The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-31
ARRes1lNo SUSPECTS.
The Chicago Authorities Making Arrests
For the Cronin Murder-The Funeral.

Au6SSb IN0 SOSPGSt %
The Chicago Authorities Making Arrests
For the CronIn Murder-The Funeral.
CHICAGO. May 2I-Investigations were
made yesterday regarding iceman 2. o.
Sullivan's connection with q secret society
Of which DR.. Cronin, Justice Mahoney and
one Stephan Coakley were members.
Coakley, in answer to questions by the
police. admitted that he was member Of
the Washington Literary Society, which
is at sol Lincoln avenue. The organiza-
ton is really a camp of the Clan-na.Gael.
At one meeting Of this literary society
Coak!ey says Crouin greeted the
iceman as an old comrade, and
as the meeting was held in March
it would appear that the iceman
and Cronin were acquainted much earlier
than the former will acknowledge. The
iceman admitted that he was q MEM
Der of the literary society, but refused
to say any thing further in that direction.
1t was reported later that p. o. Sullivan,
the iceman, had been arrested.
Peter Mcclellan, of Philadelphia, was
arrested at four O'Clock yesterday MORN
ing at McCoy's Hotel Mcclellan is
charged with participating in the murder
of DR.. Cronin and is being held at the
Harrison street station separate from the
other prisoners.
| An extraordinary chain of circum.
stances was brought to light last evening.
Miss Murphy who declared she saw DIR.
Cronin coming down town several hours
after he left home never to return, is the
daughter of saloonkeeper in whose place
| an attempt was once made, it Is said, to
arrest Cronin for connection with an al.
legged woman scrape. She is also reported
to be a relative of Detective Whalen, the
partner OF the suspected Officer Coughlin,
but this latter statement she denies
| The street car conductor Dryer, who
corroborated the story that Cronin was
seen coming down town and presumably
| took a train cut of the city, is said to have
since resigned and disappeared. An ex-
| street car man named Tieman, whose
| whereabouts could not be learned, had re-
Gently been in the employ of iceman Z. o.
| Sullivan. 1t was one of the business cards
of this iceman that played such a part
| in Turing Cronin to death.
The man King described by the prisoner
| Woodruff. alias Black, the person who
! hired him to steal a horse out of Deans
barn the night of DIR. Cronin's disappear
| ance. was captured at two o'clock yester-
| day morning in q house of ILL., fame. The
arrest was made by detectives from the
! Central station who acted under orders
from Chief Hubbard. The capture was
made with all possible secrecy. and King
was taken to the Central station by a cir
| cuitous route. The officers walked beside
! him in an easy and natural manner, and
succeeded in getting him into the station
without attracting any attention. In
number OF particulars he answers the de-
! cription given of him by Woodruff.
| When Woodruff, alias Black, first told
his story he gave all the since oft-repeated
particulars rs to how he met King and
| was engaged by him to take part in the
tragedy Of the trunk. It's n mystery that
! King has not Leen arrested before, though
at no time has he APPARENTLY manifested
any desire to leave the city. The arrest
| has been kept secret as it is desired to
confront Woodruff with King. When
brought face to face the men may indul ge
| in mutual accusations that may be OF
| value.
King was the husband of a courtesan
| who died not long ago.
The mayor and Chief Hubbard. accom-.
panied by Attorney Hynes, who is assist
ing in the pursuit of the assassins of DR..
at eleven O'Clock last night and held
| long conference with Captain Schaak re-
| garding Dan Coughlin's connection with
the crime. In discussing the case the
point was made i'm favor of Coughlin that
had he wanted the rig for any improper
purposes he would not have said "Any
rig will do" but would have been very
particular as to the kind to be used for
| such purpose. On the other hand the
| point was made against Cou shlin that his
story given in explanation was ridicu
| louS. The mayor and the chief held that
he might as well have given the name OF
John Doe" or any one else as Thomas
Smith" In summing it all up they de-
| cided to hold Coughlin as a witness.
After the consultation it was under.
stood that Detective Whalen was prompt.
ly suspended to await further investIga.
| ton.
The funeral of DIR. Cronin yesterday
was attended by an immense procession
vast numbers also being drawn to the line
of route by curiosity and the sensational
circumstances attending the case.
At the head Of the procession was Luke
Dillon, of Philadelphia, and Edward
O'Meagher Condor and John Dewey. OF
New York, and Thomas P. Tuite, of De.
troit. The first three are we'll known
Irish Nationaiists and the latter school
mate of the doctor. Following them
came Frank T. Seaman. H. I. McGarry,
Charles Barry, Michael Kelly, Daniel
Sullivan. Thomas McEnnery. Dudley
Scion. John I. Golden, Maurice Morris,
DR.. John Guerin ex-Alderman McAuley,
John P. Ryan, John F. Scanlan and W. P.
Rend, of Chicago. They represented the
friends Of the dead man and societies &c
which he belonged. The services took
place at the Cathedral of the Holy Name