The Press., 1889-12-19


 progress of the now famous Cronin mur- der trial has often been commented upon, especially in Europe, which has been an interested spectator. And yet it is not 10 months since sJ. B. Simonds" rented the Clark-st. room opposite Dr. Oronin's Of flee, the first known step in the tragedy. O'Sullivan contracted with Cronin to at tend his workmen, in case of injury, on May: l. four days before Cronin's death. wuenfy- -thnkaRs later O'Sullivan was
 Ss4ers were shortly af- terward captured by the police. The case was called August 26, and the final verdict rendered December 16. Remembering the dreary weeks consumed in securing a jury and fighting off the jury-bribers, one must, after all, call Chicago justice any thing but lame-footed. The general ex- pectation is that the end is not yet. It is a moral certainty that only part of the con- spirators have been captured. The states attorney speaks of at least four other act ors in that foul deed of blood. The public expects that the Chicago officials will con- tinue to do their duty.
 The Iowa Mortgage company of Hartford, Conn.,, whose card appears elsewhere, is company whose stock is mostly owned by residents of this state, and whose directors are too well known to need any introduction to our readers. The business of this company is not only the loaning of money at the west but to care for such investments by collect ing the interest and principal when due, and paying over the same to the investor without cost or delay, also seeing that the taxes on the mortgaged security are paid as they be- come due, and to look after the property as the varying circumstances may require. That this company enjoys the reputation that it does is not surprising, for every dollar of principal and interest has been paid as soon as due ever since the company first started in business. The placing of loans is under the supervision of the vice president, MT. Geo. W. Bawden, of Muscatine, Iowa, at which place an able force of assistants is constantly em- ployed. MT. Bawden has made this business special study, and the details of both titles and location of fertile lands are equally un- derstood by him. The whole policy of the company is that the investment may be safe rather than at an exorbitant rate on interest and the company has never entered into con- petition with those companies which look only for high rates. Should any of our readers wish to learn all particulars concerning the manner in which the business of this con- pany is conducted, they should address the home office at Hartford.
 The resignations of the officers of the 1st regiment of Hartford, which were sent to Gov. Bulkeley because he rented their armory to the polo players, have been re- turned with few exceptions. marked stdisapproved. The reason for the resie nation IS not deemed urgent or satisfactory, 1t is said, but probably compromise will be made, and the armory after this year kept solely for military purposes.
 Richard Webb, young man whose bi- cycle and hat were found on the north end bridge in Springfield some months ago, and who was supposed to have taken a header into the Connecticut, was seen on the street in Troy, N. Y. Saturday, by William Bausch of Holyoke, who knew him well. Webb avoided him, and he did not have time to follow him. There has been g theory that he skipped from the first, and it is now confirmed.
 New York Herald The assassination of Dr. Cronin was exceptionally heinous in conception and brutal in execution. Like the anarchist murders it was one oi those crimes which arouse the indignation of the world.
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