Telegram-herald., 1889-05-28
UNDER LOCK And KEY
ssyssaa Arrests - Conrsccsce
wise the Cronin Murder
DlxMIsc EylDDCE AGAINST SoHE
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evidence ~as Obtained 10 Geu0lstEsts how
r-x-rSachiag WGs The conspiracy which hsd
Tor Ia object the murder Of DT CEoEin
The srres. or AciISshsa, 10 Ia believed viii
eventually land Al he participants n TIE
foul crime
The foNo~in8 are the nxia points
against him; He Is blacksmith BY
Uade. an1. six or seven weeks ago. gave
up a lucrative position in Philadel-
phia and came TO Chicago 70 look Ter
work." Bus. when Questioned lie can
nos seM why ne threw up a good lob nor
eau he tell single place in Chicago where
he has applied for work When he left
Philadelphia he said 70 friend. Il am
going on desperate aad dangerous mission
Pray for mo" He is member OF the
was divided into two factions took sides
with the faction that opposed DR. Cronln.
He hes been en- outspoken enemy OF Dr.
Crontn Or. McCahey aud Michael J. Ryan, of
Philadelphia he Is said u have been one
or the Ihvincibles
McGeshan LETT Philadelphia for Chicago
on February q, and his conduct since com
ing here has been very unlike that OF
blacksmith looking for work be occupied
two-dollar- day room al McCOy's Hotel
until short time ago when ne removed
20 Pullman He has q. al times acted ike
gentleman Of leisure He has taken no
pains 10 conceal his enmity 20 DR. Cronin,
but has said openly that he w.s a traitor
and ought 10 be killed He has oven
said that he was not afraid 10 kill
him Shortly after he came 10 Chicago he
met DR.. Cropin strangely enough, on the
sidewalk in front or III Clark street. and
had an angry alteration with him in which
Cronln accused McGeehan OF trying 10 as
sassinate him
Nc6echan has been shadowed by the
Pinkerton detectives ever since May 4,
but was not arrested until yesterday
morning, at Pullman. He took his arrest
very much as q matter OF course, and was
locked up IN the cell next TO COughlin's
ut the Harrison street station. gentle
Iusn from Philadelphia, who has read the
description of the man who rented the
rooms at IL Clark street, says that Nc
Geehan fully answers the description. Nc
Geehan was intimate with Coughlin and 2.
o. Sullivan, the ice man.
T. o. Sullivan, the ice-man, has been
placed under arrest Chief Hubbard and
Captain Schaack held a conference in the
chiefs Office, and at the close OF the CON
ference the chief instructed Captain
Setback 10 arrest F. o. Sullivan, the ice
man
Harry Jordan a man who came from
Philadelphia some time ago and who IS said
TO have been al intimate friend of Nc
Geehans, has been placed in custody TO
''be held as a witness" 1t is suspected that
he knows something OF McGeehan's move
ments that may prove OF value. The police
do not charge him with being one OF
the principals in the murder. Jordan, who
was at one time a bartender ct the Mccoy
hotel, Is described as "a low, thickset fel-
low OF rather excitable disposition He is
eafd to have belonged to the Clan-na-Gael
faction which was opposed to Cronin, and
it is charged that he had frequently de-
nounced the doctor in public
William King, better known TO the people
! with whom he associates as Billy" is un-
der arrest at the Central station pending an
investigation by the police as to the posi-
biity OF he being the BILLY" King who,
Woodruff says. hired him TO secure the
wagon from Deans stable the night OF TIE
murder. From the time that Wood
ruff told his story the police have been
searching for young King, whom they know
IN a qanaral way but they could not
find him till Q o'clock Sunday morning,
when officers Kehoc.snd Flynn arrested him
az no was entering house OF ill-repute on
Fourth avenue King denies positively all
knowledge of or acquaintance with Wood
ruff, and the police are inclined 20 believe
him, but, to make sure, he viii be taken TO
the fail and confronted with Woodruff 10
see IL the latter will identify him.
coUCHIIS's PBFDIcAMENr.
When Coughlin OF the Chicago detective
force was locked up on Saturday on suspicion