Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-04
THE CR0NIN MURDER
A Resume Of one of the Most
Sensational Crimes in
History.
ALLEGED to be the Work Of An
Irish American Secret
Society.
THE STORY OF THE MURDER.

THE STORY OF THE MURDER.
The work of the Chicago Police la Ferret
ing out the Perpetrators Of the Crime.
Few murder cases have occurred In
the United States which have excited
more general interest throughout the
country than has the murder Of DIR.
Philip Henry CroniL., in Chicago.
Not only is ii widely sensational, but
II ha- been a deep aud difficult case to
handle from the beginning. The dis
appearance Of the doctor and the
runors which we're put in circulation
relative TO his having skipped" TO
Toronto with funds which were not
his own, the subsequent discovery of
his dead and naked body in a sewer
trap In Cnicsgo, the various and con-
flicti1g confessions" Of persons who
appear 10 be more or less implicated in
the crime, the relation which II il
alleged the murder bears To certain
irish revolutionary societies. all makes
it case hsvi3g varied and peculiar
compilations.
The silence Of the police In regard to
ali information they have obtained
makes il impossible 10 tell exactly
the condition Of the case, but il ap-
pears 10 be about as follows: DIR.
Cronin was a physician living on
Clark street 70 Chicago. He was an
Irishman by birth, an ardent sup
porter of the policy of Psrnell and be.
longed to societies holding such poll
icy as their tenets.
FACTS OF THE MURDER.
The first material fact, so far as
learned, appears to be movement by
one u. 3. Simmons" Simmons, In
the early part CT February ,endesvored
10 rent room In house scross the
street. which would be Immediately
opposite the Doctors Office; not being
able to rent this particular room with
out taking the whole floor. he took
the entire floor. simmons next fur
nishes this room and brings into it a
large trunk. The next move Is the
renting Of little house out on the
suburbs, known as Lake View. This
house Is rented by a man giving his
name as Frank Williams, but thought
10 be simmons. Then man named
20. Sullivan, an ice dealer, employ
ing a number Of hands aud operating
near Lake View, has a number Of pc.
culiar SHAPED cards printed. He then
meets DIR. Cronin, and makes contract
with him that the doctor 10 TO be the
surgeon Of the Ice cutting outfit, at
tending upon any of the employees
whenever his services chsnced TO be
needed, and to respond when ons OF
these cards were delivered him.
On May ith, man, supposed now to
be- Simmons, drove up to the house OF
Dr.. Cronin In buggy and delivered
him one OF the cards. The doctor
went Ia the buggy with the man and
was driven toward Lake view. think
ing, doubtless, he was going to attend
one Of sulliyan's men In accordance
with his arrangement with Sullivan
II was evening when this call Wal
made, and that was the last ever seer
alive Of the Doctor by anyone excep
his murderers.
Nothing Is then heard Of DR.. Cronil
until May %. Meanwhile all sorts o
stories are rife about him. II is ru
mored that he has left the countr,
and gone to Canada as an embezzler q
funds belonging to Irish societies. Al
enterprising reporter iu Toronto goe
so far as 10 verify the report that he
there and to forward TO Chicago a
interview with him. On the 22nt
however, some men working near
sewer trap in Lake View district. al
attracted TO II by odors {
decsying flesh arising therefrom, an
raising the lid Of the trap they dl,
cover body at the bottom, about te
feet deep, dead and stark naked.
is taken out and carried tc a morgu
where 1t isidentified ne being the bod
of the doctor, and on the followip
Sunday II is buried with considerabl
demonstration.
Afterwards comes the
WORK on THE POLICE
In ferreting cut the murderers. Tn
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