Telegram-herald., 1889-05-24


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Coekfa s4la he aUsy TIE sIrenses
- n~ss matter u l.fs aEe &e4ta Ara
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uaAu of tte Sls.lyAl Ice C0Gp PAM la seSu r4p
oser ia crushed sGe tast SULLIVAN sEo va
al ~ t0sr. h&a lsft w0rd Ihsg CrsIll sloals
1e e4l-e1 c@se ~ aly Aeci4euI 4he aoesag
sd - ~gula 50 - Qnce 1'ae stranger saiG
lie 81 > horse &nG e1Esy. Croaln prepared
his instruments -Ed bG1dAges. Saa seAt aown-
stars y ~ he str.EseT AZ lhe b0stoLa k1es
E-st fEaak 4 SesE42E. gr. - Nc - BeusF1s
place. Vie lad called 70 accompany
CroAla - bus ness meeting II f1s iatter's
4owu-tosu er1ce u The Chleseo Opera hsuss
building. CIolln expl2iLee tne sIaation
-Ea s1.a lie al1E't kDow LoS 1854 he e0al6
get ao~n toSA hs sSt n bssiae as stranger
zaa tbey drove nortE 90 CLARK streeg al .
raP-a g@h Thls Tie l2st seen ~ DH
Cream - BE fr4enGs UEtl The discovery u his
body Late teai nght LIS freSes became
alarmed =. sullivan salo lie had aot
been out ~ towa. none VI hts mes h&a been
h4rI. and lie anew EOthlns Of TIE stranger ~
tie tgggy. Croan's fneaos al oDos pro
ola med their belief tGat &c A.d net With loul
play
Next cay tie Lake View police found large
trunk II grove of trees near Evanston az
enue and SuiEer street Tie trunk MAS
smesred VIA blood, Gna ttere we're cotton
faxH LlFg .rl.sf lsslrf ffrs nae r.1 rFT u
locks OF hair II H. Tie trunk Gue The dls-
appearance we're al once connected. Una
VaIliuz efforts ere made 10 trace the trunk
Thursday. May o n al named FraEk Nooa-
run n - arrested for horse-stsa4ing, ana MAS
SO frightened that he volunteered . statement
10 the eject that he had left the trunk ia
Lake View, acting under lie directions OF
three men Of whom CrOnin ~ss oEe.
He SAID the trunk COZ attained Tie booy OF =
woman which was taken out and buried. lie
gave the names Of his COMPANIONS as King snd
Fairburn. Steps were taken 10 test h.s story.
with the result that not much confidence was
placed II II
Saturday, May IL. dispatches from Toronto.
| Ont- we're published saying that Cronin was
in that city These were followed by long IN
terviews purporting 10 have been held BY one
| c. T. Long with tie fugitive. Three days
later II was definitely settled that the ais
patches were fakes" and Long admitted as
much.
The doctors fr lends acted from the start on
/ the theory that he had been murdered An or
| ganlzstion WAS completed and rewards offered
for the recovery OF his body aud The arrest o'
| his abduct0rs.
TIE PRINCIPAL THEORY
IL is admitted that Dr. CronIn had no per
| soaal or professional enemies He Was man
/ Of temperate yirluous disposition and habits,
| inclined 10 the devotional. He hsd no IN
Ia kaH lsff n
| tealousies. In American politics lie was a
| Republican, but not a bitter partisan. Hls
relations in the Roman Catholic societies 10
| which he belonged were pleasant His on y
antagonisms and troubles grew out OF his
connection with the called Irish National
societies lie member OF the Irish
National League, which is an open organiza-
ton. He was also a member Of the Ancient
| Order OF Hibernians and Of the Clan-na-
| Gael or Irish Republican Brotherhood.
| Both the last named are secret. oath bound
| societies. II is well known that Cronin
| has waged relentless war on some OF
the former leaders OF these societies, not
| on personal grounds, however, but from q
| patriotic Irish standpoint. He was one OF the
leaders OF the seeding section OF the Ancient
| Order OF HIbernans three four years ago.
and when the discord in the organization
was smoothed over he became . lead
er in the reorganized fraternity,
|
son were driven out in disgrace In the
kindred organization-thc Clan-na- Cache
won the hostility OF the self-same leaders. He
was expelled from their organiza-
tion at their behest He was branded a
! traitor. His name was written on the
/ blackboard OF every Clan-na Gael camp
| in the country a traitor 10 Ireland. When
the Clan-na-Gael Society passed from
| the control o: Cronin's IRISH political enc
| mics Cronin was restored and the record OF
his so-called treason was blotted out.
| He was thoroughly INDICATED. Instead OF
being the accused he became the accuser.
! Clsn-na-Gael convention held m Hershey
Hall in this city last June. He formulated
/ charges on that occasion against a former
leader OF the Irish societies. The subject mat
ter Of these charges was acrimoniously de-
bated They included charges OF m alfe as nce.
! treason perjury and murder. The consid.
Grafton of these charges was referred 10 q
| committee. OF which Cronin w.B a member.
| The committee met in New York. convicted
some OF the leaders who had bounded Cronin
for years and failed 70 acQuit Others leaving
| open the charges against the latter.
| Dr.. Cronin in order 10 arrive Of a satisfac
tory conclusion as 10 some OF those charges
| made independent inyestigat,ons. In con
! nection with Mortimer Scanlan. OF this city
he made "A discovery which established be-
| yond question the theft OF $4,000 OF Irisf
! secret society funds-not Land League
| or National League funds, u should be remern
bered. lie established the theft, he collected
| the evidence against the thief He was pre-
| pared 10 present IL AT the approaching conven
tion Of the Irish societies. HIS "removal' wa
| necessary 10 protect certain parties from eter
1al disgrace