The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-25
BURKE'S EXTRADITION.
HARRISON SIGNS THE PAPERS IN
THE CASE.

Blaine's Department VIII Turn Them
Over to the Chicago Officer Early
This Morning-No Date Yet Fixed
for the Trial of the Suspects Now
Under Arrest.
CHICAGO, June 24.-It is altogether in
definite when the suspected murderers of
DIR. Cronin will be brought to trial, but to-
days proceedings in Judge Shepard's court
VIII indicate that the prosecution desires
lew weeks investigation yet before arraign-
ing the suspects before the criminal tri-
bunal. Coughlin, OiSullivan and Woodruff
were all marched into Judge Shepard's
court this morning and asked if
they were ready for trial, and if
they desired their case set for any
particular day. O'Sullivan and Woodruff
| were ready TO go to trial, but Coughlin was
not, principally, as he said, for the reason
that his counsel had been too busy to pre-
pare his case. The prisoners retired, aud
after Judge Shepard had conferred for a
minute with the states attorney, the court
proceeded to other business. 1t is now un-
derstood that no date will be set for the
triai until after the extradition of Martin
| burke, the Winnipeg suspect as the evil
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against any of the indicted men.
THE GRAND JURY.
Contrary to expectation the grand Jury
| dld not this morning resume consideration
OF the Cronin case. The story of g. E.
Brooks, published last Saturday, has since
been exploded, and it was deemed useless to
| summon that individual before the Jury.
The term of the special jury expires by
Limitation at the close of the week, and its
final report must necessarily be made at
that time: 1t was this morning announced
| tnat to-day and tomorrow would be
| devoted to consideration of Jail cases, and it
is an open secret around the court house
| that the prosecution has exhausted its list
| OF witnesses in the Cronin case. 1t is not
at all improbable that the jury will be COM
| PEELED to render It's report in this matter
upon the evidence already in.
TO EXAMINE POSTAL RECORDS.
| State Attorney Longenecker went before
Judge Shepard this afternoon and obtained
an order whereby James A. Sexton, post
master Of Chicago, is directed by the court
to produce before the grand jury all appli-
| catlons Tor poStot1ce money ORDERS books
or receipts, or applications for registered
letters, or any other information that may
be required by the jury in relation to the
| investigation of the parties who killed Dr.
| Cronin. The order was requested for the
same reason that the order against the
Western Union Telegraph Company was
desired. The jury wished to examine the
postofiice book to see if anything can be
found to throw light on the case.
| DECLARED A SPY.
To-night's sensation in the Cronin case is
the circumstance of a report that the
authorities have information that COM
mittee Of camp 30, Clan-na-Gael, at their
| trial, found DR.. Cronin guilty of being
British spy The charge was that
DR.. Cronin, under guise of endeav-
oring to expose all the malfeasauce
of Alexander Sullivan, Michael Boland
and Denis Feeley, was in reality
attempting to bring about public investi-
| CATION of the work and accounts of the
| order for the information of the British
| government and London Times commits
| sion. 1t was shown that the exposure of
! the workings of the order, which would be
necessary in order to refute these charges.
would furnish to the London Times all the
information which it had disposed of, OBJ
| tanning by the appointment of the govern
ment sub-commission in America Dr.
| Cronin's maneuvers, it was also pointed
out, whatever his motive, could hardly have
but insured the extradition of every man
who had gone across the water on ''active
service" Chief Hubbard and States At
| torney Longenecker neither explicitly af-
| firm nor deny the reports. The story is that
| two trials of DIR. Cronin were hell. The
first was in January, but when it came
| to rendering a decision upon the evidence
| one man weakened. The trial committee
was dissolved, but was subsequently reor-
| ganized in secret, the place of the man
who weakened being filled by another man.
| The man who retired from the first meeting
| became aware of the reorganization since
DIR. Cronin's disappearance, SO it is claimed,
| and has been the source from which the in
| formation has come to the authrities The
| trial committee consisted of seven persons.
each of whom, it is said, is now
under surveillance. They did not sentence
| anyone to death or have any knowledge,
much less have anything to do with Turing
| DIR. Cronin from his office, or the scenes in
the Carlson cottage. All that, it is claimed,
was the outgrowth of the verdict, which
was simply that proof showed DIR. Cronin
to be spy.
APPLICATION FOR ExTRADITION.
WASHINGTON, June 24-The application
Of the Illinois state authorities for the ex-
tradition OF Burke was presented to the
| state department to-day.
The papers were made special order of
| the state department, and a force of clerks
was set to work copying the somewhat
voluminous averrnents necessary in extra
| dition papers. The work was pushed ahead
| so expeditiously that before o'clock all
the documents were in proper legal form
and ready for the Presidents signature.
They were sent over to the white use and
left in the custody of Private Secretary
Halford, to await the Presidents arrival
from Cape May. The President arrived
about 7;30 o'clock, and soon after o'clock
the papers were laid before him for
his signature. The Presidents autograph
was almost Immediately attached, as every
| thing was IN readiness for him to do SO.
| The papers now have to again go over to
the state department to be properly authen-
ticated This is a mere Official form and
can be attended to in few minutes. As
there is no reason for special haste this
authorization will not be made tonight,
| but will be deferred until the department
| opens tomorrow. No delay will occur and
| the official government papers, necessary to
| comply with international Requirements in
extradltlon cases, will be delivered to H.
NJ. Baker, representative of the state of
Illinois in time for that gentleman to take
the II 20 o'clock limited express for Chi
cago.
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