Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-12
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| investigation.
! In the CIonin inquest this morning John
| &. Garrity, q. saloon.keeper, testified that he
was acquainted with Detective Cougblin,
under indictment for completely IN the
! assassination. Witness declared that Cough
| lin came to him and said he wanted TO hire a
tough character known as "Msior" Samp-
son to slug o man. witness told Sampson
about it., and a few days lister Sampson told
him (Garrity) that the man Coughlin wanted
! slugged was DR.. Cronin. He wanted BIN
slugged with base. ball bst and dis6gured
/ for life. II it killed him 1t would not make
much difference.
j. ID. Haggerty, a railroad clerk, gave
most important testimony this morning.
After the trial Of Cronin. he SAID, Alexander
| sullivan told him that Cronin was a scoun-
dre and a menace to the Irish cause. IL was
| the impression OF witness that Sullivan was
| trying to express the opinion that Cronln
should he exterminsted. Witness was Of
! the same opinion at That time. About that
| time a circular had been issued saying that
many Scotland Yard detectives had left
| England for America 10 attempt TO
| find out some OF the secrets OF the
] order, and every member was on the lookout
| for niormels, Tim Crane, who has since
| died, circulated statement that CrOnin was
| q dangerous man and a traitor. At t5at time
| Sullivan was not alone in his opinion. 10
| CarOn, who wss friend Of Sullivan, was
member Of the committee which tried Cro-
niu. He was introduced 10 witness by Sui
! liVan at the trial a. man worthy OF conn
| deuce In the Irish cause. He was opposed
TO Cronln at the time on account oil the
statements OF Alexander sullivan.
At the afternoon session a NUMBER OF wilt
nesses were examined without developing
anything Of importance. Then Chiei.0i.PO>
| lice Hubbard was sworn and told OF an in
| teryieW which he had had with Woodruff,
! the horse-thief. Hubbard asked HIM what be
knew Of the Cronin matter, and II he really
WAS the one who drove the trunk from the
| Carlson cottage. Woodruff SAID be was, and
then described the cottage. He said, con-
tinued tho Chief thst he took the trunk
about midnight on May the 4th. lie had
been given SO by two men the day before
TO do the job. At 1880 on May 4th two
men according to agreement raped on the
door OF Dinan's stable. lie opened the
door and let out horse with rags on its feet
and hitcbed IL 10 wagon. They then
drove to within 100 feet OF the Carlson cot
tage. He was then told TO wait, and the two
men went into the cottage. They remained
there five minutes. and then beckoned him
TO drive up. He did so, aud two men, King
and Fairburn. sDd a third man came out
with a heavy trunk. The third man
was i. o. Sullivan. When the trunk
was put in the wagon Sullivan re-
turned to the house. Woodruff, with
| King and FairbUrn. drove Oh Lincoln ave-
nue. to Fullerton avenue, through to Lincoln
PARK. The men intended 10 take the trunk
and contents 10 q boat out on the lake and
sink them, but owing to the bright night
and the preseDce OF strangers they changed
their minds aud drove back. When they
reached the manhole at Fitty-nlnth street
they tried TO dump the trunk into i. bu'
falling they kicked the trunk open, they
having lost the key. took the body from II,
and threw il into manhole. Woodruff
was then told 10 drive of.
The CHIEF then produced the private pa
pers Of Cronin. which were turned over 20
him by Saloon. Keeper Conklln, with whom
Cronin lived. Conklln identified tbs papers
as being in the handwriting Of Cronln and
the Coroner read the documents TO the jury.
1t was decided by the jury that the names OF
the parties mentioned IN the documents
should not be made public except those al
ready brought into the case.
The first paper was telegram from j. d.
McMshOn, calling the Doctor 10 meet him at
the Windsor Hotel, New York. hy order OF
the committee, January is, 1885 There
was another telegram from j. l.. Romayne,
calling for the Doctors reports on the SuIli-
van trial. TO this the Doctor replied. as the
COPY OF the letter showed, tbst he would
vote sgain as he voted at the trial.
Then the Coroner read a minority report
Of the trial commenced a Philadelphia
January 8. 1882 and signed by j. r. Nc
Cahey and p. II. CrOuin. The report blames
Alexander sullivan for negoctlnR tue family
Of Michael Lomasncy, scores sullivan, RO-
land, and Foey for excluding {. =. Nc
Carly from the Boston convention, SHd also
for excluding delegates OF the home Organi'
zatlOn from the same place. II was alleged
that the report Of the Boston conyen-
ton showed deficit OF $4,000 at
the instance OF sullivan, when there
really was a balance; that Slll,000 was
Improperly spent ana not accounted Tor by
the triangle; that the men sent to England
on EMISSION were not sufficiently sup
piled with money, and the agent ot the trl-
angle was responsible for this; that $SI10l
drawn from the treasury for active work
was not used for that purpose by the tri-
angle, but. with surplus money, was IN the
bands OF the trisnGie's agent This report
was signed by NcCshey aud Cr0nln, with
the recommendation that II be printed and
sent to each proper camp.
The Coroner then read tho Cronin notes
taken at the Trial. One witness testified that
he was sent TO England TO do 0ctive work,
and Was given "a and q sieerage ticket. lie
came back by steerage passage, without bed
clothes or other necessities. lie slept, be
said, "on the soft side OF plank" lie went
again, and was told to get some one to belp
HIM. John Mooney was one OF the men
who was TO help him. lie was gwen 500
aud told that when he got to England he
could get more. lie did use the alias given
h, fpio - iufOTmailOn
given HIM was what kept him from falling
into the hands OF the English. He and his
partners prepared for operations. The
trouble in Pittsburgh WAS told about. Oh
lection was made to Timothy Crear and
Florence Sullivan being seated as proxies
for Father Norny aud Alexander Sullivan. !
After reading the evidence the jury were
asked il they wanted TO hear any more wit
nesses, the Coroner saying be bad plenty OF
witnesses who could give corroborsting
evidence. The jury did net want to hear
any more and at 4:40 O'Clock retired for de-
liberation to the Coroners private office.
At6 O'Clock the jury sent out Tor supper
which was brought IN to them from
neighbOriDg restaurant.
At 1915 Z. NJ, after being out i've hours
and half, the jury came into court ana
commenced reading their verdict. Ii was
very long document, but was listened TO
with marked attention. Theyerdlct charged |
than Dan. Loughlin, r. o. sullivan, Alexan-
der sullivan, and one Woodruff alias Back !
were either principals, accessories, or bad |
entity knowledge OF said plot to murder !
DR.. Cronin and conceal bis body, and should
he held TO answer 10 the grand Jury.
AtI:3O O'Clock the officers were dispatch |
ed 10 suliyan's residence TO make the arrest. |
Luke Dillon, OF Philadelphia. was inslru- /
mental In bringing about the arrest oil /
Nsroney aud Mcdonald IN New YORK TO-
dsy. Ii is given out that Maroney Is sus.
Dected OF beng the man who drove the
buggy that called for CrOnlu on the night OF /
the murder. Why Mcdonald Is arrested "a
not very clear. The most that can be learned |
,s that lac is q New York crook under police
surveillance, and that he was away from
home several days about the time Cronin
was murdered. lie Is blacksmith. Maroney
ia a dry.eoods merchant Both are Gamma
Gael men, and Naroney has been prominent
in the affairs OF that organization.
Alexander suliysu's Arrest was ELECTED
without the slightest trouble. Before the
verdict was read in public Coroner Hertze
emerged for a moment from The room In
lad a