St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-17
TICKET-0F-LEAVEMA
Correspondent Cla ncy's Tes-
timony Furnishes a Sensa-
tiOn in the Cronin Case.
His Interview With leeman
O'Sullivan and the Lat
ter's Peculiar Actions.
Clancy Was q Fenian and
Spent Ten Years in
English Prisons.
His Evidence Completes the
Prosecution and the State
Rests Its Case.

AkO0BS 4C0 OCt9Ss
CHICAGO, Nov. 16.-There was great
crowd at the opening of the court for
the resumption of the CrOnin trial this
morning. after two days. recess. The
bailiffs had difficult task in keeping
back those who were without tickets of
admission. The crowd surged up the
stairway and pressed about them, and
it was only after the most vigorous eff
forts that they were enabled to clear
passageway into the room. Belated
representatives of the press, finding
that it was impossible to get uD the
stairs in the regular way, climbed up
along the outer edge of them, clinging
to the iron handrail. The first witness
called was James Clancy, correspond
ent of the New York Herald, who testi-
fed on the behalf of the prosecution.
He said that he was sent here by the
Herald in May to investigate the Cronin
case. He called at O'Sullivan's on the
morning of the day that Cronin's boiy
was discovered, but before the discovery
iidu Utcu uidut. ne WltHcSS COutIl-
ued: Il asked him IL he knew DIR.
CrOnin. He told me he had known him
five years, or about five years, and that
he had met him in the Seventeenth
ward. asked him what he thought of
the
DI IsAPPEARANCE OF DIR. CRONIN. -
He said. to the best of my recollec-
tion. that he would turn up somewhere;
furthermore. that he did not believe he
bad been murdered. asked him about
the contract he had made with DIR.
CrOnin. He said, in reference to that
contract. that he had been in
troduced personally to DR.. Cronir
few weeks before that time by
Judge MahOney. ] asked him why he
made the contract. He said, because ac-
cidents had happened and then said
something about wishing to have ply
sician to attend to anything of the kind
that might occur in the future. The
conversation was general. about DR..
Cronin: and when / stood up to go. I
asked him again what he thought of the
d0ctOr's disappearance. and once more
he said that he would turn up sognes
where all right: that he did not believe
that he had been murdered. then left.
[ called late in the evening of the same
tildb tllC UtUtY tldu
been foand. asked him if he had heard
the news. He said "No." Then there
was pause. Then he said: ..There was
a body, | heard when was down town,
that body was discovered in the lake
this morning, and that it has been iden-
tifiPd."
1--WE were both standing at this time.
l said i heard nothing about that /
paused and then said: 'Mr. O'Sullivan.
the body of DR.. CrOnin has been found.'
(The witness spoke very dramatically
and continned) HE turned pale. He
said: What The body of Or. Cronin
found? Is that true% I said: cot
course. l don't know for certain. I
heard it was discovered in the catch
basin and is lying at the police station,
about a mile from here. / have cab at
the door; will you accompany me and
identify
THE BODY AT THE MoRGUE"
He shook, and sank into his chair and
said: No. could not go. ] could not
identify him. 1t would be useless for
me to gO.' said: Mr.. O'Sullivan. YOU
told me this morning you knew DR..
Cronin very we'll. 1t is only a
short distance. Come along and iden-
tify the body. 1t may not he DR..
III - C
said: s'No, could not go; If met him
in the street might know him, but
could not identify his body" On Civ
ing the answers made to him by O'Sul-
.livan the witnesses voice was a continu-
al tremor, and the scene was dra-
matte one. I said: "That is strange"
urged him again, and he made an
effort to move ont of his chair, into
which he had sunk when first
BROKE THE NEWS TO HIM."
Mr.. DOnOhne lyon say he moved
the chair at the time?' "NO, did not:
it seemed to me that he tried to rise out
of the char into which he had snnk."
The States Attorney-"Go ahead" 81
said would try to get JUDGE Maboney
to identify him. [ said. What IS his
address?' He seemed to try TO recnI-
lpct. and then gave me the wrong adj
dress. He called Mrs. Whalen into the
room and asked her the judges ad-
dress"
she had given you the judges address
already in the morning. had he not?"
Mr.. DOnohue asked. eyes. said so
to him and then made final effort to
induce him to come and identify the
body. He said: No. could not
identify it: it is useless for me TO go.'
HGll l ltib. ilt- Observation-Disclosures vi
the witness then began. The crOss-eX-
animation was directed to eliciting de-
tails of the witness life from the time
of his birth up through a varied jour
nal'stic career in London. Paris and
elsewhere. Then counsel asked:
"Whpt were Won doino in 1879"
81 was in prison in 1873"
'sIn prison?'
Girmlyl-"Yes SIR"
t'What fnr?"
"For nv connection with what was known
as sThe Fenian Conspiracy
) Were you Fenian at that time?''
''Na. sir (bitteriv) was convict"
'sYau bad ceased to be Fenian after they
had convicted you?"
YES SIR
HWhat prison were vou ia?''
) 81 was In Portsmouth at one time. First
was in Millbank prison in London, and from
there was sent to Portsmouth"
How long were you in prison?"
"Ahout ten years. (Sensation.)
"What were you convicted forf'
"For implic ton in the Fenian conspiracy,
as il was called"
"were you convicted of conspiracyg'
mo, sir"
The interest at this point of the ex-
animation had become intense. The
witness next ane&r in reply to the
question put by the counsel. .'What
were you indicted fOr?" caused a hum
of excitement around the court room.
'.sFor two attempts to murder" Mr..
Donahoe, with gratified smile. was
about to put his next question. when
the witness added the words. "a police
man and | was arrested" The smile
died away on Mr.. Donahoe's lips and
he changed the tenor of his examina-
ton by asking indifferently: "You are
now "a newspaper man?' Eyes, SIR"
'sYnu may exnlain about your imprison-
ment; about YOUR pardon, and all about