Connecticut western news., 1889-05-29
GROWN CONDEMNED TO DIE.
Was His Death Ordered by the Clan
 Na-Gael

Na-Gael?
 The police of Chicago have been put in pos 1 session of startling facts concerning Dr. Cronn's murder. It has been clearly shown by the dead mans friends that his removal was ordered by a committed representing the Clan-nn Gael society. Charges of tratorous conduct were preferred against him at q | meeting of the Clan-na-Gael camp. He was | found guilty and his death was ordered. The charge was based on the statement of the British spy Le Cnron, that there were four | more spies in America. When LeCaron made | that statement on the stand before the Par | nel Commission he was ordered to give the
 names of the spies. He said he dared not do
 it because if they were known they would be | murdered. Presiding Justice Hannah then | took him into an ante-room, and ill tie pres | cncc of Sir Richard Webster, the Attorney | General who is conducting the prosecution, | mud Sir Charles Russell, Parncll's attorney. | Le Caron gave the names. Within forty eight | hours after this news was cablcd from London
 nearly every Clan Gael camp in America | had met and passed resolutions declaring in | favor ofa rigid hunt for the four spies. Sus- | plcion, justly or unjustly, was pointed at l Dr. Cronin.
 | A committee was appointed to try him. 1 He was convicted without having a chance | to make a defence, and his assasslns were | brought to Chicago from other cities to carry
 out the mandate of the ecommittee. The latter
 
 nothing is known of the evidence that was l produced to bring about the conviction, but l it is said the best authority that it was | furnished by men who were uufriendly to Dr. l Cronin. It consisted of telcgrams, letters
 and ;tidavits. It seemed almost ovcrwhel- | ming, and Cronin was declared n traitor. | His death was ordered under the clause ill
 the Can-na-G Gael by laws which says that a l man can be removed" for traitorous con-
 duet. The word "rcmoved' simply means | sIn v,t f-,.N, .to
 aware of his trial and conviction. He had l expected for years that his enemies would | one day attempt to kill him, but when the | trial finally took place he had no intimation | of it. For nearly nine months previous to 1 the time his death sentence was signed he | has been followed night and day by detec- tive whom his friends had employed to pro- 1 trct him against surprise Cronin, however, was not aware of this precaution, because | the men who were merely instrumentalin get | ting the body guard did not care to alarm | him by telling him what they had done. The | detective would have been on his trail the | night he was murdered had he not been cx- l hausted several weeks before.
 There are many patriotic lrshmen i'll Chl- | eago who are not mem bers of secret societies, but who are thoroughly acquainted with | all the facts of Dr. Cronin $ career i'll Chicago. | These mon are determined that tho | murdcrous conspiracy shall be fully exposed, | and that the men who hatched the plot as | we'll as those who committed the actual mur | der shall be brought to justice Some Of them | have undertaken to furnish the police with | all the evidence they can find, and the scrvi- | ,cs they have rendered thus far have been of | incalculablc importance. It is asserted that | the murderous conspiracy would not have | ended in Dr. Cronn'S death. had not his mu- | tilatcd body been found. There were other | lrishmcn on the condemned list, and they would all have shared Cronin s fate had the chance to dispose of them safely arisen Itis as- serted that w | III Inc well known It- torney. Father Gleason, Capt. I. r. OConnor, John Devoy and two others had been tried,
 convicted, and their death sentence signed. With mufficd drums the Irish military and civic societies of Chica go escorted the remains of Dr. F. H Cronin to their last resting place in Calvary Cemetery. The day was gloomy and sultry. Thousands Of people lined the streets and surgcd against the big doors of Calvary Armory. where the body of the mur- dercd nationalist lay in it's massive coffin, and upon cntafnlque almost buried in flow CTS. The large cross of carnations, roses, and lilies of the valley, and the candcabra, with
 seven lighted wax tapers, still stood at the head of the coffin. A procession, averaging fully scventy-fve a minute passed in at the front entrance and around the catafalque. The people evidently expected to sec the lid of the coffin removed, but they were disap-
 pointed There were thousands of people in the procession, and there were thousands still remaining when the doors were closed. The
 procession marched between two great walls
 of people to the Cathedral of the Holy Name, where the services were held. The
 crush at the church was terrific. It. was all
 the Fifth precinct police could do to cut a swath with their clubs for the procession to pass. Tue great stone building was quickly filled. It is estimated that 10000 persons
 remained outside. The services were impress
 i've The requiem high mass Of the church
 began with the Rev. P. r. Agnew as cele-
 brant. Chancellor Muldoon delivered the sermon.
 After the service at the church the
 coffin was borne back to .the hearsc, and the procession started toward the Union depot. Tho sidewalks for nearly two miles nlong the circmtous march were dcnsely | packed with people. The mournful mel ody of great bands filled tho air. | As the Hibernian Rifles swung in solid col
 umns into Madison street from Dearborn | n woman who stood at the corner screamed and fell to the pavement. Many persons were | affected to tears.
 | Out in gloomy Calvary the crowd wns tro | mendous. About 2,5OO persons went out on | the funeral trains alone. The pallbcarcrsand | the coffin passed from the gates of the ceme | tery to the vault under q glittering arch, | formed by the swords and bayonets of tho | lIibernan Rifles. At the door ofthc mortu- | nry vault were grouped n number of floral tributes. There were crosses of roses lilies, and
 maiden hair fern and a Tyre formed Of white | roses Tho latter bore the inscription "The | Philadelphia Clan Gael mourn their Pat | riot Brother" Thc caskct still buried in l flowers and ferns, borne into the tomb | at 5 o'clock. An hour later the train bear | ing the pail bearers and the military had re- | turned to Chicago.