Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-27
CR0NIN'S OBSEQUIES.
A Large Assemblage Pays
the Last Rites.
THE MESHES DRAWING CLOSER
Suspected Accomplices in the Murder
Raked in, One After One, by
the Police.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
CHICAGO, May 26.-In all its details
the funeral of DIR. Cronin to-day was q
most remarkable affair, from one end O.
the big procession to the other, through
the endless crowd, among the grea
throng at the cathedral, and aboard the
train. After the train passed the fata
cottage and sped towards Calvary Gene.
terv. the dead mans fearful fate was
present in every mind. The corpse had
been lying in state in the Cavalry Armory
on the lake front, and there, early this
morning, the morbid and curious made
their pilgrimage. Armed sentries from
the Hibernian Rifles stood, with arms at
rest, at each corner of the raised plat
form on which reposed the catafaloue
and coffin. A crayon portrait of the dead
man, draped in black, stood near the
coffin. A huge cross of white violets
and marguerites, weaved with smilax,
was at the side of the bier, and a
harp and smaller cross stood at the
foot. A candelabrum with seven tapers
f1ickered in front of the cross. Ropes of
green smilax and white roses were loor ed
from the coffin and about the catafalque,
and plants were grouped at the corner of
the platform. A canopy of American
flags hung about the bier, and festoons Of
black and white draperies twined the
bars above it.
Crowds began to gather in front of the
Armory, and the police had to make
way for those who wished to enter the
funeral hall. For three hours process
sion in double file marched across the
platform. The silver plate on the coffin
Aid testified that all that all that was
mortal OF the deceased man was in the
casket. At last the procession stopped,
and the pail bearers entered. At their
head was Luke Dillon, of Philadelphia,
Ward O'Meagher Cogden, of New York,
John Dewey, of New York, and Thomas
P. White, Of Detroit. Following them
came large number of local prominent
Irish politicians, friends of the dead man.
Leaving the Armory, the casket was
placed in the hearse and procession
formed. At the head was a platoon of
police, followed by the Marshal and his
aides. Then came the drum corps and
Hibernian Rifles, with arms reversed,
and next the hearse with its guard OF
honor and pall.bearers, and the Clan ma
Gael Guards. The uniformed rank of
the Royal Arcanum and thousands of
members of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen came next. The Ancient Order
of Hibernians, 1000 strong, several
courts of the Independent Order of For.
resters, 100 in number, and LOO
Catholic Forresters were in line
Uniformed Numbers OF the Royal League
Rifles, the Catholic Benevolent Asso-
citation, and other orders swelled the line.
No hot y
in the procession. Four bands played,
and half a dozen drum corps played
dirges or marched in the slow time of
the funeral mrrch. A series of flags,
draped in black, and society banners
edged with Grape, were carried by the
standard bearers. The march was black
with people, the windows, stairways and
roof-tops being covered.
On reaching the Catholic Church of
the Holy Names, an immense crowd was
encountered. On the approach of the
procession the bell tolled and the organ
pealed forth the funeral march. The
all-bearers, with their burden, moved
up the center aisle and placed the casket
on the catalfalque. The candles of the
funeral service we're placed by its side,
and the ceremonies of the high requiem
mass began. The sermon was by Rev.
Father Muldoon. He spoke at length
on Cronin's kindness of heart and his
generous nature, but approached no
nearer the tragedy than few general
illusions.
After the church services the process
sion reformed and proceeded through
the crowded streets to the Union Depot
at Canal and Adams streets. Thirty-six
cars were filled. Hundreds of persons
drive out in buggies and carriages, and
hundreds more came to the cemetery
from the suburbs. The heavy black
clouds kept many people away, and
vague rumors of trouble may have
frightened others. Arriving at Calvary,
the marching orders were given, and the
body was carried to the public vault.
\ No exercises of any sort took place at
the cemetery. A threatening spatter of
rain warned the crowd that storm was
at hand, and the three long trains were
soon refilled. Within fifteen minutes
after the arrival at the cemetery the
trains were speeding back to the city.
DIR. Cronin's body will remain in the
vault till his friends purchase plot and
arrange for public interment.
THE MYSTERIOUS SMITH.
If Willard J. Smith tells true story,
Detective Coughlin's unknown "Smith"
the man for whom he hired the horse on
the night of Cronin's disappearance, is
more than ever a mystery. AT the So
cialistc meeting, at Waverly Hall, this
afternoon, reporter was approached by
an acquaintance and Smith pointed out
as implicated in Coughlin's story. The
reporter accosted Smith, and the lat
ter said he did not know any
thing about the white horse. He is
going to see Chief of Police Hubbard
about the story, as he wants the Chief to
know that he had nothing to do with
Cronin's disappearance. Smith says
that he came here from Hancock, Mich,
three years ago. He knew Coughlin in
that city and intended, several times, to
look him up, but never did 30 till last
Tuesday, when, happening to be near
the Chicago Avenue Police Station, he
went in and talked with Coughlin. He
saw him again on Wednesday, meeting
him on La Sale street, and had not seen
him since.
Smith is at present employed by areal
estate Office here, and refuses to give his
occupation previous to entering his pres
ent position. That he knew Coughlln he
admits, and that he was twice with the
detective Immediately preceding the lat
ter's assertion, made on Friday, that the
man for whom he engaged the horse was
Tom Smith, from Haucock Mich who