The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-10
avs he KILLED oRoNIN.
,s.+sr Found at Niagara from One
= ofthe Murderers-
rrom the Philadelphia Press.

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ofthe Murderers-
INN, the Philadelphia Press.
x.e.RA FALLS, n. Y, July IAN
- zvbich will perhaps only seem to
,'.nsn two mysteries has occurred here to-
u7.F About l o'clock Charles B. Smith,
Da' This Mace, and William Dittick, Of
O ,.iop Bridge, while strolling a little
SupyS +be usual path, on the Third Sister
ouII5 found a letter the contents OF which
lsl1- - interesting. 1t is written on two
q So If paper that have the printed head
sneof the western hotel, of which John
~, 4 Son are the propr1etors. aud reads:
cN-' WESTERN HOTEL,
NIAGARA FAILS, y. Y. May 20. 1880.
o,,p BRorBER--I know that what am about
DE- DE- viii drive the blood from your heart.
e shont 30 bring an end 10 oil my trials and
la AZ God knows that life until recently
- as sweet TO me as 70 any one, pnt the straln
HF1ste has been too much for me. cannot 90
O . nv nresence Of our Holy Father with my
ma ~ so Strained. ] must ease my mind. Why
NM - NJ not with me. so that can talk to your
~ have been a true friend. never had more
.osav TO YOU than have now. what a feartul
~ 81 conld tell but dare not put it on paper.
a. eli know punishment will never be meted
~ ~ - me on earth for the part took In 1t.
VI W. es mot imagine how have been tried since
TIsft Won. May God forgive it all When left
80 rsadiug papers as to c. being missing
~ all came about in Kidding us of that
Jevilish traitor and spy on our actions. Goa
NV knows why such fearful change has
NE over me since that night. left the city
- nnee and hurried here to finish the part that
ia bssn given me- My brain is on fire. Oh! l
ave waited 50 long for the trunk to come.
Eacb DAVIS delay has increased my frenzy TO
- bi.,best pitch, and now | know that the
'I iers for all they were so carefully laid, must
.ara r1iScarried and dread the consequences.
/ cannot stand it any more. L am going to end
Il all | want you to remember that nave
Len Ioyal to Ireland's cause. but now am sick
nd ali broke up ever since that night. My
,.Iaan has been filed with fearful dreams, and
,,ow after removing from me everything by
which they can identify me, shall free myself
erom apy more by suicide, which here is so
sasv. only step into the swift current and it is
III done NV body instead of his shall be
nicked m and buried with the unknown dead,
Il ever found Good-by. ED. 20.
ALWAYS be true to Ireland - y
The writin g is evidently that of a man
unused to hard work, the spelling poor, as
though the writer was not we'll educated.
Alter the abhreviation of the name ed s"
follow the figures 20 or %, while the post
script closes with a character. the meaning
If which is unknown. Both the letter and
envelope are badly weather-stained. An at
fen,pt had been made to address the envel-
one with an indelible pencil, but the greater
uart of that writing has been washed out,
only one line remaining, having the appear
ance of having been 81" In the letter
the word before ''trunk' is heavily under
scored.
On Thursday, June 81, body was seen
floating in the whirlpool, and after some
little trouble it was secured, when it was
seen TO be that of man badly decomposed.
1t had been in the water several weeks.
The man was about IS years old, 5 feet 10
inches in hight, with dark hair. He had
evidently had mustache, but the beard,
if any was worn, had been washed out.
Coroner Morse of DEummondville took
charge, and on June 28 had the body taken
TO Drummondville to await Identification.
While the body was viewed by many, no
one rec gnzed it, and it was finally buried
in Drummond Hill Cemetery and tie mat
ter had been forgotten as another suicide.
But the letter found to-day has aroused a
deep interest in the body, for it is believed
that it and the writer of the above letter
are identical. If so, and one may interpret
the c. in the letter as standing for Gro
min, it is plain then that the murderers of
DR.. Cronin in Chicago on May last in
tended to send his body TO this place and
have it thrown into the river and run the
uncertain chances of its being found, when
it would probably be buried as a suicide.