The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-24
nesmond and the Cronin case.

Especial 10 THE Observation-Disclosures Dispatch
New York, Sept 23.-IJ was not till past
uk4night that the Examiner correspondent
found ex-Sheriff Desmond and sought an
EXPRESSION of his views on the Cronin muir
per case, with which from time to time, by
a singular fatality, the stalwart San Fran
ciscan's name has been connected.
The clerks at Sweeney's hotel acted in a
very mysterious manner, with wink as if
20 say, wouldn't you like to know!" They
affected to be ignorant of Mr.. DesmOnd's
address. They admitted he dropped in"
occasionally, but on all other matters pre-
served d discreet silence. The reporters of
the metropolitan press are hunting high and
low for him and it is just possible the
sheriff is not over anxious to meet them.
BY the purest accident, the Examiners
correspondent stumbled on man who
Knew not where be was, and was also work
ing for him. This man Lehay had sent a
message to Desmond's hotel appointing a
meeting at Sweeney's. Desmond had not
come, and Lehay had given up seeing him,
but not before be had given the Examiner
correspondent valuable information. Act
ing upon this, your correspondent, how
ever walked down to the Bowery under
the gloomy shadow Of the elevated railroad,
and when he finally emerged into the light
he found himself in front of the kenwood,
kept by mine host John Howard, a friend
of the irish Nationalists in this city.
Mr. Howard said the sheriff was visiting
friends in Brooklyn, and would not return
till late. a second visit found Mr.. Des-
lnond IN the Office of the Kenwood, and he
seemed glad indeed to meet a representa-
live OF the Examiner The sheriff was very
ready with his facts, and in a clear cut way
rave to the Examiner correspondent many
interesting details affecting the suspects"
of the Cronin murder case which have never
before been published.
y see / ana doomed to remain 'sus
!, Dect.'" said the sheriff, laughing. Il
really do not know anything about Cronin
IN the sense that some people think do.
That is. | do not know who killed DIR.
Cronin. However, think l know those
who did not kill him. In the first place l
nav say, l hope super1uously, did not. L
was in Washington when my attention was
first called to the publication OF my name
in the Chicago papers. Immediately sur
rendered myself to the chief OF police OF
that city. He had no instructions to arrest
me. however. and l did not join Mr.. Alex
ander Sullivan as prisoner in Chicago. l
understood, moreover, they took my pic
tklre from an old chart called The Catal-
D1is, the Rescuers and the Rescued They
passed this old thing around to the partici
pants in the case, and no one of them rec
ognized me.
Dick Hefferman l know he had nothing
10 do with the killing of Cronin, because
from the 25th of April to May 8, while the
Cronin murder was accomplished between
dates, he was with me all that while in New
York. He was stopping at the Colonnade
on Eighth street and l at the Sinclair
house directly opposite. l was with him
every day and went with him to the
Northern Pacific Office and saw him
off. A silly rumor has got around that
vaefferman took the southern route and as
'sumed my name. This is not true because
he had a limited ticket which was signed
Hefernan Hefferman ought to be in San