The Dickinson press., 1889-06-22
WOODRUFF C0NFESSES.
| The Chicago Horse Thief Tells
What lie Knows Of the Gro.
min Murder.
According to His Story Alexander
Sullivan Was the Head Conspira.
tor in the Matter.
Detective Coughlin, O'Sullivan, the Ice
Man, McDougal and Others
Implicated.

CHICAGO, June 1I.-Woodru1t, the
horse thief who is implicated in the Gro
hin murder, has made a full confession
of his connection with the assassination.
In substance it is as follows:
He arrived in Chicago Oh March 26
last, and soon after made the acqbaint-
ance of p. O'Sullivan, the ice man. He
met Detective Cougnlin. whom he had
known by reputation a a "fence,' a
few days later. Tho mar Melville, who
is supposed to be Maroney, arrived in
Chicago about this time, and Woodruff
saw him drinking with Coughlin i'll a
saloon. On the following day Wood
ruff met Mike McDougall in company
with Coughlin. AS Woodruff approached
he overheard Coughlin say: Good; he
is Just the man l want to Sec Turning
to McDougall, he said: Are you ac-
ulainted:' l replied, Il guess l ought to
know Mac. McDougall turned tome and
said: 'Thatll do: my name is Williams.
Coughlin and McDougall had quite a
a talk while l waited. After a talk,
which | did not hear, Coughlin left, Say
ing he had some business. AS SOC as
| Coughlin was out of sight Williams said
to me: Come on. We went over
ON the West side and staid for an hour
twodrinking beer, Williams paying forit.
lie asked me: slow are you fixed:
said: Il am nearly busted He said:
You are a damn fool replied that it
was Il mighty hard time to make a dol
lar unless you took desperate chances.
and | was not quite prepared to do that.
He said: why don't you go down and
see Alexander Sullivan% / said ] was
no prepared to be sent to Europe. will
Jams turned to me and looking Inc
squarely in the face said it would not be
necessary for me to lie sent out of town
in this case. l asked: what, is there
anything on now He laughed and said
we seemed to be living pretty well.
] went with him to his room at Ill
South Clark street and staid there all
night. When ] left he said:
Go and See Alexander sullivan"
Il went to Deans barn and thought the
matter over and then returned and APP
piled at Alexander Suilivan's, giving as
an excuse to Dean that l was going down
to the postotfice. Alexander Sullivan
was not in, but going out | met him in
the hall before | reached the elevator.
! said: MIR. Sullivan. McDougall sent
me over to see you.' Mr.. Sullivan said:
'McDougall-Oh, you mean Williams,
don't you:' l said: Yes. / guess so; |
slept with him last night. He wanted
me to go over and have a talk with YOU
Mr.. Sullivan said he had not nothing
for lie he had never met me before. He
said, however. if he had anything or
heard of anything he would let Williams
know, and walked away. met Will
liams an hour afterward going out of
his room on Clark street. We took a
grip Car and went over on the North
Side. l told him / had seen Sullivan
and what he said. We got off just be-
fore we got to Division street. We met
Alexander Sullivan as we were coming
out of Il saloon. lie took Williams to
one side and took out q roll of bills. Talk
ing several from the pile, he handed
them to Williams, saying:
Now Pay That Reut'
They moved n little further ava and
talked for quite Il while. When SuIli-
van had gone | said to Williams: what
did he say? Anything about me me::'
Williams answered: No, not much: he
doesn't have much to say anyway 1
asked. is he your banker? He answered,
He's a good enough banker for u.s. L
then left Williams and went bac!. -
Dean 8 stable
The facts of his getting the horse and
wagon out the night of the murder are
recited substantially as heretofore pub
lished. In this confession he says p.
.O'Sulliv.n. Melville and Williams
brought the trunk out of the Carlson
cottage.
Woodruff then goes on to describe the
route taken in dispos,ng of the body,
substantially as has been before told, up
to the time of his trying to trade the
horse and his arrest. He says this is a
clean breast of the whole affair as far as
lie knows ANYTHING about it.