Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-01
a QUIET DAY At CHICAGO.
NOTHING NEW DEVELOPED ~ The
MYSTERIOUS cRoNiN CASE.

War Pa IE-rhe Woman Theory Being
Investigated - Startling Disclosures
Expected This Week.
CHICAGO, May Yesterday WAS
barren of developments in the Cronin
case. Being public holiday there was
no session of the grand jury and the
offices of the states attorney were
closed. The dragging Of the lake By the
police in the hope that the clothing of
the victim might be brought 70 light
was resumed agf.in. but the gale soon
compelled them TO suspend operations.
A thorough search of the residence OF
Sullivan, the icernan. at Lakeview was
also made by the police of that suburb,
but nothing of an ineriminating charac-
ter was found.
Luke Dillon the Philadelphia delegate,
in lengthy interview insisted, with
considerable show Of indignation, that
the Clan Na-Gael as a body had nothing
whatever to do with the assassination.
He produced a copy of the constitution
of the order which showed that the most
severe punishment that could be imposed
for the worst crime against the order
and the cause of Ireland-that Of
treason-was expulsion from the ranks
III disgrace. He went on 10 say that
there was now but little If any doubt but
that the crime was committed by mem
bers of the order and these members Of a
certain camp. but cOntende1 that the or
der asa bodycould not be heldresponsible
for the action of the conspiratOrs.
Many Rumors Afi1it-
An number Of rumOrs Were aflOat last
night regarding the course that viii be
taken by States Attorney Longenecker
when the grand jury reassembles. One
is to the effect that he will at once take
no that branch cf the investigation re-
lating TO the alleged misappropriation of
land league funds and that the books of
the Traders bank will be submitted to
the body for examination. In another
quarter it IS said that the official Is look
ing into the Canadian end of the mys-
terry, and that the grand jury may be
asked to find indictments for conspiracy
against Coughlin, Sullivan, Woodruff
and also Long. the Toronto reporter. In
this event an effort woull be made to
secure extradtion Of the latter. al though
it is admitted that il is doubtful whether
this could be accomplished unless more
evidence Is forthcoming thaa the author |
ihes now have on hand. The states at /
toTney is convinced that the dispatches I
and interviews with Cronin from that [
city We're a portion OF the plot rather I
than fake with mercenary motives, /
and he believes that if Long could be /
gotten into the sweat box the entire con-
spiracy might be exposed.
Startling Disclosures Looked For.
Still another report is that ne has OBJ /
tained the names of the principal officers /
of the 10 ;al Clan-Na-Gael camps and 4
more particularly of the North Side one /
III which, according to the now prevail /
ing opinion, the death Of DR.. Cronin was
decreed, and that these men will be /
brought face to face with the grand jury
and subjected to an inquisition. 1t IS
the general opinion at police head
quarters that further developments will |
occur before the end of the week.
Meanwhile there is a good deal of
speculation as to what has been ac-
by the Pinkerton agency.
which has been employed by Cronins
friends to sift the matter to the bottom
of expense. The officers OF
the agency are as dumb as oysters. while
w. p. Rend, the treasurer of the com
mittee to whom the reports are made. is
equally nOn-communicatiye People
very close 10 the latter, how
ever. significantly suggest that the
agency has the key to the mystery
and that it viii be but few days before
the world will be treated to a startling
sensation. 1t is admitted that nearly a
score of operatives. some Of them
brought here from Philadelphia and
New York. are ON the case and those
familiar with the record of the agency
are confident that some of this number
are bound TO strike the right lead. For
all you or | may know. said a promi-
nent hishman, they may already
have people at their headquarters whom
they have reason to suspect of completely
in the crime. Such things have happened
before and are nothing foreign to their
The Woman Theory.
Regarding the latest theory that Sulli-
van, the ice man, might have gotten
into trouble; that Cronin was
with the facts in nthe case: that
Or. CrNnin, being a practitioner OF strict ]
moral and religious principles, was about
10 inform the authorities and that. to
prevent the exposure, Sullivan lured
lim to his death. Chief Hubbard said: !
+. Yes, we have men working on that
feature of the murder. Sullivan is a
and 1t is not at all unlikely ,
Int he got some woman into trouble. |
+ such Is the fact we do not yet know
whether there is any connection between !
he circum stances and the murder of DIR.
I..iprr l. ]