The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20
FROM THE BEGINNING.
History of the Case From the Day of thu
Murder.

History of the Case From the Day of thu
Murder.
Dr. Cronin was murdered on the night OF
May 4. At 2 o'clock on the morning OF
May policeman saw the wagon contain
ing the trunk in which was the corpse. At
II a. m. the bloody trunk was found, and at
2 p. m. the disappearance of the doctor was
published. May a young woman declared
she had seen DR.. Cronin in street car at !
p. m. on the night of the murder. Wood
ruff was arrested on suspicion May 10. Ru-
mors that DR.. Cronin had absconded were
plentiful, and May II dispatch was re-
ceived that the physician had just been seen
in Toronto. Until May % reasons for Cro-
Minis disappearance were rife, but on THAI
day his body was found in the catchbasin,
Then the facts of teams used, the renting O.
the Carlson cottage and other collaterals to
the crime were brought to light. Detective
Dan Coughlin was arrested on May Is, and
the arrest of many suspects rapidly followed
some of whom were soon released. Tho
grand jury indicted Coughlin, Woodruff and
O.Sullivan May %, and the name of Alex
ander Sullivan, the prominent politician,
writer and Clan-na-Gael man, was con-
nected with the crime. June II he was ar
rested, but on the 14th' was released On
$4,000 bail, from which he was discharged
three or four months afterward. On june
II Maroney and Mcdonald were also ar"
rested in New York, but they established q
sufficient alibi to procure their discharge.
Martin Burke was arrested in Winnipeg
June Is, and as soon as possible was
identified and returned to Chicago. June %
special grand jury returned indictments
against Daniel Coughlin, John F. Beggs,
Patrick O'Sullivan, Martin Burke Patrick
Cooney, Frank Woodruff and John Kunze-
The next day Kunze who had been going
under the name of Kaiser. was arrested.
July q Car Conductor Dwyer, who was
one Of those who had reported seeing Gro
min after his disappearance, was sought, but
it was discovered he had fled the country.
Subsequent events before the trial consisted
chiefly in unearthing the inside facts OF
Camp 20 Of the Clan-na-Gael, in which, it
is alleged, the murder was plotted. Aug. 30,
the trial began before Judge Mcconnell and
complete jury was obtained, which was
Oct. %. In opening the case the prosecu-
ton claimed as reason for the murder
that DIR. Cronin had made damaging state
ments against the triangle of the Gamma
Gael, and proposed to push his accusations
still farther; then IN accordance with their
orders conspiracy was formed to murder
the doctor, claiming the condemned were
selected to do the work: that on Feb 20
one of these rented the rooms at LII South
Clark street, purchasing the furniture next
day; that on March 20 the same man rented
the Carlson cottage, and two days later the
furniture arrived there; that on April 26
Iceman OSullivan made his contract with
DR., Cronin, by which the latter was to come
to attend any of OSullivans men who
should get hurt at any time Called that on
May at 10 a. m. Coughlin ordered at
| Dinan's livery stable rig for that evening
for friend which was taken out at 7:15
to transport the corpse. Oct. II six men
were arrested for jury bribing, all being in
dicted. Oct 16 Henry n. Staltenburg,
Alexander Sullivan's private secretary, was
arrested in connection with the jury brib'
| ing, but was soon released.