The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-12
DR.. CRONIN TALKS.
He Is interviewed by a Chicago
Times Reporter.
TROUBLE MAY COME IN GERMANY.
The Miners Strikes Assuming Alarming Pro-
portions Denver Intends
to Do July Fourth

CHICAGO, May IA special to the Times
from Toronto says after Cronin and his
party left Toronto yesterday on the Grand
Trunk train, moving west, the writer tele
graphed friend at Hamilton a description
of the two and requested that he keep a
sharp lockout for them. He also tele-
graphed regarding all their movements and
to follow them no matter.:where they went.
This afternoon at 4:l0a message was re
ceived here stating that Cronin alone had
left Hamilton and was on the train billed
to arrive at Toronto al $50.
The Times correspondent met the train,
but neither the expected doctor nor his
watcher were on board. The inference
drawn was that CrOuin had left the train
at some small station sUspecting that he
would be watched and had given his
shadOwers the slip. About : o'clock tel
eDhOne message was received that Cronin
was in safe quarters at the Res sin house
Ring street, west. The writer quickly
sought out the fugitive
"Well, doctor back again - was the first
remark, TO which ne replied Yes, back
again. Long, ii is really too bad that you
should dog me around IN this shape. what
Is YOUR object il doing it: ! have commit
ted no crime and can't see why you should
thrust my name before the public as you
did in the Empire this morning. You lied
when you stated that jim Lynch accom-
plniea me. l don't even know him"
Jr. CrOniu, you must certainly know
thai people generally and your Chicago
friends particularly are anxious to know
where you are, what you left Chicago for
and where you intend going. Are you will
ing TO make the statement, or shall l notify
the detectives where you are nOw:"
This seemed to quiet CrOnin and he be
/ came more communicative.
Cronin said he LETT Chicago a week ago
to night and went to Montreal, arriving
there Monday. He left Montreal Thurs
Gay, as he was advised by friend he was
suspected in ChiCOgO. He had gone there
aad thence to Ottawa. He intended TO go
to France from Montreal, but found no
ships sailing direct to France from that
port, and he did not dare go to New York.
as he was well known there.
Arriving at Toronto Friday morning
when asked TO give his reasons for leaving
Chicago CrOnin demUrred for some time,
bEt finally told the following rather wild
stkry: "While in st. Louis ! moved in the
{ very upper crust of society and promptly
Identified myself with the Irish cause, then
disturbing the public mind. | was en-
gagged as a druggist, and soon got to
the frontsrank. Meanwhile, 1 studied medi-
cine, and after a short time passed my eX-
animation. l soon saw a great Irish field
to be entered at Chicago or New York.
After consulting ny intimate friends,
among, whom was Dr.. O'ReillY, so well
knowH IN St. Louis made up my Emind
to go to Chicago, and did so, armed with
the very best letters of introduction
He then went on to say that he soon dis
covered that large quantities of money wen
being ,,caised for Alex Sullivan, DIR.
O'Reilly, of Detroit; John Bright. of New
York, and Pat Eagan, and were nothandled
properly and that none of it ever reached
Ireland. Il know that at least $50, 900 was
gODOled up By certain houses in
: Chicago, and when l began to call the turn
on them they tried to scare me off, and
finding that failure. their next move was
to Introduce me to lie CarOn, giving
his name as Bloch, in order that
might pump me and damage me in any
other way that he could, and that plan
failed.
Il have been warned several times to get
Tout Of the country by friends and was as
Sured nv life was in danger The secre-
tary had decided that my life should be
taken. Aman was appointed as my execu-
tioneer and preparations were in active
progress to accomplish 1t.
Enough to say made up my mind to fol
iSWt You know the rest"
''The lady who accompanied him on to
( Hamilton was quite unknown to me. To
neither of them did mention who l was. l
left them at Buffalo"
This part of the story proved to be true.
did you plan for man to call at your
Office and request you to attend the pa
That will not answers
When Cronin was questioned as to what
fhe intended to do now, Cronin said he
prOposed TO get to a place of safety, prob
sably France, and would, as soon as he
reached there, have some startling dis
closures TO make which would make a
great stir in Irish circles, especially New
York and Chicago.
He positively refused to enter into any
of the details of these disclosures. He said
be had left some important papers behind
him in Chicago. When asked why the
COnklins with whom he had lived, per
NBisted in declaring him dead, the doctor
lsaid, they had been making fools
u pf themselves. They were instructed
10 keep their mouth shut until he got to
n rance, but, he added, If you tell woman
Y anything of Importance you will get the
+ worst Of it," DR.. Cronin had nothing to
: pay about his other Chicago friends.