Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-27
ONE MORE IN LIMBO.
P. ]. McGeehan, Said to be Cronin's
 Murderer, Under Arrest.
Thousnnds Line the Streets Through Which the Funeral Procession of the Murdered Doctor Passed Ycster- duy-Yhe Police Silent.

CHICAGO, May 27.-Dr. Cronins friends have just learned that an arrest has been made which gives them great satts- faction. The police have for some days, owing to information received from Chi. cago Irishmen, been looking for man named r. J. McGeehan, who came to this city recently from Philadelphia.
 McGeehan was apprehended yesterday. He arrived here two months ago and Is reported to have told his wife ill Phila- delphia that she might never see him again. At a meeting of Nationallsts. held shortly after his arrival. he is re- ported to have made violent speech on tho subject of tho trial committee, of which Cronin was member. and the doctor told him they had better look out for McGeehan. as he was evidently dan- gerous.
 An Irishman here who Is well-known in New York and Dublin asserts that about three weeks before Cronin's mur- der McGeehan, in conversation with him called Cronin by an opprobrious name.
 and said he ought to be killed It Is also said that on the afternoon of May 4 McGcehan met Cronin on the street, had violent altercation with him on the subject of the, trial committee, used the samo epithet and told him he would "tiX"
 him. This Cronin told his friends that
 evening before his disappearance.
 McGeehan Is said to have been ono of tine Invineibles, and was known in Phila- delphia as a violent partisan of the 'tri- angle" He Is blacksmith, and recently
 went to work in the Pullman palace car shops. He Is powerfully built man and
 very resolute.
 Since the discovery by the reporters of the cottage where, in all probability, Dr. Cronin met his violent death. after the police department had taken extra pre- cautions to prevent tho knowledge get ting to tho ears of the public, they, have drawn q still tighter pickering string on their lips, and It Is next to impo ssibfe to get anything from them. So far as known there arc no further developments except McGeehan's arrest in the Cronin mys- tery.
 The remains of Dr. P. H. Cronin were
 inferred In Calvary cemetery yesterday.
 The burial casket which rested on cata-
 falque at the calvary armory, was viewed and fully l5, 900 moro were gathered on the outside of the building. The procession was one of tho largest ever seen in Chicago. It numbered fully | 10000 men.
 The entire route of tho procession was | packed with people. The procession was headed by tho Hlbernian Rifles, number | ing 175 men. Then came the hearse and l directly behind 1t were the Clan-na-Gael | guards, numbering no nen. The car | riases tiled with members of societies l followed, and citizens in carriages and on | foot brought up the rear.
 Tho procession moved from the armory l to tho Cathedral of the Holy Name, ar | irving there before noon. A requiem | high mass was celebIated by Rev. Father Agnew.
 The grief of his beroaved sister was | painful to witness, and signs of emotion | ney alluded ln his remarks to the atro-
 cious infamy that could encompass the
 death of one while engaged on an errand
 of ministry to the injured and tho dy- l ing.
 l At o'clock the procession again moved | to the Union depot where 25,OO0 people
 were gathered to watch tho departure.
 Three thousand people accompanied the
 remains to Calvary in three trains. 1 On the trip to the cemetery collec-
 tion was taken up and Q handsome sum
 realized. When the head of the prQces.
 sion reached the vault there were 10, COG l people In line. The Hibernlan rifles and 1 the Clan na- Gael marched in files to the
 tomb, while the band played dirges. The | coffin was placed inside tho tomb and the | doors werc closed.
 l There were no ceremonies, and not a
 word was spoken. No military salute
 was fired over the temporary tomb. The
 crowds slowly dispersed and tho mourn
 CTS returned to the city