The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-05-25

the rumor. It was also stated that another
arrest will be made to-day
New YORK, May 23-John Dewey had
heard of the finding of DR.. Cronin's BODY
when seen by reporter last night II am
not surprised to have my fears that Cronin
was murdered verified" Continuing, he
| said: 80
4 The denied skull and the many stab wounds
snow conclusively that DR.. Cronin was savage.
~ murdered. I think know who the murderers
are, or at least who the instgatoz5 OF the crime
are. Cronin death is the result OF conspir-
| tacy Dy certain men who were accused Of en-
DezZllng large sums of money from the Parnell
1und that had been collected in Chicago and
elsewhere. Cronin myself and others knew Of
| their dishonesty, and, as they feared exposure
! tney resolvedto enforce silence by murder, and
| Cronin is the first victim. Now that the scouu-
drels have gone SO far with their develisb
work hope and trust they will soon be appre-
| hended and meet the fate that their crimes de-
| serve.''
Mr.. Dewey mentioned no names but
seemed to be confident that he could easily
call the roll on the guilty parties
| Saturday May 4, OF 1880 p. M, DR.. Cronin
was busy with several patients in the Office
rooms OF the fiat he occupied in the Windsor
Theater Block with Mr.. and Mrs. T. T. Conklin
Somebody raped on the outer door of the
| fiat. Mrs. Conklin opened the door. A man
Sehcu IL LIE. CrOnln were IN. Mrs.
Conklin said he was busy. The stranger
said 1t was a matter of life and DEATH Mrs
Conklin called DR.. Cronin. The stranger told
Cronin in Mrs. Conklin's hearing that a work.
| man of the Sullivan Ice Company had been run
over and crushed and that Sullivan who was
out OF town. had left word that Cronin should
be called in case OF any accident The doctor
said he would go at once. The stranger said
he had horse and buggy. Cronin prepared
MS instruments and bandageA and went down.
| stairs with the stranger. At she bottom they
met Frank T. Seaman, Jr, Of No. "a Bellevue
place, who had called to accompany
Cronin to business meetine at the latter's
downtown Office in the Chicago Opera House
building. Cronin explained the situation
and said he didn't know how soon he could
get down town. He got in beside The stranger
and they drove north on Clark street at a
rapid gait. This was the last eeen of Dr.
Cronin by his friends until the discs<>ry OF hi
body. Late that night his frienSs became
alarmed P. o. Sullivan said he had not
been out OF town, none OF his men had been
hurt, and he knew nothing of the stranger in
the buggy. Cronin's friends at once pro.
claimed their belief that he had met with foul
play.
Next day the Lake View police found large
trunk in grove of trees near Evanston av-
enue and Sulzer street. The trunk was
smeared with blood, and there were cotton
batting, such as doctors use. and several
locks of hair in it, The trunk and the dis
appearance were at once connected Una
valllng efforts were made to trace the trunk
Thursday, May 8, q man named Frank Wood
ruff was arrested for horse-stealing and was
so frightened that he volunteered a statement
| to the effect that he had left the trunk in
Lake View, acting under the directions of
three men, OF whom Cronin was one
He said the trunk contained the body OF a
woman, which was taken out and buried He
gave the names Of his companions as King and
F'airburn. Steps were taken to test his story,
with the result that not much confidence was
placed in It,
Saturday, May II, dispatches from Toronto.
Ont:, were published saying that Cronn was
IN That city. These were followed by long in
terviews purporting to have been held by on
q. Il. Long with the fugitive. Three day
later it definitely settled that the dis
patches were 'fakes," and Long admitted as
much.
The doctors fr lends acted from the start on
the theory that he had been murdered. An or.
ganization was completed, and rewards offered
Tor the recovery OF his body and the arrest OF
his abductors
1t is admitted that Dr. Cronln had no per-
sonal or professional enemies He was man
OF temperate, Virtuous disposition and habits
inclined to the devotional He had no in
trigues with women He aroused no domestic
lealouses. In American politics he was q
Republican, but not bitter partisan. His
relations in the Roman Catholic societies to
which he belonged were pleasant. His only
antagonisms and troubles grew out OF his
connection with the so called Irish National
societies.. He was member OF the Irish
National League which is an open organiza-
ton. He was also a member OF the Ancient
Order of Hibernians and of the Clan-na-y
Gael, Irish Republican Brotherhood,
Both the last named are secret, oath bound
societies. It is well known that Crontn
has waged relentless war on some OF
former NJ hoe
on personal grounds however, but from a
patriotic Irish standpoint. He was one OF the
leaders OF the seeding section of the Ancient
Order OF Hibernians three or four years ago
and when the discord in the organization
was smoothed over he became lead.
er in the reorganized fraternity,
While those who accused him of trea-
son were driven out in disgrace In the
kindred organization-the Clan-na. Gael-he
won the hostility of the self-same leaders He
was expelled from their organiza.
ton at their behest. He was branded as a
traitor His name was written on the
blackboard OF every Clan-na Gael camp
IN the country as traitor to Ireland When
the Clan-na-Gael Society passed from
the control of Cronin's IRISH political enc
mics Cronin was restored and the record of
his so-cal:ed treason was blotted. out.
He was thoroughly INDICATED. Instead of
being the accused he became the accuser.
He presided chief officer of the Irish
Clan-na-Gael convention held in Hershey
Hall in this city last June. He formulated
charges on that occasion against n former
leader OF the IRISH societies. The subject mat
ter OF these charges was acrimoniously de.
bated. They included charges OF malfeasance,
treason, perjury and murder The consid-
GRAFTON OF these charges was referred to
committee, OF which Cronin was a member
The committee met in New York. convicted
some OF the leaders who had bounded Cronin
for years and failed to acquit others, leaving
open the charges against the latter.
DR.. Cronin in order 10 arrive at satisfac.
tory conclusion as to some OF those charges
made independent investigations. In con-
nection with Mortimer Seaman, OF this citv.
he made a discovery which established be-
yond question the theft OF $4,000 of Irish
secret society funds-not Land League
or National League funds, it should be remem-
bered. He established the theft, he collected
the evidence against the thief. He was pre-
pared to present it at the approaching conven.
ton OF the Irish societies His REMOVAL was
necessary to protect certain parties from eter-
nal disgrace.1
MANY SAILORS DROWNED.
1hree Serious Disasters at Sea Reported