Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
WHO. KILLED HIM !?
Strange Story Told by Lecar-
On'S Daughter to Her Lover.
The Dead Doctor Claimed to Have Been
the Victim of Agents of the En-
glish Government.
An Alleged Expose of His Intrigues that Led
to His Terrible Taking Oh in the
Carlson Cottage.
A STRANGE STORY .

says lawyers for the defense claim to be
in possession of evidence showing the
murderers of DR.. Cronin to be paid rep
resentatives of the English government
who had been duped by Cronin, who was
supposed by the British authorities to be
one of their American spies. This evil
dence, which will be presented at the
trial on behalf of tne defense, is num-
Der OF letters written by Miss LecarOn,
daughter of the notorious witness in the
London Times arnen case, to
her affianced husband, who is d
well-known and prominent young Irish
American of Chicago. These letters have
been written b. Miss LecarOn from Lon
don, at brief intervals, every since she
joined her father IN that city last winter
after he had appeared as a witness before
the Parneu commission. The letters
from Miss LecarOn, after the disappear
ance of Dr.. CrOnin, alluded frequently to
him, and intimated that the writer knew
that Dr. CrOnin was the
VICTIM OF A VILE CONsPIRSCY
of which she knew the particulars. But
she never gave any detailed account of
the information which she left to be in
ferred she had obtained from her father,
until after the arrest of Coughlin, Q Sui
livaT and Beggs. Then she became
more definite. LecarOn, after his ar
rival in London, had warned CrOnin and
advised him to save himself by complying
with what was expected of him. Leca-
ron was cautious in his letters.
He did not indicate from whom this
danger to Cronin was to come.
Miss Lecaron in her confidential COM
[ TO Tay TvaS
Greet In one of them she writes
"There is one man who got away and
whom they should have arrested. Why
did not they arrest Birmingham? They
might have learned a great deal from
him.
The story outlined in the series of let
tiers, of which there are very many, is to
the effect that LecarOn and Birmingham
were both British spies; that Dr.. CTOnin
in his intimacy with them soon learaed
their real character, and in order to OBJ
tain from them fuller insight into their
plans and duplicity aud designs of the
English government, he permitted them
TO think that he also was venal and could
be hired by their employers They made
a proposition that he enter the American
branch of the secret service of Scotland
yard. He apparently accepted. He OBJ
tanned all their information without Civ
ing any in return.
THEY BECAME SUSPICIOUS
and sought TO obtain from him certain
papers which they had given in his sup
posed character of "a spy. He refused to
give them up. Meanwhile LecarOn was
summoned to England to testify against
Parnell. 1t was suggested to CronIn that
he would be called on later for the same
purpose. Birmingham, the other repre-
sentative of British service=in Chicago,
was told to look out for Cronin and obtain
at any price the documents which would
have revealed the close connection be-
tween certain high American officials and
the London detective system. CrOnin
refused to yield and
THREATENED AN EXPOSURE
of English practices in America. The
Scotland Yard people grew desperate. 1t
was resolved to rob him of the papers
and il was in that attempt that the doc
tor was killed, the conspirators believed
that he always carried the much wanted
papers on his person. Birmingham, who
it is alleged in these letters, should be
watched, sold out drug store at North
Clark and Oak streets for a very low
price and disappeared.
The Journal has the same story, and
adds in opposition to the above that it is
claimed that at the proper stage of the
Cronin trial the prosecution VIII produce
as witnesses T. j. Kirby, Thomas Lee
caron and Patrick CooDey. This it is
said has been made possible by the efforts
of Messrs. Hynes & Mills of counsel for
the state. with the aid of Pinkerton de-
tectives.
FOUR JURORS SECURED.
Chicago, Ill. , SEPT. 8.-Proceedings
| in the Cronin case we're not resumed till
| O CLOCK this afternoon, Judge McCOn-
nell being engaged in another matter
| during the forenoon The work of get
| ting Jury was at once resumed. A liz
de while before adjournment four jurors
who had been repeatedly questioned by
I both sides were pronounced satisfactory
| by the defense. The council for the
| state withdrew for consultation, and on
| returning the states attorney said:
eff the court please, we also accept
| these four.
The fact that at last some jurors had
| been selected created quite a sensation
"Weu, gentlemen, rise and be
sworn, - promptly remarked the court
They were not, however, to be sworn
| in so soon. for a secret conference took
|
! the court. The conference was of short
| duration, however.
Gentlemen who have been accepted
will rise and be sworn by the clerk,
said Judge Mcdonnell, and the four
! jurors rose and we're duly sworn III.
| Their names are James A. Pearson OF
| Glenwood, John Culver of Evanston
John L. Hall of Fernwood ana Charles
! c. Dix of 1872 North Carpenter street.
els there any objection to these -four
| gentlemen retiring 10 my room?'' in
quired the judge. cit will be more
pleasant for them there than here.
There was no objection, and during the
remainder of the session the jurors oc-
| cupied the Judge s chamber.
CLAN-NA-GAEL DEFENDING CRoNIN?
CHICAGO, I'LL, Sept. l7.-Dr. p. III
| Curran, senior guardian of one Of the
! twelve Clan-na-Gael camps OF this city
| resigned his position last night because
the camp refused TO coincide with hi