The Portland daily press., 1889-05-28
RUNNING DOWN CRONIKS MURDERsRs.
The Chicago Police and an AInny OF
Detectives at Work.
Captain schaacke OF Anarchist
Fame DIsagreeabIy Conspicuous.
Mayor cregier and Luke Dillon Fore
most In the Search.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 27.-The idea has been
prevalent among the friends Of Dr. cronln
syer since his disappearance that he was put
out OF the way by the orders Of q secret so
ciety known as the Clan-na-Gael. and from
recent developments that belief has become q
liked one in the public mind, although
when 1t was first put forward by the insi-
mates Of the murdered man not much ere
denee was placed In ii until the finding Of
the mangled corpse. But when Detective
Coughlin got into trouble, facts that had
hitherto been carefully suppressed came 70
he surface, and one Of the first and most
Important OF these was that In addition %
being member Of the Cian-na- Gael, a So
ciety from which Cronln was expelled for
alleged treason. C0ughlln was actually the
chairman OF the committee which promnE
gated the sentence Of expulsion against The
unfortunate doctor That ttis man sh0uid
have been put at work on the case Of finding
tne doctors murderers Is a sufficient com
mentary ON the present management OF the
Chicago police force.
Then came the discovery that Coughlln ar
ranged for the hiring Of the horse and buggy
used by the man who lured Cronin 10 his
death, and 1t was deemed time to put Cough.
lin behind the bars, which was accordingly
done late Saturday night.
On Sunday 1t was discovered that eonspl-
rators had for more than a month previous
TO the murder been In possession of a rented
room on Clark street, directly opposite the
building In which CrOnin's downtown Office
- situated, and by learning when and where
these men purchased the furniture, some
lnore ciews, not necessarily important.
Hnag Htnough interesting, were got up. Now
Whelan Is stripped Of his star and liable 10
20 behind the bars any minute, and Sulll-
van, the Ice dealer, Is under arrest.
yesterday the funeral OF CrOnin took place
and was attended by an immense crowd.
Ioday there are more startling develop
ments, and the first Of these Is the fact that
captain Michael Schaaeke. the man who was
so prominent In the anarchist trials, knows
much about Detective COughlin and his
MORSE sIs:n ana ~ buggy scrape. and at the present
chief OF police at the City Han. being sub
Jected 10 process OF Questioning.
Mayor Cregier, who yesterday took hold OF
the case, Is dev0ting all his energies TO the
matter. and associated with him Is Corpora
tion Counsel Hudson. The ease d no longer
10 the hands OF the police OF Lake View, the
little suburb where the body Of Cronin was
found, and Is under the control Of the Chi
cago police.
@A@lVA NAUNACN ltcUAHtkto bUAt the NWAAT k8
one OF International interest, one In which
the reputation Of Chicago Is Involved, aud he
has abandoned everything else TO probe into
us mysteries. lt was the mayor who put
the Irish detective, Coughlin, behind the
bars, and took the star from Whelan
another irish detective. and now he seems %
nave lost confidence in sSchaaeke, a German,
and man supposed to be absolutely above
corruption or malign influence, and that on
Ger Is being questioned closely today, with q
prospect that the inquiry into his conduct,
which nas been In progress for several hours
Will not be concluded until late In the day.
Ihere are suspicious movements on all
sides, and II Is generally noticed that every
man man In the city who had been prominent in
Irish national politics is under detective sur
yelllanee, both the Pinkerton and Monroe q
Boland organizations having been placed on
the case by the friends Of CrOnin, who have
no confidence in the regular police, and who
are well supplied with money.
Late Saturday Luke Dillon, q wellknOwn
Irish Nationalist OF Philadelphia eame here
and did not hesitate about giving 10 out that
Eastern Irishmen thought that CrOnin had
been murdered at the instigation Of GER
One Of Dill0n's frst moves was
20 get upon the track Of one Peter Ne
Geehan, a rabid Clan-na Gael man from
Philadelphia, who left that city just before
Cronin disappeared, telling several Of his
friends that he was going TO Montana, and
to others confiding that he was bound on 4
mission that might cause him trouble. aud
asking at least two OF them TO pray for him.
It was not very difficult matter TO locals
McGeehan, as he has been talking pretty
loudly ever since he reached this city, and he
was soon In q cell at the central station,
where he will certainly stay for some time.
McGeehan Is strong advocate OF
tue dynamite policy and also be-
lleves in the death to traitor policy.
He Is thought to be good man to have In
custody, at least until he explains why he
left good situation In Philadelphia 10 come
here and do nothing but talk boastingly OF
what bad man he Is when there are any
traitors to the Irish cause in this vicinity.
Harry Jordan, friend of Mc6eehan's,
has been arrested