ON TRIAL 429

PORTRAITS OF THE SIX PRISONERS IN COURT 332

PORTRAITS OF THE TWELVE JURYMEN 416-417

PORTRAIT OF JUDGE MCCONNELL, PRESIDING AT THE MEMORABLE TRIAL 456

PORTRAIT OF JOEL M. LONGENECKER, THE STATE'S ATTORNEY 469

PORTRAIT OF LUTHER LAFLIN MILLS (THE NOTED CRIMINAL LAWYER), FOR THE PROSECUTION 550

PORTRAIT OF GEORGE C. INGHAM, ATTORNEY FOR THE PROSECUTION 514

PORTRAIT OF W. J. HYNES, ATTORNEY FOR THE PROSECUTION 521

PORTRAIT OF W. S. FORREST, LEADING ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENSE 536

PORTRAIT OF JUDGE WING, ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENSE 512

PORTRAITS OF THREE OF THE CARLSON FAMILY 168

PORTRAITS OF PRINCIPAL WITNESSES BEFORE THE CORONER'S INQUEST 254

PORTRAIT OF DETECTIVE MICHAEL WHALEN 206

PORTRAIT OF DETECTIVE BARNEY FLYNN 464

PORTRAIT OF LAWRENCE R. BUCKLEY 242

PORTRAIT OF T. P. O'CONNOR 244

PORTRAIT OF P. M'GEHAN 247

THE COURT ROOM, SHOWING THE GREAT TRIAL IN PROGRESS 413

THE CARD OF SULLIVAN ICE CO., THAT LURED DR. CRONIN FROM HIS HOME ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER 20

THE MYSTERIOUS WAGON 31

DETECTIVES INSPECTING THE SPOT WHERE THE TRUNK WAS FOUND 42

THE BLOODY TRUNK AND ITS CONTENTS 35

PICTURE OF DR. CRONIN TAKEN AFTER HE WAS FOUND IN THE CATCH-BASIN WITH THE "AGNUS DEI" ON BREAST 135

SCENE AT THE MORGUE, SHOWING THE BODY LYING ON SLAB AND BEING IDENTIFIED BY SCANLAN AND CONKLIN 140

THE SPOT WHERE THE TRUNK WAS FOUND 33

THE SKULL OF DR. CRONIN, SHOWING THE WOUNDS 143

THE BROKEN ROCKER ON WHICH DR. CRONIN PROBABLY SAT WHEN KILLED 161

BLOOD-STAINED PIECE OF BRASS 161

THE SOLITARY LAMP 161

THE CATCH-BASIN--SOUTH VIEW 127

THE CATCH-BASIN, SHOWING FIRE-PLUG AND DITCH 129

THE DISCOVERY OF THE BODY IN THE CATCH-BASIN 131

ALEXANDER SULLIVAN'S RESIDENCE 264

THE ASSASSINS' DEN, SHOWING THE CARLSON COTTAGE IN REAR 157

DIAGRAM OF THE LOCALITY OF THE MURDER 156

FOOTPRINT FOUND IN HOUSE 160

THE CORONER'S JURY 239

JURORS EXAMINING FINGER MARKS IN PAINT ON WINDOW BLIND 245

JURORS EXAMINING BLOOD STAINS IN PARLOR OF COTTAGE 238

THE WHITE HORSE AND BUGGY THAT TOOK DR. CRONIN AWAY FROM HIS HOME 199

LIVERYMAN DINAN'S STABLE 198

THE FUNERAL PROCESSION 223

DR. CRONIN'S APARTMENTS IN WINDSOR THEATRE BUILDING 18

DR. CRONIN'S RECEPTION ROOM IN CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE BUILDING 184

DR. CRONIN'S OFFICE IN CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE BUILDING 181

DR. CRONIN'S MAIN OFFICE IN CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE BUILDING 183

STATE'S ATTORNEY LONGENECKER ADDRESSING THE COURT 296

DR. CRONIN'S BOX AND ITS CONTENTS 337

THE LOAD ON THE STRETCHER 338

SOME OF DR. CRONIN'S CLOTHES 340

TWO VIEWS OF DR. CRONIN'S HAT 341

DR. CRONIN'S POCKET INSTRUMENT CASE 342

DR. CRONIN'S SLEEVE BUTTON, COMB, R. A. BUTTON, CASE, ETC. 343

DR. CRONIN'S POCKET CASE 345

REMAINS OF THE MURDERER'S VALISE 346

THE SILVER HYPODERMIC SYRINGE CASE 347

DR. CRONIN'S SURGICAL INSTRUMENT CASE 348

THE ENGLISH PRESCRIPTION BOOK 349

THE JUDGE HEARS OF THE JURY-BRIBING PLOT 401

THE KNIVES 466