Huntsville gazette., 1889-06-01
THE CRONiN MURDER.

Now Proceed.
CHICAGO, May 2S.-At eleven O'Clock
last night the status of the investigation
into the Cronin ass sassination was about
the same as it had been twelve hours
earlier. Very little progress had been
made during the day. Despite the re-
peated denials Of the police authorities,
who, with some show OF temper, disclaim
any knowledge of his whereabouts, it Is
definitely known that Peter McGeehan,
the Philadelphia blacksmith, who is sus.
pected Of being the principal factor in
the assassination, Is confined in one OF
the dark cells beneath the detective de-
partment in the City Hall.
Detective Coughlin is still locked up at
the Harris SON. street station, but he has
been provided with conveniences in tho
shape Of furniture and bedding, which
tend to mitigate the discomfort OF his
confinement, According to the authori-
ties no one, not even the Lieutenant in
charge of the station, has been allowed to
converse with him during the day. The
report that p. 0. Sullivan, the ice man,
had been arrested on suspicion, turns out
to be incorrect although he is under such
surveillance as would make it impossible
for him to leave the city. In his case, as
McGeehan's, the authorities are inclined
to go slow, and to act upon accumulated
facts rather than upon theories and
statements made in hot blood.
There was prolonged conference yes
terday afternoon, between Mayor Gre
gier, States Attorney Longnecker. Cor
poration Counsel Hutchinson and Attor-
neys Luther, Latin, Mills and w. J.
Hynes, the two latter representing the
friends and adherents of the murdered
man. The report was circulated and gen.
orally believed that the participants were
engaged in an examination of the papers
and affidavits which had been collected
by Cronin. and which bore on the alleged
misappropriations Of the Clan ma Gael,
and in addition it was stated that whole
sale arrests Of people named in the pa
pers were imminent.
All this was denied when the confer.
ence came to an end, the States attorney
making the emphatic declaration that the
only subject of the conference was to
straighten out the evidence already given
and aff1davits taken, in order that there
might be clear field for the opening OF
the coroner's inquiry to-day. 1t was also
given out that none OF the private papers
of the deceased had been examined and
that they would under no circumstances
figure in the inquest.
The statements printed yesterday
morning that Dr.. Cronin was 'removed''
as result of a secret trial conducted by
the Clan-na-Gael organization is en-
phatically denied by members Of that
organization. Luke Dillon, Of Philadel-
phia, who claims to be in this city as the
representative of the national body, is
sued a card to the public last night en-
phasizing this fact.
The lightning Chain OF CircumstantlaI
Evidence Against Nc q .eh,n.
CHICAGO, May 28.-Detective Whaien,
who accompanied Detective Coughlin in
his search for the man Smith, from
Houghton, Mich, for whom Coughlin
hired a white horse on May 4, has been
suspended from duty, pending further in
vestigation.
Officials at the police departme ent said
yesterday morning that p. 0. Sullivan
had not been arrested the night before.
The police claim that the chain Of cir
cumstantial evidence tending to show
that he was concerned in the assination
of DR.. CrOnin is tightening around Peter
McGeehan, the Philadelphian now under
arrestin this city. Yesterday morning the
real estate agent who leased the room on
Clark street opposite DR.. Cronin's Office
identified him as the man who rented it.
The police further say that McGeehan
was missing from his room in McCoy's
Hotel on the night Of the murder, and it
was because he could not give q satisfac-
tory account of himself on that night
that he was arrested.
On the afternoon OF the same day Mr..
I. T. Conklin hurried down to the Pinker-
ton agency and had long consultation
with Superintendent Murray. He told
the detective that DR.. Cronin had been
warned by friends that McGeehan had
told three or four people that he was 60
ing to remove" DR.. Cronin. DR.. Cronin
was not acquainted with McGeehan, but q
friend pointed him out on Clark street.
DR.. Cronin marched up to the fellow,
and slapping him on the shoulder, said
''McGeehan, l understand that you have
threatened to kill me. | believe my
friends"
'It's lie," replied McGeehan, and he
marched off.
The police, it is said made another i'm
portant move in the Cronin case yester-
day afternoon. Harry Jordan, who came
from Philadelphia, and who is said to
have been an intimate friend Of McGee-
hans, was placed in custody to "be held
as a witness" II is suspected that he
knows something Of McGeehan's move
ments that may prove Of value. The po-
lice do not charge him with being one Of
the principals in the murder. Harry Jor-
dan, who at one time was bar tender at
the Mccoy Hotel, is described as low,
thick-set fellow, of rather excitable dis
position. He is said to have belonged to
the Clan-na- Gael faction which was op-
posed to Cronin, and it is charged that he
had frequently denounced the doctor in
public.
Sullivan and Coueblln Arrested.
CHICAGO, May 28.-Daniel Coughlin, the
detective, and p. o. Sullivan, the ice
dealer, were formally arrested last night
on the charge Of numbering DR.. Cronin.
After the formal reading Of the warrants
Coughlin was led from his cell in the
Harrison Street station. and. accompa-
MED by his attorney, w. S. Forrest, was
taken to the Chicago Avenue police sta
ton, where, after brief proceedings, he
was committed to the county Jail without
bail.
The information upon which the war
rant for the arrest Of Coughlin and Sulli-