The Penn's Grove record., 1889-06-01

"Reloice, 0 young man, In thy youth,
n let thy heart cheer thee in the days
OF thy youth, and walk thou IN the
sight OF thine own eyes; but know thou
that for all these things God will bring
thee into judgment"
THE CR0NIN MYSTERY.
NO WOUNDS ON THE BODY THAT
COULD CAUSE DEATH.
CHICAGO, May. - Tonight, 80
hours after the discovery Of DR.. Cron.
ms corpse, mystery Of his death had
deepened. 1t has been almost conclu-
sively shown that, contrary to appear
ance. his skull was not ~cloven, or even
fractured. There is absolute certainty
that the man was not strangled. The
doctors are completely puzzled.
Whenthe p0st-mortem was finished
the physicians left the station without
concluding the written statement
which they will hand to the Coroner
at the inquest.
John Cronin, the brother of DR..
CrOnin, arrived from Arkansas, and
reached the station In time to see the
remains before the physicians COM
menced their work. He positively
Identified the body as that Of his
brother.
CHICAGO, May 24th.-The key to
the Cronin mystery was, in a most lit
eral sense, brought to light this even
Ing. In q bloOd-smeared cottage,
which the police had already decided
was the Of the murder, there
was found by a detective to night q
brand new key.
The officers decided at once to try It
In the lock of the mysterious trunk
found by the roadside the morning
after Cr0nin disappeared. The key
fitted exactly.
All doubts now seems to be removed
of a genuine connection between the
prisoner Woodruff, the DOCTORS dead
body, the trunk and the blood-stained
cottage. 8
1t has been ascertained that detect
ives went out Of the city during the
day to q point where it was thought at
least one Of the assasslDs would be To-
Gated.
They were accompanied by a man
whose identity the police would not
divulge, but who is believed DO be john
Carlson, son OF the owner Of the blood
despatched house.
Thursday the officers struck the clew
which led to the discovery of the cot
tage. and, working upon it, they &C.
cured descriptions of the men who, in
all probability, were the perpetrators
Of the awful crime.
Two Of them posed as brothers while
In Lake V ew, and went under the
name of Williams. The third man
in all likelihood was the horse thief
Woodruff, or Black, as he calls him .
self.
The officers have also decided upon
trunk followed on the night of the
murder.
FUNERAL OF HI VICTIM IN CHI
CAGo.
CHICAGO, May %. The funeral OF
DIR Cronln to-day was a most remark
able affair. The corpse had been lying
In state in the Cavalry Arm0ry on the
lake front, and there early this morn
ing the morbid and curious, with the
dead mans friends. made their pill
grimage.
Armed sentries from the Hibernian
Rifles stood arms at rest, at each cor
ner Of the raised platform on which
repOsed the c~atafalque and coffin. A
crayon portrait of the dead man draped
in black stood near the collin. Leaving
the armory ,iths easkeL vas placed In q
hearse, drawn by four black horses. and
the procession was formed. at its
head was a platoon OF police and Mar
shall Cahill and his aides. A drum
corps preceded the 'Hibernian Rifles
with arms reversed and then came the
cortege with the hesrse In q panOply of
black and guard Of honor from the
rides, and the pail bearers.
Rev. Father Agnew was the cele-
brant OF the Mass, with the Rev.
Father Peppler as assistant. The
church was not draped In mourning
emblems further than usual at funer-
ais, and no display was made beyond
the customary Church ceremonies,
except that Requiem High Mass was
celebrated rare occurrence on
Sunday.
The sermon was by the Rev. Father
P. J. Muldoon. He SPOKE at length OF
DR.. Cronin's kindness Of heart. of his
generous nature. and sud that he died
while doing an errand of mercy. The
Rev. Father approached no nearer the
tragedy than these few general al
lusi0as. The friends Of DR.. Cr0nin, 1t
Is said, asked thai the preacher pro
nounce, among other things, against
the methods of assassination by which
the Doctor was killed, but the preacher
feared such q course might create y
public excitement that would not be
beneficial. He did not desire 70 intro.
duce %extraneous sentim ents into the
pulpit.
After the services tue procession was
reformed and the crowds were as
great as before. Down State street
and Clark and Madison the way was
taken to the Union Depot, at Canal
and Adams streets. Three trains
waited for the crowd, and 81 cars were
comfortably filled. Hundreds Of per-
o u drove out in buggies and earri-
ages. and hundreds came to the ceme-
terry from the neighboring suburbs.
The people on the ground numbered
fully 500.
Or, CrOnin'S O0dy Will Ot ioit III tuo
vault at Calvary until his friends pur-
chase a lot and arrange for a public
inteyment.
CoUeHLIN, SULLIVAN AND BLACK,
ALIAS WOODBURY., HELD o
MURDER. .
CarcAeo. May 2Sth.-Detective
Daniel CoughIin. Patrick 0. Sullivan,
the ice man, and Frank J. Black. alias
Woodruff, were indicted by the Grand
Jury this evening for the murder Of
DR.. Cronip. This result was reached
after an investigation which began at
noon and lasted seven hours, during
which two dozen witnesses were exam
ined and a mass OF evidence con
sidersd.
Thss three prisoners were included In
one indictment, 10 which there Were
three counts, one charging them with
killing DIR. Croning with a biun In
strument, the second alleging the use
Of ~barn ~u,strnmpnt- and h Third