St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-08
A STARTLING SENSATION.
A Bomb Hidden in the Unpub-
Z lished Papers Of DIR. CrOnin.

n lished Papers Of DIR. CrOnin.
CHICAGO. June From present in
dications the Cronin inquest is liable to
drag along for another week. The
names of new and important witnesses
are constantly cropping out before the
jury, and, besides, valuable document
AIRY evidence is being added almost
daily to the papers whose preparation
and preservation cost DR.. CrOnin his
life. DR.. Cronin's papers will fur
niSh the most sensational testi-
mOny of the whole inquiry. They
cover wide scope of time and contain
startling records for men whose patriot
ism and devotion to the Irish cause have
heretofore been considered almost
claim that every word in the documents
can be proved by the verbal testimony
of cOrroborating witnesses who are
ready to take the stand as soon as they
are asked. The Chicago record of LIE
Caron, the British spy. is treated in a
way that is sure to make trouble for
somebody. while all the financial trans
actions of the revolutionary societies
are set down for the express purpose
of proving that large defalcatiOnS did
actually occur. 1t is claimed that
John Dewey. DR.. McCahey, John F.
Seaman and others, have consented to
take the stand for the purpose of max
ing the papers perfectly clear, and they
are now en- route to Chicago to make
their promise good. The latest bit Of
gossip about the conspiracy comes from
Peoria, where, 1t is said, Daniel Cough
lin spent several days last March while
looking for the dynamiters who tried to
blow up the Shufeldt distillery. 1t is
claimed that Coughlin frequently said
Irishmen, and that he made use of
In conversation with Mr.. SPELL
man. the distiller. Mr.. Spellman has
been sent for by the coroner, and so
has Peoria's mayor. Mr.. Warner, who,
it is claimed, overheard Coughlin's
bombast. Both gentlemen will prOba-
bly, take the stand i'll day or two.
This afternoon Luke Dillon, of Phila-
delphia. who has been here for some
time as the representative of DR.. Gro
MINIS Eastern friends, took the witness
chair. He testified that DR.. CrOnin mad
frequently said to him that he believed
that to further his ambitions to rule
American and Irish politics, Sullivan
would murder him.
Police Omcer Daniel Brown, who was
DR.. Cronin's accuser in the trial in
camp 96, which resulted in the doctors
EXPULSION FROM THE ORDER,
testified that ne was member of the
Clan-na-Gael at the time DR.. CrOnin was
expelled. He belonged to camp16 and
does still, but has not attended much
in the past three years. The charge
against DR.. Cronin was treason. and
consisted in reading before camp SO
circular sent out by an expelled camp.
The witness said he preferred and wrote
out the charges himself. He had an
emphatic negative answer for every
question intimating that some one else
asked, ordered, or directed him to make
the charges. He was positive in as
Stunning the whole responsibility for
making the charges. He was not an
officer in the order and did not hear DIR.
Cronin read the circular, but visiting
Dr.. Cronin's camp soon after it was
read, he heard it talked about, and
knowing that the reading of such cir
cular was contrary to the rules Of the
rider he preferred the charges.