The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-06-25
The Winnipeg Prisoner Charged
With Murder and Con-
spiracy.
Martinsen, the Expressman,
Identifies Him as the man
Who Hired Him to Haul
the Furniture 10 the
Cottage Burke has
not Confessed.

Chicago, June l9.-Ihe grand Jury N
the Cronin case at noon to-day returned
an indictment against Martin Burke on
two counts.
Burke alias Martin Delaney, otherwise
called Frank Williams, is indicted first
for murder and secondly for conspiracy
with Coughlin, O'Sullivan and Woodruff
for the purpose of committing murder.
Application will at once be made to Gov
ernor Fifer by an officer who is now in
Springfield for papers for the ex'radition
of Burke. These papers, properly attest
ed, will be spread before the state depart
ment at Washington and the secretary of
state will make the formal request TO the
Canadian government for the surrender of
Burke.
1t was only with reluctance that the
grand jury this morning returned an in
dictnent against Burke, and his partial
Identification by photograph being the
only evidence against him it is safe to say
that the request IF Chief Hubbard and
States Attorney Longenecker would have
been ignored and an Indictment denied un-
til the Chicago people had proceeded O
Winnipeg and clearly identified the pris-
oner as one of the Williams Bros, but the
testimony of Michael Gavin of the Chi.
cage sewer department who had known
Burke, was very conclusive, however, and
il was upon his evidence that the indict-
ment was returned.
Gavin testified that he had known
Burke for long time, that he had fire.
quently heard the latter bJast of his friend
ship with p. O'Sullivan and others of the
suspected parties and that on one occasion
Burke had expressed his conviction that
Cronin was an enemy if not a trsitor to the
Irish cause.
dispatch from Winnipeg says: The
report that Burke has made a contest
is canard. Burke has made no state
ment whatever except to deny all compile
ity In the Cronin murder. No one but his
lawyer is allowed to see him.
Book-keeper Throckmorton Expressman
Msrtinsen and Salesman Hatfield arrived
from New York this moraing. They went
to New York to identify Maroney and Nc
Donald, but failed. Martinsen was at
once taken before the grand jury where he
identified the photograph of Burke as that
of the man who hired him to haul the fur
niture from III Clarke street to The Carlson
A dispatch from Winnipeg says that
Burke has made no confession except to
that he is Martin Burke aud
that he lived in Chicago and knew Cronin.
He is waiting impatiently for the arrival
of the Chicago officers, who will be in town
tomorrow afternoon. At the request OF
Hubbard of Chicago, Police
Chief Murray has taken the prisoner out
and had him photographed. Burke object
ed most strongly and tried to argue the
question with the chief all the way to the
gallery. When he was being photographed
Burke moved a number of times. The
finally succeeded in getting a
shot at him, and so procured an excellent |
likeness. Copies have been mailed to Chi |
cago police headquarters.
Arrangements have been made to have |
Burkes case argued before one of the best |
Judges on the bench. A magistrate has no |
in a case of extradition, so |
Burke must 60 before a queens bench |
Judge. Burke is in constant communica-
ion with his lawyer. 1t is likely that the
pest legal talent in Winnipeg will be en-
,loyed in the interest of the prisoner. Ii
has been quietly intimated that money will
De furnished in Burke's behalf. Burke
himself has given this impression. The in
ention is to bring the case to trial after the
arrival of the Chicago authorities to-mor-
ow.