Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12
THE JURY'S VERDICT
DIR. Cronin's Murder the Result Of
. Great Conspiracy.
ALEXANDER SULLIyly ARRESTED
Cssghais. Patrick sUIiR AE aud Wood
ran Implicated Absot Thirty
Others >gspes tsd-hsa = 2Tdr
should be OnsE<d.

CHIcAso, june 1.-The teet mony II
the Croniu murder W4s concluded this
afternoon, and tie case gwen IA the
coroner s Jury. who returned verdict
Al 30 O'Clock ton ght, 10 the effect That
Dr. CFouln Was enlleod from hls home
and murdered. As the result of a deeply
planned conspiracy. The verdict con-
cluded a. follows. "It isour lud .sment
that no other person or persons, except
some 0f those Who are OF had been
members of a certain secret society
known as United Brotherhood or
'Clan-na-Gael,' had amy cause 10 be
the instigators or executors OF such
plot or conspiracy 10 murder sad
Crouin. Many Of the witnesses
tcsDtyng IN the case have done 20 With
much unWllllugnesS, and as W0 beheNe
with much mental reservation. We
ind from the evidence that number
of persons were parties to tMs plot and
conspiracy 10 murder the sad tr0nm,
and that Daniel oOughlln, Fat
rck .. sullivan, Alexander
Sullivan and one Woodruff,
alias Black, were either principals,
accessories, r.had guilty knowledge Of
said plot and Conspiracy tOmurder said
CrOnin and conceal his body, and they
should be held 10 answer tO the grand
Jury. We also believe that other per
sons We're engaged in tins plot or had
guilty knowledge OF II and should be
apprehended and held to the
grand jury We further state
that this plot or conspiracy
IN It's conception and execution is one
of the most foul and brutal that has
ever come To our knowledge, ana re-
commend that the proper authorizes
offer a large reward for the discovery
and conviction of all those engaged IN
il IN any way We further state IN
our Judgment all secret societies
whose objects are such as the
evidence shows that of the Clan
na-Gacl, or the United Brotherhood 10
be. are not III harmony with, and are
injurious TO, American institutions.
We hope that future vigOr and ygi-
lance by thdpolce force viii more than
compensate for past neglect 10y a part
of the force in this case"
1t is reported IN police circles tonight
that no less than thirty warrants are
being made for.suspccted accessories,
all OF which Will be served tonight or
tomorrow. The list Is said 10 include
John F. Beggs, Officer Dan Brown,
Harry Jordan, Michael BOland, Law
renee X. Buckly, Peter McGcchan, ID.
{. Fcely, Frank Murray, J. J. Bradley,
j. J. Guinea and John Moss. 1t
Is also reported that a warrant
will be issued for the arrest
of Henry LeCaron, the English spy
and his eXtraditiOn demanded. ine
majority of those named are prominent
officers of the Clan-na-G;el. lmmcdI-
ately upon the verdict being rendered
Deputy Sheritfs Palmer, BrOderlck and
Williams drove in a carriage To the
residence of Alexander Sullivan, on Oak
street, in the north division. Even on
tins critical day the GOODNESS winch has
characterized the noted Nationalist
from the opening of the investigation
remained with hlm. Although the jury
had retired before he had left ms law
Office, under the shadows of the county
building, and he knew full well that
ms arrest was inevitable before morn
ing. he was iii bed and sound
asleep when the deputies arrived.
| They had expected to find hlm await
/ ing them and surrounded 10y his friends.
Instead ms law clerk, Henry B rown,
and the dOmcstlcs were the only Occu-
pants of the house. He res pOnded
with alacrity To the summons, a nj in Il
/ few minutes was up and dressed. He
said nothing when the warrant was
read, but with Il sclf-possessed
smile, accompanied the officers to the
carriage. The party was RAPIDLY Y driven
to the county jail, where, after the
usual form had been gone through,
Sullivan was placed in u cell on the
ground floor, near where the anarchists
were incarcerdtcd.