The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-29
CRONIN'S CALL TO DEATH.
HIS LANDLADY TELLS HOW He
WAS LURED AWAY.

The Man Who Called for Him Said
One of O'Sullivan's Men Had Been
Rurt-The Caller Drove a White
Horse-The Animal Hired from Dinan
Hard Driven-New Light on the Dis
patches to Martin Burke.
CHICAGO, ILL, Oct ga local paper
says the state has struck a new lead in the
Cronin case against Martin Burke. Through
young woman who was employed as tsle-
graph operator at Hancock, Mich, last
May, the states attorney has learned the
identity Of the senders of kilograms which
Burke received from that point One of
the kilograms, it is said, was addressed to
Burke at Joliet, telling him to get out
quickly. Another was addressed to Cooney
at Chicago, telling him to take some
money to Burke at Joliet, to assist
the latter's fight. Other kilograms
were addressed to well-known men
in various western towns along the route
which Burke took on his way to Canada.
1t was through leak somewhere, as to
those dispatches that Martin Burke's
journey was interrupted. In addition to
the correspondence between Burke and the
Hancock parties, it is alleged that other
communications passed which seriously
compromise one or more of the men recently
indicted on charge of attempted jury
bribing on account of their attempts to de-
feat justice in another direction.
ONE OF DrNAN's MEN ON THE STAND.
At the opening Of the trial this morning
the state called for Mr.. Cronin, a brother
of DR.. Cronin, but that gentleman was not
in the room at that time, and Napier More
land, an employe of Patrick Dinan, the
iveryman, was called instead BE testified
as to facts of the hiring of the white
horse on the evening of May 4,
when Dr. Cronin was killed. His
evidence did not differ materially from that
given by Dinan himself on Saturday, either
as to the taking out of the horse or his de-
scription Of the man. A new point was
reached, however, when ne described the
condition Of the horse when he returned
to the stable about 9 80 o'clock that night,
after having been out little over two hours.
The witness said: HE was in the condition
OF horse that had been driven very fast
for the length of time that he was out. He
was sweating all over. His nostrils were
blowing at the time he came in. The buggy
was covered with sand and boulevard mud.
CRoN1N's LANDLADY.
Mrs Conkhn, at whose house Cronin last
lived, was the next witness. After numer-
Gus questions as to the location OF the
rooms in the fiat, Mrs Conklin proceeded
to tell the story of how the doctor was
called away from her house on the night of
May q. She said that at 7:20 o'clock
stranger, who seemed nervous and excited,
rang the door bell, and when she opened
the door, inquired for DR.. Cronin. He
seemed very reluctant to enter, but
finally did so when told that the
doctor was engaged with other patients.
The stranger then took O seat in the wait
ing room. When DR.. Cronin came out of
his Office the man advanced and said: "Dr.
Cronin, you are wanted to attend a man
who has been hurt at OSullivan's ice
office"
A CARD HE KNEW.
The doctor made a remark which the
man drew card from his pocket and pre-
sented it to DR.. Cronin. DR.. Cronin took
the card and said: SO, yes; what is the
nature of the accidentF' He said: GA
man has been run over by a wagon"
The doctor said: 81 will be
with you soon" or something
to that effect The man sat down again on
the edge of a chair, and DR.. Cronin turned,
laying the card on the nlantelpiece. The
man said O'Sullivan was out Of town, and
left word that DIR. Cronin was to attend his
men.
WENT OFF IN A HURRY.
DR.. Cronin ran to his private room and
gathered together some bandages and cot
ton-batting. He brought it out with his
surgical-case and case of splints Then
drawing on his coat as quickly as possible
he left, running out, carrying the things
and the case in his arms. The two went
hurriedly out of the house as fast as they
could, and did not even shut the door, The
witness heard them running down the stairs
a BUGGY WITH A WHITE HORSE.
the witness continued her testimony,
saving that she then went to window over
looking the street and saw a buggy with
white horse attached, standing before tine
door. DIR. Cronin and the man who called
for him got into the buggy, which was then
driven northward. The man seemed anx-
of the m an who came for the doctor told
the story of the proceedings of the day after
Dr. Cronln's disappearance, and was cross
examined at great length by Mr.. Forrest.
The cross-examination lasted until late in
the afternoon, and the witness was piled
with questions, but her statements on the
direct examination were not materially
shaken.
WHERE HE KEPT HIS MONEY.
In reply to question where Dr. Cronin
kept his money, indicating the possible de-
fense of murder for purposes of robbery,
Mrs. Conklin named the bank in which the
doc tor kept his funds, and said she was sure
he had very little money with him on the
night Of the murder, because he never car
ried much money about his person.
Miss Sarah McNeary, who was in Dr.
Cronin's reception room when the man
came for him with the white horse, de-
scrioed that individual as appearing very
nervous, and with a piercing, disconcerting
stare, which he fixed upon the witness. Her
description Of the man accorded closely
with that given by Mrs. Conklin.
Dr. Cronin's brother, from Arkansas,
identified the Lake View corpse as that Of
his brother.
o'sULLIvAN's DENIAL.
7. T. Conklin, a asaloon-keepsr with whom
DR.. Cronin resided, was recalled by the
state. He testified to starting out immedi-
ely after breakfast the first morning of
Cronin's absence to search for the doctor.
at OiSullivan's house the ice
man was seen, and denied having
sent for Dr. Cronin, or that any of his men
had been hurt. Conklin then went to police
headquarters, proceeding afterward TO the
East Chicago avenue police station. Capt.
Schaak, at the station, thought evening time
enough for alarm. Conklin went at once
TO Pinkerton's The saloon-keeper was still
on the witness 81 and when the court ad-
iourned until tomorrow.
LYNOHERs UNDER ARREST.