Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-12
SULLIVAN ARRESTED.
The EX-President of the Land League
 in Cell No. 25, Murderers' Row.
TWO OTHER ARRESTS.
A story Told at tho Inquest or How |. Coughltn Wanted Cronin .Done
 mony at the Inquest.

mOny at the Inquest.
 CHICAGO, June 12.-When State Att torney Longenecker came out of the room where the Cronin jury was delib- erating at 10 o'clock last night he said that the jury had decided to hold Alex ander Sullivan and several others. At 1925 the verdict was formally rendered, and five minutes afterwards officers were on their way to arrest Alexander Sulli- van and hold him, with the three men already in Jail charged with the murder of Dr. Cronin.
 The ex-president of the land league county jail and locked up in cell 25 of Murderers' row.
 ''Dan Coughlin approached mo years ago." said John c. Garrity, teamster, whose reputation is that of slugger, at the inquest yesterday, "and asked me to get Maj. Sampson to do a job for him. He said he wanted to have fellow done up. told him he had better sec Samp- son himself. asked him how he wanted get a baseball bat and break his nose or knock out some of his teeth. l said suppose he should kill him? He said it would not mako much difference any how. I told Sampson that Coughlin wanted to see him about something. Three or four days after l that Major Sampson came to me and said; Do you know what that fellow | wanted me to do? He wanted me to do up pr. Cronin.' Coughlin mentioned the l matter to mo once after that He asked i me to try and get Sampson to do the job, | and told him that had advised Samp- 1 son to have nothing to do with It." l An expectant hush fell upon the 1 crowded courtroom when John D. flag l gerty was called to the witness stand, ''On the night.o of the trial of Dr. Cro-
 min for treason at Camp 96," testified MT. l Haggerty. II was walking home with l Alexander Sullivan. Speaking of Dr. l Cronin, Sullivan said he was a scoundrel
 and menace to the Irish cause, and 1t 1 would be we'll for the Irish cause if it l were rid of him. From all he said I | agreed with him, and I gathered the inn preSSiOn that CrOnin should be removed.
 I thought that Sullivan knew that Cronin
 was not fit to associate with us. About | that time circular was sent out to the | members of the order saying that sev-
 eral hundred Scotland Yard detectives
 had been sent over here to investi-
 gate the doings of the Irish revolution | were on the quf vive for traitors or for
 those who might be willing to sell the
 secrets. The feeling was very bitter
 among us, and the life of any man sus-
 pected of being spy would be in great
 danger. l thought that any man who
 could be base enough to hetray the se-
 crets of the order was vile. I coincided
 with MT. Sullivan, that these people
 should be eXterminated. Tim Crane
 the district officer who was scattering
 this information from man to man, could
 have told hundreds about the false sus-
 picion against Cronin. Crane also spoke
 the same as Sullivan"
 ''Give Sullivan's exact worlds"
 "1 would like to. but my memory fails
 me. The substance of 1t was that Cro-
 min was dangerous to the Irish cause and
 should be removed from our ranks, one
 way or another. 1 felt that a m an of that
 character, who was trying to betray the ! secrets of the organization, ought to hs , exterminated. The language used by Sullivan or any other man, pointing out man as spy in our midst, was enough
 to endanger his life. To give any man : such reputation as, for instance,
 Le Caron has, would put him in danger p
 "Did you ever hear any one except Sullivan say that Cronin ought to be re-
 moved?"
 "No ono except Crane Sullivan was l, at that time a prominent man in the 1 order and, from his relations with lead ing men here and abroad, I attached great weight to his opinion. I did not think, though till I read 1t in the pro- ceedings of this case that Alexander Sul.
 livan could be guilty of being an acces-
 sory to this diabolical assassination"
 "Do you believe so now!
 "The testimony here proves that he was a friend of Le Caron, and such 6
 man would do anything"
 NEW YORK, June 12.-There was in
 tense excitement among Irish citizens yesterday when the news spread 'slike wildfire'' among them that two arrests had been made by Inspector Byrnes ir f connection with the Cronin murder case. The men arrested were John J. Moro ' ney, and Charles Mcdonnell, and the
 charge was complicity in the murder O. |. Dr. P. H. Cronin, of Chicago. The ar
 rests were made in accordance with re
 quest telegraphed from Chicago, anG signed by States Attorney Longeneckel
 and Police Superintendent Hubbard
 The telegram simply asked Inspector 1 Byrnes to arrest the men and hold tn en until the arrival of officers and requisi j. tion papers.