Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-25
THE CRONIN CASE.
A Very Serious Phase of it
Being Developed.
CRONIN WAS AN ENGLISH SPY
And Was Condemned as such by a
Camp of the Clan Ma Gael.
The Guilty Tracked.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
C41cAGo. June 24.-Tonight's sensa'
ton in the Cronin case is clrcumstan
tial report that the authorities have In
formation showing that committee ol
Camp 20. of Clan Ma Geal, after formal
trial, found Cronin guilty OF being a
British spy. The charge was that Cronin,
under the guise OF endeavorlng to expose
the alleged malfeasance OF Alexander
Sullivan, Michael Boland and Denis
Feelv, was, in reality. attempting to
bring about public investigation OF
the work and accounts of the order for
the information of the British govern
ment and the London Times commission.
1t was shown that the exposure of the
workings of the order, which would
be necessary in order to refute
Cronin's charges, would furnish to
the London Times all the Information
which it had dispaired of obtaining by
the appointment of a government sub
commission in America. Cronin's ma
neuvers, it was pointed out, what
ever his motives, could hardly help
but insure the extradition of every man
who had gone across the water Oh
ACJlVH EbTNlCb. Sul6l duu
States Attorney Longenecker neither
explicitly affirm nor deny the reports.
The story is that two trials of Cronin
were held. The first was in January,
but when it came to rendering decision
upon the evidence. one man weakened
The trial committee was dissolved, but
subsequently reorganizsd in secret, the
place of the man who had weakened
being filled by another man. The man
who retired from the first meeting be-
came aware OF the reorganization since
Cronin's disappearance, 30 it is
claimed, and has been the source
from which information has come
to the authorities. The trial COM
mittee consisted of seven persons, each
of whom, it is said, is now under surveil-
lance. They did not sentence him to-
death, or have any knowledge of, much
less have anything to do with, the Turing
of Cronin from his Office or the scenes in
the Carlson cottage. All that, it is
claimed, was the outgrowth OF the ver-
dict, which was simply that the proof
showed Cronin to be spy.
States Attorney Longenecker went be-
fore Judge Sheppard this afternoon and
obtained an order whereby Post
master Sexton, of Chicago, is di-
rected by the court to pro-
duce before the Grand Jury all ap.
plications for postoffice money order
books or receipts, kapplications
for registered letters or any
other information that may be
required by the jury in relation to the
Investigation of the parties who killed
DIR. CroniD.
Chicago, June e24-CouRhlin, Sullivan
and Woodruff, charged with completely
in the Cronin murder, were arraigned
today. Coughlin asked for continu-
ance. The others said they were willing
to be tried at once. At the request of
the States Attorney, the trial was put
over to the next term. The States At
torney says he has evidence enough to
hang them.
An afternoon paper says the police have
q San Francisco suspect under surveillance
in that city on suspicion of connection
with the Cronin murder. They declared
it was his photo, identified by several
persons here as resembling Simonds,
the man who bought the Carlson cottage
furniture. This photograph was fur
nished by Luke Dillon. OF it he says;
1.-THE original is the last man in the
world l would suspect of such crime.
When the police fird Cooney and fail to
identify him as Simonds, it will be time
enough to give up the name, and there
will be no difficulty in getting this man
i'll question. He is Californian, has a
lucrative business and an excellent rep
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