New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-10
A NEW STORY CONCERNING THE CRIME

Chicago, Sept. cit seems that although great
deal of matter has been published about the Cronn
MURDER the true story of the discovery of evidence at
the Carlson cottage has never been told until now
II is also singular that the reporters who were work
ing on the discovered that on tho night Of
May T. three days after Dr. Cronin was killed. two men
now supposed to have been KunZe and Cooney wers
arrested and taken the Lakeyiew Station and dis
charged in the morning by Captain Wing omcef
Isaac Robinson has been this Laeview force several
years and has always borne good reputation. he
is an Irshman by parentsge, but is not a member Of
any Irish secret society. He had the beat In when
tho cottage was located, and IL was his duty 10
patrol Ashlanda ave. and the intersectins streets
for several blocks north and south of the
Carlson house At different times before
the murder Robinson noticed men going IN
and out of the cottage and noticed lights
within It. On the night of May 8, he saw man
crawling of the basement of the cottage and ac-
cosed him. Robinson has never sesn Burke. but ne
believes that Burke was the mar WAC ta Az MIN
him that evening. He said that he ana MS oroher
We're renting the cottage and that he had been 10
the basement simply to see II there was not gooa
the next night, May :, Robinson TUNED the corner
in Roscoest and came upon Two men wno wefs
office 100 feet south Of the Carlson cottage. They
had the door OF the office open and We're talking
about hiding something under the floor. The Office
determined TO arrest them Just as he started for tina
patrol box, man from the direction Of p o'sul-
ilvan's barn, and asked what Robinson was going 70
do with the men. Robinson recognized this third
person as the whom he had crawling from
tho has ment of the Carlson cottage, and he told him
he going 10 the station, and II the stranger said
much would take him along. The man said no
more when he that the officer recognized him.
Robinson went TO the station with the two men. and
they were questioned by Captain Wing. They gave
their names ana supposed addresses, and reepated
the story they had previously told 10 Robinson. No
charges entered against them on the books, con
sequenty the officer docs not remember the names
they gave. They taken down stairs kept In Gus
tody until morning. and then released by Captain
Wings orders At the time of their arrest II was
not believed that Cr0nin had been murdered
Two nights later Robinson saw one of the men hs
had arrested coming out OF the cottage after midnight
He did not aocost him, because he considered that
he had been rebuked by Captain Wing Robinson
talked with the neighbors about the goingson In tho
cottage aud concluded there must have been crime
committed there. He told Carlson of his suspicious,
and Young Carlson went into the cottage and found
the blood stains, The thought that Cronin had
probably been killed in tho place suggested Itself to
Robinson and he told Captain Wing OF his suspicious
Captain Wing listened 10 his story but did nothing.
Robinson learned about the strangers OF the cot
tago and again spoke to Captain Wing Three times In
succession the officer claims TO have told Wing OF his
belief that Cronin was killed In the cottage, bnt
nothing was until the week after Cronn's body
was found Lieutenant Schuttler was then sent from
the LarTabee Station to Lakeview and while talking
10 Captain Wing, learned of Officer Robinson's
suspicion schuttler went 10 the cottage and
ahmed the blood stains and satisfied himself that thu
MURDER had been committed there Robinson has not
as yet been summoned as witness ~ tho State.