Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-29
The Grip Of the Law
Fastened on Three of Cronin's
Alleged Assassins.
INDICTED BY THE GRAND JURY.

Coughlin. p. o. Sullivan, the Iceman, and
Woodruff. Alias BLACKSMITH Also I'm
der the Ban and One Other Man Arrested
A Newspapers Startling Story Against
the Clan-na-Gaei, Which Repudidates
the Charges-Police Sure of n Great Con-
spirscy, and Astounding Developments
Looked For.
CHICAGO, May 29.-The grand jury last
evening, after session of nearly seven hours,
indicted Detective Daniel Coughlin; P. O.
Sullivan, the Lake View ice dealer, and Frank
Black, alias Woodruff, for the wilful murder
of DR.. P. H. Cronin. Black is the man ar
rested for stealing the horse and rig in which
the physicians body was driven to Lake
View, and who told n woolly story regarding
Dr. Cronin having been taken to attend the
woman, whose body, as he claimed, was
afterward hidden in the trunk.
No Evidence of Conspiracy.
Over score of witnesses, including both
personal and political friends of the murdered
man, were examined, but no evidence was in
troduced TO prove conspiracy, and the pri-
vate papers, about which so much has been
said, were kept from the jury AS result
of the investigation it was decided by unan-
imous vote to include the three prisoners in
one Indictment States Attorney Longe-
necker said subsequently that the question of
conspiracy was not investigated in any form.
Startling Testimony form the Carlsons.
John Carlson and his wife, who own the
cottage in which DIR. Cronin was murdered,
gave some startling testimony to the grand
jury. They testified that Frank Williams,
the mysterious stranger who rented the cot
tage, after paying the first months rent in
advance and taking receipt for it, went di-
rectly to the house of p. o. Sullivan and en-
tered 1t by the rear doors When the second
months rent became due Williams again
made his appearance at the Carlson house,
paid the rent, and as before, went TO SuIli-
vans house, where lie was met bv Sullivan
at the rear door
Saw Money Change Hands.
The two men stood in plain view of the
Carlsons. Williams put his hand in his
pocket, produced a piece of paper-supposed
TO be the receipt for the rent-which he
handed to Sullivan. The ice man looked at
IL and produced a roll of bills, counted out a
certain amount and handed it to Williams
The entire transaction was observed by both
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlson, positively sworn to
and maintained through rigid cross exam
nation.
As Willard J. Smith was leaving the court
room after the jury session he was recog-
nized by Frank Seaman, the last friend who
saw DR.. Cronin alive, as the unknown man
who drove away with the murdered man in
the buggy hauled by the white horse ON the
fatal Saturday night Mr.. Seaman took a
long look at Smith. and declared he could not
be mistaken. This information was given to
Capt. Schaak. A consultation was held, but
it was decided not to arrest Smith at this
time
Are Those Cronin's Garment.
widow named Hamburger has turned
over to the police a suit of flannel under
clothing and vest which were found by her
two boys, aged and IL years, in a clump of
bushes on the Evanston road, not far from
the spot where the trunk was discovered
The officers are mysterious regarding the
find and refuse to say whether the articles
have been identified as having been worn by
the murdered man.
An Arrest at South Bend, Ind.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, May e9.-Millard VIII
lams, of this city, was arrested Monday