Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-24
Further Developments in the DIR. Cronln
Murder Case.

Murder Case.
C9rcAGo. Nav 23d.-P. @. Sullivan an
ice-dealer in Lake View. was under arrest
this morning in connection with the Cronin
murder. but was soon cleared On tbe
night of Cronin's disappearance the man
with whom he left claimed his services
were wanted at Sullivan's ice-house. where
an employe had been injured. After
Cronin's disappearance Sullivan said ne
had contract with Cronin to attend men
injured while in his employ, Crouin to re-
celve $50 year. He denied, however, that
any one was injured that night or that DR.
Cronin had been sent for to his knowledge
He asserted again to-day that he knew
nothing that would throw any light on the
murder. He will be closely watched.
Hundreds viewed the remains to-day
and friends and acquaintances, without q
single exception, declare the body is that oi
DR.. Cronin. Woodruff, whose real name
is Frank Black, was to-day indicted by the
Grand Jury on the charge of larceny of the
horse he hired from Charles Dean, the of
Tense for which be was first arrested. He
sull insists that If given his liberty be
could find one of the men who was with
him when the trunk was taken to Lake
View.
Judge Longenecker said this afternoon
that important clews were obtained an6
the murderers would probably be arrested
within twenty-four hours.
The Coroner this afternoon impaneled 6
jury to make an investigation into the
cause of death and then adjourned the
hearing until next Tuesday, pending the
result of the investigation by the police.
CHICAGO. Nav 3d.-Representatives o
all the societies of which DR. (,ronin was ?
cific to.nipht tn make arranoemente for tbf
final 6isposition of his remains and take
preliminary steps towards the possible AN.
prehension of the murderers. The re.
mains were hroupbt in from Lake View
this afternoon and are now at the under
taking establishment and being nrenareC
for hnr;al Recommendation hos advance6
too far to hermit of ibe remains being EN-.
balmed The funeral will he held Snndov
at tbe Church of the HOLY Name at tbt
corner of Snnerior and state streets The
manner of tbe interment has not vet baer
fullv made n is undecided whether the
remains will he njaced in q yanlt or hnr;eG
in CALGARY Cemeterv
In this crisis ali ewes are turned to Wood.
rnff His every nttersnce Is se;1od an.
aIvzed and comnarad with forne,. state,
ments In the nnhI;c mind a cono,ns;on
hGS icnrr cfnpa haan raaaha1 fhof ha hnlIc
the secret Of T,r Cronin,s nonrderers Tc
Gisc1osa iu = ,roni5 ha s,,a;5oI Al ti,;s
more is b,IdIy asserted on every hand and
incidentaIlv tho nolice and the;r netbods
are severely criticised When Cronin,s
hodv was found Wrodruff was oniatIv in.
formed of the fact in hie coli. ri . wss no.
taken into tba nresence If lie oornSa os
eorne believed be ebonId baya hoar, and
tba affaot obsor,-od A-a;n Nc ContI;,,
iii yIo,, a. ioo.I' ras;5a5 ar,5 ~
sow on3 taISad r,;,b tbe stranaar - -
callad for Dr Crooin hoe NOT hoar, bro,,,,j,
into Wood-,fT,s ,.asar'o 90 LEI ~
,,oss;hlv i5ant;fr;po hin, asftba ,,,ar ~ =
drove off with him in fba bnogv
Thn nost 1oor,a,,, evan,;na5io, o., ,be
bodv of Dr CROWN u,as baI5 tb;s ',,,or,,i,,,
DR. Todd the Conntr pbvp;cia,, and he
assistant Mr. Eghe-t directe5 tbe ero-,- ~.
ination which vac carsf,,II1, n,oJa a,,d 90
cunied nearly three honrs The sknjl MI ,rss Uo
t,so ecaIr, bad baaT toIra,, off -
discovared tbat Tho homes con- 1o:; az
sknIl had scarcely hean nerEeJ hy the tbe
hIor-y fro,,, tha sboro irstrn-1,a,,ts ~,
# was ,bonebt censad tho doctor,s death
There was no sion of consestion ahou,
tho bra;n hrt tho jnnas ond nn1,,, go, e,,
cav;tv wa1e filed r;tb Hood p-i'-o
The musicians cav tb;s n,;obt bave ra
en1ted fron, tbo tsot that 5ha hod,, ,,,as
nlaced baed downvarSs in ,ba cotcb- -has;1' %
4 cnt half an incb fora I ras a fonnd 19,l, mr'ar
the neck and scarcely bruise upon the
lower limbs. The theory that he was
choked to death was easily explained. The
doctors found no signs OF suifocatlon ano
discovered 10 bruises about the neck such
as would result from strangling man with
towel or rope.
The physicians were taken aback on
nndlng there was no fracture OF any kind
on the skull bones or small bones about the
Iace. Or. Iodd was OF the opinion the cuts
on the scalp must have been made by q
knife or some lighter weapon than an ice
pick or hatchet, but could not account fol
the cause of death, except from the
contuslons resulting from severe bruises
Other physicians could not agree as TO the
cause OF death although all were of the
OPINION that Cronln might have been
Killed by blow at the outer corner of the
ieit eye. Even TINS blow was not hard
enough to fracture or splinter the bones
under the SKIN.
a denust tuily ldentlhed the plate sup
porting the false teeth as the one he had
MADE over year ago Tor DR.. Cronin. He
also ldentlned the gold ming IN one OF the
upper teeth. John Cronin, brother ol
DR.. Cronin, arrived from Arkansas this
afternoon and he positively identified the
body as that OF his brother.
WOODRUFF INDICTED.
woodrnfr or Rlact wbo c,o;r,s 70 bov,,
banled ,be nrstor;ons ,rrnL ta r;,,hs - la -
Croni,s disanasranca tne r. ~ ~
Grand I,ry nc aStarnoo,, "r' fnr tLe..bset s '
tbe horsa H. s.;ii ~ ~. ,s ,hat ~ "
could clear I'D the lrunk mystery and the
Cronin mystery if he was sent ont with
two officers. William B. Hitchkiss re.
ports for the Inter ocean that he did little
piece of work tonight ON his own account
the result of which NAV be the disclosure
of the fact that another person he.
sides Cronin was murdered. Hotchkiss
found that the suburban police had
neglected to search the basin after remoy.
ing Crcnin's corpse. He decided to under.
take the work himself and a little patience
and toll soon showed he was not TO 90 IN.
rewarded. At the bottom of the sewe,
basin, concealed in the water, was found j
bloody towel exactly similar to the onf
which was wrapped around Cronin's head
Further cropping brought up human
possible 10 determine whether 1t was thai
The recollections of Woodrnff's STORY