Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-29
THREE MEN INDICTED.
The Net Fast Closing Around Dr..
 Cronin'S MurdererS.
SULLIVAN'S STORIES.
He Tells Three Different stories of His Contract with the Dead Doctor. The Men Charged with the Crime are Coughlin, Sullivan. Woodruff.

the Cronin case has returned true bills against Woodruff, P. Q. Sullivan and Dan Coughlip, charging them with the mur- der of Dr. Cronin.
 The haste with which the matter was put before the grand jury yesterday would indicate that new and important evidence has been discovered.
 Detective Robert Bruce called on Lieut.. Elliott and said that about three months ago Alderman Mccormick gave him s1OO to do a certain job.
 He says he was to get drunk, claim to be sick and send for Dr. Cronin to come to his office, and when there to take care of the doctor to the best of his judgment.
 Bruce says & weil-known Irishman was mentioned as the big man who wanted the job done and was to stand by him if he got into trouble.
 He says he took the money and got drunk on it and made no further move.
 Bruce has not a good reputation, and the police say they do not place any re- liance in his story.
 That P. o. Sullivan, the Lake View iceman, made a full confession Monday concerning his connection with the mur- der of Dr. P. H. Cronin, and gave to the police the names of several persons who were implicated in tho awful crime, ap- pears to be certain. But, as usual, the police positively deny 1t.
 reporter who investigated finds that the cause of Sullivan's arrest was just thlH: He told three different stories of that contract which he made with Dr. Cronin.
 To two city detectives he admitted that he knew more about the strangers who hired the Carlson cottage than he had at first conf1ded to Captain Wing and Lieut.. Sohuettler at the conference last week. One of them, he said, had at tempted to secure employment as a driver of one of the ice wagons. He had promised to give the man job. The fellow came around every day, was ire quently at Sullivan's office at a24 Lincoln avenue, and it was there without doubt that tho man secured one of Sullivan's cards.
 Taking advantage of Sulllvan's admis- sion that the man had probably secured one of the cards at the office. the detec- tives pressed him closely, confused him, he had Qnnocently enough, he clAimod) let slip the information about the con- tract with Dr. Cronin to the mysterious stranger.
 Tho iceman was now thoroughly con- fused. He had told all he knew, but the information was sufficiently strong to hold the man for murder twice over. . statement about his having been '1nno- cent" in the matter of giving informa- tion about his contract with the doctor.
 In the first place, they argue, Sullivan was in collusion with the occupants of | the Carlson cottage, and 1t was not at all likely that he would inform stranger | about such an arrangement as he had | with the murdered physician. ] That was all the real "meat" the four determined officers secured. They pumped Sullivan thoroughly about his Clan-na-Gael and other society connec- tions, and the information he gaye about these dovetailed in very nicely with the | rest of his story.
 | Tho circumstances of the whole affair pointed to Sullivan as very guilty man.
 Sullivan was taken to the East Chi cago Avenue Station yesterday and committed to the county jail, his case being remanded to June l.
 Dan Coughlin was taken to the county jail also and committed without bail for ten days.
 | It was learned that after Sullivan 8 confession prominent citizen of Chi cago was placed under close survillance, the men being detailed to closely shadow him day and night. Any attempt by the suspect to leave town, will be the signal for his arrest
 SOUTH BEND, Ind, May 29.-Millard Williams has been arrested in farm house near Chain lakes, charged with be- ing the person who drove Dr. Cronln's 8 remains from the Ashland avenue cottage to the catch basin.
 Chain lakes Is seven miles from here, and Williams was fishing there. He Is 30 years of age and about five feet nine inches in heiEht