Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-30
THE CRONIN CASE.
Seven Men are Indicted for the Murder
An Attorneys Opinion.


An Attorneys Opinion.
CHICAGO, June 29th.-The Grand jury
to-day returned indictments for completely
in the Cronin murder against the follow
ing persons Daniel Coughlin John Beggs,
P. OSullivan, Frank Woodruff, Martin
Burke, Patrick Cooney and John Kunze
None of the prisoners or suspects were
represented in Court when the Cronin
Grand Jury reported to Judge Shepard, and
but few persons at all were present besides
the OH Gals, except number of newspaper
men. After the last formalities of the
long inquisition were ended States At
torney Longenecker told. a number of re-
porters he had not yet dropped the case in
its relation to Alexander Sullivan. The
States Attorney claimed that the Grand
Jury had been unable, owing to the expira-
ton of its term, to hear all the evidence
that could be presented against Mr. Sulll-
van.
INQUIRY AS TO SULLIVAN
Would be continued to the next Grand
Jury. Whether it would De anotherspecia
panel, or a regular body, could not at pres
ent be stated
1t was conceded by Longenecker. in a
private conversation, that up to the mo-
ment that the term of the Grand Jury ex-
pired the authorities had not secured suffi-
cient evidence on which Sullivan could be
convicted, and an indictment of him,
therefore, so the States Attorney reasoned,
would undoubtedly result in an immediate
trial and acquittal, barring forever any
other proceedings, result which, from
Longenecker's standpoint, was not to be
desired
Another reason for the States Attorneys
course is said to be hope on his part that
on or before the trial of the men indicted
is ended, some of them may be induced,
through hope Of saving their own ne;ks,
to give evidence directly discriminating Sui
hvan.
WITNESSES HELD IN RESERVE.
kunZe, the Cronin suspect whose name
became talked about for the first time to-
day, is picture frame maker who spent a
good deal of time around the Chicago Ave
nue. Police Station to which detective
Coughlin was attached Kunze is supposed
to have driven Coughlin to the Carlson cot
tage on the fatal night OF May 4th
States Attorney Longnecker talks very
positively about having evidence enough
to surely hang Coughlin and Kunze. 1t is
stated that the State has in reserve two
witnesses who will swear to seeing Cough
lin and kunze near the cottage on that
night and gave equally direct testimony
against Cooney and Burke. One of the
witnesses Is said to be a member of Camp
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The evidence against Beggs is understood
TO consist chiefly of suspicious passages in
his correspondence with his superior off,
Ger IN the Clsp-na-Gael, Edward Spellman
of Peoria.
CooNEY STILL AT LARGE.
New YORK, June 29th.-The BROOKLYN
police tonight said they had not found
Patrick Cooney, the Cronin suspect, in their
jurisdiction.
EIGHT CAMPS SUSPENDED.
PHILADELPHIA, June 29th.-Dr. Peter
McCahey, acting for the Gamma Gael here,
suspended eight camps of that order, COM
prising the Sullivan faction, for their re-
fusal TO contribute S75 each TO aid in the
prosecution of the Cronin murder. 1t is
apparent that serious differences have
arisen between members of the Clan.na-
Gael proper and the Irish Nationalist fac
ton which will result in expulsion of the
latter element from the order. In this city
there are about 5000 members of the order
in good standing.
WITNESS sKIPs OUT.
MEMPHIS (Tenn.), June 29th.-A special
to the appeal, from Birmingham lAla.)
says: A prominent Nashville, Tenn. GEN
tleman named Justill Consodine, who has
been on business trip to this city for sew
eral DAYS is authority for the statement
that few days ago Patrick McGarigle of
Chicago, an acquaintance of Consodine,
passed through this city en- route for South
America. He told Consodine ne involun-
tarily had been witness to certain trans
actions in the Cronin case, that they in
volved men to whom he was obligated and
he was going to Honduras to avoid testify