Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
INDICTED FOR MURDER
The Grand Jury Holds Seven Men for
CrOnin'S Murder.
Not Sufficient Evidence Against Alex
Sullivan It'd Convict.
Inquiry into His Affairs to be Con-
tinued by the Next Jury.

CHICAGO, June $3.50 D. m.-The
grand jury just returned indictments
against Martin Burke, Jonn F. Beggs,
Patrick Cooney, Daniel Coughlin, Patrick
o Sulliva2, Frank Woodruff and Frank
Kunze for completely in the murder of
DIR. Cronin. None of the prisoners or
suspects were present in the court when
the Cronin grand jury reported to Judge
Shepard. Few persons at ali
were present besides the officials,
except MUG Der of newspaper men.
After the last formalities of the long in
QUESTION were ended States Attorney
Longnecker told a number OF reporters
that ne had not yet dropped the case in
citation TO Alexander p. Sullivan. 7aues
attorney claimed that the grand jury had
been unable, owing to the ex oiration of
Its term, to hear ali the evidence that
could be presented against Mr.. Saliivap.
Ing olry as TO Sullivan will be Continued
to the next grand jury. Whether it would
be another special panel OF the regular
body could not at present. be stated. 1t
was conceded by Mr.. Longenecker, in
private conversation, that up TO the mo-
ment that the term of the grand jury tx
pired the authorities had not secured
sufficient evidence upon which Sullivan
could be convicted. An Indictment of
him, therefore, so the states at
torney reasoned, would undoubtedly
result in an Immediate trial and acquittal,
barring forever any other proceedings
resulting from Longenecker's standpoint
was not to be desired. Another reason
| for the states attorneys course, is said
to be the hope on his part that before
the trial of the men indicted is ended,
| some of them may be induced through
the hope of saving their own necks to
give evidence directly Matchmaking Sui
llvan.
CHICAGO, June 29.-Kunze, the Cronip
suspect. whose name became talked about
for the first time today, is the picture
frame maker who spent good deal of
time around the Chicago avenue police
station to which Detective Ooughlin was
attached. Kunze is supposed to have
driven Coughlin to the Carlson
cottage on the fatal night of
May 4th. States Attorney Longenecker
talks very positively about having evil
dence enough to surely hang Coughlin
and Kunze. It is intimated that the state
has in reserve two witnesses who will
swear to seeing Coughiin and Kunze
near the cottage that night ard give
|
Uooney and Burke. One of the witnesses,
is said to be member of camp 20. The
evidence against Beggs it is understood
consists chiefly Of suspicious passages in
| bis CORES pOndence with his superior
ofioer in the Clan ma Gael, Edward Spell
man, of Peoria.
MEMPHIS, Tenu., June "a special to
the Appeal from Birmingham, Ala, says:
prominent Nashville, Tenn, gentleman
named Justice Consodine, who has been
/ on business trip to this city for several
days is authority for the statement that q
few days ago Patrick McGarigle,
of Chicago, an acquaintance of
Consodine passed through this city en-
route for South America. He told Con-
sodine that he involuntarily had been
witness to a certain transaction in the
Cronin case; that they involved men to
whom he was obligated and that he was
going to Honduras to avoid testIfying.
New YORK, June 29.-The Brooklyn
police said tonight that they had not
found Patrick Cooney, the Cronin suspect
in their jurisdiction.