River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-27
THE RIGHT MAN CAUGHT.

Out burke the Man Who Hired Him
20 Haui the Furniture TO the Carlson
Nouase, Ihus Forging the Link Which
Completes the Chain Connecting the
PRISONER with the Murder of DIR. Cronin.
WINNIPEG, Man, June 22-The link con-
meeting Martin Burke with the Cronin muir
DER was completely established Friday
evening when Martinson, the expressman
who hauled the furniture to Carlson's cot
tage, and who arrived hero during the day.
identified Burke among ffty-two
prisoners and citizens who stood
in semi-circle in the iail-yard The identi-
fcation was complete and beyond all
doubt Martinson walked before the men
and picked out his man at the first glance.
Chief Hubbard, Of Chicago, has been mott
fed to this effect Burke stood the ordeal
well He never tiinched, and maintained
the same stolid demeanor that has char
acterized his actions since his arrest
When Martinson passed down the line
Burke stood twentieth, with his hands in
his pockets and his eyes averted Martini
son glanced quickly in his face, marked his
number on slip of paper and passed on,
examining the faces of the other men
After completing the investigation he re-
turned to where the officers and counsel
We're standing and held whispered con-
versation Counsel Howell was heard to
remark: ''We are satisfied we will not
want any body else to identify the prisoner
but be positive of the number
Chief McRae says they now have clear
sailing and he believes there Will be no
further difficulty in presenting sufficiently
strong evidence TO secure Burke's extradi-
ton. Telegraphic dispatches are passing
rapidly between Chief Hubbard, of Chicago,
and the officers here.
BURKE REMANDED.
hi
was arTagned yesterday before Judge
Balm in the extradition proceedings After
some legal squabbling the case was
adjourned until Wednesday next Burke's
lawyer intends 20 fight extradition to the
last, but no trouble is anticipated by the
other side, the disposition of the author
tiles here being to give every assistance
possible
In order to obtain Burke's extradition
such a case must be made out as would Sc
cure his commitment for trial at a higher
court il he We're charged with committing
the offense in this country This will
necessitate the bringing of witnesses
from Chicago. If the case is made out the
Judge will issue an order Of extradition
and Burke will then have fifteen days in
which to appeal Ii no appeal be entered
within that time he will be surrendered.
Should he not confess earlier it viii
probably take month to obtain his ex
tradition.
A BEQUIsITIoN FOR BURKE.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill June pa represerka-
tive of the States Attorneys office from
Cook County was in the city yesterday and
obtained from Governor Fifer the papers
necessary TO lay before the State Depart
ment at Washington TO So cure the extradi-
ton of Burke.
DROPPED FOR THE PRESENT
CHICAGO, June % Further investigation
of the Cronin murder has been postponed
by the grand jury the result of an accu-
mutation of ordinary Jail cases which re-
quire immediate attention in order that the
prisoners may be brought to trial within
the term prescribed by the statutes. The
case viii ba taken up next weeG
A number of minor witnesses were ex-
amined Friday including Robert Bruce,
the private detective, who says he was Of
fered a large sum OF money to slug" DR.
Cronin Edward Spellman, of Peoria,
president of the whisky trust and district
officer u the Clan ma Gael, testified con
corning the disposition of the funds and
the fears entertained by Cronin that his
life was in danger at the hands of Alex
ander Sullivan or his cohorts
Mr. Spellman declared it his opinion that
Alexander Sullivan was responsible for the
murder and told good deal about the in
side workings of the soci3ty in support of
what he said. He said that in conversation
once with Coughlin the latter said that
Cronin ought to be shot, but made no
further remarks when he found that wit
ness was warm friend of the DOCTORS
LOOKING FOR CooNEY.
That Patrick Cooney has escaped their
clutches is a matter of the greatest regret
on the part of the police. Chief Hubbard
can not be cOnsoled He is now willing to
acknowledge that Cooney was the partner
Of Martin Burke, the Winnipeg prisoner.
Cooney is believed to have been
the mysterious u. b. Simons7 who
rented the rooms at III Clark street and
purchased the furniture and the trunk
from A. II. Revel & Co. Cooney was an
enthusiast IN all matters relating to the
Irish cause lie was rabid in his enthusiasm
ON the latter subject and very outspoken
concerning it.
1t was said last night that the police had
secured photograph of Cooney and that
Hatfield had positively pronounced the
portrait that of his mysterious customer
simmons" Chief Hubbard would give no
information on the subject, and was ex-
tremely reticent in speaking of the case.
A SENSATIONAL STORY.
An important witness in the Cronin case
turned up last night He is George f.
Brooks, news agent running on one of
the railroads coming in at the Union depot
His story is TO the effect that the night of
May he was driving in Lake View with his
sweetheart aud t.at happening along Ash
land avenue he saw three men loading the
trunk into the wagon at the c rlson cot
tage, and that about half an hour later he
saw the same men dumping the contents of
the trunk into the catch basin in which
the body of Dr. Cronin was found He
also SAYS that he saw the men distinct
Iy, and that he will be able to identify
them; and that his female companion also
saw them and that she, too, will be able to
identify them. lie is ready to produce the
young woman as soon as the authorities
want her He described the three men
whom he saw. and his description of one is
said to fit Burke, the Winnipeg prisoner.
Brooks explanation of his failure to tell
his story before is that he was afraid of los
ing his life. as he believed the men con-
cerned in the murder were so desperate
they would kill any one who they thought
might turn up as a witness against them.
He said the knowledge he possessed had so
weighed on his mind that he could not
keep it to himself any longer, and believing
It was "A duty he owed himself and the COM
munity lie had at last decided to tell all he
had seen. lie hTst stipulated that ne be
given protection. This was promised him
News of Fright;ui outrages Committed in
Moutana-My sterious Assassinations.
HELENA Mont, June % News has
reached this city of a series of brutal
murders about $50 miles north of here,
evidently committed by one person. Sat
urday the body of a middle aged woman
was found She had been shot in the back.
Tuesday the bodies of two men and two
girls the latter aged about Is and 20. re-