New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-19
TO IDENTIFY BURKE.
CHICAGO POLICE AUTHORITIES now SAN
~ GUNE.

us DREAD OF BEING RETURNED FROM wINN1'
PEe-THE WESTERN UNION ORDERED TO
GIVE UP CERTAIN DISPATCHES
rsr TELEGRAPH TO rHs TRIBUNAL
Chicago. June 1s-The police are WORKING on
the theory that the plot 70 murder Dr. CronIn
was hatched either in the Chn-na-Gael camp ~
or that IL was done by members OF that camp at
the instiration of some one high IN autnoriy ia
Chn1nn. Gael councils. Ever since the reveia-
lions st the ooroners inquest seven OF Chei huo-
bard,s officers have been working to locate the
movements at the time Of the murder OF mem
hers Of Camp No. 20 whose names have not peen
mentioned in the Investigation Already enough
has been obtained to justify the arrest OF TWO ana
possibly three men. They are watched out VIII
mot be taken in until Burke is brought bacK'
These three men ore known to have been friendly
with Burke, and on two occasions witnesses have
heard them declare to Burke that his sentiments
regarding DR.. Cronin being spy and that he
urht to be killed were theirs. Captain schuet-
tier called at the Chiefs office to-day be Is con-
adsnt that Burke is the man.
II can't tell you all we've got against him. ne
said. abut it is pretty good proof that
he In the man that rented the Carlson
cottage Remember that young Carlson and the
expressmsn Martinson picked him ont Of group
Of 200. although they had not been told who we
suspected he WAS He admits that he boarded az
Sedswick and Erie sts, and that clinches the
whole business, for we had NO doubt about our
man when he was there"
Said Chief Hubbard to-day: We have good
deal more evidence against Burke than mas oeen
pubished. The identification Of the photograph
IN not near all / will say that Burke was ue'
ouently heard to say that Dr. Cronin ought 70 oe'
removed There is not the shadow OF q oouoc
In nv mind that Martin Burke helped 70 XIII
Dr.. Cronin, but whether the Winnipeg man ID ne
cannot be stated positively though there Ism much
doubt about tt
Chief Hubbard was warm in his praise OF omeer
Collins and Captain Schuettler Tor wna' ne 0eflneu
their good work in the case.
80 "We will endeavor to secure Burke's indict-
ment .o-day.n said he Already we are prepar.
ing the extradieion papers ready to be- signed oy
Governor Fifer and as soon as the indictment Is
returned we will send man after Burke
A confidence that is supreme reigns over the
police department. Chief Hubbard Is In posses
sion of a vast amount Of facts against BURKE
which he refuses to disclose. There is another
man, an Eishman. Chn-na-Gael man. who has
given up ell he knows about Burke and that is
a good deal He had been Burke's almost con-
slant companion for two months prior to the muir
der. This man was not particularly friendly
toward Dr. Cronin. The two discussed the
physician Burke declared that he was spy and
that he had ample proof Of It lie frequently DC
clared that Cronin should be removed. linus OIL
a plot to kill Cronin were thrown out by Burke
This man the police found eight days ago. When
the requisition papers for Burkes extrad1non are
obtained Burke's former friend will accompany
the officer to Winnipeg, along with young carlson
and Hatfield Of Revell & Co.'s.
A dispatch from Winnipeg says: The police,
evidently inspired from Chicago, are keeping
pretty mum to-day Chief McRea is satisfied that
the prisoner is no other than one Of the Williams
brothers He is not treated as an ordinary occu-
pant of q CELL but is provided with a fairly good
bed. and IL furnished with meals from a hotel
40 his own expense. lie sent for his lawyer,
Isaac Campbell, this morning, and had long
interview Lawyer Campbell afterward told CHIEF
dismissed or brought before agistrate. and that
il this was not done a writ Of habeas corpus
would be applied'for in the higher courts. McRae
says that even il such application is made, he is
satisfied that il will not succeed, as he will be
able TO Law evidence before the magistrate which
will convince the latter Of the justice OF the
Burke told fellow prisoner. to-day that be
would resist any attempt to take him back to
Chicago. lie persists in declaring his absolute
innocence, but the terror he ev1nces at the pros
poet Of going back Chicago convinces the police
here that he has much TO fear
The sensational incident Of the Cronin Grand
Jury this morning the refusal OF WILLIAM
T. Bell Of the Western Union Telegraph Company
2aSsins between Alexander Sullivan, r Dan
Coughlin, p O'Sullivan John ]. Moroney anc
G. W. Melville. Mr.. Bell maintained that 1t wa
against the rules of the company TO produce sucf
MESA ges. and that the statutes OF the State o
Illinois imposed q fine Of $1,000 upon tele
graph company for disclosing the contents OF AM
personal business mesa ge passing over Its lines
After all attempts to induce the witness to ODE;
had failed, the jury, headed by Stat ATTORNEY
.Lcngcnecker, repaired to Judge Shepard's room
and appealed 10 Fits Honor to issue nm order direct
Ing the witness 70 answer under pain Of contemp
and commitment.
State Attorney Longenecksr held that tn
Jury could not definitely describe any parncula
messages, because they were not yet ac1uaInte'
the Jury wanted was the right TO examine an!
and alt messages that might have have ps'se
between any Of the suspected parties since Marc
/. The Jury alone could be the Judge OF tpel
relevancy TO the case. Mr. Holt objected some
what. TO an order Of such sweep sweeping nature 6u
An order was spread upon the record directin
the witness under pain Of contempt and con
mitmept 70 Jail TO produce any end all message
cableuams or copies thereof, in the Chicago ONO
passing between Alexander sullivan. Dan; So1gf
Vile and Charles Mcdonald, either under the
time name or any alias or between either OF thes
men and any other persons or person. since II
Hrst OF March last. The on ,ers Of the Wester
linton stated that FIVE men had been employe
two DAYS searching among the records Tor origin
or eories Of the messages sent, ana that the
would now be promptly spreao before the Iur'