The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1889-10-17
THE CRONIN CASE.
MYSTERIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN
PROGRESS.
Nine Additional Arrests Made and
Chicago In a Fever Of Ex:eiIe-
ment-A Conspiracy to Pack the
jury Claimed.

Jury &la1RAeC.
CHICAGO, Oet 14-Something unusual
;s:arIened at the afternoon session of the
Cronin case. just as Judge Mcdonnell
ssas . hNnt t. take his seat on the bench
he was asked by tho stato.s o++ornav tn
wait awhile, as counsel for the prosecu-
tion were in the midst of an important
investigation. At 2:45 one OF the balllffs
came in with the announcement that
Judge Longenecker was wanted down
stairs. Judge Mcconnell went down also,
and at 8 o'clock he and Judge Longe-
necker returned to the court room. Both
had solemn faces, and the whisper went
round that there was a sensation atoot.
AS soon as Judge Mcconnell took his seat
on the bench, States Attorney Longe.
necker said: ssIn view Of some matters
of which 1 have advised your honor, l
shall have to ask this court to adjourn
for the present, in order to enable us to
complete an investigation we are max
ing"
II am dlSpOSed TO tnluA, was VIC
prompt response of the court, "from what
/ know of the matter, that this is rea-
sonable request, and, as l have some
business with the drainage commission,
the court will stand adjourned until l
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Judge Longenecker hurried from the
room, and the counsel for the defense
looked at each other in surprise. The un-
expected adjournment was the subject
Of excited comment, especially in view
of the fact that extra detectives were sta
toned at the doors of the states attor-
news Office, and there was a rumor that
some one was inside making confes'
sion.
Nine Arrests Made.
At $50 o'clock a. m. two men were
taken out of States Attorney Longeneck-
er's office, out Of the door leading into
the alley between Dearborn avenue and
Clark street. Both were handcuffed and
two policemen guarded them. The men
were taken to the Chicago avenue station
aud locked up. One Of them is said to
strongly resemble "Cooney the Fox" A
rumor is current that nine arrests, in
cludina one woman, were made.
The conference between the attorneys
for the prosecution and the police officials
lasted until s o'clock a. M, ami at its
conclusion the participants In the secret
consultation went home to sleep without
impartinx a word as to what had been ac-
complished or what was the cause of all
! the Hurry and excitement.
Attempts to Pack the Jury.
The noon edition Of the Mail says that
= plot to pack the jury in the Cronin case
has been discovered and several men are
under arrest Runner around the criml-
nal court building has it that among the
accused are two deputy sheritfs.
Neither Of the accused men alluded to
are Clan-na-Gael men, nor venlresmen.
Neither have they summoned any We
nires in the Cronin case and their possible
connection with any attempted jury
packing remains mystery.
In consequence of the discoveries
made by the authorities, it is more than
probable that special grand jury will
be asked for by the states attorney.
Other employees around the criminal
court Office were under the suspicion Of
the states attorney. The two suspected
bsiliffs and three men one of whom was
to have been gotten On the jury for the
purpose OF hanging it, were kept at q
South side hotel all night by detectives,
and will be in court at O'Clock.
Judge Longenecker states that there is
no truth in the report that the records in
the Cronin case have been stolen.
Confirmed by Chief Hubbard.
1.-The basis of the whole thing" said
Chief Hubbard, speaking Of the myste-
rious all-night conference of the prosecu-
tion in the Cronin case, twas an attempt
to corrupt the jury. That is all there
was to it. No new suspects have been
discovered, and no arrests made FOR the
murder, but we have discovered plot to
pack the jury, and we have the whole
crowd dead to rights. Chief Hubbard
would not say whether the discovery af-
fected any Of the men already sworn in,
or what was the nature Of the plot.