Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
THE CHAIN COMPLETE.
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Old man ne mao seen lights IN the cottage
in the evening. Now that the story of the
murder is in the papers | am very sure
that the man saw lights in the cottage on
that particular Saturday night At any
rate we all talked it over and decided that
there was something wrong, that nobody
would pay S12 month for house and
not use it either for storing furniture OF
for anything else. We decided the best
thing we could do would be TO get them
out if they came around to pay any more
rent.
Last Thursday man came to the
house to pay the rent. Mrs. Carlson was
alone but invited him into the sitting
room and gave him chair. He said he
had been sent by Mr.. Williams to pay the
rent. Mrs Carlson told him that they
did not want to rent the house any more
but intended to sell it. Don't do that,
he said, for Know Mr.. Williams wants
his sister will be out of the hospital in a
short time Mrs. Carlson insisted and
the man asked her what she would take
for the house if she wanted to
sell it, She said she would take
$1,000. He told her that was too much,
that he would not give over 81, 500. He
picked up his hat and went Off and said he
would be back probably the next day to
take the furniture away. The strange
part of it Is that the man called to pay the
rent almost two weeks after Cronin's dis
appearance, and Mrs. Carlson is positive
that he was not one of the men who had
called before. The man did not come for
the furniture the next day and it is in the
house yet We talked about the matter a
good deal to the neighbors, but did
not say word to any of the police
men and Mrs. Carlson was greatly
surprised when Captain Wing walked into
the house and said he wanted key to the
cottage"
"Can you describe the three men or any
of them?" was asked.
'No," he said, II did not see any of them
and all | know about it is what Mrs. Carl
son told me. | hardly think the old peo-
pie will be able to describe the men be-
cause they only saw them the times l
mentioned"
'Did the Carlsons ever go into the house
and find the blood stains or Cronin's
clothes or anything"
NO, do not think they ever went in
there. The old folks thought because they
had rented the house they had no right to
go inside of it."
THE MYSTERY OF THE SKIFF.
Two of Cronin's assassins initiated
Doodle" McGarigle's famous escape up
Lake Michigan, at least Chief Hubbard,
Inspector Ebersold and Lieutenant Elliott
appeared to think so tonight. Two men, the
officers intimated. were thought to have
been noticed unseasonably early Sunday
morning in row boat on the lake, making
for the north pier They were heading al
most in straight line from the beach In
Lincoln park, near which the prisoner
Woodruff said halt had been made with
the mysterious trunk. Since that night a
row boat has been missing from an estab-
lishment close by. The most diligent search
has failed to bring to light any
trace of the skiff. The suburban police
have always declared there were three
men with the mysterious trunk, and
Woodruff from the first talked of two
others beside himself. The police officials
point out that it was in the vicinity of the
north pier that McGarrigle boarded a
schooner which with marvellous success
conveyed him out of the country and left
absolutely no clue for his pursuit. They
are anxious for the news of this CASE to
reach all lake ports and be brought to the
attention of the marine fraternity and per-
sons residing along lakes. 1t is surmised
the row boat was taken aboard the suppo-
sitiOus vessel, and may be brought to light
in some distant port, affording valuable
information. A possibility exists also that
the boat was turned adIift when the fugi-
tiyes deemed themselves safe. In any
event the police say that they are anxious
to hear from that boat The description
obtainable by the officers so far is the
meager statement that it was fiat bot
toned row boat with no marks save No
IL on one end. The boat was painted
black.
WHAT BoNFIELD THINKS.
In the course of an interview on the
Cronin case ex-Poiice Inspector John Bon
field said: From all we now know Of the
case it is safe to say it was either a politi-
cal assassination or the result of some pri-
vate cause. Now if he had been a member
of society that was split up into two fac
tions and the leaders of one faction want
ed him removed, does it seem probable
that they would dare attempt such a
thing while he had SO many close friends
who would be supposed to know all that
he knows Killing him would not bury
the truth; his companions would have TO
be in possession of information which
he is supposed to possess. Then
again, suppose the entire society had
become convinced that it was for the good
OF all that he be put out of the way, would
they have Entrusted the deed to such a
tough as the man Black, or Woodruff" he
asked; that number of prominent men
would place themselves in position to be
hanged by procuring the assistance of
cheap jail birds to do the work No, sir,
it would be well to go TO work and discover
where each one of the suspected persons
were upon the night of May 4.
Then there is still another idea:
Suppose the persons who wanted
him removed should go TO work to con-
vince the other members of the society
that after all Cronin was an English spy:
That all of his bluster about the mlsap-
preparation of the Irish relief funds was
nothing more nor less than part of his
scheme to create a disturbance, cause an
Investigation and thus learn of the true
disposition of the Irish funds here. What
would not the English government give TO
know just what funds have been raised
here and for what purpose"
An interview with John Dewey in New
York published here yesterday quoted
him as charging that an interview pub
lished exclusively in the Chicago Times
with a Canadian Pacific official, name not
given, who claimed to have seen Crouin in
Canada after the disappearance, was bo-
gus The Times this morning stated
Mr.. Dewey is mistaken in his positive as
sertion. The interview was genuine, says
the Times, and the Canadian Pacific man
il question is declared to be Jeremiah
Sullivan, who Is stationed at Toronto.
The Times says the railroad man express
ed willingness to make oath that to
the best of his belief he saw
DR.. Cronin at the Rossin House
on the Friday after the doctors disappear
anre in Chicago. Day before yesterday
the railroader told friend named Okef,
who is now in Chicago, that it would
seem he was mistaken, but at the time Of
the interview he was positively sure that
he would unhesitatingly have made affi-
davit.
Miss Murphy, the Chicago young lady
who claimed to have seen Crouin en- route
down town alone two hours after his al
legged abduction, reiterated last night
her conviction that what she said was
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