The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-06-15
SULLIVAN FREE.
The Irish Leader Released on Twenty
Thousand Dollars Bail by
Judge Tuley.
Among the Reasons Assigned for the
Decision is that the Coroner's
Inquest Was Prejudiced.
The Suspects at New York City Still in
the Hands of the LAVA Kansas
City Clue.

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result of SuIlivsn's application for writ
of hsbeas corpus. Bail was liked at s2O,-
900 and promptly furnished by four well
known citizens, each of whom represented
many times the total amount asked. Sulli-
van walked out of the court, after having
been less than three days in custody. Sci
dom If ever has a case drawn such q crowd
as that which assembled this afternoon 10
hear the expected decision The court
room was jammed and q big concourse of
men assembled in the corridor adjoining,
seeking TO catch from afar the words from
the judges lips.
States-Attorney Longenecker and his
assistant, Mr.. Baker. were in consultation
| with Judge TuIey before he came on the
| bench. Several unknown men also en-
| tered his chamber. They were presumably
members of the curoner's jury who re-
| turned the verdict in the Cronin case. Mr..
| sullivan was early on the scene. de was
| brought in by Sheriff Matson personally,
On SuIlivan's arrival he took seat In
the center of the circle formed by his law
/ yers Messrs. Trude, Wendes and Gilbert,
| with whom he entered into a whispered
consultation. A score OF members or tile
i bar evinced professional and friendly inter
est in Mr.. sullivan by being present Cor
i Oner Hertz occupied a seat by Judge Long
i enecker. Congressman Frank Lawler
i came in when verybOdy had been seated,
/ calling from the JOcular Trude the
| proceedings begin" There was a wait of
| three-Quarters of an hour before Judge
ruley reached his court room. Finally at
/ 3:45 p. m. he ascended the bench with
| written opinion, which it soon became
| apparent had been made only after care
| ful analysis of the whole mass of testimony
| in the case, and not, as first proposed,
merely that relating to Sullivan alone.
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kept his eyes fixed on the court as Judge
TuIey said:
81 suppose there will be no further steps
taken beyond this evidence before the cor
Oner's jury" "
Judge LoDgenecker replied: THAT is all;
there is no addition testimony"
because if you had any the court would
feel compelled to hear il, /" said the judge.
Tuley then in his characteristic matter-of-
fact manner began reading his decision
and had not proceeded two minutes when
the frowns of those connected with the
prosecution told what was the drift. The
decision in substance is a follows: The
Judge said the application before him was
Tor the release of Alex. Sullivan on bail
under the bill of rights which provided for
the bailing of persons accused OF murder
where the evidence or the presumption of
their guilt was not strong. The court re-
ferred TO the terms of the agreement under
which the matter was left TO him on the
evidence before the coroner. He said he
had read eleven hundred type written
pages of the evidence before the
coroner's jury. Much of the tes-
timOney was irrelevant and ine0m-
petent before the court but
wide scope was allowed the coroner in
such Investigations. He could even hear
hearsay evidence if il gave direction to the
form in which any inquiry should be di-
rected, so as to bring about the discovery
of the persons guilty of DIR. Cronin's muir
der. There was q good deal Of this hear
say evidence. Mrs. COnklin and Seaman
testified that they heard Cronin say that
there was a plot to aSsassinate him and |
sullivan was back of il. Barry, Morris |
and O'Brien testified substantially to the |
same thing, the last named saying that |
Cronin was afraid of Sullivan, Boland and |
Buckley. 0COnnor, Ford and Ives testi- |
fed later to a singular statement by Gro
min as TO his cross-eXamination be- /
fore notary, and that he believed |
that was part of the plot, |
and that Sullivan was at the head of il. /
Dillon said he talked about il so much that |
he believed CroDin had Sullivan on the /
brain. Haggerty's evidence was the most |
important, and the statements he testified /
to that Cronin made were made about the /
time of CrOnsn's trial in 1856. The testi- /
mOny given by Haggerty on that point was
substantially the only evidence that Sulli- /
van made direct threat against Cronin's /
life. The court knows of no rule OF law /
that would admit the declaration Of Cronin
made out of Sullivan's presence. IL would i
not be admitted before any committing /
magistrate Ii was shown BY the evidence
that Sullivan was prominent in Irish
angle controlled Irish matters; that
several camps were expelled as
also was Crenin; that from Cronin's pres
ence on the committee which tried Sulli-
van, Boland and Tenny, Sullivan was in
spired with an enmity toward Cronin
which the evidence showed was recipr0-
Gated. Cronin was murdered as the result
of a conspiracy. That was also shown by /
ha showed
back of this conspiracy were PERSONAL ene-
mics of Cronin. But what evidence was
there that Sullivan was one Of those enc
mics? There was not an act in
TO Sullivan. Another theory was that Gro
min was removed TO prevent disclosures;
but their was no evidence that he had any
facts that would die with him. The facts
in his possession lived after his death.
The coroner had been unable to ind any
trace of any proceedings in any camp 10
condemn him to death. Another theory
was that he was removed because he was
British spy. If Cronin was removed by
the United Brotherhood it could not be
seen how Sullivan actuated it
since he had not been
member for several years The evidence
didn't show that Sullivan had any rela-
tions, social or otherwise. with Coughiin,
=. o. Sullivan or Woodruff, or that he met
them, or tb at there was a conspiracy. The
coroner's Jury was largely Influenced by
that the suspicion against sullivan was
strong. He telt bitter and malignant
hatred of Cronin, there was no doubt,
but il seemed almost impossible that il
Cronin, he could have promulgated,
in two weeks after Cronin's
murder his protest, made at the Buffalo
trial, in which he branded Cronin as a
scoundrel and perjurer. No impartial man
could believe it possible for a jury to con-
vict Sullivan on the evidence presented
ssAs any hesitation ought 20 be resolved in
favor OF personal liberty" said the court,
the counsels' suggestions as 70 the amount"
States-Attorney LOngeDecker suggested
SIS, 900 bail, which Lawyer Trude thought
would be excessive LenRenecker said be
as hxed, provided indictments were found
on no other evidence than already before
the eoroner's jury. Ii additional evidence
were introduced, he would reserve his
right TO secure a capias and there settle the
question Of additional bail
A number Of witnesses in the Cronin case
who should be able TO Identify the mysterl-
Gus ~. b. Simonds,'' who rented the Carl
for New York tonight There is sus-
picion that the grand jury returned iBdict-
ments against Msroney and Mcdonnell,
but that the fact has been purposely kept
secret
Thos. Tierney, an empIoye of the ice
man sullivan. is the latest suspect In the
Cronin mystery. Tonight Tierney was
occupying cell at one Of the police sta
tions. The officers claim his whereabouts
on the night of May has not been account
ed for and that there are q number of mat
ters connected with the case in which II i
has been found be has not told the truth
Tierney is a member of the Clan na gael.
John Maronsy's Case.
NEW YORK, June 14-The writs of
habeas corpus for John J. Maroney aud /
Charles Mcdonald came up for q bearing
this morning. McDonaId's counsel said 1
his clients employer was in court, pre-
pared TO show that the prisoner was at
work II this city when the Cronin murder
was committed; there was also a gentleman |
present who slept with Mcdonald in New
York that night MarOney's counsel de-
clsred the warrant WAS not properly issued |
and his client was not regularly commit
ted The evidence, be continued, was such /
thai no Judge would countenance q contin-
uAnce OF Maronej's Imprisonment Judge 4
Andrews said be would have TO have
written return 70 the vrits- Counsel then