Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-11-17
SENSATIONAL.
THE STATES LAST WITNESS
Tells How 0Sullivan Heard the News Of the
Horrible Find
In LAKEYIEW'S CATCH BASIN.
The State Closes and the Defense Opens Its
Guns.
IN LAKEVIRW'S CATCH BASIN

CHICAGO, November 16.-There was a
great crowd at the opening of the Court
for the resumption of the Cronin trial this
morning after two dsys's recess.
The bailiffs had difficult task in keep
ing back those who we're without tickets
of admission. The crowd surged up the
stairway and pressed about them, and it
was only after the most vigorous efforts
that they were enabled to clear passage
way into the room. Belated representa-
tives of the press, finding that it was i'm.
possible to get mp the stairs in the regular
way, climbed up along the outer edge of
them, clinging to the iron hsndrail.
The first witness called was Jas. Clancy,
correspondent of the New York Herald;
who testified in behalf of the prosecution.
He said that he was sent here by the Her
aid in May to investigate the Cronin case.
He called at O'Sullivsn's house on the
morning of the day that Cronin's body
was discovered, but before the discovery
had been made. The witness continued:
'T asked him (O'Sullivan) if he knew
Dr. OrODin. He told me he had known
him for five years, or about five years, and
that he had met him at political meeting
in the Seventh ward. asked him what
he thought Of the disappearance Of DR..
Cronin. He said, to the best of my
recollection, that be would turn up
somewhere; furthermore, that he did
not believe that he had been murder.
ed. asked him about the contract he
had made with DR.. Cronin. He said in
reference TO that contract that he had been
personally introduced to DR.. CrOnin a few
weeks before that time By Judge Maho-
ney. l asked him why he made the con-
tract. He said because accidents had hap
pened, and then said something about
wishing TO have physician to attend to
anything of the kind that might occur in
the future. The conversation was general
about DIR. Cronin, and when l stood up to
90 I as kel him sgain what he thought of
the Doctors disappearance, and once more
be said that he would turn mp somewhere
all right-thst he did not believe he was
murd cred. / then left.
o'sULLIvAN TURNED PALE.
81 called late in the evening of the same
day, after hearing that the body had been
found. Iasked O'Sullivan if he had heard |
the news; he said No Then there was a
pause. Then he said: There was a report
/ heard while l was down town that a
body had been discovered in the lake this |
morning, but il has been identified. We
were both standing at that time. Isaid; |
4 heard nothing about that Ipsused |
and then said: MI. OSullivan, the body |
of DR.. Cronin has been found He turned |
pale and said: What! the body of DR. |
Cronin found? Is it true?' said; of
course, don't know for certain; heard it
was discovered in the catch basin and is
lying in the police station about mile
from here. l have q cab at the
door; will you accompany me and
identify the body at tle morgue?' |
He shook, and sank into the chair and |
said: "No; could not go-I could not |
identify him; it would be useless for me
TO go'' I said: "Mr. O'Sullivan, you |
told me this morning you knew DR.. Oron-
in very well. 1t is only short distance.
Come along and identify the body. 1t
may not be Dr. CIOnin's body; let us
make sure" He said: ''No; 1 could not
90; if met him in the street l might |
know him but l could not identify his
body" I said: That is strange"
urged him again, and be made no effort to
move out of his chair, into which he had |
sunk when first broke the news to him"
Mr.. DOnohOe-You say he moved the
chair at the time?
mo, I did not II seemed 10 me that |
he tried 10 rise out of the chair into which !
he had sunk"
States AttOrney-Go ahead
II said 1 would try to get Judge Ma
honey to identity him. said: Whist is
his address?' He seemed to try to recol-
lect, and then gave me the wrong address.
He called Mrs. Whalen into The room and |
asked her the Judges address
''He had given you the judges address
already, in the morning, had he not?''
eyes. said TO TO him, snd then made
a final effort to induce him TO come and
identify the body. He said: No, I could
not identify it; it is useless for nae to CO.
Then left "
IMPRISONED AS A FENIAN.
The cross. examination of the witness
was highly sensational. II brought out
the fact that he had been imprisoned two
wears for connection with the Fenian up.
rising. The witness told his story as fol.
lows: 'I Joined the Irish Republican
in England, in 1862, think
it was. was rather active in prOpagating
the principles of the Irish Republican
in London, and subsequently
in the army. In 1866, received notice
from James Stephens, who was then at the
head of the organization, TO leave the
army and come on with what men cuuld,
20 Ireland and take part in projected in
My instructions were to 90 to
London and wait for further orders.
went to London and received orders there
10 wait still longer. Finally ] was in
formed that the rising would not take
place.
81 again entered into journalism and re-
NAMED there until was arrested, in 1868,
,s Fenisn. Two policemen effected my
arrest; and we had tussle and shot at
hem, and that formed the groundwork of
me accusation against me, and upon that
was tried and convicted at the Old Bailey J
IA London in 1868 I was sentenced to
,ensl servitude for life. During the trial
documents were handed to the Judge re-
ating to my career in the Irish Republican
Brotherhood. Afterwards he remarked {
hat it was very bad case, and in open {
,ourt he said l was very dangerous man,
after looking over these documents, and
therefore gave me the highest sentence of
he law, short of hankiOg, that he could.
remained in prison, as l have stated,
bout ten years, and in the meantime
riends of mine in Parliament had made
fforts to have me liberated. Finally they {
ucceeded. The sentence of life was re-
luced to fourteen years, but four years ,
we're subsequently taken off for what they ]
we're pleased to term good conduct, and
was then liberated on ticket of leave" :
THE DEFENSE AT WORK.
At the conclusion of Mr., Clancy's ex-
the State rested and the defense