Telegram-herald., 1889-05-26

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himself detective who heard nsItes
story and saw the brllso over tfenlA leis
eve believes lie Was nIst nt VIII
= billy or san1Dss. aud u Ss thea h~cA-s
about tie head with a knife he to~e
that was found about lis head, ne eleNes
~as used al first TO sJife anf outcry. aBe
then 10 strangle hlm Nhen lt became so
parent thai horrible buteeeTy would have
u be reSorted u 10 complete the JOB as y
was begun
Mr. Couklin said that DR. Cronin wore
oug brown 0vercoat the night lie left hu
oniee This confirms the impression thai
the man whom AeTtes saw enter the cot
tage was no other than the doctor, and thai
the noises which startled him were made by
the doctors lnurderers while performing
their bloody work
IL is claimed by morning paper that
Daniel C0ughlin, city detective .attaoaedt tt
the East Chicago avenue station, knows TIE
man who drove Dr. CTOnin from Ills once
TO 672 North Ashland avenue on the night
Of MAYA and that bis knowledge Is OF such
a nature a. 70 put him IN "a very unple asa AMI
light. when II is taken intn consi Grafton
with the fact that COughin is known %
have been very bitter against Cronin for the
past tour years
IL appears that on the morning OF May
Detective Coughhn called at Patrick
Dinan's livery stable. 20 North Clark
street and said that friend would call
in the evening at z o'clock for horse
and buggy. He told Dinan 10 give him
the rig and that he would be responsible
for IL AT the time named L1Veryman
Dinan says man about - years o:d, OF
medium size, and wearing small, soft hat,
called for the rig spoken for by Coughlin
and top buggy and white horse were
given him The man objected because no
curtains were on the buggy. and
also to the color OF the horse, but he took
them and drove north on Clark street
This was about 7:l0 o clock Frank Scanlan,
who saw the doctor get into buggy and
drive away. describes the II. and driver
exactly as does Oman
The late date at which this information
has come to light Il due TO the efforts OF
Detective Coughlin TO suppress L. Oman
saws that Coughlin told him, when the
papers published the description OF the rig
in which Cronin drove away. that be must
not say any thing about his friend having
taken such rig for fear that suspicion
might fall on him Dinan kept quiet for
while and then told Captain Schaack and
latcr Chief Hubbard
Chief Hubbard has been investigating the
case but has not found sufficient evidence
against him 10 warrant an arrest He called
Captain Setback before him andquestioned
him regarding the matter The captain &c
clared taat the horse and buggy had moth
ing TO do with the Cronin case whatever.
Chief Hubbard said that he had Officer
Coughlin before him FOR long time
H,fCoughlin) denied having any connec-
ton with the case. Coughhn is still on
duty. but Investigations are being made for
corrObOrative evidence.
1t is stated that the man for whom Detect
i've Coughlin hired the horse and buggy
was an acquaintance OF his from Houghton,
Mich
Opinion about police headquarters Is that
CoUgblins connection with the murder Is
an innocent one The authorities do not
! DENY that Smith was the man who drove
the physician away but they say that
were Coughlin implicated he would
not have been such fool as 70 go TO a
livery where he was well known. skeptics,
however, say that such seeming blunder
was simply bold stroke. under which
Coughlin hopes TO hide himself
The report that the doctors clothing and
surgical instruments were found in the cot
.age on Ashland avenue was incorrect The
| detectives made thorough sea.-ch or the
woods in the neighborhoOd of the Belmont
avenue bridge. but found nothing
The remains OF Dr. Cronin were taken to
! The FIRST Cavalry Armory and the public
admitted to view the body. The funeral
will occur at 10 o'clock a m Sunday.
| procession VIII form at the armory and
march to the Cathedral of the Holy Name.
where requiem high mass will be cele
brated The body viii then be taken for in
terInent to Calvary Cemetery. From as
surances received IL Is thought about ,ocO
mcn viii march in the procession Some
| Of the societies of which DR. CrOnn was q
| member have promised the following num-
! bers: Catholic Order Of Foresters 1000;
uniformed rank Royal Arcanum, 20; Hi
Dernian rifles 200; ROYAL League, 100;
Ancient Order OF Hibe-nians, SO
Or Cronin was member oi a number OF
| mutual-benefit societies and carried at
The time OF his death $500 tn life
| insurance. lie had in the Royal
Arcanum $1,000, Ancient order Of United
WoIkmen 5000, and in the Ancient Order
! Of Hibernians and the Independent and
| Catholic Foresters & 600 each. A few
| months ago be allowed 81 coo OF similar in
| surance to lapse. saying that he was a
| young man vet and there was no use carry
ing so many life policies Ills sister Mrs
/ Carroll who lives AZ St Catharines
/ Ont and his brother. John J Cronin. en-
/ Arkansas farmer. are the benehciaTies
/ Mrs Carroll arrived IN the city Friday
she Is lady OF middle age. she being the
oldest and the doctor the youngest OF the
/ family. .-
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