Oxford eagle., 1889-06-20
ALEX SULLIVAN RELEASED.

sadx~ rst~v D~~ssa~~ TO cr.as an. Re-
Lease fr.aa C.@tsssv sf af~x&sa<r SAL
nvsn- Charged wtsh Completely g, sh.
Nsrde- sf lsr- Crsafa. bat rta~~. Hlua
Caa~r sso.ooo Bead.
CEEs-Aso, June iA-Aisxanaer Sufifv,n
Il at liberty under bail % SnasA HI.
oondsnen are Hon- Fernando Jones'. one
of the oldest and most wealthy citizens
% Chicago. Who c.lehr.ted his seven.
fieth birthday last week: J. W Tuohv. the
extensive dry goods merchant: Michael
W Kervin. a real estate operator, sn "A
Daniel Corkeny. coal merchant. The
combined fortunes % the four n~a prob
ably exceed a million ard half % dol
lars.
The scere srouni the cvurt "a. in
t-aseiy dramatic. Inside every seat AMI
every foot % <vuund was occupsed. sna
ssea the bench was invaded oussit-. II,
the corridor. = great erpwa made up in
The main ne n.a whose co9nssnanc~s de-
ros~st their Celtic origin. struggled and
tore AMI beat IA vain against the barred
doors
sugiiwsz. escorted By sa~riH Masssn
snd two dspEtics. was hroaghs in hy a
private entrance II. was . shade paI-r
than usual and as Il. audible essra motion
caused By his appearance hts eye swept
the crowd with hurried hook as IL in sp-
prehensiou Of = hostile d.usnstration.
Thea he took = seat among his array o.
counsel
Three o'clock wss the time that h,d
been nxsd By Jai<s TaIey for r~ad@riax Z
the decision. but hat hour came and
went By anil stiIl his Honor Was absent
As the minutes went BY Sullivan became
pefceptiely nervous, snd his agitation
was communicated 10 the spectators. All
sorts % ruuiors weRt round the room
concerning the delay, bus the hun Of
conversation stopped like clock. ~n-u
~ quarter Of four o'clock the Iudy.
made his appearances. Without any de-
lay he plunged tzto the case. Hsvin,
explained the petition aud the law upon
which it was based. he procs~sied d
review the testimony taken before th-
eoroner's jury. which had covered f.ie
pages Of type-written copy. He quoted
eopiou$ly from the evidence % the wit
nssses to whom Cr0niu hal said that
Alexander Sullivan would be the ennse
Of his death. and that the lat
ter had tEsti=atsI conspiracy
to kill him None OF this
evidence. he said. would BE- admitted In 9
court of law This excluded there was
practically no evidence against him. I,
Was conceded that Sullivan " a. m enc
my of Crouin's: Il was also conceded thai
CTuuin was n bitter enemy % Sullivan
| There wee several theories OF ths mur-
| der One was that he vas murdered by
| people for revenge. growing out Of the
| society troubles. Assuming this 20 b. 50,
| what evidence was there identifying sal
| hvsn with the erimes He was not shown
to be connected with the renting Of ths
| cottage, or the hiring Of the horse and
| buggy II was not shown that he knew
o'Sullivan, or had met any % sh. other
prisoners No act could bs traced home
20 hiul- The theory that he Was killed ts
prevent th- exposure Of the secrets % tbs
Triangle wa unreasouable. IL ikf not
| appear that Crouin was in possession a.
any vital facts All he hasi would havs
been in existence after hi. death H
1 could not have takeu il with hinl- All o.
| the evidence taken st the Buffalo irvssti-
| CATION was IN the possession oi
| Or. McCahey. oe PhiIadeIphia. anl
others As 70 the theory that il was per-
| petrated as the result 0t 3 decree ct th-
Cisn-ns Gael. the fac. stood out that Sal
Ivan had severed his connection with that
| suenee ana control it, Il Vas not known
| that he had ever met. or hal am
| business dealings with any of the con,
spirsfors- The jury vas influenced hy
hesrsay testimony. The strongest evf
dene- against Sullivan vas furnished b
himself. Il vas protest issued ave dsy,
after the Doctors disappearance againsi
| hts sitting on the Cronin trial commit.
II IN far -
| ordinary virulenes and hatred But this
very publication NJ sHeh q time tended q
show that sullivan had No knowledge q
the Conspiracy. Il seemed increstihl'
that Il he vas a party ~ il. he woald hAv'
promulgated such document right a.sei
/ the murder.
The evidence pointed IN Szilivan ~
| Esa who desired revenge on crouEn. bas /
| pointed 20 no overt act W impartial nzsz
| couId make ap his miasl tAAt any izrl
| vo9ld eoavtes Sullivan % this evIfi-ar~
| The mere fact that n party was an ~n@ual
| OF the ra2n killed was No proof that b
was participant n the H1arler- He has
| therefore couse ts the epnel1stoa. aaa M
| without very eaasisE@rabls hesitation. that
bail tn such an extent s. - insure hts ap
| p~Ar.nee should an instietzsnt b@ ss1Rk
shoaId be accepted
Sullivan preserved his zszAl cool. stalis
| demean0r when the coaeIast8n was an
nornced. and an afteEsps 10 sPplA.i wA,
1 SUP pressed by the bAilEs<- There wAx az
| argument between stasets- Att0ra-,
| L0n--neck@r snd Nr. Trusse % 10 ID
| amount Of bail TIE latter. wAs s&.x
/ Sullivan was almost eutlr~iY wtfAassz
1 means thonxht - on - SEA.A&l x1sfrtenl
4 Finally $4,000 WAS agreed upsar. ard IN
four gentlemen named swUrs 20 the Mzxrw
1 gate possession - over ha. mfslion o
1 real estate. The bonds we're th~n mszi- sG
| aud signed and Sailivaa walked eur o
1 sha rearYs a FREE. man