Daily Republican., 1883-03-05
me Croney Trial and the Moral.


t,rOney for the murder Of Daniel Ma
yuire. None but the extreme pOliti- |
clan on the Democratic side wanteu to
soe CrOney convicted, and none but the
extreme politician on the Republican
side wanted to see him cleared without
punishment That he deserved punish
inent will be admitted by all sensible
intelligent men, and it reflects credit
I'm Croney that he thought so himself
and hence through his counsel he con-
aented to confession of granddaughter
and assumed punishment of five years
imprisonment, four thousand dollars
tine and to pay the costs in the case
The term of imprisonment is reasonably
sire, but according. to custom, the
Inc and costs will hardly be paid, for
ohm Croney is poor young man and
Mnotpay them. The act for which Gro
'ey has to spend five years of the very
lower of his life in prison and the cir
fumstanres surrounding it, has moral
hat should be "a beneficial warning to
all who are easily carried away with
heated craftsmanship. A national cleo
ion was held on the seventh of Novem-
Yer, and Witsil's cigar store at Front
street and Maryland avenue was poll
ing place. Unfortunately connected
with this cigar store was a pool room
place as bad in its Immoral tenden-
cies AZ the bar room in a general sense,
though in this particular case there
was no bar, and had there been one the
law would have very wisely closed it on
election day.
Into this pool room the heated parti-
vans, sober and drunk, for man can be
all unreasonable partisan when sober as
we'll as when drunk-crow,led to hear
The result of the election. Amongst
those who crowded into that room that
night was Daniel Mcguire. All agree
that though not unreasonably intoxica-
ted, he had been drinking freely
Another who dropped in that night
was John Croney. 1t was an unfortu-
nate meeting for both. Daniel Mcguire,
at previous election held in the
Eleventh Ward, had been guilty of an
act of violence to John Cron"y', broth
or, for which on the morning OF the
seventh Of November he had been ar
rested and was held under bail for II
farther hearing. He was then ~ one of
the witnesses at the trii said ION hi,
good behavior on that day" If on his
good behavior why was he in that poo
room at the midnight hour, when men
like him held under bonds 10 keep the
peace should have been at home, OF
his legal right to be there We do not
dispute. but it will strike reasonable
hour in the midst Of men INDUCING in
heated political discussion was not the
paw i'i " e'N''i u NV = ' llIE' II, anu va
pecially one who was warned before
hand of his own violence, TO be found.
But poor Dan" Mcguire, IA gener-
Gus hearted Irishman in many respects
is gone. He did not see perhaps like
others with more education, light and
knowledge the evils OF late hours, and
the society of the pool room. Therefore
we would not upbraid him, nor say
ought that would wound the feelings OF
his friends.
On the other side, we find John Gro
ney coming around and entering thai
pool room 1T that fata, midnight hour
He was young man with hitherto gOot
character But on account of the deeI
feeling engendered against the CroneJ
family, on account of the election truds
in the Eleventh ward, on account o
the widowed mother he was supporting
aud on account of tn" good character h,
bore, that pool room, on that election
hlpnl az tH' lnUlllGi' muir was ubl 'll'
place for John Crourv 70 be- in. AT hom
was the place he should have been un
placed. 1t was not S'ringr at all tina
John Eronry and Daniel Mcguire Ahoul'
have got into heated argument tina
night. Both of these men were jus
exactly where they should not hav
been. Both were in "A place where al
alteration would be most Likely t.
occur. Even had they been disposed t.
lie peareable, the had advice Of trend
would most likely get the better 0
their own judgment. The result o
that meeting that night--a meeting tha
should not have taken Place is untort,i
nate for both parties concerned. Dan
ii Mcguire lost his lit" by it, and JOIN
truney goes into the serIr!siun Ut Il prls
on for five years, ana even after thaI T
he haunted with the dark shaduw Of
human life taken by his hands.
4 FEW DAYS since local notice wa
published in the REprBLT'AN Stain
that u gentleman in this city had "a
gagged in Il new business Th" motto
was published gratuitOusIy as an itel
Of news, and the hungry owls irol
fheir rooSi in the old b"itry happrne
IN see it, and Immediately p"nnr"d 30"
on In" gentleman for an advertisement
They endeavOrel tO show him the gr"a
benefit that would accrue +" Inn II Ii
w"nld only sign "A yearly contract t
advertise in The "mpdcl." | pom helm
informed thai as he considered the IL
PUBLICAN the best advertising medium
IN III" Stat" he intended 70 pnt"",izr i