The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
THE CRONIN CASE.
AN INGENIOUS STORY INVENTED
BY THE CONSPIRATORS
To Account for the Brutal Murder Of DR..
Cronin and to Create Public Sentiment
in Favor Of the Suspects Now on Trial.
But the Scheme Fails to Work

CHICAGO, September 19.-The morn
ing papers all denonnce yesterdays SEN
sational story about LeCaron's daughter
having furnished evidence that DR..
Cronin was murdered by emissaries of
the British government, as a plot of the
so-called "Triaugle'
The Times says: "Another scheme on
the part of the defense, and one which
has in view nothing less than the abso-
lutte clearing of the Cronin suspects aud
the creation of public sentiment in their
behalf. was sprung on the public
Yesterday. In boldncss of design
it is quite equal to that of the stupend-
Gus conspiracy that murdered DR.. Gro
min. How or from what source came
the first intimation of what the charac-
ter and nature of The Cronin defense
was TO be nobody knows. But suddenly
laperS there appears Il plan Of defense
so skillfully told as to blind the average
reader and make him believe that
this carefully devised story is a
reality"
The hter-O ocean says: ''The latest
story advanced by the Triangle
to account for the murder, Of
DR.. Cronin is worthy of that
prince OF romancers, Baron Munchausen
himself. The instigators of the crime
and their apologists and defenders have
outdone themselves. Not only is this
new theory palpably false and malicious,
but ridiculous in the extreme, and un-
worthy of a moments consideration.
did it not outline part of the plan of
the defense. The Iri6auae story was put
in circulation yesterday in behalf of the
men on trial for the murder of DR..
Cronin. which, us marvellous and well
studied concoction, is only second TO
the plot itself whereby The murder was
carried out The plan was worthy of the
brain which devised the decoy contract,
forged kilograms from Toronto, the tin
box of Klanres, the renting of the cot
tage at Woolwich, and the discovery of
the exhumed corpse dressed in the mur-
dered mans clothes found floating in
the Thames. But, unfortunately, the
plot falls through, for a cogent reason.
Druggist Birmingham, instead of re-
naming in England for good, as it was
supposed he would, will sail from Liy-
erpooi for New York October g."
The same paper prints an interview
with George E. May, who is supposed to
have been Miss LeCaron's correspond
ent. He says: 81 have turned over no
letters to Mr.. Forrest or any living soul p"
In his most emphatic manner, he says:
''If l have received any letters from
Miss IeCaron or any one else, referring
to the Cronin case, or any one connected
with it in the remotest way, you may
cut off every finger on my right hand. y
"But didn't you take a buggy ride
with Mike Coughlin2 Isn't there that
much foundation for his story at least?'
'In answer to that question want to
say that I don't associate with such
men" he said, indicating that no mere
rides would 60 anyhow. Il am an
American, not Clan-na- Gael. So far
as l am concerned-and speaking fol
myself I speak for my family-the
whole Clan-na-Gael society ought to be
at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
don't want anything TO do with it,
and it can't make use of me-"