New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-21
HE is MARTIN BURKE.
THE WINNIPEG PRISONER Is DNTIFIEy
BY A CHICAGO OFFICER.
CHIEF HUBBARD ExUITANT OVER THE vA0x5
LONG STEP TOWARD CLEARING UP
THE cRoNIN MYsrERY-THE
GRAND JURY'e WORK.


OF Police, Mr.. Hubbard, professed unbounded dis
gust at the lesdness OF some OF the officials con-
nected with the Cronin murder case. He corked
himself up tight, and refused to answer the
simplest questions. He uncorked with o p0p
however, when telegram came from Collins, tha
officer sent to Winnipeg, that the man under
arrest there was really Burke Satisfaction fairiN
oozed out of the pores Of the chiefs skin. 1t was
manifest that he thought q ten-strike had been
made. lie does not fear sny difficulty In ex-
tradltng Burke, and Is sure Of him as II he
were already locked up in the Cook County Jail
The extraditon papers and the depositions will
be ready to start on thir long journey this even
Ing, and viii reach Governor Fifer tonight. Tha
dispositions include all the evidence in the case
in brief, SO that any bubbles raised by Burke's
lawyers may be met.
Chief Hubbard is triie chagriued that the
manner OF Burke's capture has como
to light. The police were supposed
to have had him under surveillance.
That rank outsider" such as Calder, the
ticket agent Of Winnipeg, should be attracted by
the mans manner sufficiently to inform the Win
nipeg chief OF police shows that all the detective
talent Is not in Chicago. In buying his ticket
at Winnipeg, Burke told Calder that he wanted
to go on road that ran all
the way through Canadian territory as
he had trouble in the United States
A dispatch from Winnipeg to-day says: officer
John NJ Collins, of Chicago, arrived to-day and
identified Martin Burl1o as the man "" nted for
the Cronin murder. Immediately upon his
arrival he proceeded to the police station, and
together with Chief Of Police McRae. entered
Burkes's cell Burke looked up as they entered,
and Collins remarked: WE'LL Burke, this is q
bad place to be in Burke replied instantly:
Yes. John, 1t is but a minute later denied
any knowledge Of the Chicago detective. Collins.
however, was satisfied, and retired with Chief
McRae. lie drove to the house Of Judge Balm,
where the information was sworn ont against
Burke, accusing him OF the murder Of DIR Cronin.
Collins also retained IL NJ. Howell to fight the
case for the State of Illinois,
1t is said that a man has been found who de-
clares that Burke revealed part Of the plot to
kill Cronin to him in endeavoring to induce him
TO become party to it, The plot, as Burke gave
it to this man, was totally different from that
which was carried out
Detectives last nght arrested grocery clerk
named Kuhn, who Is fAmilarly known az
Coonscy," to make him explain his close intimacy
with Dan" Coughln during the months Of March
and April. He the eX-detectye's constant
companion, and accompanied him to Peoria. where
Coughlin made threats against DR.. CronIn. CHIEF
ltuDD8ru bhlu hbt uIsHt lulJ uc hot ehihA
Kuhn was a participant in the murder, but he
thought that owing TO his intimate association
with Coughln he might be able to tell more about
the ex-detcctive than anybody knows now.
The police have under surveillance another sus-
pect, against whom they hope to SECURE evidence
which will connect him with the conspiracy.
When the Carlson cottage revealed its terrible
story one of the most promising clews which iu
presented the footprints in the paint. Tho
murderer who painted the parlor floor TO cover
the great splotch Of blood which marked tho place
where Cronin fell walked about the paint in his
stocking fcct Soon after the fact that the cot
tagc was the scene of the murder WAS published
with full description OF the paint tracks and blood
marks, a shoemaker wrote TO the police Of
fering a valuable suggestion. lie said that well
known Irishman and Clan-naIiael man, whose
name he had seen mentioned in the newspapers in
connection with the murder, was q customer OF
his and that he had peculiar feet piece Of the
floor about thirty inches square was cut out with
three tracks it, and was taken 10 police head
quarters. Then the shoemaker was visited and
he WAS asked TO produce his book in which ho
preserved the tracingS showing the shape OF his
customers feet. The outlines Of the suspected
hshman's feet were compared with the footprints
taken from the door, and were found to cor
The books Of the Chicago National Bank were
called for by the Cronin Grand Jury this morn
ing and an hour was spent examining the old
accounts of Alexander Sullivan and comparing
the dates OF certain checks with the dates OF Sui
hvan's operations on the Board Of Trade. Charles
w. Green, u grain.brOkcr. was called 10 the stand
and testified to the little h. knew regarding the
spcculations of the Irish leader.
W. T. Hatfield, Il salesman of Revcll & Co.. was
called upon 10 identify Burkes photograph as that
OF one of the who bought the furniture OK
the Carlson cottage. He thought the resemblance
81 rong but was not positive Of the identity.
A number of new SubpOenas were Issued, and 10
was reported that the jury had obtained n complete
list Of the membership Of Camp No. 20. Clan-na.
Gael commonly known Us the Columbia Club, and
had directed the subpoena OF every memoer oil that
john K. Walsh, president of the Chicago Ma
lional Bank, who was receiver for Resented ~
Co, brokers' after the failure Of that firm in
1887, was before the jury for nearly an hour
eN planning the operations Of Sullivan on the Board
Of Trade In 1ss2.s3, indicated blythe accounts
Of the dcfunct firm
j. f. OMalley, one of the members Of the
Trial Committee that expelled Cronin from Camp
able time and was followed by Lawrence
buckley, the chairman of that committee
End captain Of the Clan-na-Gacl Guards. The
latter returned evasiye answers when questioned
his for first declining to lead tho
Guards in the procession at the Cronin funeral
nnd both denied any intimacy with either Martin
Burke or Michael CoOncy. Burke, however, IS
10 have been "a member OF the Clam
nn q mel Guards DennsOn Ward WIS called upon
to tell why he and John F. Beggs visited the East
inst after the Cronn murder. lie averred tLat the
visit was one of combined pleasure and politics.
DR. Egbert, assistant county physician, testified
TO the nature of the wounds upon DIR. Cronin's
head, and described the probable blunt character
of the weapon that must have produced them.
lie admitted that the blows might have been
hI hpSarihQl htr
Woodruff in his recent confession. This weapon,
il will be remembered, WAS something In the
nature of a small cogwheel in which WAS inserted
through and an inch or more beyond the lower
side Of the pom.
Several other witnesses testified, but nothins
striking was developed The jury will doubtless
render its final report on the Cronin on Satur-
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