Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-31
THE CRoNEN CASE.

A mysGerious Witness Turns Up-
 Anxious to Make Ssatement-Harrl
 Blacks Imperflled dNeck-mcGeehan', ! Case.
 | CHICAGO, May 30.-Judge Longenecker and Chief of Police Hubbard have been holding conference with reference to the proposition of man not yet arrested, but guilty of com | plicity in the Cronin murder, in which he ! proposes to surrender himself to the au- \ thorities, tell the whole story, and bring all ! concerned to justice. The man resides in an eastern city and claims he is anxious to turn informer in order to save his own neck, and that he has been induced to make the effort from a fear that the work under taken by Luke Dillon, whereby the Clan-na- Gael organization Is to reveal the plot, will prove successful.
 MT. Luke Dillon of Philadelphia, who is here as the representative of the Clan na- Gael to watch the Cronin case, made an important statement last evening in reference to the in'. vestigation thereof. "I think" he said, "that the ban of secrecy is now considered removed so far as it affects members of our organization and the detection of the mur- must never confict with the duty which we owe as citizens to the republic. In crime of this magnitude it would be unpardonable for any class of citizens to withhold their as- sistance from the authorities in enforcing the law. Justice must be done. Any member of the Clan-na-Gael organization who assists the authorities in this case-oaths or pledges of secrecy to the contrary notwithstanding is doing his duty, both as citizen and as 8 member of our organization"
 It is inferred from this statement that MT. Dillon has the authority of the executive n InnI frr the ban of secrecy. MT. Dillon also said in reference to the police authorities: "I think they are doing their full duty. 1 feel better tonight about the matter than at any time since came here I am satisfied that Judge Longeneoker especially is doing good work, and that we are on the right track. We have got some of the criminals. We are go- ing to get others. I am fully satisfied from the investigations which I have made that the crime was plotted and planned by per- sons who now reside or have resided here. Outsiders have had nothing to do with it."
 "How about McGeehans"
 t'Well, to tell the truth, think that the persons who plotted the affair were too deep to take him into their confidence"
 This statement seems to confirm the story that McGeehan has all along been in the oon- fdence of the Philadelphia Clan-na-Gael leaders, and that he was looker-on in the camp of the hostile faction.
 INT. D1lIOQ SAlO u0 OlO HUI SApoCb IuaHJ new developments on the case for some days, except what the press should bring forth.
 SOUTH BEND, Ind, May 30.- Willard Williams, arrestedshere for eomplicity in the Cronin murder case, is not the person want ed and has been released.
 SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.-Harry Black, the stepfather of Frank J. Black, one of the men indicted at Chicago for the murder of Dr. Cronin, in an interview here last night said
 s'Frank has always been 8 wild, wayward body, and his many escapades have nearly been the death of his mother. Ihave repeat edly sent Frank money for his personal ex- penses. In the beginning of April received letter from him written on bill head of D. E. Deans livery stable, 406 Webster street. It was from this stable that he obs tained the horse and wagon on the night of Cronin's murder.
 'tSince his arrest have received letter from him saying he was in trouble. Frank was too much of a coward to murder any one. Last week got bill for $25 damage done to the horse and buggy on the night of the Cronin murder"
 TORONTO, May 3O.-W. J. Starkey, who fled from Chicago to this city some time ago to escape the prosecution for tampering with jury and who has been accused of complioity with c. F. Long in the preparation of des- patches about Long's alleged interviews with Dr. Cronin visited the newspaper offices this morning and said he arrived in the city only yesterday after months visit in New York. He declared that he had had absolutely noth- ing to do with Long and had no knowledge of the Cronin ease