St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-15
Judge Tuley Gives Alexander
Sullivan His Liberty Un-
der a $4,000 Bond,
Which Was Promptly Fur
nished by Prominent Citi-
zens Of Chicago.
There Was No Evidence
Against Him Which Would
Be Accepted in Court.
A Kansas City Man Who Will
Prove q Valuable Witness
for Maroney.

CHICAGO, June 14.-Alexander Sulli-
van is at liberty tonight under bail of
$4,000. His bondsmen are Hon. Fer
nando Jones, one of the oldest and most
wealthy settlers of Chicago, land who cele-
brated his SEVENTEEN birthday last week:
j. W. Twohy, the extensive dry goods
merchant; Michael w. Kerwln, real
estate operator; and Daniel Corkeny,
coal merchant. The combined fortunes
of the four men probably exceed mill
ion and half dollars. The scene around
the court was intensely dramatic. In
side every seat and every foot of ground
was occupied. and even the bench was
invaded. Outside in the corridor great
crowd, made up in the main of men
whose countenances denoted their Celtic
origin, struggled and tore and beat in
vain against the barred doors. Sullivan,
escorted by Sheriff Matson and two dep
uties, was brought in by private en-
trance. He was shade paler than usual
and at the audible c0mmOtiOn caused
by his appearance, his eye swept the
crowd with hurried look. as if in ap-
prehension of hostile demonstration.
Then he took seat among his array of
counsel. Three o'clock was the time
that had been fixed by Judge Tuley for
rendering the decision, but that hour
came and went by and still his honor
was absent. AS the minutes went by
Sullivan became perceptibly nervous
and his agitation was communicated to
%h1 nf
went round the room concerning the
delay, but the hum of conversation
stopped like clock when, at quarter
to 4, the judge made his appearance.
w ithout any delay he plunged into the
case. Having explained the petition
and the law upon which it was based,
he proceeded to briefly review the
testimony taken at the coroner's
jury and which had covered 1,1O0
pages of typewriter copy. He
quoted copiously from the evidence
Of the witnesses to whom CrOnin had
said that Alex Sullivan would be the
cause of his death, and that the latter
had instigated a conspiracy to kill him.
None of this evidence he said would be
cluded there was practically no evidence
against him. 1t was conceded that Sui
livan was an enemy of Cronsn, and it
was also conceded that Cronin was
bitter enemy of Sullivan. There were
several theories of the murder. One
was that he was murdered by people for
revenge, growing out of the society
troubles. Assuming this to be so, what
evidence was there identifying Sulli-
van with the crime? He was not shown
to be connected with the renting of the
cottage, or the hiring of the horse and
buggy. 1t
WAS NOT SHOWN
that he knew O'Sullivan. or had met
any of the other prisoners. No action
could be traced home to him. The
theory that he was killed to prevent the
exposure of the secrets of the triangle
was unreasonable. 1t did not appear
that Cronin was in possession of any
vital facts. ALI he had would have been
in existence after his death. He could
not have taken it with him. All the
evidence taken at the Buffalo investiga-
ton was in possession of Dr. McGahey,
of Philadelphia, and others. As to the
theory that it was perpetrated as re-
suit of decree of the Clan-na-Gael, the
fact stood out that Sullivan had severed
his existence with that order years ago.
How, then, could he influence or control
it.? 1t was not shown that he had ever
met, or had any business dealings with
apy of the other conspirators. The
jury was Influenced by hearsay testi-
mony. The strongest evidence against
Sullivan was furnished by himself. 1t
was the protest issued five days after
the doctors disappearance. against his
sitting on the Sullivan trial committee.
It was couched in language of extraOr-
dinary virulence and hatred. But this
very publication at such time tended
to show that Sullivan had no knowledge
of the conspiracy. 1t seemed incredible
that if he were party to it he would
promulgate such document right after
the murder. The evidence pointed to
Sullivan as a man who desired revenge
on Cronin, but it pointed to no overt
act. No impartial man could make up
his mind that any jury would convict
Sullivan on this evidence. The mere
fact that one party was an enemy of the
man killed was no proof that he was
participant in the murder. He had,
therefore, come TO CnlS conclusion,
and not without very consider
able hesitation-that bail to such
an extent as to ensure his appearance
should an Indictment be found should
be accepted. Sullivan preserved his
usual cool, stolid demeanor when the
conclusion was reached, and an attempt
to applaud was suppressed by the
bailiffs. There was an argument be-
tween the states attorney and Mr..
Trude as to the amount of bail. The
latter, who said Sullivan was almost en-
tireIy without means, thought 5000 or
$4,000 sufficient. Finally $4,000 was
agreed upon, the four gentlemen named
swore to the aggregate possession of
over half a million of real estate, the
bonds we're made out and signed, and
Sullivan walked out of the room free
man. The grand jury spent several
hours to-day in hearing the witnesses
that testified before the coroner, but
little progress was made. Officer Dan
Brown, who preferred the charges of
treason against Cronin. was on the
stand five hours, but it is understood
that he did not vary much from his
previous testimony.