Evening journal., 1889-06-08
cRoNlN,s AccusER TEsTlFlEs.
other Witnesses Swear That the Dead
Man Feared Alexander sullivan.

Man Feared Alexander sullivan.
CHICAGO, June s. - Detective "Miken
Whalen was the first witness called in the
Cronin inquest, but he failed to respond
Peter McGoehan, the Philadelphia suspect,
was then called, and failing to answer, an
order was issued for his arrest. Both Whalen
and McGeehan were present, however, when
the inquest was adjourned for the day, hav-
Ing quietly passed N a short time before, no
one appearing to know how they got there.
The first witness Of the day was Police
Officer Daniel Brown, who was DR.. Cronins
accu-er in the trial in Camp 80, which re
suited in the doctors expulsion from the
order. Brown testified that he was mem
Der Of the Clan-na-Gael at the time DIR.
Crorin was expelled. lie belonged to Camp
10 and does still but has not attended many
meetings in the past three years. The charge
against Dr. Cronin, he said, was treason,
and consisted in reading before Camp 20,
circular sent out by an expelled camp. The
witness said he preferred and wrote out the
charges himself He had an emphatic mega
tive answer Tor every question, intimatlng
that some one else asked or ordered or di-
rected him 10 make the charge. He was
positive in assuming the whole responsibility
for making the charges He was not an Off
Ger in the order, and did not hear Dr. Cronin
read the circular; but visiting DR.. Cronin's
camp, soon a. ter it was read, be heard il
talked about, and knowing that the reading
OF sUch IA circular was contrary 10 the rules
of The order, he preferred charges.
Lawyer Hes was the next witness, and said
that in the summer of 1887 DR.. Cronin had
consulted with him professionally and had
told him that he had evidence that a CON
4. 4.tfr
William Starkey had asked him to testify as
an expert in a certain case, aud c. NJ. Hardy
had cross-examined him with great minute
ness as to his early life. About the same time,
Cronin's sister had written her brother from
st. Catharine's, stating that two men had
called on her recently and questioned her in
regard to him, saying that it concerned
Cronin greatly in case in New York.
Cronin wrote to New York and found that
no such case existed. cat last" continued
witness, "the doctor jumped up and ex-
claimed, Alexander Sullivan Is as black as
hell He and others are trying TO ruin my
reputation, and failing in that they will
seek my hfe'n
Luke Dillon, Of Philadelphia, was the first
witness after recess He knew DIR. Cronir
intimately as an unselfsh, patriotic and use
full man in the Irish movements Dr. Cronir
had told him that it was Alexander Sulli.
vans ambition to rule both in Irish ant
American politics, and that this ambition
would be the cau.e Of DR.. Cronin's death
DIR. Cronin had expressed himself as believ
ing that Alexander Sullivan had no NOR,
blood in him than a fish. The witness though
at that time that the doctor had Alexande
Sullivan ON the brain, and that Sullivan wa
only an ordinary villain. He had change,
his mind, however At the time that Alex
ander Sullivan, Boland and Feeley wer
tried in BUfalo, Sullivan had proteste
against Dr. Cronln sitting on the trial CON
mittee in such language that he believe
Alexander Sullivan responsible for the mui
der, if not principal in it.
The remainder Of the session was given {
the testimony Of John f. O'Malley and Law
renee Buckley, who were members Of th
committee that tried and expelled Dr. Cronir
Their testimony ELECTED no new facts, bein
confined to such details concerning the con
position Of the committee and its ac.icn a
they chose to remember.