Evening journal., 1889-06-13
SULLIVAN STILL JAILED.
He Applies for Writ of
Habeas Corpus.
A SPECIAL GRAND JURY DRAWN.


The Situation Looks Black for Moronev.
the New York suspect-Did He Hire
the Carlson Cottage9
CHICAGO, June 13-Alexander Sullivan
declined 10 see any callers at the jail except
his law partners To friend who sent
note from the Jail office, expressing uns haken
confidence in him and firm belief In his in
nocence, the famous ex-president OF the Irish
National league returned the following note:
am very grateful for your kind words Time.
and the truth viii justify you ia their use Sin
cerely ALrxAvpnR srl1,fyAN
A. :. Trude, w. j. Hynes, Judge Gilbert
and Senator Duncan went to the court house
and had a consultation with Judge Tuley.
After the consultation Mr.. Winde appeared
IN Judge Tuley's court with a petition. made
out IN the regular FORM asking for writ OF
habeas corpus. The petitioner was Alexander
Sullivan himself.
suilivan's Petition.
The petition sets forth that the verdict OF
the c9roners jury, on the strength Of which
he was committed, is insufficient to hold him
and deprive him Of the benefit Of bail The.
evidence produced before the coroner's jury
on which the verdict was rendered was In
sufficient TO justify the commitment on any
charge There was no competent evidsnoe,
direct or circumstantial offered or admitted
against the petitioner tending to provo that
he was guilty Of Dr. Cronin's murder on 40
ces.ory thereto, or had guilty knowledge
thereof or knowledge OF any plot or uonsi1re
acy to accomplish the same The coroner
also permitted large number OF witnesses
10 testify TO statements alleged to have
been made by Dir. Cronin in his life
time as so what Cronin suspected in relation
TO Sullivan, and that the coroner permitted
"A large amount OF incompetent and wholly
irrelevant testimony TO be introduced before
the jury calculated 70 prejudice the jury
against him without shedding any light on
the question being investigated. The verdict,
so far as il reflected on the conduct Of Sulli-
van, was the result OF passion and prejudice,
created by the incompetent and irrelevant
testimony admitted by the coroner. Sullivan
saus he is not guilty Of the crime with which
he is changed and that he has had no connec-
ton whatever with the murder OF DR.. Cronin
Later in the day Sullivan appeared in court
and promptly agreed 70 leave the evidence
OF the coroner's jury with the court to decide
said he would consider 1t legally without
prejudice, but could not promise to get
through with the matter before Friday morn
ing. Mr. Sullivan was remanded, therefore,
until 10 o'clock Friday morning, at which
time the court thinks he win have finished
reading the evidence. II the evidence is not
sufficient in the courts opinion, Judge Tuley
can discharge Sullivan, IL no Indictment is
returned by the grand jury, and admit him
to bail II there Is an Indictment
A Special Grand Jury Drawn.
A special grand jury composed OF we'll
known business men was impanelled by
Judge Shepard to investigate the Cronin
murder and pass upon the evidence against
the men already arrested. Among the grand
jury are President Dewey, Of the American
Exchange National bank; j. McGregor
Adams, president Of the Adams and West
lake company; Francis h. Peabody, president
Of the Citizens association; H. S. Peck, presi-
dent of the Chicago Jewellers associa-
/ on; ex-County Commissioner John ONeill,
president Of the Wheeler chemical works; A.
p johnson, president Of The johnson Chair
company, and William ID. Kerrfuot, a mill
ionalre real estate man. The special venue
was selected by sheriff Matson in person and
care was taken that no one should be called
who had any feelings for or against the
Clan na-Gael. There are only two Irish born
citizens on the jury Of twenty-three.
bad for AIoroney.
A very strong chain OF circumstantial evil
dence has been wound about John J. Moro
ney, one Of the men now under arrest IN New
York on suspicion Of being connected with
the murder of Dr. Cronin Photographs
were procured Of Morcney and Mcdonald,
the other man arrested at the same time in
New York. These were mixed up with a
number Of others and shown first to Salesman
Hatfield, Of Revell a Co, who sold the fur
niture subsequently found in the Carlson cot
tage, in Lake View, in which Dr. Cronin was
murdered. Mr.. Hatfield without hesitation,
picked out Moroney's portrait as that Of the
man to whom he sold he furniture.
The pictures were then mixed up and shown
TO Mr. Throckmorton, the real estate agent
who rented the rooms on Clark street, op-
poste DR.. Cr,nn's Office, TO which the fur
niture was first carted from Revell's Mr..
Throckmorton picked up the picture of Mo-
roney as the man TO whom he rented the
rooms.
Once more the pictures were shufiied, and
this time they were shown to Expressman
Martenson, who carried the furniture from
the Clark street rooms 10 the Carlson cottage
in Lake View, where DR.. Cronin was mur-
dered. The result was the Arbroney's
picture was again selected, this time as the,
man who had the furniture moved Neither
Of these persons knew what had been done
by the other. In each Of these cases the man
gave his name as J. B. Simmons. 1t now re-
mains TO be seen whether or not the Carlslns
will recognize him as one Of the alleged
brothers named Williams who rented the cot
taga