The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-20
THE CRONIN INQUEST.

ii CKUNlN
Alexander Sullivan Arrested for the
Murder.-New York Men under
Suspicion.
CHICAGO, June 11.-At to-day's session OF
the Cronin inquest q number OF witnesses
were examined without developing anything
OF importance. Then Chief of Police Hub
bard was sworn, and told OF an interview
which he had had with Woodruff, the horse
thief. At 1915 p. M. after being out i've
hours and q half, the jury came into court
and commenced reading their verdict. II
was q very long document, but was listened
to with marked attention. II is as follows:
First-That the body is that of Patrick II
Cronin. known as DR.. Cronin.
~Second-That his death was not from natural
causes, but from violent means.
Third-That said r. II. Cronin was decoyed
from home on North Clark street on the evening
Of May A, 1889, by some person or persons to
the cottage known as the Carlson cottage, stu.
ated at Nc. 1872 North Ashland avenue in Lake.
view. Cook county. III. ~ =
F~ourth-That at said cottage the said Cronin
was murdered by being beaten on the head with
some blunt instrument or instruments in the
hands Of some person or persons to us unknown.
on the night Of said May 4, or between May A
and May s, 1888. -- ~. p.
F%ifth-That the body, after said murder was
committed, was placed in a trunk and carried
to Edgewater on a wagon by several persons.
and by them placed in a catch basin at the cor
ner Of Evanston avenue and Fifty-ninths street.
Lakeview, where it was discovered May "a,
1889.
formed by a number of persons for the purpose
of numbering the said Cronin and concealing his
body. Said plot or conspiracy was deliberately
contrived and cruelty executed.
Seventh-We have carefully inquired into the
relation sustained by said Cronin to other per-
sons while alive. to ascertain II he had any quar-
rels or enmities with any persons sufficient to
cause his murder. .... "
Eighth-It is our judgment that no other per-
son or persons except some Of those who are or
who had been members OF a certain secret soci-
clan ma Gael" had cause to be instigators or ex-
ecutors Of such plot or conspiracy to murder
said Cronin.
Ninth Many of the witnesses testifying in
said case have done SO with much evident un-
willingness, and we believe with much mental
reservation.
We find from the evidence that q number of
persons were parties to the plot and conspiracy
to murder the said Cronin. and that Daniel
Coughlin, Patrick Q. Sullivan: Alexander sulli-
a. "hoI OAS uAA"S % SAS SAoAASA
principals, accessories, or had guilty knowledge
Of said plot and conspiracy to murder said
Cronin and conceal his body, and should be held
to answer to the grand jury.
We also believe that other persons were en-
gagged in this plot or had guilty knowledge of it
and should be unprecedented and held to the
grand jury. e
We further state that this plot or conspiracy
in its conception and execution is one OF the
most foul and brutal that has ever come to our
knowledge. and we recommend that the proper
authorities offer q large reward for the discovery
and apprehension Of all those engaged in it in
We further state that in our Judgment all Sc
cret societies whose objects are such as the evil
dence shows that of the clan ma Gael" or
United Brotherhood" to be are not in harmony
With, and are injurious to American institu-
tions.
We hope that future vigor and vigilance by the
police force will more thon compensate for past
neglect by q portion Of the force in this case.
(Sieued).
R. s. %CR1TcHEIL. v1croR y: SUFFER-.
RUDOLPH sE1FERT. JOHN H. VAN HoUsEN.
b. A. HAUGAN. JUSrUS uLIAN
SULLIVAN ARRESTED.
Alexander Suilivan's arrest was effected
without the slightest trouble. Before the
verdict was read in public. Coroner Hertz
emerged for q moment from the room in
which the jury was in session. He beckoned
to all officer and handed him a mittimus.
The officer, with q comrade, hurriedly left
the city hail, and, jumping into q carriage,
drove straight to the residence of Mr.. Sulli-
van on Oak street Mr.. Sullivan hud gone to
bed q short time previous, but after the
object of the officers Was explained, and tho
information given that he would not be per-
mitted any time for any purpose, he
promptly and quietly Dire ssed n unhesitat-
ingly accompanied his visitors. The prs
oner's demeanor was calm throughout the
entire proceedings. Entering the carriage
which had brought the officers the trio were
driven to the office of the county jail. After
the usual preliminaries Mr.. Sullivan was
prison itself. The ex-president of the Irish
National League OF America was then i'm
mediately incarcerated in cell number 20.
In the tier known as @murderer's row."
WI SUSPECTS. II
NEW YORK, June 11~.-Inspector Byrnes,
detectives to-day arrested John Maronevl
aged thirty-eight, who claims to tie in the
dry goods business, and Charles Mcdonald
same age, who is q blacksmith. The men
were arrested on information sent to In
spector Byrnes by the Chicago police. and
are supposed to be implicated In the Cron,n
murder. Inspector Byrnes has been in com
munication with the Chicago chief of police
for more than three weeks with regard to
the men, and has had them CLOSELY shadowed.
Maroney was a former district member of the
Clan-na-Gael in Philadelphia He made him
self obnoxious there and had to leave. He
is understood to have performed missions of
q private nature since then for Alexander
Sullivan. Maroney went to England at the
time Of the queens jubilee with others, sup
piled with funds to blow up several public
buildings Two of his companions were
placed under arrest, and it is charged that
Maroney spent The funds travelling on the
continent Mcdonald is believed to ba n
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