Telegram-herald., 1889-05-25
TELL-TALE STAINS.
Iney Furnish a Clex &C sac Place
cf CFo1ln's Murder
Il lxpoRrisI fIsD BY REPORTEgS
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- <sed tas eotIage IA ~bi-l tAs
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- Ss>~sSss Murdered t1sls and then
-, ~ - s~4Aa away la TUNA : le
@-SS - q A1rSi-al = Dll cred - North
50 an @'sh-e, tnd Is haif a block north
q i0sSos SIs~s IA Lac Park Lake
'sS" x Is sIshin half block
- lAs Aouss o-SsaIlod ~ = o Sal-
hFan the ice-Haa whose business
card isft IA Mrs Coakun's. nrst caused her
II sAsPesg that goe pAy.iclau had been foul-
~ dealt With IAe house IL the re2x of tie
vacant cottage ls occupied by NJ and Ma
Carlson, an aged couple and their son.
Joha Carlson 1as house bere the mur-
aes "2s probably committed l. base msnt,
one-story and attic frame build
ing painted white, with the o.tho-
doa green blinds Since II va,
aStt thought that The murder might
nave been committed within Us walls de-
tecuVes have watched IL However. the
house Has entered and searched By three
reporters, and blood stains were found upon
the uacarpeted moor In tho middle OF the
front room and In the southwest corner OF
The sitGng-rOOm Stains were found upon
The nont steps. which We're not so clearly
oiood stains but which might have been
made by drag ging Cronins body down them
before ringlng II into the trunk There
l. good reason 10 believe that the detect
4. III
In the basement or la the attic, but all evil
deuces or this fact have been removed
There was a spring bed and mattress in
one OF the bedrooms, but no other furni-
ture IA the house.
IL Is said the cottage was rented by
couple OF young Hishnen who said they
were going 10 work for Sullivan, and their
sister was going 10 keep house FOR them.
This was day OK two before Cronin's dis
appearance They have not been seen since
that time. Sullivan says he had hired no
one 70 work for him The reporters who
broke open the door discovered blood
stains on the front psrlor floor, In the cor
ner OF the back parior I'm the hallway and
on the front steps The steps were sata-
rated with blood ard the stains can be
plainly seen, although the murderers evi-
dence OF their crime.
The front par or is no doubt where the
murderers killed the physician. The parlor
floor is covered with bloody marks. al
though here the assassins made strenuous
efforts 10 destroy the blood -stains The
floor Is daubed recklessly with brown
paint, and it can be plainly seen
that the work was not done by
the hand of an expert. and that the
lob was done in a hurry But the murder
ers did not completely succeed in covering
up the life-blood of Dr. Cronin They did
the work in such haste that there are sew
eral places where blood stains are per-
ceptible. One spot in the middle OF the
room is especially neglected, and large
biood-stain can be plainly seen.
From the appearance of the bloOd-stains
it is evident that the doctor was lured to
the little cottage on a pretense that lie
was professionally wanted, and struck
down without an opportunity being
given him to fight for his life
There was no evidence of a struggle. and
the doctor, as soon as he entered the
front door must have been felled to the
floor by a cowardly blow from behind, and
then when unconscious the fatal wounds
in the head were inflicted. The victim
must have bled profusely, for the stairs
leading to the front door are saturated
with blood
A better place for such a cowardly deed
could hardly have been selected There
are no houses within half block on the
north, south or west sides of the cot
tage, and the assassins could easily havo
carried the body of the dead man
out OF the cottage by the front way after
dark without being seen by any one unless
directly in front OF the place at the time
Even any one in Carlson's house, the near
est to it, could net know what was going on
In front OF the cottage, and, as the muir
dsred man was not given an opportunity to
cry for help, they would not know what
was going on inside OF the place
The police all along have refused to fur
nish the public any information in regard
to the affair, and both Captain Wing and
Lieutenant Schuettler dec lined 10 allow
members Of the press to examine the cot
tage. and the two police chiefs went so far
ss 70 station a police officer in citizens
clothes at the house to watch the premises,
His watchfulness was elGded by the Jour
nalists. and they forced an entrance. As
soon, however. as the officer found the
premises invaded, he drove the cuiprits
ont at the point of revolver. The in
truders, however had hsd time 70 thor
oUghly examine the place.
The friends OF DR. CTonin had nothing
new to communicate They pTofcssed 10
have great hopes OF Tho capture OF the as
sassias put when asked on y bat their hopes
we're based. admitted thai they were fosn.l-
81 on little else than intuition. The pc
lice seem % be straining every nerve TO
ge- SOM clew 10 the aSsasiRs. aud are tCO
busy % talk about the case
The friends OF the murdered physician
arc busy preparing for the funeral which
~ill take place SUNDAY from the Cathedral
II the Holy Name. STATE and Superior
streets Tie funeral promises to be an
unmenss one. as ali The numerous socistiss
h. which Tho doctor belonged viz probably
participate
The police aid nothing Thursday % cast
light on the dark mystery So far as Captar
ing any one xho might know any thing %
the foal means sdol1 tel n cousaHlua tinz
ne remcvsl" 81 Cronln the police have
accomplished nothing Indeed Crouin =
friends are going % ignore The Chicago 20
ice "a tie Investigations they propose 20
poss mortem examination was held ~
several prominent physicians After the
sca'phad cen taken on the phvs.c ans 8 =
covered that ths bones composing the ssui =
had scarcely been marked by she blows ot
the sharp Instruments which probably
caused ths doctors desth There Tas
n syn ~ congestion shout The brain,
bat zoe 'uuEs and pulmonary cavity were
Z led WIKI blood Tae physicians said
shat this m ghs have resulted from tee Tact
thar Crouin body wss paced head down
ward Ia the catch-hssin cat one haif an
inch deep vas found upon tae meek snd
s~~eraI bruises mon tae lower
lfrshs The theory thar b ~as choSed
70 aes-h vas sxploded The docrorl
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