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And Is Brought Into Judge Tuley's Court, Where
His Attorneys Argue for His Complete
Release or Admission to Bail.
Finding of the CorOner's Jury Claimed
to Be the Result of Prejudice.
Judge Tuley Will Read the Testimony Before
Making a Decision-The Grand Jury I'm
paneled-Maroney Identification.
Sullivan Secures a Writ Of Habeas Corr
and Is Brought Into Court.

Sullivan Secures a Writ Of Habeas Corpus
and Is Brought Into Court
CHICAGO, June 12.-Alexander Sullivan
declined to see any callers at the Jail this
morning, except his law partners. None of
the horde of curiosity who, on one
pretext or another. gained admittance to
the cage, were able even to get a glimpse
of him. he quietly foiling all such efforts
by remaining at the far end of the cell, just
out of reach of the many pair of eyes
strained in his direction. To friend who
sent Mr.. Sullivan note from the jail of
flee, expressing unshaken confidence in
him and firm belief in his innocence, the
famous ex-president of the Irish National
League, returned the following reply:
am very grateful for your kind words Time
cerely, ALExANDER SULLIVAN.
A curious blunder, or possibly malicious
Misrepresentation, was started by some of
the reporters who gained admission to Mr..
Suliivan's house last night when the police
entered to make the arrest. 1t was asserted
thatjust before leaving the residence Mr..
Sullivan ostentatiously kissed q woman
who suddenly appeared on the staircase.
The fact upon which several sensational
stories were built is that the housekeeper
came upstairs with some trivial message
for Mr.. Sullivan, and seeing the crowd. ap-
peared frightened. Mr.. Sullivan, who had
gone to the rear of the hall for his coat and
hat, leaned over and whispered, "Don't be
alarmed, Katy" Half an hour later the
yarn; Ia about % kissing were being put put up in
At $50 this morning, A. s. Trude, w. j.
Hynes, Judge Dilbert and Senator Duncan
went to the courthouse and had consulta-
slon s"; with Judge nrisyi At O'clock tSsc Mr
sultatiOn, and at lis Mr.. Winde appeared
in Judge Tuley's court with q petition,
made out in the regular form, asking for q
writ of habeas corpus: The petitioner was
Alexander Sullivan himself.
The petition sets forth that the verdict
of the .coroner's jury, on the strength of
which he was committed, is insufficient to
hold him, and deprive him of the benefit of
coroner's jury, on which the verdict was
rendered, was insufficient to justify the
commitment on any charge. There was no
competent evidence, direct or circuinstan-
tial, offered or admitted, against the Pc
titioner, tending to prove that he was
guilty of DR.. Cronin's murder, or accessory
thereto or had guilty knowledge thereof,
or knowledge of any plot or conspiracy to
permitted q large number of witnesses to
| testify to statements alleged to have been
| made by Cronin in his lifetime as to what
| Cronin suspected In relation to Sullivan,
| and the coroner permitted large amount
of incompetent and wholly irrelevant testi-
| monv to be introduced before the jury, cal
culated to prejudice the Jury against him,
without shedding any light on the question
it reelected on the conduct of Sullivan.
prejudice, created by the in
competent and irrelevant testimony
heard was so voluminous that 1T is impractf-
cable to set it out. Sullivan says he is not
guilty of the crime with which he is
charged, and that he has had no connection
whatever with the murder of DR.. Cronin.
| He asks that he be brought into court at 4
o'clock this afternoon.
After listening to the petition. Judge
Tuley issued the writ as prayed, returna-
bic at 4P. NJ.
Argume mt for the Prisoners Release.
CHICAGO, June 12.-There was o big
| crowd in court at p. NJ. when Judge Tuley
| inquired as to what answer had been made
| by Sheriff Matson regarding the writ of
habeas corpus issued for Alex. Sullivan.
| In the throng were Thomas G. Windes,
| Henry Brown and Edward K. McArdle,
Mr.. Sullivan's law partners. Coroner Hertz
was also present. Lawyer A. S. Trude,
Senator Duncan and Hiram T. Gilbert rep
| resented Alexander Sullivan, while States
Attorney LOngenecker and his assistant,
MI. Baker, appeared for the State.
the sheriff appeared. accompanying Alexan-
der Sullivan. The two had walked from
the Jail, nearly mile distant, through the
| public streets. Sullivan had asked that a
| carriage be telephoned for, but when told
that it. would take some time, he said:
"Weli, let's walk; | can stretch my legs"
Another wait ensued until Sullivan's Pc
| titiOn was sent for in the clerks office,
| States Attorney Longenecker saying he
had been before the grand jury in this par
ticular case, and had not seen the petition.
lis this petition for Mr.. Sullivan's re-
lease, or his admission to bailp asked
| Judge Tuley.
"For elther,D said Mr.. Trude.
eve ask for his release if no indictment
has been returned against him. If there Is
an indictment. then we ask to have
him admitted to bail. We base our petit
is no evidence against Alexander Sulli-
van, except idle gossip, and that the
evidence is insufficient to hold him on the
charge of murder. We ask the States at
bar of this court to submit one piece of
| legal evidence against the accused"
The States attorney demurred to Mr..
Trude's remarks, and made the point that
Sullivan's petition did not set out the teS-
timony taken before the coroner's jury.
Have you read the petitionp asked the
court.
mo; but l have Mr.. Trude's statement
that he does not recite the evidence
''Do you demurr to a petition on the OPP
posite counsePs statementsgD asked the
court sharply.
Mr.. Trude handed the States attorney
the petition, and suavely said: perhaps
you had better read. and sec what you are
demurring to-"
Mr.. Longenecker read the petition and
then renewed his demurrer. and cited the
case of Klepper. in Illinois Reports, Vol. p,
where it was held that the court should re-
ly on the presumptiOns of the committing
officer. rather than on the statement of the
accused OF by counsel.
Senator Duncan replied to Mr.. Longe-
necker that the case of Sullivan and that
of Klepper were different. In Kleppers
case the prisoner was personally before a
committing magistrate, while Sullivan's
commitment was made on the finding of q
coroner's Jury. If the States attorney had
any evidence, substantial. relevant or di-
rect. he should produce it.
Judge Gilbert said it would be apractica]
denial of Justice to require the relatOr to
set up the testimony of 100 witnesses, con.
suming nine days. He also made the point
that the verdict of the coroner's Jury was
not sufficient warrant for Sullivan's arrest
1t was impossible to tell from the verdict
what Alexander Sullivan was charged
with It did not show whethor ha as