New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-26
,lR,rFUL DODGER COONEY.
syEK1Ne THE FUGITIVE SUSPECT.
,,rrSr STORIES AND THEORIES OF THE De
rEcr1vEs REGARDING cRoN1N's
MJRDERERSs

rEcr1vEs REGARDING cRoNIN's
MuRDBRERs.
fay TELEGRAPH 10 THE TRIBuNk1
chicago. June as" Where is Cooneyr' Inis
's.,,on to the answering Of which the
-. roHce force OF Chicago is bending its
Chief Hubbard does not hesitate to
a., AZ one of the muiderers of DR.. Cronin.
r.Ia-,,no a force Of clerks began distributing
LIZ s,,onlars containing o description OF him.
yr., ,sill he sent to every point IN the United
States and CANADA. , ,;u,..,, % -.
ps,,,ck Cooney has proved h'msen 70 DC
....r xdlv person, and the pohoe nave reason 10
80. the smooth game the fasinVe played on
80 ~ their number. The story ABOUT the
,,.nner in which he fooled them mas JUST come
out ,.,-.aav two oa,csrs IN
a,otSs. went to Cooneys rooms. 1t
ci unt;l after considerable work that his
. Nv ,,.r. found. end 1t wss with a great
~ % .ont;on that the men approached the
uea. Er.n 8. that time the detectives were
Ho.os .-..,r that thev had found the right place.
,Ty,,," 80 of the two watched the side entrance,
- walksd up the front steps and rang
80 49, heII. A man about feet inches
~ ,,I,h : hrge sandy mustache, promptly
...r.naa5 70 the call, and appeared at the door
With \ pitcher in his hand
ms Patrick Cooney live hersas asked the
HswlDhsw A., ~.
va: come in," said the man with the big
,,ustnobe; and the fellow opened wide the door,
"a snrning around, yelled out at the top OF his
,eSee ss IL addressing some one upstairs, fat'
tAare 10 q gentleman down here who wishes TO
sse you.'
Then. with al the poHteness of Spanish
cavalier he invited the officer to take seat
IN the fr,nt room. The detective on the outside,
who had heard the statement that Cooney was
IN the house, few up to the front door two steps
1t o time, so as not to be far away when the
assassin was to be adorned with handouts. The
man with the pitcher ushered the officer into the
sittingroom and said: Pat win be down in
moment; was just going across to get pitcher
Of beer for him"
The two detectives waited. The man with the
big mustsche did not come back, and neither did
Cooney come dowp stairs, but a big feshy woman
did, and she ordered the visitors to leave.
"But we are waiting for Cooney," said one Of
them"
Why, he Just left the house with pitcher"
said the woman. "Didn't you see himp" And
she told the truth.
Said q Central Sntton detective tonight.
upon by q few members Of Camp 90, without the
fofmAlity of trial What WAS the use in going
to the trouble Of one, when they knew thst he
was condemned beforehand 3' For two years,
and perhaps longer, DR.. Cronin was suspected Of
being Q SPY, although there was no proof; but
Dan Ceughhn and several members of Camp 20
thought that the evidence they had was sufficient
to Justify them at least in trouncing Cronin
within an inch Of his life. spreading scandals
about him, and altogether making 1t too warm
for the Doctor to bear; and they thought that by
thus Annoying him, they could run him out Of
the elv. thereby rendering Alexander Sullivan
snA fhernsalves double service. thsv .se.'a be-
nd of SPY as well as Q man who was making ~
altogether too omfortsble for the triangle.
Z But they found that Cronin was made of
sterner stuff than they had bargo!ned for. Their
halfway measures resulted in only sufenng
Cronins backbone for renewal Of the fight
against his enemies; and st last they came to
the conclusion that Cronin must be put out OF
the way. must give the conspratos credit
for deliberating long and earnestly over the
matter. Gradually it was Whispered about among
9 certain few that Cronin ought to b. killed.
At one of the meetings Of the camp, DR.. Cronln
made an unusually violent attack on certain
lesding members, declaring that he knew OF the
the city He then and there declared
hat he would never bulge outside
Of Chicago until he had succeeded In proving
This was the last straw that broke the
eamels back; and DIR. Cronin's utterances were
taken as q bold def
Zone day three Of the gang met, and began
discussing scheme for slugging Dr. Cronfn
This was only q feeler, but In half an hour they
were coolly discussing ways and means for killing
the Doctor They brought three more mcn INTO
the secret. All the evidence to prove the story
have just related is in States Attorney Long,
OF the story OF Camp 20 man
Chief Hubbard was given an outline OF the
foregoing story. After some hesitation he said
that there were q great many points IN IL that
were correct, although there were some mistakes
But are they vital mistakes 7? asked the re-
porter, convinced that he had the correct story
ASK Mr.. Longenecker," replied the Chief.
for tomorrow, with view to taking action look
ing toward O vigorous prosecution OF the murder
es.
Washington, June 25.-Tbe extrsditon papers
In the case Of Martin Burke now under arrest
at Winnipeg, charged with the murder Of DR..
Cronin, were duly counfersigncd by the Secretary
of State this morning, and delivered TO the mes
senger, Mr. Baker, who started this afternoon
for Chicago.
B0URKE oOCKRAN DEFENDS KEMMLER.
Auburn, N. Y, juno 2o.-Bourke Cochran, OF
Kev.York CITY, Who has been retained by some
nkoowu parties 10 defend Kemmlor, the murderer
today msds an eloquent plea before judge Day,
ssvuing that execution by electricity was unusual
snd cs,asi pankahment aud therefore unconstitutional,
He Offered to prove that the punishment was cruel