St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-09
A Member of the Clan-na-
Gael Gives Up Some Of
It's Secrets.
Two Brutal Murderers Taken
From a Tennessee Jail
and Lynched.
An Innocent Man Lynched and
Riddled With Bullets in
Virginia.

CHICAGO, June S.-John Moss. a men,
ber of Camp No. 81, of the Gamma
Gael, was put upon the witness stand
in the coroner's investigation into the
manner of DR.. CroniD's death. this
morning. At a meeting subsequent to
the murder a resolution was presented
in this camp, denouncing the deed.
Moss moved that it be tabled, remark
ing that ''perhaps DR.. CrOnin's removal
was ordered by the executive commit
tee." When called to the witness chair
this morning and asked to give the name
of the presiding officer of the camp he
refused to do so, and, by order
of the coroner, was ordered into GUS
tody. Pending the arrival of the sher-
ifs deputy, the witness gave evidence
of great mental distress. and finally sig
nifed his willingness to testify. He
then said that the name of the presid-
ing officer of his camp was William II.
Joyce.
when you made your motion on the Gro
min resolution, did you believe that the ex-
ecutive had the power to order the removal
of any one?' querieG the coroner.
81 had not the faintest idea of the powers
of the executive"
''lf you had been ordered to remove any
one, would you have done it?''
mo, sir, said the witness. after long
pause.
Peter McGeehan was the next wit
ness. He testified that he came to Chi
cagO last February from Philadelphia:
that he did not say before leaving that
he was going on dangerous business for
the executive. He came because he
had had a row with a young fellow
about a girl. DR.. CrOnin came up to
witness on the street once and accused
him of being in the city to murder him
the witness a note telling him to get out
of the state or he would have him ar
rested. The witness declared that he
was in Pullman on the night that DR..
CrOnin was murdered. AS soon as Nc
Geehan had finished testifying and the
coroner had announced that the inquest
would stand adjourned until Monday
morning, at 10 o'clock, the witness
was taken into custody. He was asked
what number he took when he left Phil
adelphia. He replied that he did not
take any number. He retained the num-
Der he previously had, which was No. 1.
No. Q was John O'Neill. No. 8. the
witness did not know. Mcclellan was
taken to the cnleI'S private ONCE,
where the Carlsons, Dinan and Mrs.
Conklin were allowed TO take look at
him. None of them, however, identl-
fed him, and he was allowed to go.
VALUABLE CLEWS.
The police at last have the clothes
worn by Cronin when he last left his
office. The garments, all blood stained,
were in lot of garbage found by
scavenger, just where, the police refuse
to say. The scavenger gave the ILL
starred apparel to a neighbOr German.
who washed out the blood as best she
could and gave them to her husband to
wear. The husbands new suit excited
suspicion of some of his associates
who Informed the police. Cronin's coat,
when found and before being repaired
by the house wife, had been slit from
neck to wrist. The vest had nearly
been severed in twain, and the under
clothing had been cut IN a similar man
ner. If an inference can be drawn from
the conduct of the police, it may be as
sumed as true that valuable clues have
been developed by the discovery of the
uncanny relics.