Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20
HAS NOT CONFESSED.
The Report That Burke Had Weak
 ened, Proves GrOundlcSS.
BUT SULLIVAN MAY
It is Said the Police Are Expecting a Statement From the Iceman. Burke's Companion Now Wanted. His Name is Cooney.


 His Name is Cooney.
 WINNIPEG, Man., June 20.-The re- port that Burke has made confession Is canard. Burke has made no state mcnt whatever except to deny all com plicity in the Cronin murder. No one except his lawyer Is allowed to see him. At the request of Superintendent Hub bard, of Chicago, Police Chef Murray took the prisoner out and had him photo graphed. Burke objected most strongly and tried to argue the question with the chief all the way to the gallery. When he was being photographed Burke moved a number of times. The pho- tographer finally succeeded in getting a shot at him and so oprocured an excellent likeness. Copies were mailed to Chicago police headquarters.
 CHICAGO, June 20. When the train from New York arrived yesterday, Hamak Martinsen was taken directly to the grand jury, and related the story of Frank Williams" hiring him to move the furniture from 115 South Clark street to tho Carlson cottage. The witness was then shown the photograph, and without any hesitation, picked out Martin Burke, alias Delaney, as the man who hired him.
 Later on the jury filed into Judge Shepard's court room and returned an indictment against Burke, alias Delaney. alias Frank Williams, charging him on two counts, the murder of Dr. Cronin and conspiracy to murder. After the in- dictment had been received by the court the jury resumed its work and the neces- sary papers were made out to accom- pany the indictment for transmission to Governor Fifer, who will petition the president to ask for Burke's extradition under the law of 1S42.
 The dispositions of several witnesses, including the expressman Martinsen and Stephen Connolly, friend of Burke, who has given the police valuable informa- ton, were attached to the indictment and petition to Governor Fifer. If there Is no delay in the International proceed ings Burke should be in the county jail within ten days.
 The identity of Martin Burkes con- panion in crime, whom the police have been valnly securing the country for since the telltale photographic group came into their possession has been discovered He is wanted for being principal In the murder, as he was the bogus brother of 'Frank Williams and one of the three murderers who were in the cottage the night of May 4, the other two being pre- sumably Burke and "J. B. Simonds' or P. o. Sullivan. This mans name Is Michael Cooney, better known among his friends and accomplices as "The Fox" He Is feet inches tall, wore a sandy mustache before the murder and in every way answers the description of the sec ond Williams, who figured in the cot | tage-renting preliminary to the crime. He and Burke came from tho same town in Ireland Cooney is a member of Cronin belonged, and Burke Is a member of the same camp. Cooney lived in the | neighborhood of Market and Erie streets when in Chicago, and Burke lived in the same house with hlm. The two "Wil- | Hams brothers," as Burke and Cooney are undoubtedly believed to be by the police, were boon companions here, and | both were alike outspoken In their en- mity to the murdered man. Burke left the city day or two after the funeral of l Cronin, and COoney Is known to have departed secretly at the same time. The 1 police got track of Burke's whereabouts but though they have been on the still hunt for Cooney for two weeks not 8 trace of him has been discovered yet. l The capture of Cooney will leave only one more conspirator, U. B. Simonds,' y l to be brought to justice, and it is very suggestive that all these men, with the exception of Woodruff, belong to Clan na-Gael camp No. 20.
 Luke Dillon is still as firm as ever in his belief that Moroney at feast had a knowledge of or participated in the mur- l by the police from P. o. Sullivan, the ice man. Many of his friends have been sounding the states attorney to find out how proposition by Sullivan to mako a full revelation would be received, but no encouragement has been given by Judge LonSenecker. The police claim to have sufficient evidence against P. o. Sullivan | to convict.
 Outside of the few witnesses who had something to say about Burke, there was no impo, tant new evidence intro duced before the jury yesterday. The police are jealousy guarding their evi. dence and witnesses against Burke.
 They will only admit in a general way that they have evidence to prove not
 only his participation in the crime
 apart from the expre ssman's identifica
 tion-but his implication in several at
 tempts to lure the doctor to his death. nnr